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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1944
Page
2
Don't be embarrassed by loose false teeth slipping dropping or wobbling when you eat talk or laugh. Sprinkle a little FASTEETH on your plates for added comfort and security by holding plates more firmly. It is alkaline and has no gummy taste. Available at any drug store.
War Food Administration extends the suspension on farm slaughter of hogs and pork delivery without a permit in Gillespie County. The policy, first set for three months from 1943 to 1944 and then extended, has no termination date. The OPA still requires ration points for pork delivered off the farm. Loreen Kneese from San Antonio visited her family in the area.
Mrs Mathilde Feller departed Monday for her home in San Angelo following a visit with her niece Mrs R G Striegler and other relatives.
Alfred C. Metzger a Luckenbach farmer and longtime Gillespie County Community Committeeman for the AAA program died March 21 in a San Antonio hospital after a short illness. He led St Marys Catholic Church affairs, served two years as St Josephs Society president, married Alma Stehling in 1917, and left five children, two grandchildren, his mother and siblings. Final rites were held March 24 at Schaetter Funeral Home and St Marys Church with burial in the Catholic Cemetery.
Mrs. D W Jordan outlined the conference theme of the Four Freedoms to preserve freedom from want and fear and freedom of speech and religion. Delegates attended luncheons at the Nimitz Hotel and the second session was held in the auditorium. Registration surpassed expectations with 220 already registered and another period planned as the convention continues.
The income tax declarations due by April 15 for about 15 million people are a core part of the pay as you go system. The Bureau explains declarations reveal taxes owed beyond employer withholdings and set quarterly payments on April 15, June 15, September 15, and December 15. Farmers may delay until December 15. Penalties apply for under estimation and late payments, with amended declarations allowed by December 15.
Gilbert Kaderli was awarded Humble's ten year service button for ten years with Humble Oil and Refining Company. He joined in 1933, ran a service station for five years, moved to Fredericksburg as agent in 1938, and completed ten years of service in August 1943.
A giant tortoise is cited as the vertebrate with the longest lifespan, able to live up to about 300 years. The note highlights exceptional longevity among reptiles.
Fredericksburg residents focus on filling vacancies on the Independent District Board while every county district votes for a board member. Two men will be elected to the county school board with one chosen from precincts two and four.
Motorists will pay upward of $1 000 for the same automobile they paid $750 before the war when new models became available it was predicted by H O Moye, Secretary of the Massachusetts Auto Dealers Association. The cars will unquestionably look and run like 1942 models and will be in such demand that purchasers will have to wait six months or a year after hostilities cease.
The entry records a 23 year remembrance for Jno Wendel of Cherry Spring with Rev Konzack officiating. Attendants named include Miss Ida Eckert Thekla Tatsch Estella Joseph and Messrs Rego Rode Werner Crenwelge and F Crenwelge. It notes the first observer of mental state as Hippocrates.
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