Fisher Urges Americanism at Fredericksburg Chamber Talk
Congressman O C Fisher spoke to 350 Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce members at Fair Park praising free enterprise and warning against communism and creeping socialism. He condemned government seizure of tidelands rivers and steel mills as Seizuritis and said the House may override the President on the Tidelands bill though Senate support is uncertain.
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Fredericksburg
Tidelands
Fisher
House of Representatives
Senate
We Believe the Senator's Blame Rule By Honest Majority H
A letter from Texas delegates at the Republican Convention criticizes Senator Taft for the Dallas delegation steal and endorses Eisenhower while urging fair play. The writer favors Ike and argues Taft aims for rule or ruin. Continued on page 3.
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Chicago
Texas
Taft
Eisenhower
Dallas
Mr. Taft
Mr. Zweifel
Fredericksburg Barber Critically Injured In Wreck West Of City
Albert Krause 67 of Fredericksburg sustained brain concussion chest contusion and multiple head injuries when his car collided with a vehicle driven by Clarence Halm of Mason ten miles west of Fredericksburg on the Mason Highway. Both men were hospitalized in Fredericksburg Keidel Memorial Hospital. State Patrolman Tom Carey filed aggravated assault charges against Halm in County Court.
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Albert Krause
Fredericksburg
Clarence Halm
Mason
Mason Highway
Krause
Halm
Kruse
Benne [Schar Place
Llano River
Keidel Memorial Hospital
Tom Carey
Carey
July 4th Race Meet Opens at Fair Park
Torrential rains across Gillespie County cause road flooding and property damage. One man dies during mud rescue efforts and a second man sustains a neck injury in a crash as waters surge across the Fredericksburg area.
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Fair Park
Hill Country All Stars Play at Fair Park Tonight
The Hill Country League all star game features Northern and Southern divisions at Fair Park tonight at 8 15 p m. The one game affair replaces the former three game series with players drawn from Giant Stonewall Comfort Boerne Camp Stanley and Enderlins Doss and others.
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Fair Park
Giant
Stonewall
Comfort
Boerne
Camp Stanley
Giants
Enderlins
Doss
Fredericksburg
All Stars
Max Ahrens
Max Enderlin
Carl Molberg
Clinton Priess
Ed. Peter
Alfons Klaerner
Lee Moldenhauer
Henry Meen
Doug Patton
Danny Jung
Herbie Lopez
Buck Flach
Victor Lich
Fire Insurance Rate Decrease Seen for City
City of Fredericksburg expects a three cent per hundred reduction in fire insurance rates after a survey shows only 12.6 percent of residential roofs are wooden shingles. Mayor Schroeder noted the revised rate could cut overall costs about twelve percent. Plans for a new 50 foot reinforced concrete bridge on North Washington Street were completed by Victor Nixon and bids for it will be invited next week. Municipal pool bids are now postponed to July 9 to allow minor plan changes per Health Department guidance. Mrs Eddie Ochs and Albert Schmidt, injured in a June San Antonio crash, show signs of recovery at Santa Rosa Hospital.
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Fredericksburg
Wm. Schroeder
Fire Insurance Commissioner of Texas
Schroeder
Town Creek
Washington Street
Victor Nixon
East Travis St
State Department of Health
Eddie Ochs
Albert E. Schmidt
San Antonio
Santa Rosa Hospital
Ochs
Durst Family Visiting in Torrence from California
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Durst and their daughter of Torrence California visit his parents Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Durst and her mother Mrs. Otto Thiele. Mr. Durst plans to return home Saturday while his wife and daughter stay longer with her mother.
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E. C. Durst
Torrence
Calif
Henry J. Durst
Otto Thiele
Durst
Photo Electric Engraver Installed By Standard
The Fredericksburg Standard notes a progressive step in readers with up to minute photo coverage. Over the past weekend a fair event showcased the new engraving device and related coverage details.
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Fredericksburg
Victor Krauskopf Wounded in Korea
First Lt. Victor Krauskopf son of Mrs Edward Krauskopf was wounded north of Seoul on Monday June 21. In a letter he says he received shrapnel in his left hand a cut on his stomach and right arm and recuperates in a U S Army hospital in Pusan. He expects to return to action soon.
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Victor Krauskopf
Edward Krauskopf
Seoul
Korea
Krauskopf
U. S. Army
Pusan
Hospital News Brief Identifies Weeks Operations
The Hospital News lists patients who underwent procedures this week at local hospitals. Names include Eugene Hannemann Edward Langbein Agnes Heimann Paul Weber H Welis Le wis Mrs. Fred Bierschwale Harper Victor Eckhardt and Mrs. Charles H Mosty Center Point Tonsilectomies Clinton Hartmann and Mrs Otto Spaeth.
