Winfred Berg Pacific War Veteran Becomes Florida Flight Instructor
Lt. Winfred Berg son of Willie Berg of Pedernales recalls wartime service from Pearl Harbor to Midway Coral Sea and Aleutians. He trained Navy recruits at a Florida naval training station and spoke of his shipboard duties before returning home for a visit.
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Tt. Winfred Berg
Far Pacific
Florida Naval Training Station
Navy
Winfred Berg
Willie Berg
Pedernales
Berg
Annapolis
Florida
Pearl Harbor
Gilbert and Marshal Islands
Midway
Coral Sea
Aleutian Islands
Pacific
Bowlers Win From Comfort Team In Local Match
Fredericksburg bowlers led by A Schaefer K ard M Wahrmund H Hirsch R Henke A Meinscher R Jordan G A Wietzel J Ressmann and H Rusenberger won two of three games against the Comfort team. A public school auxiliary party on the courthouse lawn drew a large crowd with Prof Feuge returning from Austin and a community song led by Miss Julia Estill. Ida Wiedner and Mrs Ernst Wahrmund wed at the Wiedner home in Cibolo Guadalupe County Texas. Judge McLean defeated Judge Stubbs for District Judge.
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Comfort
Fredericksburg
A. Schaefer
K.ard
M. Wahrmund
H. Hirsch
R. Henke
A. Meinscher
R. Jordan
G. A. Wietzel
J. Ressmann
H. Rusenberger
Public School
C. W. Feuge
Austin
Julia Estill
Bbiano
Wahrmund-Wiedner
Ida Wiedner
Ernst Wahrmund
Fried. Wiedner
Cibolo
Guadalupe County
Texas
Pineapple Canning Effort Aids Gillespie County Community
The Gillespie County Home Demonstration Council reports over 2400 pints of pine apples canned from 100 dozen by 154 residents. Proceeds kept at cost aim to save blue ration points and support Station Hospital projects at Camp Bowie. Delegates to the Texas Home Demonstration Association meet in Dallas August 17 19 1943.
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Gillespie County
Texas Home Demonstration Association
Dallas
Station
Camp Bowie
Mussolini Ousted As Premier Of Italy This Week
Premier Benito Mussolini, leader of Italy for 21 years, was ousted as dictator as Allied forces press toward Rome. His fall follows Allied advances in Sicily and North Africa and the empire’s dwindling fortunes in the war. The Italian king accepted his resignation as the nation heads toward a new political era.
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Mussolini
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Europe
Black Shirts
France
Adolf Hitler
Il Duce
Hitler
Japan
Germany
North Africa
Meditteranean
Sicily
Rome
Vittorio Emanuel
Gillespie County Honor Roll Erected in Theatre Lobby
Walter Knoche, Palace Theatre manager, lists 611 Gillespie youths serving in the U S armed forces on two glass display racks in the lobby. Admiral Chester W Nimitz, a Gillespie County native, leads the roll. If any name is missing, the public is asked to notify so the list can be updated.
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Gillespie County
U. S
Walter Knoche
Palace Theatre
Chester W. Nimitz
Here
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Knoche
Stars and Stripes
Don H. Biggers
Texas
Roosevelt ends civilian coffee rationing today
President Roosevelt announced the end of coffee rationing for civilians effective today. Purchasers may buy coffee without surrendering stamps or ration currency and banks will not accept coffee ration currency. He also hinted that more shipping space could raise sugar allotments.
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Roosevelt
Gillespie County FSA Loan Totals Reach $126 691
Cecil L. Drake reports Gillespie County Farm Security Administration loans totaling 126 691.03 since the program started through April 30. Of this amount, 67 123.47 has matured and 67 569.52 has been repaid with interest.
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Farm Security Administration
Gillespie County
Cecil L. Drake
FSA
Gillespie Coun
Drake
Teamsters to Hold Annual Reunion at Klaemer's Park
Gillespie County pioneer freight haulers summon descendants for Sunday reunion at Klaemer's Park. Program includes welcome, memorial service led by Joe Molberg, address by Robert W. Klingelhoefer, round table recollections, and music. Attendees bring a basket lunch for 5 p m. event.
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Gillespie County
Klaemer’s Park
A. D Stahl
Joe Molberg
Zions Lutheran Church
Clemens Kneese
Robert W. Klingelhoefer
Return empty beverage bottles to save wartime production
WPB's Conservation Division urges returning all empty beverage bottles at once to relieve the drain on essential war production. Bottles are fully cleaned and sterilized at bottling plants before reuse.
