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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1944
Page
3
A wartime appeal urges Americans to increase Red Cross donations and blood plasma drives. It highlights Red Cross aid to soldiers in Europe and Asia and calls on readers to volunteer or donate so funds reach those fighting abroad.
In San Angelo, a discussion notes that communities relied on Washington for relief before the war. With national debt nearing 300 billion dollars, pump priming may fade. War effort activities limit mood troubles, but postwar planning for food clothing and shelter remains essential for communities.
The American Petroleum Institute notes the soldier overseas needs oil every three days to reach, sustain, and defend him. It takes three tons of 100 octane gasoline to deliver and drop one ton of bombs, underscoring the constant fuel demand behind daily Allied air offensives against German and Japanese targets.
A reflective line counsels letting go of burdens as a path to relief. It encourages focusing on present calm and resilience despite life’s weight.
Capt Elmer Maier serves as veterinarian with the American Army in Italy. Lt Olean Fry transfers to Childress Army air Field. Pvt Erin Danz serves in North Africa. Fritz and Oestreich enlist in the Air Corps. Melvin Fry, 17, enlists in the Navy headed to San Diego. Pfc Lorenz Schuch saw action in the Southwest Pacific. Alfred Petmecky returns from 14 months in England to furlough and may enlist in the Merchant Marine. Welgehausen enters Nashville AAF Center for cadet training. Corpus Station sailors Erwin Kammlah Eugene Durst Stanley Stehling Melton Keller visit home. Cpl Werner Danz transfers from Italy to England. Capt Joseph J Hanus visits. Sgt Max Reinbach on furlough from Camp Polk. Pfc James Danz leaves after furlough from Romulus MI. Seaman Second Class Alvin Nevian completes boot camp in San Diego.
Austin doctors warn whooping cough is highly contagious and early treatment is crucial. Dr. Geo W. Cox urges vaccination and serum prevention, isolation from sick playmates, and prompt medical care for under threes to reduce pneumonia risk and fatalities.
The Silver Star is awarded to Army personnel cited for gallantry in action with orders issued by a general command or War Department. A bronze star with a raised silver star sits at the center, rays aligned, reverse inscription For gallantry in action and a space for the recipient's name. It is suspended by a silk moire ribbon in blue white and red stripes.
A reader asks how to spend loose stamps after receiving tokens and learns to give them to the retailer to cover odd points. It clarifies that 10 point stamps do not yield more spending power, only fewer stamps needed overall. It adds historical notes about Elizabeth Blackwell and geography about the Atlantic Ocean and Panama.
The Security State Bank will close on Thursday March 2 in observance of Texas Independence Day. The notice lists a temporary closure for that public holiday and provides no other banking changes.
Lem Martin and Ed Carey clashed over four hens killed by Lem’s dog. They resolved the quarrel calmly over beer at No. 77, with Lem offering apples to compensate. Ed shrugged that the hens didn’t amount to much, and both praised peaceful settlement.
Washington reports the token system for rationed foods starting Sunday. Tokens will circulate with old stamps and new blue and red coupons until March 20, then used to make change. Official Q and A explains stamp types, values, and how tokens replace four denominations with one 10 point token.
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