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Eugene Hannemann
Edward Langbein
Agnes Heimann
Paul Weber
H. Welge Lewis
Fred Bierschwale
Harper
Victor Eckhardt
Charles H. Mosty
Center Point
Clinton Hartmann
Lawrence Hartmann
Otto Spaeth
Juenke Family Spends Weekend With Relatives in San Antonio
Mr and Mrs Werner Juenke and daughters of San Antonio spent the weekend with her parents the Chas Kiehnes and also attended the Zenner reunion on Sunday.
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Werner Juenke
San Antonio
Chas. Kiehnes
Zenner
Independence Days Fair Opens With Baseball and Horse Racing
Fredericksburg hosts a three day Independence Days program sponsored by the Gillespie County Fair Association and the Louis Jordan Post American Legion. Seven purse horse races daily plus match races, with improvements like a moved paddock and new ladies rest rooms. Baseball features Comfort Bronchos versus Fredericksburg Giants on July 4 and a Hill Country League game on Sunday Stonewall at Fredericksburg. Admission details: adults 1.00, under 16 free. grandstand 35 cents, box seats 1.00. Tickets on sale at Chamber of Commerce. bakery booth at grounds days of event.
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Gillespie County Fair Association
Louis Jordan Post
American Legion
Willis N .Lee
Walter Ottmers
Fair Grounds
Fair Ground
Grandstand
William Schroeder
Fredericksburg Giants
Doss
Enderlins
Farmer Boys
Stonewall
Fredericksburg
Chamber of Commerce
Sewing Factory To Open In Fredericksburg
The Westway Manufacturing Company will start production in the Schwarz Building on Wednesday July 9 making children s shirts jackets and later a full line of kids clothing Mendel Halleck of San Antonio will manage the plant with Mrs Cora Schneider Beekman of here as sewing room foreman Emil Deike and Albert Joe Marsch begun installation of 75 machines under Esskay Manufacturing Co president David Salik of San Antonio Halleck says the firm aims to produce quality clothing for children and expand its line.
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Westway Manufacturing Company
Schwarz Building
Fredericksburg
Mendel Halleck
San Antonio
Cora Schneider Beekman
Here
Emil Deike
Albert Joe Marsch
Esskay Manufacturing Company
David Salik
Esskay Manufacturing Co
Halleck
Businesses Close for Independence Day Observance in Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg firms announce closure on Friday July 4 to observe Independence Day as a universal holiday adopted by the Trades Extension Committee of the Chamber of Commerce. Several firms plan a two day break July 4 and 5 to extend employees’ holiday and attend a race meeting co-sponsored by the Gillespie County Fair Association and the Louis Jordan Post American Legion at Fair Park.
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Fredericksburg
Trades Extension Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Gillespie County Fair Association
Louis Jordan Post
American Legion
Fair Park
Six Children Born In Local Hospitals Last Week
Six children four boys and two girls were born in local hospitals during the past week to families in Fredericksburg Stonewall Lamoa Mason and other towns. Names and birth dates include Rubin Klier Stonewall June 27 Lawrence Klein Fredericksburg June 27 Clarence Behrends Lamoa June 27 Sterling Jordan Mason June 30 Alois Jacoby Stonewall June 28 Clifton Burg Stonewall June 30.
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Rubin Klier
Fredericksburg
Lawrence Klein
Stonewall
Clarence Behrends
Lamoa
Sterling Jordan
Mason
Alois Jacoby
Clifton Burg
Gillespie County Urged to Vote in Democratic Primary
A 35 person Friday night meeting in Gillespie County outlines efforts to urge eligible voters to cast ballots on July 26 in the first Democratic Primary. Officials explain cross primary eligibility with Republican pledge and plan a county-wide information campaign via papers radio and personal contact to boost turnout.
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Gillespians
Gillespie County
Alfred Petsch
Joe Stein
Orville Bullington
Republican State Executive Committee
Texas
Fredericksburg
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O. C. Fisher
Seizuritis
Bruno Pohler
Live Oak
A. C. Adams
Adams
Otto Eckhardt
Eckhardt
Morris Ranch
Bear Creek
Mousebeac Creek
Standard
Erwin Kammlah
Marcus Wehmerger
W. C. King
Fairchild
St. Victor Krauskopf
Fredericksburg Publishing Company
Fairchild Camera and Instrument Company
United States
IN the Hospital
F Tom Schmidt
Arthur Stehling
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