Cotton Growers Given October FirstDeadline for Loan Repayments
Gillespie County AAA announces that cotton producers with 1938 1939 and 1940 loans must repay and redeem by October 1 1941. Unredeemed cotton will go into separate pools and be sold by the Commodity Credit Corporation after March 1 1942 with net proceeds distributed to producers after expenses.
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Gillespie County
Dorman D. Sell
Gillespie County Aaa Committee
Commodity Credit Corporation
AAA
Texas
Safety for Students on Way to School Highlighted
The editorial urges heightened caution by drivers and pedestrians as children travel to and from school. It notes planned traffic lights at Main Street crossings and calls immediate repair of a crumbling walk on North Crockett bridge to prevent accidents.
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North Crockett
Freedom of Speech in Public Halls Sparks Debate
The piece denounces city and organizational bans on opposition leaders speaking in public venues as a flagrant free speech violation. It praises Congressman Charles L. South for supporting open discourse and warns that suppressing speakers like Wheeler and Lindbergh harms the American cause by fueling controversy and martyrs.
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Wheeler
Charles Lindbergh
Texas
Charles L. South
Why the V Symbol in Wartime Thought
A brief unsigned editorial argues against the use of the V for victory as a symbol in wartime. It denounces oppression, cautions against triumphalism, and urges Americans to focus on collective strength and moral action rather than spectacle. It condemns hysteria and calls for principled leadership.
Marcus Aurelius On Truth And Action
A concise maxim attributed to Marcus Aurelius cautions that one should avoid actions that are wrong and refrain from statements that are untrue, urging integrity in both deeds and words.
We Believe continued: stay out of European war
A column argues the United States must stay out of the European conflict despite calls to fight. It asserts German democracy failed, invasion fears are overstated, and entry would bring tax burdens, debt, and loss of wages and prosperity, condemning the war as unneeded for America.
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England
Rusia
America
Germany
Europe
United States
Italy
Russia
France
More CCC Boys Sought From Gillespie County
Miss Johanna Ludwig, a local welfare worker, announces additional CCC enrollment from Gillespie County for ages 17 to 23 years. Interested boys should visit her at the old courthouse office. Training in national defense work has increased with monthly camp placements and employers favor enrollees already trained in food work and good habits. In June, Texas CCC numbers totaled 16,438 in camps across Texas Arizona New Mexico Colorado and Wyoming.
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Johanna Ludwig
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Texas
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado
Wyoming
Two Gillespie County Citizens Bitten by Snakes
Gillespie County residents were bitten by snakes in the past week. A child of Mr and Mrs Oswald Behrends was bitten by a copperhead on September 4 and Richard Pfiester, who is deaf, was bitten by a poisonous snake on September 7 while working on his farm. Both received hospital treatment and were recovering this week.
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Gillespie County
Oswald Behrends
Richard Pfiester
Pfiester
Loreal
36th Division To Hold Reunion In Fort Worth
The Annual Reunion of the Veterans of the Wartime 36th Division will be held in Ft Worth Texas on October 4 and 5. Veterans meet on the Saturday and Sunday nearest to the October date when the division entered the battle line in 1918. Last year’s reunion drew the largest registration in recent years and this year is expected to break the attendance record.
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Ft. Worth
Texas
Shepherd of the Hills at Palace Theater Next Week
Paramount technicolor adaptation of Harold Bell Wright's novel brings John Wayne Betty Field and Harry Carey to the Palace for performances on September 17 and 18. Wayne plays Young Matt with Field as Sammy Lane Carey as The Shepherd and James Barton as Old Mart.
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Harold Bell Wright
Paramount
Palace Theatre
John Wayne
Betty Field
Harry Carey
Young Mart
Sammy Lane
Old Mart
James Barton
Ozark
Steel and Needle Removed From Limbs Report
Two Gillespie County residents were treated after foreign objects injured them. Lucille Keller had a sewing needle removed from her knee while playing on a bed. Aristeo Arizola had a piece of steel removed from his thigh from a drill incident. Both were sent home after treatment.
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Lucille Keller
Theodore Keller
Aristeo Arizola
Harper
Hospital Page Lists Recent Tonsillectomy Patients
The Hospital News this week lists five patients who underwent tonsillectomies at local hospitals in the past week. Anna Marie Route and William Sahm are children of local families, along with Cora Durst and Ruth Jones, with siblings and parents named in the notices.
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Anna Marie Route
Pink Eye Powder warranty notice from Central Drug Company
Pink Eye Powder claims to cure keratitis in cattle and sheep and offers a full refund of the purchase price if it fails. Sold in Texas only. Warranty appears on every bottle and can be returned to the dealer or Central Drug Company if unsatisfied.
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Texas
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