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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1944
Page
1
Lt Adela Borchers daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis Borchers of here is among U S Army Nurses serving on the Allied front in France. In a letter she describes joining the effort nursing at evacuation hospital and working night duty 8 p m to 8 a m with fatigue but a sense of purpose.
A Red Cross Mobile Blood Donor Unit set up on the F H S Campus registered 384 donors across two days last week surpassing the March total. Lt Jack Anderson praised the turnout and said plans for a return visit in October or November are underway to meet plasma needs.
The Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce issued a call for ranchmen with hunting rights to contact the chamber as demand for leases exceeds supply. The appeal seeks to match available leases with the growing number of interested hunters and landowners.
The Red Army drives westward reaching within 40 miles of East Prussia, closing on Bialystok and Brest-Litovsk. In Normandy, St Lo and Evrecy fall to coordinated American and British action, while Italy sees 32 miles southeast of Florence and near the Gothic Line. US air strikes intensify across Europe, and Tokyo rumors of executions by Japan are denied by Washington.
The annual report of Tax Assessor Collector Wm M Petmecky shows Gillespie County collecting over 98 percent of current taxes for the year ending June 30 and recovering a large share of delinquent taxes. State charges nearly 20 000 were almost fully paid, with about 300 left. county taxes of 39 093 49 had around 500 in arrears. Delinquencies include unrendered properties and distant owners, yet school district reports show many precincts with no delinquents. The county also notes strong poll tax performance with 3 779 receipts issued and 113 exemptions for young voters.
Staff Sergeant Edgar P. Leonhard of Alberts, 24, son of Rev and Mrs Paul Leonhard, earned the Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster for participating in the first American shuttle mission to Russia. He served as radio operator gunner on a RAF B17 Flying Fortress in a task force from the 15th Army Air Force, after a ten day stay at an American base in Russia. The raid began June 2 from Italian bases, attacking Doberdensezen rail yards in Hungary, then a base in Russia, then targets near Galatz Romania and Foieni near Budapest on the return.
A group of Gillespians reported for duty with U S Armed Forces on Thursday July 13, per the local Selective Service Board. Induction center arrival will determine Army Navy or Marines assignment. Names include Clarence E Jung Alton E Wilke Gilbert H Mayer Roman A Stehling Milton A Pehl Willie E Ellebracht Norbert P Hartmann William T Cosper Edward F F Stein Jr Ernst F Kroll Sidney H Grona Armo Lee Baethge Erwin Monroe Baethge Frank Wehmeyer Charlie E Kaiser Levy W Ersch Francis V B Stehling.
Fredericksburg Junior Chamber of Commerce announces August 28 and 29 as dates for the Ram and Billie Sale and Auction at Fair Park. Registered animals under two years will be shown and sold with Nelson Johnson as auctioneer. Premiums range from 5 to 100 dollars.
Both the Security State and the Fredericksburg National Bank will close next Saturday July 22 for the Democratic Primary Election. Esther Rosenbach R.N. returns to San Antonio after a two week vacation to resume duties at Santa Rosa hospital. Ellen and Mildred Borchers of San Antonio spend a week with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Borchers.
The ration list specifies MEATS FATS red stamps from A through Z8 and PROCESSED FRUITS VEGETABLES blue stamps from A8 through Z8 and A5 as good indefinitely. SUGAR stamps 30 31 32 cover five pounds indefinitely, with stamp 40 valid for five pounds of canning sugar through February next year. GASOLINE A-12 coupons good through September 21. SHOES Airplane stamps 1 and 2 are valid indefinitely.
The Honorable C. C. Fisher of San Angelo will be the principal speaker at the Lions Club ladies night and officers installation at Klaerner's Park at 8 p.m. A barbecue lunch is served by the arrangements committee. Lion R W Klingelhoefer will act as toastmaster with a Lions Chorus debut. New officers to be installed include Lester Keyser president, Joe Stein and Henry H Houy vice presidents, Alfred Neffendorf secretary, Walter Ottmers director, and others.
The Hill Country Peace Officers quarterly FBI meeting will be held August 9 in Junction, one of ten Southwest Texas sessions that month. Speakers include FBI firearms ID expert T F Baughman and Washington FBI coordinator Fred T McIntyre. Topics cover scientific aids in police work and the officers view on evidence. Any sheriffs, police chiefs, Texas agencies, constables, wardens, and railway agents may attend.
The Gillespie County War Price and Rationing Board announces its volunteer personnel. The General Board includes Eugene Schmidt O R Kieh ne H H Maner C H Dooley Hugo Mueller. Gas Panel members Adolf Kneese Ito Schmidt A H Brodie Ed Krauskopf. Price Panel members Herman Usener F W Arbelger Albert Petermann Leo Petsch Ben Kneese. Revocation Panel Felix Wilke Robert Loth T K Carr. Community Service Joe Molberg Norman Dietel. Food Panel Erwin Kraus A H Kuenemann Chas Dolezal Chas Kiehne.
Emma Lee Weber and Annabel Loth spent a week in Blanco and New Braunfels on a vacation enjoying local sights and leisure activities.
Gillespie County lumbermen and nearby areas heard WPB official Wirtz and Cadwell explain Order L-335 effective August 1. The rule sharply limits lumber sales to all consumers with rural and farm use approvals via the AAA, allowing minimal expenditures on farm buildings and restricting urban access.
Gillespie County voters go to the Democratic primary on June 22 to nominate candidates for statewide offices. Thirty five candidates compete, including nine for governor and four for lieutenant governor. Incumbent Grover Sellers heads the attorney general race with opponents Jesse Martin and Fred Erisman. Beauford H. Jester, Jesse James, Bascom Giles and C. Murray face no opposition. Local offices have no races.
Gillespie County men report for preinduction physical at the San Antonio induction center today. The list includes George F. Nicholas Harvey C. Roeder William H. Stevens Jr Victor A. Stahl Harvey H. Kramer Hugo L. Arlitt Milton O. Usener Clifton W Arbelger Robert A. Lehne Hubert F. Rahe Felix E. E. Neffendorf Clifton E. Frantzen Alex E. Segner Marvin A. Ahrens Robert W. Halfmann Wallace L. Lively Edward F. F. Stein Jr Walter H. Langehennig Alfred H. Meier Raymond E. Boos with volunteers noted by a V.
Gillespie County AR C workers produced fifty pillows for convalescents using locally supplied materials. The chapter also takes on a 144 overseas Navy kit bags projects apron style with items such as soap, cards, cigarettes, shoe laces and a calendar. Sewing supplies and binding tape pending arrival, under supervision of Mrs William Grienke and surgical dressings chief Mrs Lester Keyser.
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