Yugoslav Fight for Liberty Earns Controversial Attention
A wartime feature recalls Draja Mihailovich and the Chetniks as symbols of liberty against Nazi domination. The piece notes Allied support waning after Tehran and Yalta, Tito's rise, and questions whether Americans should honor Mihailovich after his capture by Tito.
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Yugoslavia
Joseph Broz
Red Army
Tito
United States
Great Britain
Mihailovich
Robert Bruce
Pulaski
Kosciusko
America
S. A
Gillespie County Soil Conservation Election Set for April 27
Gillespie County voters will choose whether to form a county wide Soil Conservation District. Thirteen polling places open 7 am to 7 pm. Eligible voters include landowners aged 21 plus and their wives. The district permits voluntary soil and water conservation actions and would make Gillespie the 220th such district in Texas. Also listed are polling place judges and clerks. A note lists local servicemen who have received honorable discharges from the Navy and Army.
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Gillespie County
Court House
Ewald Schaefer
Ernst Hannemann
Albert Jost
Luckenbach
Warren Petsch
Walter Behrends
Helmuth Klinksick
Stonewall
Felix Weinheimer
Otto Lindig
Willie Burg
Rheingold
Alonzo Duecker
Edwin Eckhardt
Arthur Gold
Willow City
R. T. Lawrence
F. Lee
Edgar Gold
Chas. Walter
Fred Welgehausen
Felix Haun
Cherry Spring
Bill Kothe
Enos Rode
Erwin Crenwelge
Albert Ellebracht
Arnold Rode
Otto Hahn
Harper
W. A. Brown
W. H. Stevens
Tivydale
W. O. Pape
Walter Moser
L. C. Jung
Pedernales
Willie Berg
T. A. French
Victor Pressler
Knopp
Arthur Dietrich
W. R. Hansen
Eddie Ottmers
Cherry Mountain
Paul Mann
Henry Durst
Ernst Meier
Fredericksburg Luther Leagues Rally in Kerrville Sunday
The Fredericksburg Federation of Luther Leagues schedules its Spring Rally April 28 at Zion Church Kerrville with 11 a.m. services 2 p.m. choral rehearsal and election of officers. Lee Roy Brandes will address the group and a mixer and banquet follow the afternoon session.
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Fredericksburg Federation of Luther Leagues
Zions Church
Kerrville
Choral Union
Lee Roy Brandes
Texas
Lathor League
Ames
Iowa
Guided bombs shown in action in late wartime photo
Remarkable new U S Army release shows Azon guided bombs released from 10 000 ft and bursting on target during a test raid on a bridge while standard bombs miss wide. Gulf Oil research for the Air Forces developed the system enabling bombardier steering via tail radios. The program notes improvements after the war and mentions the Razón bomb as an advancing step in precision air power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Oil Research
U.S
Kerrville Brings Car Thief to Ground After Chase
Four pistol shots echoed as Ray Jones, a local peace officer, chased a 1942 Ford sedan thief from a Strackbein station to Kerrville. The suspect Wheatworth, a Schreiner Institute student from Corpus Christi, was stopped by Kerrville officers Purvis and Hardin and jailed before being sent to San Antonio for trial on car theft charges.
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Ray Jones
Wm. Strackbein
Strackbein
Jones
Kerrville
Fred Gammenthaler
Jack Purvis
Alton Hardin
Wheatworth
San Antonio
Schreiner Institute
Corpus Christi
Missing setting hen and 17 eggs mystery
Local couple Mr and Mrs Joe Fiedler report a prize setting hen vanished along with 17 eggs from their coop. They offer guesses but note no obvious culprit and doubt a skunk. Nearby visitors and family news follow in this rural community note.
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Joe Fiedler
Mr. Fiedler
War veterans return to Treasury jobs at desk and machine
Chicago notes Lawrence Borke, an Okinawa veteran with shattered arms, back at work in the public debt division at the Treasury. He works beside Harold Bork, who lost both hands on Saipan, and William Dorsch, who lost an arm on Leyte. All three are married, earn $35 weekly, and receive $200 monthly disability pensions.
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Chicago
Ill
Lawrence Borke
Okinawa
Public Debt Division
Treasury Department
Micros
Harold Bork
Saipan
William Dorsch
Leyte
Tivydale Locals Share Visits and Weather Update
Mrs Chas Juenke of Fredericksburg visited family in Tivydale last week. Local gatherings included the Kleins, Armstongs, Kunzs, and Stehling families with several trips to Fredericksburg. James Armstrong returned from Kansas for a short visit as he awaits reassignment at Fort Sam Houston. A slow soaking rain totaled about 1.5 inches. The group noted good fishing in Johnson City and a business trip to Comfort.
