World War II Front Notes and Axis Developments
The report covers Allied gains in the Ruhr with 25 percent of German wartime output crippled, Rommel’s Libya thrust halted, and Axis tank losses. It notes Russian local offensives near Moscow, continued Eastern China attacks, Atlantic U boat losses with 41 sailors missing, and a heavy Allied convoy reaching Russia. Shore defense orders expand inland. Allied raids on Timor and Florida Islands are described, along with Mexico’s May 22 entry into the war and Roosevelt seeking declarations of war on Bulgaria Hungary and Romania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruhr
Duisberg
Oberhausen
Lybia
Rommel
Tobruk
Russia
Brownsville
Richard Donavan
Australia
Timor
Florida Islands
Pacific
Adolf Olfers Seeks Commissioner Office in Gillespie County
Adolf Olfers announces candidacy for Commissioner of Precinct 1 in Gillespie County. Born and raised there, he has long worked as a carpenter and spent a year and a half building roads under Ed Schmidt. He pledges to serve the precinct to the best of his ability if elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolf Olfers
Gillespie County
Olfers
Ed. Schmidt
Fresh Fruits Displayed In Window This Friday
Local shop announces fresh pineapples corn plums and peaches will be on hand Friday afternoon with display in the window for customers to view.
Chain of Communication Completed Gillespie County Victory Council
Gillespie County announces its Victory Council with County Agent Henry Grote and Home Demonstration Agent Elberta Martin naming community and neighborhood leaders. The structure follows Wickard's plan to speed important farm family information via school district based community lines and telephone networks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County Victory Council
Gillespie County
Victory Council
Henry Grote
Elberta Martin
Wickard
R. T. Laurence
Willow City
Gottlieb Friedrich
Gus Basse
Guido Weinheimer
Petersburg
W. O. Pape
Alois Jung
Lonnie Friedrich
Pilot Knob
Ernst Reed
Albert Leyendecker
Alex Jenschke
Richard Ressman
Rheingold
Theodore Koenecke
Alvin Stahl
Oswald Eckhardt
Arthur Gold
Tivydale
Alfons Klein
Emil A. Fritz
Clinton Gold
Clifford Renick
Fern Smith
Emil Horlen
White Oak
Louis Kunz
Albert Feller
Yosca
Paul Pressler
Marlin Althaus
Arlvin A. Weigehausen
Otto Weigehausen
Henry Bruns
Earl Brehmer
Edwin Brodbeck
August Hopf. Albert
Robert Mertz
Andrew Lindig
Harry Wilke
J. O. Tanner
Willie Schumann
Chester Moldenhauer
Nebgen
Alonzo Due
Hiram Hodges
Eugene Lindig
Elgin Beckman
Gus Pehl
Stonewall
Ernest Hodges
Paul Danz
Paul Corneli
Alf. Gellermann
Adam Pehl
H. L. Weinheim
WPA Salvage Plan details for farmers and war production
Farmers may donate or sell scrap to WPA collectors with payments set by the Office of Price Administration 25 cents per hundred pounds for metal and five tenths of a cent per pound for rubber. WPA laborers will assemble at railway points and auction to highest bidder, then ship to war factories within 60 days. If donated, proceeds go to the government. if sold, farmers receive War Stamps or government checks. The article also notes church and Legion involvement in wartime service arrangements.
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America
WPA
Office of Price Administration
J. A. Hazelrigg
Fredericksburg Spouse Announces Union in San Antonio
The couple includes a San Antonio bride daughter of Mr and Mrs Chas Wagner and a Fredericksburg groom son of Mr and Mrs Chas Klaerner. A large guest list attends the wedding in San Antonio. The Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce will host a banquet June 2 at Klaemers Hall with notable speakers. Hilmar Dittmar of Fredericksburg is among 116 students at Southwest Texas State Teachers College doing supervised teaching in the San Marcos public schools, teaching algebra.
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San Antonio
Chas Wagner
Chas. Klaerner
Chamber of Commerce of
Fredericksburg
Klaemers
Hilmar Dittmar
Southwest Texas State Teachers College
San Marcos
Dittmar
Stevenson Draws Four Opponents For Governor Race
Governor Coke R Stevenson faces four Democratic challengers Hal H Collins Alex M Ferguson brother of James Ferguson Hope Wheeler Arlington publisher and C L Somerville Dallas law school operator who filed before the June 1 ballot deadline. Boyce House of Ft Worth entered the lieutenant governor race as the field grew. Miss Louise Brodie and Mrs Edgar Durst depart for San Antonio to attend Draughons Business College.
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Coke R. Stevenson
Hal H. Collins
Alex M. Ferguson
James Ferguson
Hope Wheeler
Arlington
C. L. Somerville
Dallas Law School
Boyce House
Ft. Worth
Louise Brodie
Edgar Durst
San Antonio
Draughon
Business College
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Saenger
Stehling Bros
Clotheers
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Mexico
PDR
Roosevelt
Congress
Bulgaria
Hungary
Romania
United Nations
City Fruit Store
Wescote Supreme
Wescote
Sui Vlop
Chester Kasper, Mer
Willie Kaiser
Bear Creek
Bodo Feller
Hugo Lochte
Cain City
Edgar Tatsch
Luther Price
Cherry Mountain
Henry J. Durst
Chas
Holly
Clemens Meier
Honey Creek
Felix Fuhrmann
Harry Staudt
Albert Hartmann
Ernst Ellebracht
Palo Alto
Emil Lehne
Kurt Hansen
Arthur Itz
Harry Stiehl
Cave Creek
Armand Koennecke
August Ahrens
Emil Stahl
Joe Vogel
Klein Branch
Lewis A. Stevens
Joe Lange
Joe Goodson
Wrede
Ruben Levendecker
Geo Simon
Hayden
Harry Kneese
Bruno Foerster
Doss
Otto Spaeth
Richard Neffendorf
Carl Durst
Alfred Sauer
Paul Sauer
Rubin Nixon
Pedernales
Oliver Rabke
Gilbert Henke
Pete Roeder
Alvin Crenwelge
Hugo Besier
Chas. Meurer
Frank Schmidt
Nebo
Rennie Schlaudt
Willis Lee
Richard Hohmann
Henry Evans
Legion
le Zion
R. E. Bernhard
Alfred Neffendorf
Stevenson
Levera
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