Push for peacetime universal training faces hurdles
United States News report outlines a proposed universal training plan to start in April 1949, detailing six months of full time training, up to six years of part time schooling, and war industry classes. Age groups, lottery selection, ROTC expansion, and impacts on schools, employers, and taxpayers are explained alongside political opposition and supportive public opinion.
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United States News
World Report
Washington, D.C
United States News Publishing Corporation
Herald
Congress
White House
Armed Services
National Guard
ORC
UMIT
Gallup
American Legion
The
Legion
Andrews
House Armed Services Committee
Harper area gets beneficial rains and improving crops
Rain totals exceed two inches for the month in the Harper region with 1.37 inches recorded across Tuesday through Thursday nights. Heaviest fall was .99 on Tuesday night while Thursday brought .38 with high winds tearing a barn on the Klaehn farm. Similar totals were noted in Fredericksburg and nearby communities with varied amounts at Hye Willow City White Oak Handy Stop Doss Crabapple and Crabapple area reports.
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Harper
Otto Rahe
S.C.R.A
Chas Klaehn
Rahe
Fredericksburg
Hye
Willow City
Tom Carr
White Oak
Elroy Schnelle
Handy Stop
Karl Durst
Doss
Ben Riley
Miss Bill Brown and Ted Kiser United in Wedlock at Mason
Miss Willie Beatrice Brown and Ted M. Kiser wed Saturday morning at 11 30 in Mason in the home of Rev A C Knight. Attendants were Miss Peggye Gould and Van C. Brown. The couple will live on their ranch east of Junction after a short wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Brown
Ted Kiser
Mason
Mason and
Harper
A. C. Knight
Willie
Bill) Beatrice Brown
W. O. Brown
Ted M. Kiser
R. T. Kiser
Brady
Rev. Knight
Church of Christ
Peggye Gould
van C. Brown
Kiser
Blue Mountain
Kimble County
General Motors Corporation
H. R. Kyzar
S. P. Stinson
Rickey
San Antonio
R. E. Peril
Diana Doris
Junction
Te Herald
Kerrville Bus Co. Announces Harper Schedule Change
Kerrville Bus Co. changes daily through Harper timetable with one Harper to Junction and Fredericksburg line. Daily departures: 1 15 p m for Junction San Angelo and Big Springs, 7 47 p m for Fredericksburg and east. Also notes local visits and a birth in Fredericksburg.
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Kerrville Bus Co
Harper
Junction
Fredericksburg
San Angelo
Big Springs
Points East
San Antonio Visitors Include Rahe and Parker Couples
Mr and Mrs Dayton Rahe and Mr and Mrs Kenneth Parker visited San Antonio on Tuesday, enjoying local sights and hospitality as part of a social outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton Rahe
Kenneth Parker
San Antonio
Roeder and Staudt-Wiggin Visitors in Richard Roeder Home
Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Roeder and children of White Oak and Norbert Staudt and Cecil Wiggin of Houston were visitors in the Richard Roeder home Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Klein
Stonewall
Arthur Baumann
Norbert Roeder
White Oak
Norbert Staudt
Cecil Wiggin
Houston
Richard Roeder
Harper Luther League meets Sunday evening February 21 1948
The Harper Luther League gathered at 7 30 p m after a requested time change. The program featured hymn singing a responsive reading from Psalm 1 scripture Ruth 1 1 18 presented by Ada lena Wendel and Margaret Tatsch with prayer by Annie Faye Wiennecke The meeting closed with Blessed Be The Tie That Binds and Lord's Prayer. Several local residents were noted visiting or hosting relatives and a new baby boy born at Fredericksburg hospital on February 21.
