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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1938
Page
1
Opinion piece discussing government debt and the meaning of national indebtedness. It estimates per person and per family shares of the national debt, warns about future payback, and considers a Texas four-state division proposal with questions of funding and regional burden.
County agents urge all producers in Gillespie County to submit 1937 work sheets to set 1938 goals. Only 627 sheets exist, less than half of farms, risking crop sales in coming years. Producers who did not respond should visit the county agents office promptly. Continued on page 2, Col. 4.
John Wood, Texas Highway Commissioner, announced his bid for railroad commissioner from his East Texas hometown Simpson after five years on the highway panel. He notes he directed large sums, including a $200,000,000 department building program, with no serious criticism since taking office.
Reports prepared for the Farm Security Administration show 69 homemakers under Irene Houna, county home supervisor, produced and conserved 2711.60 dollars worth of food for home use. This 80 percent rise includes 13558 quarts valued at 20 cents each, plus vegetables, fruit, meat, and other items, with storage of cured meat and dried goods.
Deputy Hubert Kott attempted to pocket a 41 caliber Colt at Sheriff Klaerne's office. The pistol discharged, striking Deputy Alfred Petmecky in the right foot near the ankle, fracturing ankle bones. Petmecky underwent surgery and is reportedly doing fairly well in hospital.
Senators pressed toward cloture on the lynching bill this week, aiming to clear the way for the housing bill and mortgage insurance expansion for homes under 10 000. The chamber also confirmed Stanley Reed to the Supreme Court, expected to take his seat Monday as the 77th justice.
Five Fredericksburg youths aged 15 to 18 confessed to petty thefts and pilferage of cars in the city. Alfred Klaerner, Gillespie County Sheriff, filed charges in Justice Court with two older youths bonded at 500 each to appear before the Grand Jury on February 21.
A mass meeting at the courthouse in Fred ericksburg is set for Saturday January 29 at 2 30 PM to discuss plans for a new courthouse and jail.
Frederickshiro High School honors seventeen football players plus student manager Werner Land and team sweetheart Dora Henke with the F sweater at 3:15 p m in the auditorium. Seniors wore white, others maroon. awardees include Walter Fiedler Arnold Dittmar Inocencio Cancino Billy Hahn Captain Chester Langerhans FE W Hahn Jr Clemens Fiedler. Juniors Franz Pressler Arthur Pressler Jack Nixon. Sophomores Frederick Dietel Robert Petermann Sipriano Cancino Elmer Luckenbach. Freshmen Dan Andregg Roy Langerhans.
January 31 is the final date to pay the poll tax to qualify as a voter. All other taxes must also be paid by that date to avoid penalties.
Texas boasts 16 651 miles of railroad, more than 35 percent longer than any other state in the union, highlighting its vast transport infrastructure and economic reach.
Mrs A H Bartholmae who has been seriously ill with pneumonia is recovering nicely. Her sister Mrs F C Morgan who had stayed by her bedside has returned to her home in Beaumont.
Colonel Williard Yr Chevalier, head of the American Road Builders Association, opened the 35th annual Convention in Cleveland with the address What About Federal Aid arguing against reducing federal highway funding. He told 27 000 attendees that highway investment underpins roughly one seventh of the national economy.
Fredericksburg Lions Club sponsored Boy Scout troop 1 notes steady progress during National Boy Scout Week February 6 through 12. Scoutmaster Rev Breihan explains scouting as a character building game guided by adult leadership and centered on duty to God country and the scout law. Continued on page 2 column 5.
Bankers from Hill Country and guests from Ft. Worth Houston Dallas and Galveston will gather at the Hotel Nimitz for the quarterly meeting on Saturday night January 29 at seven thirty. Over one hundred members expected. The program includes an invocation by Rev M P Burton a piano solo by Miss Faye Stein a vocal solo by Miss Peggy Petsch and welcomes from Alfred Petsch. John E Owens and Judge Joe G Montague will speak on banking and law with a round table discussion to follow the quarterly business session led by J L Cunningham.
Mr. W. C. White and scoutmaster B. E. Breihan attended the Capitol Area annual meeting in Austin as the district includes about 80 troops and 1800 scouts. A donation of 125 acres for an all year camp near Austin was announced in memory of a former Austin scout.
The Parent Teacher Association invites the public to a Friday February 4 3 39 pm talk by the State Fire Insurance commissioner on Safety at the Public School Auditorium. A Founder’s Day Pageant by PTA members and a Grammar Grade Orchestra performance under Miss Virginia Harrison are also on the program.
Herman Fischer, 65, of Kendall County, Blanco Texas, died Friday after falling from a tree. His family found him on their return home. he died while being carried to the house. He left a widow and three grown children with many relatives surviving.
Fredericksburg area saw a heavy weekend rain with hail as Barons Creek rose and swept one car off the old San Antonio road. Six people, including a baby, clung to the car roof for nearly two hours until rescued by a wrecker after a man was swept from a bridge.
Monday morning the Fire Department was called to Edwin Immel s home where a chimney fire threatened the property. Flames were extinguished before any damage occurred.
Fort Worth Texas Jan 23 L C Scarborough 89 long time cattle trail driver died from burns after his clothing caught fire from an open gas stove Jan 1 He was native of Union County Arkansas moved to Texas as a child and began driving cattle on the Texas Sedalia trail at age 15
Mr. Jacob Spaeth of Doss underwent removal of his right eye at an Austin hospital after a serious inflammatory condition. The surgery was performed recently and marks a significant medical intervention for the patient.
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