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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1934
Page
5
Editorial lauds the death of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker as a just end to their crime spree. It praises Captain Frank Hamer and officers for removing the pair and argues society bears some blame for letting youth criminals grow into killers.
State Health Officer Dr John W Brown urges parents to vaccinate children with toxoid after six months to prevent diphtheria. The simple procedure requires three weeks between doses and offers about ninety percent lifelong immunity, followed by Schick testing four to six months after the final dose to confirm immunity.
In a Brown County special election Brownwood residents backed a 3.2 percent beer ban by a margin of 577 with 1,973 opposed and 1,396 in favor. The Brownwood city vote was 882 for beer sales and 825 against.
A diner dispute in Amsterdam involves a customer claiming no change in management while the waiter explains the manager married yesterday signaling a subtle leadership shift. The exchange underscores how personal events can be mistaken for corporate changes.
A Houston business letter to Vocational Teacher Harper Rawlings asks for 200,000 capon chickens from Oct 1 1934 to Jun 1 1935 to supply hotels cafes steamships factories and markets. The show will classify 4-H and vocational students in a poultry contest with prizes and breeding classes.
Decreased demand for dressed meats in hot weather leaves packers with ample storage stocks. On Wednesday in San Antonio, trading in killing cattle was limited to small lots, mainly for small packers and individual butchers, with occasional sales to larger buyers for fill-in needs.
Miss Emily Dechert’s marriage to Robert Schneider set for June fourth as friends host a Maypole gathering at Miss Esther Mueller’s home. Guests embroidered a friendship quilt, awarded gifts, a Kate Greenaway inspired theme, and a garden post contest winner. Seventeen guests attended with a luncheon and a decorative angel food cake. Also included are dated quips and proverbs.
The piece argues that Roosevelt's leadership transformed American government and that propaganda seeks to erode trust in him. It cites challenges to small business and calls readers to support the President against grafters who oppose reform and seek to restore prior order.
Fredericksburg High School honors two seniors, Winfred Berg and Esther Bracher, for academic and extracurricular achievements. Berg earned top marks in vocational agriculture and terracing contests, while Bracher, named representative student, led in scholarship and loyalty, participated in clubs and sports, and contributed to the La Mesita staff. A memorial fund for Miss Lillian Arhelger, who died saving a child, was presented by senior class president Vernell Houy.
City Furniture Co announces an instant lighting gasoline pressure stove that makes any home able to use a stove like city gas service. The automatic generator from American Gas Machine Co stops air flow to ignite with a match and boil water safely, preventing flooding and earning a class A Underwriters Laboratories rating.
Beeville May 18 Newton Yarberry Aransas Pass youth who nearly three years ago was charged with the slaying of his sweetheart choir singer Dorothy Dorcas Symons was cleared of the charge Friday by the states dismissal of the case. Unable to produce several material witnesses the states attorneys moved the case be dismissed. The body of Symons was found in a shallow grave on the Aransas Pass beach front July 30 1931. Twice Yarberry went to trial on the states accusation that he killed his sweetheart. Both times hung juries resulted. Since the trial in the fall of 1932 the case has been passed four times. Dist Atty W G Gayle said that with four material witnesses absent including the slain girls mother a star witness in previous trials he could not hope to obtain a conviction.
Born to Mr and Mrs Herman Bohn of Austin a girl. Congratulations.
Schneider Produce Co promotes Star Parasite Remover for chicks and chickens added to drinking water. It claims to kill disease worms and germs, control lice mites and fleas, and boost health and egg production at small cost with money refunded.
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