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Newspaper

Fredericksburg Standard

Location

Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 09, 1939

Page

2

Court actions and partitions dominate final week docket

Civil cases fill the docket with divorces granted or settled. Notable: Mildred Crossley restored to Tutt after divorce with no children or property. Partition disputes among the Crenwelge family allocate 120 acres each to Edmund Alvin and Gustav, with other acres to Louis Crenwelge and daughters. Receivers appointed in bank matters. Several judgments by default and dismissals conclude actions, including life insurance, notes, and debt cases.

Mildred Crossley Douglas Crossley Mildred Tutt Bertha Koennecke Alvin Crenwelge Edmund Alvin H. A. Armand Gustav Crenwelge Louis Crenwelge Tife Walter Hollmig Mary Hollmig Ella Kott F. H. Hollmig Felix Hollmig Louis Molzberger Alfred Schmidt Temple D. Smith Bank of Fredericksburg Hamilton Dallas Adolph Dittmar Oscar Krauskopf Citizens Bank Otto G. Jenschke Federal Land Bank Christine Noble Border State Life Insurance Co Gus H. Lindner Ernst Kailenberg Louis Kusenberger Otto Seelig Charles BE. Turpin Continental Oil Company U. S District Court Western District of Texas E. E. Jennings Continental Oil Company Et al U. S. District Court Wm. Borchers Ernst Borchers Clara Borchers Fredericksburg Implement Co Alfred Hennig

Poisoned grain controls gophers and ground squirrels

The Department of Rodent Control offers poisoned milo at five cents per pound to curb orchard and farm damage. Use a teaspoonful per ground squirrel entrance and probe runs for gophers, covering holes with moist earth to ensure exposure. Best done before planting and weed growth. Subscribe to the Standard.

Department of Rodent Control

Legislature Fails to Put Tax Amendment to Vote

Week's sessions in Austin saw efforts to set a constitutional tax amendment as a special order, but the measure did not reach the two thirds needed for action. Rep Alfred Petsch noted it would be the first time Texans decide on taxes. A sales curb on stolen autos advanced, requiring title certification after October. A compromise bill would raise truck load limits to 10,000 pounds and ban hauling more than 14 bales of uncotton outside city limits. Loyalist Spain unsettled as Franco supporters gain momentum and Franco recognized by Britain and France. AFL rejects CIO plan to form 8 million member American Congress of Labor. Gandhi halts his Rajkot fast after 98 hours, gaining an advisory council on reforms. Winzell Williams, Dallas murderer linked to capital punishment repeal efforts, is electrocuted in Huntsville after multiple reprieves. Senate approves Army Air Corps expansion to 6,000 planes.

Austin Alfred Petsch Fredericksburg House

Parent-Teacher Association Hosts Arts Teas Meet

Mrs Dwight Horton guest speaker at Silver Tea and Art Exhibition hosted by the Parent-Teacher Association. The program featured devotions, songs, and art from students and local artists, plus new officers elected and plans for May installation. Attendance prizes went to students from Primary, Intermediate, and High School.

Dwight Horton Theo Haag Lester Keyser Maragret Beville Nannie Striegler Henry Lochte Brahm Dallas Henry W. Lewis Horton Florence Italy Frank Reaugh Eisenlohr Texas Henry Lewis Albert Keide Associaton Charles Crist Blanco Edith Bellows Mason H. F. Bolding Hugo Walter Mesdames A. Bartholmae Gould Davis Leon Zwiener Almon Kirchoff Felix Wilke Aug. Stahl Margaret Beville Faye Bierschwale W. C. White Eddie Krauskopf Edgar Marshall Milton Durst Ava Ratliff Frances Jones Dorothy Wilkes Olga Reichenau Parent - Teacher Association

Depreciation Woes Dismissed By Car Salesman

A witty exchange ends with the salesman admitting the heavy depreciation claim was a concern, but says it was removed. The young woman comments that it is still the most interesting feature of the cars.

Texas Industry Plan Outlined By O Danie l

Texas industrial development outlined by the state industrial commissioner includes co operation, research, publicity programs, out of state drives, a 100 member speaking corps, industrial fairs, state tours to the North and East, a service bureau, and an industrial market bureau to expand markets. O'Daniel emphasizes Texas has vast natural resources and industrial chemistry could unlock great wealth, promising future prosperity for workers and communities.

Texas North Service Bureau O'Daniel

70 Per Cent Of Cars In Safety Lane Defective

A safety lane check found 642 cars with defective brakes and 229 with defective vision from windshield or wiper. Additional defects included 196 lights 159 mufflers 119 steering and 57 horns. 268 owners corrected defects and received gold stickers after a second lane pass. Sergeant W. M. King supervised the operation with several patrolmen assisting.

Sergt W. M. King C. E. Hoppe C. M Halton W. G. Callstrom Truitt Dillard Wm. Blackstone Ben Krueger Elmer Nichols

Drunk man orders cab to loop block sixty five times

A male passenger intoxicatedly hails a cab and orders the driver to circle the block repeatedly. On the sixty fifth pass he leans forward and says, Step on it, buddy, I'm in a lurry.

Shay

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Tunisian Africa Tunisia Mediterranean France Mareth Line Zouaves Foreign Legion Libya Spain Juan Negrin National Defense Council S. Casado Francisco Franco Great Britain Franco U. S Madrid John L. Lewis CIO American Federation of Labor American Congress of Labor AFL Gandhi Mahatma Gandhi Rajkot India O'Daniels Winzell Williams U. S. Army Army Air Corps Senate Parent-Teacher Association Meets Charles Koch of Otto Weber Edwin Priess the Missionary Society Circle No. 2 M. E. Church South Renick Journey Evers Lavender Mountain Burton Fredericksburg Publishing Company Balaheioue Goodyear Goodyear Service Stores Norman Bros
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