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Luther League
Ruth
Adalena Wendel
Annie Faye Wiennecke
Margaret Tatsch
Edmund Moellendorf
Federation
M. C. Hoermann
Gillespie County 1948 election judges named by commissioners court
The Gillespie County commissioners court named election judges for 1948. Precincts listed include Peter's Hall Lawrence Knopp Charles Dolezal Felix Saenger Edgar Crenwelge Honey Creek Harry Jordan Albert Hartmann Luckenbach Benno B Luckenbach Walter Hopf Reinhard Frantzen Armin Engel Cave Creek Thomas Jung Eugene Koennecke Doss Alfred Sauer A A Wendel Otto Dittmar Eddie Hahn Harper Walter Tarr Max Lange Charles W Barrett G J Harper Meusebach Creek Alvin Striegle r Max Lochte Crabapple Charles Walter August Land Willow City Clinton Hardin Arthur Schlaudt Fitzhugh Lee C B Renick Stonewall Felix Weinheimer Otto Lindig W P Burg H G C Schaefer Tivydale T K Carr Charles A Roeder Emil A Fritz Lawrence Roeder Cherry Spring Wm Brather ich William Kothe Nebgen Herman Duecker Frank Knaupp Cherry Mountain Arthur Tatsch Marvin Schuch Henry Jost Clemens Meyer Knopp School Max Wittig Arthur Dietrich Pedernales school Willie J Berg Charles J Weber Reuben Leyendecker Victor Pressler Williams Creek Harry Wilke Francis Merz Klein Branch W H Stevens Felix Maurer Pilot Knob Albert Maner Gus Weinheimer Longhorn Theatre A D Stahl Werner Klier August H Voelkel Max T Henke Rocky Hill Henry Mogford Edwin Rusenberger Hilmar Weinheimer Evan Striegler Courthouse Elton Jordan Alvin Stehling Eric Nagel Henry Joseph Boening Motor Sales Co Ad W Hopf Hugo Mueller Edgar Stroeher Richard Ransleben.
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Gillespie County
Commissioners’ Court
Felix Scherer
Peter’s Hall
Lawrence Knopp
Charles Dolezal
Felix Saenger
Edgar Crenwelge
Honey Creek
Harry Jordan
Albert Hartmann
Luckenbach
Benno B. Luckenbach
Walter Hopf
Reinhard Frantzen
Armin Engel
Cave Creek
Thomas Jung
Eugene Koennecke
Doss
Alfred Sauer
A. A. Wendel
Otto Dittmar
Eddie Hahn
Harper
Walter Tarr
Max Lange
Charles W. Barrett
G. J. Harper
Meusebach Creek
Alvin Striegler
Max Lochte
Charles Walter
August Land
Willow City
Clinton Hardin
Arthur Schlaudt
Fitzhugh Lee
C. B. Renick
Stonewall
Felix Weinheimer
Otto Lindig
W. P. Burg
H. G. C. Schaefer
Tivydale
T. K. Carr
Charles A. Roeder
Emil A. Fritz
Lawrence Roeder
Cherry Spring
Wm Bratherich
William Kothe
Nebgen
Herman Duecker
Frank Knaupp
Cherry Mountain
Arthur Tatsch
Marvin Schuch
Henry Jost
Clemens Meyer
Knopp
Max Wittig
Arthur Dietrich
Pedernales
Willie J. Berg
Charles J. Weber
Reuben Leyendecker
Victor Pressler
Williams Creek
Harry Wilke
Francis Merz
Klein Branch
W. H. Stevens
Felix Maurer
Pilot Knob
Albert Maner
Gus Weinheimer
Longhorn
A. D. Stahl
Werner Klier
August H. Voelkel
Max T. Henke
Rocky Hill
Henry Mogford
Edwin Rusenberger
Hilmar Weinheimer
Evan Striegler
Elton Jordan
Alvin Stehling
Eric Nagel
Henry Joseph
Boening Motor Sales Co
Ad. W. Hopf
Hugo Mueller
Edgar Stroeher
Richard Ransleben
Old Harper landmark being torn down
Blue Island Illinois reports a series of local events. Bernard J. O Connell Jr suffered a nonwalking condition since birth and was wounded in a mercy killing attempt. His father B O Connell Sr died by his own hand. The Allan McDonald homestead across from Bill's Drive-In is razed by owner Bill Kaiser to clear space for a modern tin shop and showroom for the Oldsmobile agency. Harper baseball fans attend a Hill Country Baseball League meeting at Comfort to organize a 21 game season with Harper, Stonewall, Ingram, Listerdale, Camp Stanley, Blanco and Seipp's Fredericksburg. The season opens April 11 with a playoff to determine the champion.
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Blue Island, Ill
Bernard J. O'Connell, Jr
B. of O'Connell, Sr
Allan McDonald
Bill
Herman Kaiser
Bill Kaiser
Mr. McDonald
Belmore Roberts
Kaiser
Harper
Marc Cus Burg
Stonewall
Douglas Patton
Camp Stanley
Clarence Schaetter
Setpp
Fredericksburg
Treas
Blanco
Bandera
Ingram
Marcus Burg
Herald
Listerdale
Seipp’s
Maurer 40th Anniversary Surprised by Family
Mr and Mrs Henry Maurer were surprised on their fortieth wedding anniversary Sunday February at their Harper home by their children and families. A chicken dinner with trimmings was served to the Maurer and Fritz families, Clemens and Eddie Maurer, Francis Fritz, Gertrude Maurer, and Rev A A Gitter. Alfonso Maurer away at St Johns Seminary and Sister Melisa could not attend. The dining room featured pink and blue decor and a three tier cake baked by Mrs Robert Fritz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Maurer
Harper
Robert Maurer
Robert Fritz
Clemens Maurer
Eddie Reed
Francis Fritz
Gertrude Maurer
A. A. Gitter
Alfonso Maurer
St. John's Seminary
Melisa
Ponce City
Oklo
Supply and Demand Triumph Over Harry Truman
In a Dallas News piece from February, the author mocks President Truman and praises supply and demand as forces that toppled his price policies. The column argues the market dive exposed government props and criticizes Truman’s planned price juggling as costly to taxpayers and consumers. The author claims nature’s twins achieved more in three days than years of state action.
