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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1941
Page
4
A historic call to join the Gillespie County Chapter during the annual Roll Call period starting Tuesday November 11 and continuing through Thanksgiving Day. The message frames the Red Cross as a universal, tireless charity mobilizing aid, healing, and unity.
New York Safety Council compares wartime casualties abroad with U S traffic tolls and cites Texas as facing a sharp rise in deaths. State Police Director Homer Garrison warns of an alarming nine month 1941 rise, projecting possible 20 percent annual increase and a record death count unless enforcement and new recruits curb the trend.
A reflective column compares building a home and planting a field to the newspaper trade. It argues editors constantly redesign products as time moves quickly, with today’s editions torn down after printing to begin anew for the next issue.
A San Antonio Light editorial by Alfred Petsch urged Lyndon Johnson to enlist. A reader in Fredericksburg asks for copies and offers 25 cents for any available reprints and requests guidance on remittance for differences.
The State USDA Defense Board sets goals for 1942 with cattle and calves up 18 percent for marketing and farm slaughter, hogs 17 percent, eggs 10 percent, sheep and lambs 6 percent, and milk 3 percent. Beef increase targets are for processing, not herd expansion, and total pounds rise by about 2.669 billion. Experts cite good pasture, feed reserves, and improved breeding as factors to reach the aims.
Mayor Krauskopf proclaims November 11 to 30 as the 1941 American Red Cross Annual Roll Call in Fredericksburg. He urges residents to join or renew memberships to strengthen Red Cross public health, first aid and disaster relief programs amid national and world tensions. Irene Neffendorf and Ora McDougall are home for the weekend from their colleges.
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