Local residents busy with visits and trips across towns
Mr and Mrs Oscar Bode and family and others made business visits to Harper Fredericksburg Kerrville and Menard. Fredericksburg and Camp Barkeley were among locations. Numerous relatives and friends visited Mr and Mrs Forrest Bode and O A Hopf hosted guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Bode
Gon
Leo
Harper
B. H. Whaley
Fredericksburg
Grace Davidson
Mary Frances Burmeister
Forrest Bode
Levi Maddox
Kerrville
Forest Bode
Ed. Marshall
Romilda Petermann
Reuben Bode
Alfred Ellebracht
Wesley
O. B. Walker
Cpl
Milton Bode
Pfc
Clampett
Camp Barkeley
Mary Francis Burmeister
G. C. Duderstadt
Clarence St. Clair
Fredericksburg Hospital
Frequent visitors descend on White Bluff families
Ida Celeta Monig and reporters visited the Schmidt home Sunday afternoon. Several local couples and families including the Kotts Kirchhoffs Browns Whitworths and Browns were seen visiting in Fredericksburg and at various local homes. Pfc Marshall Brown arrived from Tennessee to visit his parents the Browns. Additional gatherings involved Strackbein Ochler Honig Lumpkin Duderstadt and Frantzen families with extended visits around town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert, Anderegg
David Schmidt
Richard Kott
August Kirchhoff
Felix Kensing
Ruby Mae
Calvin
Fredericksburg
E. R. Brown
Carl O. Whitworth
W. A. Brown and
Bill Brown
Margie Lee Lennon
R. J. Gamel
Pfc
Marshall Brown
Tennessee
Bill Strackbein
Nic
Herbie Ochler
Sam Henig
Doris
Hollan Walker
Douglas Duderstadt
Dan Honig
Alfred
Elmo Lumpkin
Sem Honig
Ida Celito
Henry Frantzen
Two Way Radio Weighs 32 Pounds For Armed Forces
Westinghouse engineers report a back carried radio weighing 32 pounds with a 10 mile daytime range. It proves useful on land and at sea as ships in a convoy hear signals but they fade before reaching enemy cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westinghouse Engineers
Tanks as extra fuel for bombers in long flights
Thin walled aluminum tanks riveted and welded at the seams to be leak proof are carried as extra fuel tanks by bombers on long flights. Westinghouse engineers say the tanks may occupy space where bombs are usually carried and the tanks are drained first before being dropped to lighten the load.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westinghouse
Navy tests doughnut buoy with lamp to guide seaplanes
Westinghouse engineers report a new doughnut shaped rubber buoy with a fluorescent lamp on top guides seaplanes to their berth. The lamp runs at 45 volts, avoiding insulation problems found when 3000 volts were used in salt water atmosphere.
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Navy
Westinghouse
U. S. Tank Fires Gun While In Motion
The M4 tank first to carry a device by Westinghouse engineers that improves gun fire accuracy by over 500 percent. General Campbell says the 75 mm gun can be fired while the tank moves, a capability enemy tanks cannot match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Westinghouse Engineers
Campbell
National Family Week Focused By Interfaith Leaders
Catholic, Jewish, and Protestant leaders nationwide plan events during May 2 to 9 to bolster family life amid war and juvenile delinquency. The drive, backed by the Federal Council of Churches and other bodies, urges church and home to promote strong personal and community standards to prevent spiritual loss and combat hate and greed. The Jewish Institute of Religion joins in declarations with eleven seminaries including UnionTheological, Biblical, Drew, Princeton, Yale, and Yeshiva.
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Federal Council of Churches
The
International Council of Religious Education
United Council of Church Women
Dents
Union Theological Seminary
England
United Nations
Europe
Jewish Institute of Religion
Union
Biblical
General Moravian
Drew
Princeton
Jewish
New Brunswick
Yeshiva
Yale
Harper Sibley Elected Chairman of Overseas Relief Committee
Harper Sibley a prominent New York lawyer and former president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States is named chairman of the Church Committee on Overseas Relief and Reconstruction formed by the Fo Missions Conference of North America and the Federal Council of Churches of Christ. Dr. Ralph E Differendorfer and Mrs. J S Cushman are vice presidents with Dr. F M Potter as recording secretary and treasurer. Dr. Leslie Bates Moss is executive director and Dr. A L Warnshuis liaison officer to government agencies. Sumner Welles urges a world ruled by Christ. Two hundred theological students participate in related events.
