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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1943
Page
5
A new TT gasoline coupon replaces the old T coupon and becomes valid July 1. The old T coupon will be invalid on and after July 1 except in the northeastern shortage area where it remains usable through July 25. OPA says the change will reduce slack mileage and curb black market gasoline.
Elton Jordan reports Hugo Klaerner dominated with four scattered hits as the Giants rolled to a 6 to 0 victory at Seipp Park. The right hander controlled the game, limiting Alamo Field to a weak offensive showing.
Locals host the Alamo Field nine next Sunday in a real battle as the visitors seek to even the series. The Giants push for a seven game win streak while the teams remain evenly matched. Game set for 3 30 p m.
Alamo Field ace Herrington held the locals to seven hits while the Giants pressed with two fast double plays. Red Schnerr and Al Klaerner drove in key runs, and Turley robbed Giants of hits. final score reflects Giants five earned on nine innings with nine total hits and seven men left on base.
The life of Andrew Johnson will be shown at the Palace Theatre on Wednesday and Thursday, June 23-24. Van Heflin stars as Johnson with Lionel Barrymore as Thaddeus Stevens and Ruth Hussey as Mrs. Johnson in the biopic Tennessee Johnson.
Miss Elberta Martin, Gillespie County Home Demonstration Agent, outlines seed saving from vegetables harvested in June for fall or next spring planting. She details selecting healthy fruits, labeling plants, and saving beans, peas, cantaloupes, watermelons, and tomatoes with advised methods and drying requirements. Extension MS-509 offers full info on storage and testing.
Gillespie county poultrymen are urged by the government to produce about 1 491 000 dozen eggs this year, 12 percent more than 1942, as part of the Food for Victory program. The goal, based on Texas increases, depends on labor and feed, says Committee Chairman Hobart Creighton. Texas poultrymen produced 233 916 000 dozen eggs in 1942 and are asked for 262 671 000 dozen in 1943 amid protein feed shortages and labor strains.
Girl Scouts of Blue bonnet Troop No 2 held a regular meeting at Mrs Edgar Moses home and elected officers Beatrice Kordzik secretary Annabel Lochte treasurer Julia Ann Dietz reporter Bernice Heep penny collector patrol leaders named Josephine Loth Erlene Schneider Julia Hartmann Annabel Loth Henrietta Mosel Elizabeth Borchers Mary Ann Weber Alberta Klink assistant leaders A short program followed by a game Twenty two scouts and three visitors attended and Henrietta Moses led the group in singing Happy Birthday with lemonade and cake served by her mother
Martial law was declared in Beaumont to stop clashes between white men and black residents. A curfew of 8:30 p m was imposed as rioting left two people dead after a Tuesday incident involving the rape of a young war worker's wife.
Win Thiele son of Mrs Otto Thiele had his left eye removed this week at a local hospital after an optic infection from a nail injury during carpentry work.
The Boy Scout finance drive began last Thursday and will continue through the week. Dr. Leon F. Zwiener, chairman, announced the effort and called for more volunteers. About half of last year’s Scouting funds were raised on the opening day.
Mr Wendelin Metzger a longtime Gillespie County resident who will turn 93 this fall is recovering from a recent illness.
Giants defeat Alamo Field 6 0 on Sunday and fans expect a rematch next Sunday at Seipp's Park while praising team discipline and play. The piece notes the improved roster, veteran leadership, and the broad struggle of the National League Giants amid several doubleheaders and losses to Philadelphia. Also previews 5000-meter AAU meet with Gunder Haegg vs Greg Rice and mentions Southwest Conference football prospects amid uncertain plans for Texas schools.
County Clerk Henry Holy announced that forty two Gillespie County men and women were authorized as notaries public for a two year term from June 1, 1943 to May 31, 1945. Applicants had to file before June 1 at his office to qualify.
Rev. and Mrs. G. W. Elmore of Houston visited relatives and friends here during the past week. Mrs. Wm. Henke, who had been in Houston for months, returned home with them.
Twenty Lutheran Boy Scouts depart Sunday for a week at Camp Tom Wooten near Austin Texas. The Capitol Area Council camp expects about 1000 attendees this summer, the largest in its history, with William B Templer directing for a third year and assistants guiding Scouts from multiple Texas towns plus the Lions Club troop planning a July 4th arrival.
The War Department announced 17 082 American POWs held in enemy countries as of now with 11 307 in Japan 3 312 in Germany and 2 464 in Italy. The reports are incomplete and indicate German camps feed prisoners largely potatoes cabbage fish and an unspecified portion of food.
Delegation from Fredericksburg Lions led by President Alex Frantzen attends District 2-A War Activities Conference in San Antonio. Lions heard talks from Mrs. J W Walker Frank Scofield George B Butler and H L Planch on War Bond drives salvage campaigns and wartime production restrictions.
Mrs John G Pon of Dallas arrived on Monday for a visit with her parents Rev and Mrs J M Bier in Doss.
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