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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1941
Page
4
Fredericksburg and surrounding county plan a spring Clean Up Week from April 4 to 12 led by the Lions Club with city officials backing the drive. The program promotes immunizations, hazard reduction, home improvement, poison disposal and safer storage to cut sickness and accidents.
Stewart surveys Berlin and Rome as evidence that the Axis faces escalating strain. Hitler tightens rule in the Netherlands amid Dutch unrest while Mussolini touts Italian strength in Africa. The article weighs Allied and Axis stability and ponders potential uprisings across Europe and beyond.
War department figures show Texas ranked sixth in population but led in regular army enlistments for three year terms from July 1, 1940 to Jan. 1, 1941 with 18,752 volunteers. Pennsylvania and New York followed, while Nevada and the District of Columbia produced the fewest with 189.
The notice touts BLACK-DRAUGHT as a spicy aromatic vegetable laxative offering relief from constipation. It claims a quarter to a half teaspoonful nightly with water leads to sleep and a gentle evacuation, advertising 25 to 40 doses for 25 cents.
News from Fredericksburg reports the death of Lieutenant Louis Jordan killed in action in France on March 5. A Gillespie County native son, he was a University of Texas alum and former All-American athlete. He leaves his father and four sisters and one brother.
A playful exchange recalls a student brag about not washing for a week, challenged by a teacher and echoed by a news voice noting parental insistence on hygiene. The snippet captures a humorous social moment in a classroom setting.
Rubin Crenwelge proposes a Fredericksburg drive in station stop. Local prop plans outline a curbside service and signage.
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