Washington’s two congressional actions draw sharp contrast
A group of senators, mostly Democrats, advised defeating Roosevelt’s court expansion while the House majority killed a proposed tax on District of Columbia incomes. The two moves highlight bold opposition to the president and self protective tax resistance by lawmakers in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt
Supreme Court of the United States
Senate Judiciary Committee
District of Columbia
House of Representatives
45th Legislature Closes With Revenue Push and Provisions
The Texas Legislature adjourned last Friday after a session focused on revenue measures and anti gambling bills. A state horse program bill to manage jacks and stallions was approved, authorizing leases to caretakers for $30 annually with bonding for animal value. A dove shooting law failed to pass, leaving a conflict between federal and state regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Department of Agriculture
New Auto Service Shop Opens in Fredericksburg
Leroy Crenwelge, long time local garage employee, announced the opening of his auto repair shop in Fredericksburg next to B H Heinen Auto Supply on July 1. The shop will offer general auto repair body and fender work and specializes in car painting. He invites friends to visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Crenwelge
Fredericksburg
B. H. Heinen Auto Supply
Mr. Crenwelge
Giants Lose To All Stars 9 To 6 In D Hanis game
The D Hanis Dondo All Stars defeated the Fredericksburg Giants 9 to 6 Sunday behind nine-hit pitching by Sadler. Red Klaerner is tagged as a hard luck pitcher with high earned run averages in recent outings as heat continues to slow play.
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Elton Jordan
D'Hanis-Dondo All Stars
Pearsall Rangers
Fredericksburg Giants
D’hanis
Sadler
Red” Klaerner
Taft Joins Steel Strike Mediation Board
Charles P. Taft joins Lloyd K. Garrison and Edward McGrady as a three member mediation panel appointed by the U S Labor Department under President Roosevelt to seek peace in the steel industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles P. Taft
Supreme Court
U. S. Labor Department
Roosevelt
Lloyd K. Garrison
Law School
University of Wisconsin
Edward McGrady
Fire destroys barn on Keidel Ranch near Kerr County line
A large barn on the Dr. Victor Keidel ranch near the Gillespie Kerr County line burned Wednesday night. The flames consumed the entire structure except for a few saddles and harness. Estimated loss runs about 4000 dollars with no insurance coverage.
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Dr. Victor Keidel Ranch
Gillespie
Kerr County
Young Kerrville boy dies after highway accident
Edward Fiedler eleven year old son of Mr and Mrs Joe Fiedler of Kerrville was fatally injured on the Fredricksburg Kerrville highway one half mile from Kerrville city limits Monday evening at five. His skull was fractured in three places after a horse was frightened by a passing truck and fell on him. He died Wednesday evening at eight o'clock. The body will be brought to Harper for interment in Harper Cemetery Friday at four in the afternoon.
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Edward Fiedler
Joe Fiedler
Kerrville
Fredricksburg
Young Fiedler
Fiedler
Harper
Bierschwale
Beaver Creek
Kensing
Squaw Creek
Johanne
Wheeling
Steel workers back to work signals end of 34 day strike
Non-union laborers return to work across seven state steel plants as police protect workers in Ohio, with union leaders calling the move a dummy gesture while steel firms claim victory and the strike is broken. In Madrid the crisis over Spain prompts Eden to push three steps for four power patrols. Hitler rejects collective security and backs a Nationalist victory. Tensions rise on the Amur river as Japan and Russia near possible war over the boat sinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Anthony Eden
Spain
Germany
Italy
Russia
Hitler
Murder Charges After Fredericksburg Man Dies In Crash
Louis Klaerner of Fredericksburg died after a car carrying his family was struck near San Angelo by a vehicle driven by Pecos Pete Meader, a Schleicher ranchman and rodeo performer. District Attorney W A Stro man filed murder charges shortly after Klaerner’s death. Meader posted bonds of 500 for drunken driving and 2500 for murder and was released from Tom Green County jail. two of his Eldorado brothers signed the bonds.
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Louis Klaerner
Fredericksburg
San Angelo
Hie
Carlsbad Caverns
Pecos
Meader
Schleicher Punty
W. A. Stroman
Mr. Kraener
Meador
Tom Green
Eldorado
Texas
Gillespie County Court Sits As Tax Board For 1937
The Gillespie County commissioner's court held a six day session this month with three days devoted to regular business and three days for county board of equalization to review county tax assessments for 1937. A small appropriation was approved to screen the petit jury room in the courthouse, a mosquito-infested sleep room for jurors, with completion targeted by the next district court term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County Commissioners Court
County Board of Equalization
Gillespie Parole Board Named by Governor Allred
Governor James Allred named the Gillespie County Parole Board expanding the system to 192 of 254 Texas counties. Appointees from Fredericksburg are Joe Stein A H Kneese Emil Kolmeier E H Riley and R S Klett with Klett serving as temporary chairman. The volunteer board aids parolees and those conditionally pardoned or reprieved through counseling and assistance.
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Frio
Gillespie County
James Allred
Gillespie Board
Joe Stein
A. H. Kneese
Emil Kolmeier
E. H. Riley
R. S. Klett
Fredericksburg
Zwiener Named President of Lions
Dr. Leo F. Zwiener, local optometrist, was named president of the Fredericksburg Lions Club at a Os trow Hotel meeting. He succeeds Wm. Petmecky who led the club for two years as president.
