Scout Camporal Planned For August 29 30
Fredericksburg Boy Scout troops plan a Scout Camporal at Klaemer Park on August 29 and 30 with demonstrations, competitive stunts, and a camp fire. District officials and parents will attend as James Tarr and Edgar Stroeher organize site plans with H L Gaskin present from Capitol Area Council.
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Fredericksburg
Klaemer’s Park
Edgar Stroeher
District Scout Committee
James Tarr
Tarr
H. L. Gaskin
Capitol Area Council
Boy Scouts of America
Teacher student exchange echoes Boy Scouts wisdom
A Boys' Life quip frames a classroom moment with playful reply about respect. A teacher asks which ruler commands most respect and a student answers the ruler is the one in your hand, delivering a light moral amid student chatter.
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Jim
Oil Pipeline Plan Aims East Coast Supply Relief
Secretary Harold Ickes urged the petroleum industry to build a 70.6 million dollar pipeline from East Texas to Eastern refineries to avert an oil shortage. He also asked consumers in 16 Eastern states and the District of Columbia to voluntarily cut gasoline use by one third. Governor W Lee O Daniel announced he would assume the U S Senate seat on Monday August 4 after a tour of army camps and defense projects in the state.
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U. S
Harold Ickes
East Texas
Seaboard
States
District of Columbia
W. Lee O’daniel
Senate
Plans For Fair Continued From Page One
Plans for the Gillespie County Fair urge communities and individuals to start planning exhibits now to showcase the county as a top fair in Texas. Businesses are urged to reserve commercial exhibit space early to ensure adequate display areas.
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Gillespie Couny
Texas
First Local Lottery Numbers Drawn In Washington
Gillespie County youths registered July 1 and October were assigned early numbers in the national lottery. The first local impact was Norman Joe Fiedler with number 39, drawn seventh overall. Other local registrants followed in the top 200 with numbers 40 9 11 18 17 36 50 26 29, awaiting the master list from the Selective Service Board to finalize the local roster.
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Gillespie County
Norman Joe Fiedler
Ferdinand Mayer
Elmer H. Bierschwab
William R. Hahn
Lawrence M. Klein
Selective Service Board
New DuPont Paint Styling Guide Guides Color Choice
The DuPont Paint Styling Guide simplifies interior and exterior color selection using large color sheets and transparent overlays. It lets customers preview how shades look on rooms and exteriors before painting, with furnished room designs and exterior styles printed on overlays. Stores invite customers to view the guide in person.
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DuPont
Delinquent Taxes Remission Extended to Districts
Delinquents in Fredericksburg Independent School District and Harper Independent Consolidated School District gain non penalty and non interest relief. To qualify, pay all real estate personal property and poll taxes due. partial payment triggers a 6 percent penalty. The remission covers delinquencies up to 1940 and aims to avert tax suits and foreclosures. Petmecky urges prompt payment before November 1 grace period ends.
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Petmecky
Feeder Airline plan boosts Fredericksburg transport access
The Southwest Feeder Airline project promotes low cost passenger travel under 4c per mile and faster mail express service. The Chamber of Commerce gathered data to prove regional economic need and seeks business support to extend the proposed system to Fredericksburg Texas Fort Worth Texas and other points.
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Rutledge
Fredericksburg
Civil Aeronautics Board
Southwest Feeder Airlines
Chamber of Commerce
Southwest Feeder Airline, Inc
Sinclair Building
Fort Worth
Texas
We Believe- Continued Debate Over Selective Service
The column argues Congress must pass laws to keep current fighting forces intact by avoiding withdrawal of partially trained draftees. It contends an unlimited emergency could deploy troops abroad, urging an amendment to extend military service indefinitely while restricting service to U S territories.
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United States
Roosevelt
Congress
Europe
Texas oilmen spend over ten million yearly on geophysical work
Texas oil operators allocate more than 10 million dollars annually to geophysical exploration as they search for new oil reserves.
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Texas
Hospital News This Week’s Local Surgeries and Injury
Orrin Love and Mrs Richard Ahrens underwent ton silectomy and major operation on July 16. Irene Pape had an appendectomy on July 17. Ida Taylor July 21 and Alfred Treibs July 23. Frank Ottmers son of Mr and Mrs Walter Ottmers had a tonsilectomy July 23. Johnny Langerhans suffered a broken nose after being struck by a ball during a Fredericksburg Giants workout.
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Orrin Love
Richard Ahrens
Anton Lott
Irene Pape
Ida Taylor
Alfred Treibs
Frank E
Walter Ottmers
Johnny Langerhans
Fredericksburg Giants
Committee Named Continues Post Office Mural Plan
Postmaster R W Lingel Hoefer announced a mural depicting a major regional industry will hang above the post office door. The 12 ft 1/4 in by 5 ft 3 3/4 in piece will be painted by Otis Dozier of Colorado Springs, commissioned by the Section of Fine Arts. Work likely to begin this fall after occupancy.
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R. W. Lingelhoefer
Otis Dozier
Colorado Springs
Colo
Section of Fine Arts
U. S. Procurement Division
Final Aluminum drives public to donate pots and pans
County Judge Henry Hirsch reported strong public response to the Palace Theatre Aluminum matinee. A sidewalk bin near the Courthouse invites residents in rural areas and the city to drop off pots and pans no longer needed or to be replaced.
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Henry Hirsch
Palace Theatre
Legion Meeting at Old Court House July 29
The Louis Jordan Post and Auxiliary will hold its regular meeting on Tuesday July 29 at 8 PM at the Old Court House. Election of officers and other important business to come before the meeting. All Legion members are invited to attend. Refreshments after the meeting.
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Louis Jordan Post and Auxiliary
Old Court House
Legion
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Som
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Desoto
Chrysler
Firestone
Wm. Schroeder, Jr
Plymouth
His Ball and
Gulf Brewing Co
Houston
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