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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1930
Page
6
A weekly masthead lists the newspaper's staff and editorial roles. It notes R S Klett as Managing Editor R E Jordan as Sports Editor Wm Petmecky as Feature Editor Wm Habenicht as Business Manager and the paper's second class entry at Fredericksburg Texas Post Office.
The notice instructs readers to send communications to Freder icksburg Publishing Co. Requests business correspondence to Bookkeeper's Dept. while all other matters go to Editor's Dept.
Bobbitt issues statement correcting reports on the April ruling about public rights to cross enclosed private lands to reach public waters for fishing. The opinion clarifies that crossing does not criminalize, but private property rights remain. posting and trespass rules apply and the public may fish as long as property rights are not violated.
Reports say Romanians rejoiced in the streets upon King Carol's return, enjoying the spectacle as the nation debates its ruler. Colgate University tests find sugar lifts fatigue from sleep loss, while New York clinics offer free plastic surgery to alter faces for employment prospects. Grover Alexander is released unconditionally by the Philadelphia club.
The annual meeting features Col Alf P C Petsch and speakers praising Gillespie county progress and rail access via Gulf and West Texas Railroad. Delegations attend from Llano Mason and San Antonio as officers are re elected and constitutional changes planned for next year. A call to participate in the primary election emphasizes highway and taxation policy to benefit the Hill Country. Sterling is profiled as a favored gubernatorial candidate with strong business credentials.
El Paso Mayor and Congressional candidate R E Thomason spoke at the Fredericksburg courthouse outlining campaign issues including tariff immigration and farm marketing. He backed restricted immigration and cooperative marketing while pledging support for veterans and ex servicemen and for enforcement of the 18th Amendment. An unrelated report notes a five gallon alcohol can explosion at the Benart Hotel killed A H Wright and injured Tom Taylor.
Flood damage prompts immediate replacement of 180 feet of steel and timber span on Highway 29 near Castell. Plans also call for rebuilding eastern approaches to a washed out bridge on Highway 21 near Bryan with timber structures at an estimated total cost of 20 000 dollars.
Mr and Mrs Ernst Ellebracht and Miss Anita Anderegg visited San Antonio for several days to review eggs and other country products. Juenke and Schoenewelt note highest market prices paid for these goods.
Washington reports the Federal Farm Board plans within a day or two to order the cotton stabilization corporation to enter the market and prop up prices as prices fall. Senator Tom Connally urged immediate action after a board meeting. Headquarters for the corporation are in New Orleans. A campaign by bear interests to discredit the farm board was suspected.
A Wichita boy, 10-year-old John Graham, was paid five dollars by A. J. Busch after Busch accidentally ran over and killed the dog the boy was carrying. The dog had been killing chickens and the boy had been paid two dollars by his father to kill it, bringing the total to seven dollars.
Amarillo Tex June 16 J C Lee arrested at Stinnet on a fugitive warrant charging conspiracy to destroy Government property in connection with the Chickasha Oklahoma negro mob killing. He was arraigned before the United States commissioner and committed to the county jail pending removal to Oklahoma to face charges. Sheriff J C Moore of Hutchinson County brought him here.
Mrs. R. E. Renfro of Carbondale Illinois a war mother en route to visit battle fields in France died in a vehicle collision four miles west of Bellevue Ohio. Her two travel companions Dr. Mary Stegal and Mrs. Melissa Hodge were seriously injured as the trio headed to New York to embark.
Advertisement notes Evelyn brand house dress offered in latest styles and color fast fabric priced at 1.95 dollars.
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