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Harper Sibley
New York
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
USO
Church Committee On Overseas Relief and Reconstruction
America
Fo Missions Conference of
No America
Churches of Christ
Ralph E. Differendorfer
J. S. Cushman
F. M. Potter
Leslie Bates Afoss
A. L. Warnshuis
Committee
London church leaders form lay Christian movement
The Bishop of London and the Lord Mayor coordinate a Christian lay movement through business centers with public meetings, individual witness, and formed cells of laymen inside commercial firms.
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London
Bible readership survey shows daily readers and gaps
A Gallup poll for the American Bible Society finds about 500000 adults read the Bible daily while 35 million have not read it in a year. More than 4 million read it more now than after the war with women readers higher than men and rural residents more engaged. New Testament and Gospels top interest.
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Gallup
America
American Bible Society
Diocese of Bhagalphur Formed From Calcutta
The Church of India plans a new Diocese of Bhagalphur detached from Calcutta. Covering 18 000 square miles in Bihar Province, it serves nine million people with 13 000 church members. Archdeacon Thomas Lenman will be consecrated as the first bishop.
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Church of India
Church of England
Protestant Episcopal Church
United States
Bhagalphur
Calcutta
Bihar
Thomas Lenman
Acreage To Grow Peanuts In Gillespie County Maintained
Incentive payments for planting peanuts and grain sorghums were disapproved per Dorman D Sell secretary of Gillespie County A C A. Price support through the Commodity Credit Corporation sets peanut price around 2.10 per bushel for number one peanuts. Growers plan larger war crop acreage despite disapproval of incentive pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County
Dorman D. Sell
Commodity Credit Corporation
Engineers offer voluntary enlistment for U S Army Corps
The Corps of Engineers U S Army opens its ranks to voluntary enlistment for 18 to 38 year olds with technical skills. Eligible 1 A men facing induction may join, seek quick advancement, and compete for Engineer Officer Candidate School. Contact Lt L Dean Mathieu at Bergstrom Field for letters, then volunteer for immediate induction. Col R R Neyland notes reduced construction allows guaranteed assignment with the Engineer Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corps of Engineers
U. S. Army
L. Dean Mathieu
Bergstrom Airfield
del Valle
Austin
Col
R. R. Neyland
Southwes
Tire Inspection Schedule Under Ration Rules
Ration board secretary R L Kott notes tire inspection rules for class A B and C vehicles. Class A tires must have first inspection by March 31 1943 with subsequent checks every six months or at 90 day minimums. B tires by Feb 28 1943 with 4 month intervals and 60 day minimums. C tires by May 31 and August 31 1943 with three month intervals and 45 day minimums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Kott
Texas Love and WAACs Spirit Across War
A Texas woman recalls ranch life and pride in state traditions before joining the WAACs. She recounts training in Des Moines Iowa, duties from bakery to kitchen work, and hopes to serve, ending with a wartime quip about air raid precautions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Des Moines
Iowa
When the nurse is set to fly the next day
A child asks if angels fly and a mother explains in a confused exchange about the nurse being an angel. The dialogue ends with a prompt to read the classified ads for more context.
Song of a Texan Ends With Look Man Look I Bring Home
A folk style ballad follows Jodie from boyhood to adulthood as he brings home creatures and a wife, ending with a wartime arc in Yokohama. The verse contrasts rural feats with a final line about returning from a bomber mission. L A Morrison of Del Rio visits with wife and baby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jodie
Sue
Yokohama
L. A. Morrison
del Rio
Gems of Thought and Social Courtesies Across Leaders
A collection of quotations on politeness and manners from Chesterfield to Magoon. The piece also notes Mrs Gilbert Steitle of California visiting Mr and Mrs Sam Parker and planning to join her husband at Camp Crowder Missouri. Steitle was formerly Miss Junita Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Steltle
California
Sam Parker
Camp Crowder
Missouri
Steitle
Junita Parker
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