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Leo F. Zwiener
Fredericksburg
Lions Club
Ostrow
Zwiener
Wm. Petmecky
Civic Club
J. W. Yancey
Walter Knoche
Alfred Neffendorf
Arthur Kowert
P. Norman
Joe Stein
Felix Wilke
H.C. Maier
J. Heiner
Tailtwister
Lion Alex Jung
Liontamer
Dr Irvin Abell Elected AMA President Elect 1938
Dr Irvin Abell of Louisville Kentucky was unanimously chosen as president elect of the American Medical Association at its Atlantic City convention. The appointment makes him head of about 105,460 AMA physicians next year and follows his leadership in Southern medical circles.
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Irvin Abell
Louisville
Southern Medical Association
If Southern Medical Activities
American Medical Association
Atlantic City
Abell
Teamster Reunion Set for Gillespie County July 11
The annual Teamster Association reunion for Gillespie County will be at Kiaerner's Park on July 11. Former teamsters and freighters are invited. Herman Ochs of San Antonio will attend and deliver a message to the old timers.
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Old Teamster Association
Gillespie County
Kiaerner’s Park
Teamsters
Herman Ochs
San Antonio
Election Judges Named For 238 County Precincts
Gillespie County Commissioners named the election judges and clerks for all 23 precincts at the June session. The officials will serve for the August 23 amendment election. Names listed include presiding judges, assistant judges, and clerks for each precinct, with full rosters for Precincts 1 through 4 shown.
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Gillespie County
H. Krauskopf
Lawrence Knopp
A. H. Klingelhoefer
Henry Kunz
Harry Jordan
Chas. Dietz
Gilbert Loudon
Albert Hartmann
Benno B. Luckenbach
Reinhard Frantzen
Alf. Metzger
Walter Hopf
Alfred Ottmers
Thomas Jung
Eugene Koennecke
Helmuth Ottmers
Water System Receives State Health Board Approval
The Fredericksburg water system, operated by Alfred Neffendorf, was found to meet strict State Board of Health standards. Signs will be posted on highways into Fredericksburg noting state approval. The system has maintained a perfect record since installation, with the latest sample reported as 100 percent pure.
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Cty
Weiss
State Board of Health
Alfred Neffendorf
State Health Board
Neffendorf
Fredericksburg
Liano
Austin
San Antonio
Kerrville
Mason
State Board
Lions Club Drives Fredericksburg House Numbering Plan
A Fredericksburg committee begins house numbering within ten days. A volunteer canvass will assign numbers to all residences and businesses. Sets cost 50 cents, funding street signs to follow. Street sign posts are prepared, reinforced in concrete at intersections, with 190 posts and signs planned.
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Fredericksburg
Lions Club
Caf
Heath OF Mrs. Fred Ludwig Recalls Murder Of Parents By Marauding Comanches
Mrs. Fred Ludwig recalls the 1865 Comanche attack that killed her parents Henry Kensing Sr and Johanne as they rode from Beaver Creek to Squaw Creek. The tale, translated from Fest Ausgabe and recounted by Ludwig’s mother, ends with a violent ambush on a late August afternoon.
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Heath
Fred Ludwig
Standard
Henry Kensing Sr
Ludwig
Frederickshurg
Robert Penniger
Beaver Creek
Gillespie County
Squaw Creek
Fredericksburg Chamber Banquet Brings Members Together
The Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce held its annual membership banquet at the Hotel Nimitz with 125 guests. Local clergy opened with an invocation, followed by greetings from visiting delegations from San Antonio Llano Brady Mason Kerrville and Austin. Speeches from H H Ochs United Telephone and others highlighted community ties and game conservation.
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Fredericksburg
Llano
Brady
Mason
Kerrville
Austin
H. H. Ochs
Wolff &Marx Company
San Antonio
Charles Milligen
United Telephone Co
M. J. Benefield
Brady Chamber of Commerce
John Banks
Wild Life Association
Man Held in Menard for Wool Theft
Clarence Breedlove, freed recently from Gillespie County jail after a conviction for stealing clothes and whiskey, was jailed in Menard after waiving preliminary hearing. He is charged with stealing two sacks of wool from J. R. Smadt warehouse and held to await October Grand Jury action. Breedlove was caught moving wool to a box car with L. D. Warren’s suspicions prompting the investigation.
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Clarence Breedlove
Gillespie County
Saenger & Ochs
Kallenberg
Menas County
J. R. Smadt
Menard
Menard County
Breedlove
L. D. Warren
Local Loan Ass'n Declares Dividend and Campaign Plans
The Local Loan Association announces a dividend and outlines an advertising and educational campaign to be launched with the Fredericksburg Federal Savings and Loan Association. Officers and directors met Monday in the Palace Theatre Building to discuss policy, with Howland H. Sargeant of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Little Rock in attendance. The meeting emphasized informing the public about home financing services.
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Fredericksburg Federal Savings and Loan Association
Palace Theatre
Howland H. Sargeant
Fedeal Home Law Bank of
Little Rock
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Amur
Borden
Japan
Klaerner
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Courtouse Park
Gillespie Parole Board
Lions
NEW A. M. A. President
Health Board
Atty
General McGraw and
Sidney Lanier
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