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WPB
Ration Calendar Details for Sugar Coffee Shoes and Gasoline
Summary of wartime ration stamps and validity: Sugar stamps 13 15 18 provide five pounds of sugar with various expiration dates. coffee bans stamps none. shoes stamp 18 allows one pair of shoes through October 31 1945. red stamps P Q K S expire July 31 with others in August. processed foods blue stamps N P Q valid July 1 to August 7. blue stamps R S T expire September 7. gas book 7 offers four gallons through September 21.
Resuscitators Demonstrated At Lions Club Meeting
Lions Club members viewed a demonstration of a newly purchased resuscitator inhalator and aspirator by the Volunteer Fire Department. Henry Borchers and Elgin Crenwelge led the showing and explained training plans. The club discussed the Cigarette Fund, Christmas Cheer program, a Shadow Play feature, and sponsoring a quarterly zone meeting. A food committee was appointed for the next meeting on August 11.
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Fredericksburg
Henry Kuenemann
Lion White
District 2-A
Henry Loehte
Edgar Mose
Gasoline Ration Books Issued in County
The Gillespie War Price and Rationing Board has issued 2,422 Basic A gasoline rationing books through July 26. Those who failed to renew by July 21 are being processed as they arrive, the board announced.
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Gillespie War Price and Rationing Board
Miss May Kuhlman Returns from San Antonio Visit
Miss May Kuhlman has returned from a short vacation in San Antonio.
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May Kuhlman
San Antonio
Dove season opens September 1 with zone move for doves
Gillespie hunters may start dove season September 1 due to a federal zoning change placing Gillespie in the north zone. North runs September 1 to October 12 while south runs November 20 to December 19. Migratory birds may be hunted 30 minutes before sunrise. shooting ends at sunset. Bag limits: mourning doves ten daily ten in possession. whitewing doves and ducks ten daily twenty in possession. Duck season November 2 through January 10.
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Texas
Gillespie
August Driver License Exams Set Amid Shortage
Gillespians must appear at the courthouse on Saturday July 31 for the final tests before a break. Only two examination dates are planned in August due to a shortage of examiners, both scheduled for August 23.
Texas Coast Storm Kills 13 and $10 Million Losses
Thirteen dead and numerous injuries as a tropical hurricane battered the Texas gulf coast from Houston to Port Arthur starting Tuesday. Areas around Goose Creek Baytown and Pelly suffered severe damage with Port Arthur recording heavy rainfall of 17.68 inches and aerial casualties at Ellington Field. Local posts incurred thousands in damage and forecasts suggested winds would ease but continue inland toward Austin.
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Texas Gulf Coast
Houston
Port Arthur
Tri-Cities
Goose Creek
Bayown
Pelly
la Porte
Ellington Field
Army Air Base
Camp Walace
Galveston
Austin
Fredericksburg
Stonewall
Albert
Viggo Nielsen
Ad. Bauer
Max Arbelger
Fritz Wilke
Auto Use Stamps Due By Month's End
Gillespie County vehicle owners must affix auto use stamps to windshields by the month end. J. B. Stubbs, district internal revenue collector, warns that failure to purchase and attach stamps will bring a fine of 5 to 25 dollars plus the stamp cost. Stamps are available at the local post office but after July 31 only from the collector of internal revenue.
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Gillespie County
J. B. Stubbs
Internal Revenue
Collector of Internal Revenue
Miss Julia Estill Refines Visit In Austin
Miss Julia Estill spent several days in Austin with her cousin Mrs Earl Cornwell Miss Meta Hupnertz and other friends during a social sojourn in the Texas capital.
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Julia Estill
Austin
Earl Cornwell
Meta Hupnertz
Home Drying of Fruits and Vegetables via Electric Dryers
Texas A M College extension agent Elberta Martin explains electric dehydrators offer clean heat for home drying of fruits and vegetables. The Rocky Hill 4H Club exhibits a simple electric apple box dryer in the Express office window.
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Elberta Martin
Gillespie County
Texas A & M. College Extension Service
Rocky Hill
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Standar
Courthouse Park
McLean
Stubbs
J. H. McLean
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Ofice
J. B. Roland
Jary Ann
Walter Foerster
Roland
Eugene Fischer
Llano
Gillespians
Gillespie Esa
Bureau of Public Relations
U. S. War Department
Sicilian
U.S. Signal Corps
George Patton
7Th Army
Ld Teamsters
Fightin’ Man
Clinton Weigand
Laura Weigand
Honda Navigation School
Clinton
MacDeanald
Lions Meeting
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