Red Cross volunteers excel in wartime surgical dressings effort
A 1942 report in The Volunteer highlights the War Department’s request for vast surgical dressings. Red Cross volunteers shipped 181,135,800 dressings by March 31, with daily output averaging over four million in March. Fredericksburg and Gillespie County women are commended for their vital service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RED Cross
American Red Cross
Gillespie County
War Department
Fredericksburg
Flag Week Unity Urges Extra War Bonds Buy
President Roosevelt urges June 8 to 14 Flag Week to honor the United Nations flag and boost war bond sales. Citizens are called to contribute, through extra bonds, to support the global war effort alongside allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
United Nations
United States Flag Association
America
Tomorrow’s World as We Think It Shapes Policy and Life
The piece argues that future world conditions hinge on our current thinking, shaping national policies and lifestyles. It warns that war consciousness fuels anger and prejudice, recalling Pearl Harbor and wartime bombings, and emphasizes repairing mindsets as essential as repairing cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science Monitor
Loyal hometown soldiers serve on furloughs and transfers
Pfc Hartmann visits his ailing mother during a 12 day furlough from Camp Howze Texas. Corpral Werner Knopp earns new rank while at Conner State College Oklahoma. Cipriano Cancino returns to Sioux City Iowa after ten day furlough. Multiple air force and naval personnel share brief family trips and station transfers across Texas Oklahoma Iowa North Africa and England.
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Pfc
Hartmann
Johnny Hartmann
Emil H. Hartmann
Camp Howze
Texas
Werner Knopp
Emil Knopp
Cpl. Knopp
AAFTC
Conner State College
Warner
Oklahoma
Army
Cipriano Cancino
Army Air Base
Sioux City
Iowa
Marvin Kaderli
Othmar Kaderli
C. C. Petsch
Ft Stockton
306Th
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Petsch
FHS
University of Texas
East Texas
Lower
Rio Grande Valley
Otto Petsch
Here
Emma K
Martin Cook
Daytona Beach
Martin
Route 4
Fredericksburg
Bakers and Cooks
WAAC
Waacs
N. Africa
Paul Pressler, Jr
Goehring Serves In Army Camp Robinson Arkansas
Alois Goehring, former Doss student and brother of Mrs. Pete Weber and Helen Goehring, has been in the Army since April induction. Stationed at Camp Robinson Arkansas he helped on flood duty during the Arkansas River flood. He won a medal for expert marksmanship with 154 points. Ensign Karl Kappus, grandson of Mrs. George Eberle, is somewhere on the Pacific after Yale training and commission. Cpl. Felix Beckmann arrives in Africa with the U S Army Air Force. Mrs. William Schneider reports a V mail note from son William R. Schneider Jr. on duty in North Africa.
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James Pyka
W. B. Pyka
Cpl
Jimmie
Lincoln Air Base
Lincoln
Neb
William Keyser
N. Africa
William S. Keyser
Fredericksburg
North Africa
Associated Press
Keyser
San Antonio
Ben Faubion
Naval Training Station
Davisville
R. I
Faubion
O. K. Nix
Nix
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Illinois
McDade
Texas
Juenther Habenicht
Harry Habenicht
Ellington Field
Habenicht
W. Schlueter
Werner Schlueter
U. S. Army Signal Corps
Philadelphia
Schlueter
University of Texas School of Electrical Engineering
Edwin Schlueter
Medlock
Naval Service
Maxine E. Medlock
Ruston
Aubra Medlock
U. S Navy
California
Lewis Evans
Here
WAAC
Ft. Des Moines
Iowa
Mr. Medlock
R. J. Medlock
Prairie Mountain
U. S. Navy
Alois Goehring
Doss
Pete Weber
Helen Goehring
Camp Robinson
Arkansas
Felix Beckmann
U. S. Army Airforce
Italy
Africa
Willie Beckmann
Ensign Kappus
Pacific
Karl Kappus
George Eberle
Karl
Yale University
William Schneider
William R. Schneider, Jr
North
Local Residents Visit Relatives Across Texas and Oklahoma
A flurry of visits unfolds as Miss Meta Hartmann and Selma Moellering stop in Corpus Christi to see relatives. Guests circulate from Dallas and Houston to Harlingen and San Antonio while Major W. J. Stover hosts and Mrs. Stehling travels with family. Louis Stehling of the McCrory chain oversees the San Antonio store as August Itz and others vacation in Fredericksburg.
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Meta Hartmann
Selma Moellering
Corpus Christ
Walter McKay
San Antonio
Hugo Basse
Arno Basse
Patricia Basse
Dallas
Herman Kuhlman
Houston
William Kuhlmann
J. W
J. J. Hanus
E. J
Jackie
Chillicothe
Ohio
Wm. Bierschwab
Dr. Hanus
Waco
Jackson Johnson
Lake Field
Arizona
Emil Schhlueter
Johnson
Louis Stehling
Charles Bosshardt
Stehling
Fredericksburg
Christian Stehling
Louis
McCrory
Farm Supplies Priority Order Under War Production Board
A new War Production Board rule requires dealers to supply farm items to farmers who sign a certificate declaring they are farmers and the supplies are needed for farm operation. The rule covers 140 items and allows purchases up to $25, with larger amounts possible if the local county rationing committee approves.
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War Production Board
Younty Farm
Roosevelt grandson accidentally shoots boy in Philadelphia home
Ten year old William Donner Roosevelt, son of Lt. Col. Elliott Roosevelt and grandson of President Roosevelt, accidentally shot and killed an 11 year old playmate at his mother's Philadelphia home on Sunday.
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William Donner Roosevelt
Col
Elliott Roosevelt
President Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Indelible pencils offered by Fredericksburg publishers
Fredericksburg Publishing Co. Inc. advertises hard to erase indelible pencils available for sale. The notice highlights availability through the local publisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg Publishing Co., Inc
Want ads cost very little
A brief note promoting affordable want ads invites readers to try placing a notice by phone at the listed number 40.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Arthur H. Kowert
Werner A. Klier
Fredericksburg Publishing Company
Terenas Press Association
South Texas Press Association
Pearl Harbor
Bundles For America, Ige
News of
U. S. Service
Jung
England
Edgar Jung
Beckmann
PDR
Juenke & Schoenewolf
Fredericksburg Implement Co
Fredericksburg, Texas
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