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Chas. Juenke
Fredericksburg
Albert Bernhard
Felix
Johnny Klein
Jimmie L. Armstrong
Clara Peter
Marvin Peter
Marvin
Klein
Shirley Ann Kunz
White Oak
Darlene Klein
Alfons Klein
Eddie Klein
Levi Kensing
Raymond Klein
Felix Kunz
Lina Kunz
Alfons Feller
Edgar Klein
Louis Kunz
Johnson City
James L. Armstrong
Kansas
Fort Sam Houston
Alfred Unash
Katy
Texas
Alfons Stehling
Werner Klein
Comfort
Carey
J. L. Armstrong
R. W. Lange
Mr. Conway
Former Herald Editor Drew Painting for Fiesta Invitation
Warren Hunter, former editor and publisher of the Harper Herald, painted the color illustration for the Fiesta Committee invitation to the Pilgrimage to the Alamo in San Antonio. The piece, based on Jacob C. Darst, joins a line of Alamo figures featured on invitations since 1935, now produced by the State Society of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.
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Herald
Alamo
Warren Hunter
Harper Herald
Fiesta Committee
San Antonio
the Alamo
Hunter
Jacob C. Darst
Gonzales
United States
Texas
State Society of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Col
William Travis
David Crockett
James Bowie
James Bonham
Amos Pollard
Susan Lickson
The
Harper
Wool And Mohair Fleece Show Slated Here May 4
The Harper Lions Club sponsors the first Wool and Mohair Show in Harper on Saturday May 4. Events include 10:00 a.m. judging and placing of fleeces 1:30 p.m. sorting and grading bags of mixed Mohair fleeces 2:30 p.m. Hill Country FFA judging teams compete for prizes including $25 in the wool class. Evening dance by Harper PTA in the new Agriculture Building.
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Harper
E. Dean Hopf
Harper F. F. A
Harper Lions Club
H. Belmore Roberts
Stewart's Grove
Harper School
Harper P. T. A
Annual Senior Banquet At Harper School Saturday
The Harper Senior Class held their annual banquet at the school on Saturday evening with Rev. Charles Workman giving the opening prayer and Raymond Pape delivering the welcome. Lasagna of meals was served and the event featured class will by Tommye Phillips, poems and music by local students, and Dancing later at the Tavern in Fredericksburg.
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Harper
Charles Workman
Raymond Pape
Leslie Phillips
Lilla Mae Wendel
Richard Harlan
Lange couples 15th wedding anniversary celebrated
Easter Sunday barbecu e party hosted by Mr and Mrs Louis Lange marked their 15th wedding anniversary. Relatives from Fredricksburg Harper Brownwood and Houston gathered for games, an egg hunt and refreshments for 71 guests. The oldest guest was 74 and the youngest 1. Werner McDougall visited from San Antonio.
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Louis Lange
F. Lange
Joseph P. Staudt
Joe Stehling
Rueben Crenwelge
Theresa Moritz
Fredericksburg
Henry Stehling
Doss
Otto Baumann
White Oak
Joseph Lange
Anton Lange
Felix C. Rischner
Ernst Reed
Robert Maurer
James Daly
Harper
Alois Staudt
Brownwood
Isidor J. Staudt
Houston
Joe Staudt Jr
Xavier Staudt
Freeport
Werner McDougall
San Antonio
Connecticut officer uncovers ingots in muddy riverbed
In Tokyo a Stamford Connecticut Military Government officer identified a hoard of ingots buried in mud after a Geisha tip sparked the discovery. The cache, found in trailers or trucks, was described as extraordinary wealth by officials. The exact total value and location details remain unclear in the fragment.
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Tokyo
Japan
Hiner
L. E. Jelaen
Stamford
Conn
Geishang
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Russia
Germany
Draja Mihailovich
Ralph Ingersoll
Adolph Hitler
Drajan Mikhailovich
Hitler
Soviet Russia
Stalin
Great Brition
Billy Mitchell
Yalta
Walter Winn
Gene Worth Parker
Peacock Military College
Mary Frances Fletcher
Lady of the Lake College
W. E. Fletcher
Ed. Dabney
Austin
S. S. Steward
Anton Texas
Harold Boyd Schmidt
Charles Donald Schmmidt
A. & M. College
David Schmidt
Soil Conservation
Farm & Ranch Landowners
Army
Navy
Radio Post
Erwin E. Maurer
Hilmar Knoll
Arthur E. Reichenau
Kurt Kuhlmann
Arno H. Friedrich
Marvin O. Ottmers
William C. Grobe
Edmund A. Jenschke
Federation of Luther Leagues
Harper's
Jinx Hart
Red & White
Mr. Hart
James Hart Sr
Tivy High School
Harper Ball
Harper Ball Club
Chester Nimitz, Jr
Chester W. Nimitz Jr
U. S. Navy
Sarda
Portsmouth
N. H., Naval Base
Freda Bauch
Temple and Grandson
Offieral
Utee
P. J. Jones
Petersburg
Grobe
Ray Lee
Red Rock
Jack Jones
Milton Wendel
Felix Feuge
Truman
Dwight H. Eisenhower
Higan Avenue
Eisenhower
Lee Bierschwale
Bonnie Mae Bierschwale
Bland
Wm, Mosel
Fred
Ericksburg
Theo Holm
Quo Rahe
Frank Webb
Oren Webb
Eldorado
J. L. Farris
Science Illustrated
Robert Dittmar
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