Beef and sheep deliveries linked to area ranches near Blanco
Claud Burns and Walter Markworth delivered 250 lambs and 125 ewes to Monroe Hohenberger near Blanco last week. They bought stock from Louis Lange, Alvin Solbrig, Emil Fiedler and Floyd Cosper. This week 127 nannies went to Jim Evers at Fredericksburg from Arthur Bierachwale ranch. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Kott visited Fredericksburg Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claud Burns
Walter Markworth
Monroe Hohenberger
Blanco
Louis Lange
Alvin Solbrig
Emil Fiedler
Floyd Cosper
Jim Evers
Fredericksburg
Arthur Bierachwale Ranch
Wolfmueller recalls Africa campaigns and air sorties
Lt. Wolfmueller describes earning the Air Medal after 30 engagements, life on North African fronts, rations, and climate. He notes German camouflage by sand, Rommel’s tactics, and the emotional strain of combat, with chaplains, morale, and daily routines shaping the flyers’ experiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie Doolittle
Wolfmueller
Wolf
Atlas Mountains
Sahara Desert
Mediterranean Sea
Africa
Rommell
Germany
Selective Service Revises Occupation Classifications
General J Watt Page announces updated rules for classifying registrants to align manpower with wartime needs. Emphasizing that civilian work must support war production, he explains new interpretation of national health safety and war production and the weighing of activity bulletins in deferment decisions. A last item notes Miss Francis Floyd’s return from Austin after visiting a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Watt Page
Pearl Harbor
National Headquarters
Page
War Manpower Commission
Francis Floyd
Austin
Why not help General MacArthur with a decisive push
A San Antonio Light letter questions U S war strategy in the Pacific asking why forces are kept for defense rather than a larger offensive under General MacArthur and why American interests seem secondary to foreign ones. The writer urges stronger actions to protect American gains and secure victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
South Pacific
Britain
Russia
America
San Antonio
Texas Crude Leads War Material Effort
Humble Oil and Refining Company has produced more toluene in the 45 days before Pearl Harbor than all other U S sources combined, doubling World War I coal tar output. Texas crude is highlighted as essential war material. Mrs Charlie Taylor travels to San Antonio to be with daughter Lula Haley whose baby is ill, accompanied by Mrs Merle Applegrain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolfmueller
Wolf
North
Africa
Lt. Wolmueller
Mexico
Pearl Harbor
Humble Oil and Refining Company
United States
Charlie Taylor
San Antonio
Lula Haley
Merle Applegrain
Frantzen Welcomes Grandson On Wendel Birthday
Mr and Mrs Henry Frantzen announce the birth of a grandson to Mr and Mrs Arnold Wendel on Saturday March 27. The infant arrived on Mr Wendel's birthday anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Wendel
Henry Frantzen
Mr. Wendel
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Stehling's
Victory
Stehling Fredericksburg
Alfred Kott
Jake Metzger
Harold Rahe
Otto Rahe
Dallas
Metzger
Holland Walker
White Bluff
Ed. Walker
Carthage
North Africa
Kerr County
Algiers
Frank Floyd
Harper, Texas
Strato
Paynes’ Zion
Dende
E & Saenger Lumber Company
Kerrville
Texas
Rock Drug Store
Kerrville, Texas
General Store
Harper
A P Fukatng
Fredericksburg, Texas
Roy Rogers
West
Unday
Donlevy
Macdonald Carey
Monet Proventh
Wake Island
el Ted
Alfred Leene
Mgr
Herald
Kerr County Motor Co., Inc
Texaco
Bill’s Lunch Room
H. Welge Lewis
Harper Community
Mittendorf
Floy Bode Station & Warehouse
Magnolia Mobilgas
Mobiloil Harper
Gulf Gas
Gulf Pride
Gulflube
Gulf Station
Richard Roeder
Aina
T-Bont
John Deere
Rmotor Mills
Fairbanks Morse
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