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Dallas News
Harry
Damer
United States
America
Rajah
Truman
J. W. Seale
Nu Way Beauty Parlor Opens Near Harper Today
Mrs Vera Parker announces the opening of Nu Way Beauty Parlor in a new native stone one story building beyond the Harper city limits on the Junction highway. The shop offered free coffee and donuts and features large plate glass windows and up to date permanent wave machines.
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Vera Parker
Harper City
Harper Baseball Team To Begin Practice Sunday
Weather permitting the Harper baseball team will begin practice this coming Sunday Feb 29 at the community ball park. All team members and those expected to play this year are urged to attend. Mr and Mrs Creighton Stevens and their son visited Stevens at Victoria last week and also visited in Austin and San Antonio.
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Harper
Miss Opal Strackbein and Aubrey Harper United In Marriage
Miss Opal Strackbein wed Aubrey Harper at St James Church Harper at 4 30 pm in a ceremony led by Rev M C Hoermann The couple honeymooned briefly then settled in Harper Both graduated from Harper High School Harper served in WWII and now runs Quality Grocery with plans for a long married life with blessings from the Herald and friends
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Opal Strackbein
Aubrey Harper
St. James Church
Sun
St. James Lutheran Church
Harper
Howard Aubrey Harper
Gordon Harper
Opal Mae Strackbein
Wm. Strackbein
M. C. Hoermann
Glad Solas
Lewis Stevens
Clara Anderegg
Gilbert Strackbein
Nathaniel Hoermann
Bonnie Casper
Elmer Strackbein
Hazel Anderegg
Ted A. Rogers
Hosea
Mrs. Stevens
Inlaw
Earl Walker
Herbert Game
Victor Harper
Gene Harper
R. B. Goff
Harper High School
Carl's Grocery & Market
Carl Ochler
Quality Grocery
Herald
Change of venue sought for William Biddy in arson case
Attorneys for William Doyle Biddy indicted for arson in the Selpp’s Dance Hall Christmas night tragedy filed a petition with Judge James Ferguson for a change of venue. As of Wednesday noon no order had been entered. decision expected Monday morning. Court activities included four Degel burglary cases, a Reyes Guevara assault fine, and a Walker bigamy verdict of not guilty. Jury lists prepared for March 1 as civil and criminal matters proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Doyle Biddy
Grand
Selpp
James Ferguson
Tne
Victor Rogers
Alfred Petsch
Biddy
District Court
Max Heey Dege
St. Mary’s Church
Fredericksburg
Degel
Loth
Reyes Guevara
Guevara
John Henry Walker
William Ira Joy
Hallo M. Berg
Earline Berg
Edgar Durst
Marvin W Alfred Vogel
A. A. Wendel
Vin Schuch
Harry Wilke
W. Langehennid
Bug
Ruedin
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Xas
Ialue
Milton Wendel
Lorenz Wendel
Arvin Tatsch
Arnold Mark
AMD
Southdowns
Phillip Jacoby
FFA
Kerr
Ion
Jacoby
Ram
Harper Area
Douglas Brewer
Mrs
Charles Gammenthaler
Homer Lee Stevens
E. Heimann
Louise Kunz
John Henry Klaerner
Cecil Brown
Camp Verde
Floyd Boatright
Harper Luther League
Mary Virginia Stevens
Texas University
L. Stevens
A. B. Barker
Uvalde
Strachbein- Harper
A. C. Wendel
Kerrville
Mesdames Nabers and
Brown
Cecil Nay
Reuben Bode and Son
J. M. Stevens
Vernon Rogers
Allen Gibson
Elmer Lee Russel
Huntsville
V. C. Russel Sr
Washington, D
Charles A. Uer
Kautson
Gillespie
Kill Country League Baseball Meeting
Comfort
Old Harper
Bianco
Mrs. Martin Rode of
Strackbein - Harper
Nu-Way Beauty Parlor
Tas. OS
RE. B
Germany
Dallas
William Biddy
Ferguson
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