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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1948
Page
9
Final week in July marks National Farm Safety Week with a goal to eliminate 30 million farm hazards. The National Safety Council warns of frequent farm injuries and deaths, urging each family to remove at least one hazard per member to reduce the grim toll across Gillespie County and the nation.
The piece argues taxpayers deserve precise, current data on finances including funds for immediate use, debt retirement, and income. It calls counties, districts, and cities to publish regular detailed statements to inform policy debates, curb rumors, and support informed public criticism.
The note contrasts caution and boldness in daily decisions and notes a bushel of wheat contains 556 000 seeds, illustrating the scale of everyday quantities.
In recent years U S rice growers have harvested an average of 70 million bushels per year. REA has approved a loan of 215000 dollars for 153 miles of electric line in Blanco county to serve 325 rural consumers.
The Game Commission set 1948 open season rules for doves and antelope, maintaining the prior lengths and bag limits for mourning and white wing doves. Mourning dove zones remain Gillespie County in the northern zone September 1 to October 15, southern zone October 20 to December 3, with 1947 dates unchanged. A 35 day migratory waterfowl season is proposed to replace the 1947 split season, with no dates yet set, and duck and goose bag limits suggested to rise from four to eight per day. Antelope hunting dates are scheduled across counties including Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Reeves, Presidio, Hudspeth, and Culberson in early October.
The Doss Boy Scout Troop hiked to Otto Grona Ranch camping ground by the Pedernales River from Doss School on July 3. Scouts cooked meals, passed cooking and swimming tests, and later rode to Kerrville rodeo before returning home tired but happy.
The U S Navy reports 183 Marines killed and 616 wounded at Eniwetok during the war, tallying the human cost of the island engagement and the broader Pacific campaign.
Residents of Fredericksburg and vicinity may visit the Austin Social Security Office representative at the Chamber of Commerce on Thursday July 15 at 11 00 p m. The session provides help to file benefit claims obtain new and duplicate Social Security Cards and check wage records. Future visit dates will be announced.
Testing carrier aircraft and V bombs together the Navy aims to adapt rocket warfare for surface ships. The first firing used a captured German V-2 launched from the deck of USS Midway at sea.
Kolmeier & Klier Co reports availability of several oil burning refrigerators. The notice notes in stock units suitable for commercial use and emphasizes readiness for immediate delivery or installation.
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