Gillespie County Tax Collections Lead State Averages
A Sunday San Angelo Standard Times report by Alex Louis shows Gillespie County taxpayers paid 61.33 percent of all state taxes during the discount period, higher than Mason 50.61 and Kerr 55.10. West Texas counties averaged near three percent above state totals, with Gillespie 10.88 points above statewide, and 8.19 above West Texas 51-county average.
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Gillespie County
Texas
Sunday
San Angelo Standard Times
Alex Louis
Austin
Yiespie
Mason
Kimble
Kerr
Gillespie
West Texas
1940 Emergency Feed And Crop Loans Now Available
Emergency crop and feed loans for 1940 are offered to Gillespie County farmers. Applications are at the Chamber of Commerce with Hdyth Krauskopf or T. L. Miller. Loans target small cash needs and require a first lien on the financed crop or livestock.
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Gillespie County
Chamber of Commerce
Hdyth Krauskopf
T. L. Miller
Farm Credit Administration
Gillespie County Fair Ground
Fredericksburg
Former School Superintendent Visits City
Former Fredericksburg public schools leader W. Z. Bates visited our city last Friday after years away. Bates later led Eastland and Leckhardt schools and now runs apartment houses in San Antonio and Austin. He praised our citys progress during the visit.
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W. Z. Bates
Fredericksburg
Our City
Bates
Eastland and Leckhardt
San Antonio
Austin
Red Cross Aid To Europe Dramatized Friday
A dramatized Red Cross aid report with 20 actors and NBC Washington Orchestra will air Friday 8:30 to 9:00 p m central standard time. The program on NBC originates in Washington with H R Baukhage conducting an interview with Ernest J Swift vice chairman in charge of insular and foreign operations who has just returned from Europe.
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American Red Cross
Europe
August Stahl
Red Cross
National Broadcasting Company
Washington
NBC Washington Concert Orchestra
H. R. Baukhage
NBC
Ernest J. Swift
Fire Boys Re elect Former Officers
The Fredericksburg Volunteer Fire Department re elected all officers from the past year with one new addition Louis Dolezal named acting secretary last fall and elected secretary for the year. Officers re elected included Hayden Osborn president Ernst Wlochte fire chief Eric Juenke assistant chief and Werner Knopp treasurer.
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Fredericksburg
Browder Convicted of Passport Fraud and Sentenced
Earl Browder the Kansas born American Communist leader and once presidential candidate was convicted in federal court of passport fraud and sentenced to four years in prison plus a $2000 fine. The article also notes ongoing major war with Japan and China with millions killed or wounded. It mentions the Orazio liner explosion and minimal loss of life.
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Earl Browder
Japan
China
Europe
Chungking
U. S
President's Birthday Ball Set for February in Fredericksburg
The Fredericksburg event aims to fund infantile paralysis relief with 50 percent kept locally for direct aid and the rest sent to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Local chairman Alfred Petsch predicts a record turnout, with county chapter oversight and strong committee cooperation noted.
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Irg
National Foundation For
Alfred Petsch
Fredericksburg
Maier Praises 1949 Frigidaire Line Features
Felix W. Maier reports from San Antonio that Frigidaire’s 1949 electric models surpass previous offerings. He notes engineers and designers have achieved practical attractive improvements and displays five 1940 models. Mrs Maier accompanied him to the Gunter Hotel convention in the Alamo City.
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San Antonio
Frigidaire Electric
Felix W. Maier
Mr. Maier
Mr Maier
Maier
Gunter Hotel
Alamo City
Gilbert Nagel Inspects Hatcheries Across Texas
Gilbert Nagel, son of Mrs. Walter Meckel, recently visited Fredericksburg with friends. He earned a Texas Baby Chick Association fellowship to Texas A&M College and now works on a joint program by the Texas Association and the National Poultry Improvement Association. He travels statewide inspecting flocks and hatcheries to aid improvement while pursuing a Master’s in Poultry Hasbardry.
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Gilbert Nagel
Walter Meckel
Fredericksburg
Gilbert
Texas A. & M. College
Texas Baby Chick Association
Texas Association
National Poultry Improvement Association
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William Edgar Borah
United States Senate
Janary
Borah
Idaho
Boise
Browder
Fair Grounds
Wm. Bratherich
Chester
Roland Bonn
Erwin
Wesley Crenwelge
Harry Danz, Sr
Harry Jr
Otto Eckhardt
Albert Kordzik
Armand Koennecke
Fred Koennecke Jr
R. T. Laurence
Enos
Clemens Rode
Arnold Sagebiel
Urbantke
Coppers Cove
L. F. Kneese
Felix Haardt
Sanatorium
Ellis Egon
St. Louis
Emil Heimann
Sunset Motor Lines
Brady Freight Lines
Houston
San Angelo
Dallas
Ft. Worth
Woerner Warehouse
Henry Klein
Plymouth — Dodge
DE Soto
Chrysler Specialists
Wm. Schroeder Jr
Plymouth Sales and Service
Assi
Wm. M
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Southern
Southern Select
Galveston-Houston Breweries, Inc
Galveston, Texas
KPRC
Thestar
Melton Keller
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