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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1925
Page
3
William Habenicht served as business manager while wintering at the Fredericksburg Texas post office as a second class clerk.
The piece argues that murder in Texas is treated too leniently with pardons and light sentences. It laments pardoning governors and calls for stricter enforcement and harsher penalties, urging public support for comprehensive law enforcement and the new cold check law to protect business and curb crime.
The Ladies Auxiliary met Friday at 4 PM in the Public High School library. Mrs. H H Sagebiel resigned the chair to Mrs. O B Witte who was elected new chair. Reports on the National PTA convention in Austin were given by Mesdames Riley and Sagebiel. Committee appointments were made for Executive Child Hygiene Membership Magazine Program Publicity Entertainment Reception Ushers Play night Telephone and more. Play night to resume in summer with a new plan to be presented next meeting. Meeting adjourned.
The defeat of Charles Beecher Warren, nominated by President Coolidge for Attorney General, signals several senators support clean government and enforcement, resisting a constitutional override to place favorites with big business backing.
The nomination of Warren for Attorney General faced opposition after revelations that he acted as a secret Sugar Trust agent managing beet sugar firms in Michigan Minnesota and other states. Senators Warren and Reed delivered forceful speeches as the Senate considered his record before voting.
Businessmen and bankers yearly lose about 250 million dollars due to forgers alterations and manipulations of checks. W H Goodwin, manager of the forger bond department in St. Louis, notes that despite new devices, check forging rises annually.
Mr. P. Norman spent Wednesday in San Antonio for his business. Miss Ellie and Valeska Fritz traveled from San Antonio to visit their sisters for a few days.
The Fredericksburg High School earns an annual $300 Schreiner Institute scholarship chosen for its high ranking by the State Department of Education. President Delaney says the honor goes to the class of 1925 top student to reward outstanding scholarship and assist in financing college education.
Miss Gertrude Schotte from Austin spent last Saturday with Miss Dora Weber. Mrs. Sophie Brockman and Miss Mary Rust of San Angelo stayed several days with Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Maier. Miss Margaret Schmidt, recently back from Oklahoma, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Attila Schmidt. Miss Julia Estill attended the Texas Folklore Society meeting in Austin and stayed with Miss Meta Huppert and Miss Claribel Stearitt. Cordie Burleson and Nan Beawaont of San Saba were guests of the Dick Miller family. Louise Grhard of San Antonio visited this city, and Mrs. Alphons Hopf and Mrs. Geo. Stehling were operated on at the local hospital.
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