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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1941
Page
8
The text outlines eligibility for a program assisting deprived children under fourteen. It specifies lack of parental support due to death absence or incapacity, residence with a relative, and need defined by insufficient resources. It clarifies interpretations of death, continued absence, and chronic parental incapacity.
Reports from Corpus Christi on tides and winds followed by inland floods in New Mexico and Roswell. It notes Roosevelt signing a $3 553 4 million revenue bill lifting taxes, lowering exemptions, adding use and nuisance taxes, and arming merchant ships amid World War II tensions.
The article outlines 1942 car models including the Dodge with a new 105 hp engine and All-Fluid Drive for faster acceleration and fuel economy. It covers Hudson Drive Master, Plymouth Finest in two lines, Pontiacs with Torpedo styling, and mentions five to eleven body models across De Luxe and Custom lines. Dealers report visible re styling and chrome trim amid early arrivals and tool die preparations for defense work.
The county lists 300 dogs valued in county accounts and six listed items, car and truck counts at 3 267 with a valuation of 226 490, goods and fixtures at 199 510, manufacturers tools and farm machinery at 112 785, notes and bank valuations near a quarter million, bank shares at 60 750, railway at 51 380, utilities at 93 955, two pipelines valued at 262 860 and intangibles at 232 910. State levy totals 23 650 46, county 38 336 93, road district 634 76 and common schools 6 026 75. Four thousand four hundred twenty three poll taxes were assessed for 1941.
Acting Special Agent in Charge M W Acres opened a Kerrville FBI meeting with praise for local and state officers. He noted this was the first of its kind in the Hill Country and emphasized broad cooperation to reassure citizens no fifth column will succeed. Five counties Kimble Gillespie Kendall Lampasas Kerr attended. The Kerrville session is the fourth of ten regionwide conferences.
The legislature approves rules for county officials to determine road projects and allows the State Highway Department to supervise construction. It notes limited mandatory use of right-of-way funds and compares session length to past administrations, highlighting two short sessions under Ross Sterling and a one-day Neff session with no action.
The Texas constitution caps monthly aid for one child at 16 dollars and 24 dollars for two or more children in eligible families. The ADC program funds must stay under 1.5 million dollars yearly from state funds, with federal matching capacity bringing total to 3 million dollars max. The piece also notes earlier war-related headlines and a rail commission move to end intrastate freight rates, expected to save Texas shippers about 1 million dollars annually.
A notice announces upcoming Special Wealth Clinic sessions to be held soon under the direction of Dr. H. E. Spitzer. Details on exact dates and locations are not provided in the readable text.
J. D. Lang, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hilmar Lang, left Friday for Kerrville to take a butcher position with Henke Brothers Meat Market. Accompanying him were Mr. and Mrs. Otto Schneider Jr and Mr. and Mrs. Otto Schneider who took Ruby Schneider to Galvan for training at John Sealy.
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