Read This Contributer on Cigarette Shortage and Bill of Rights
David Lawrence argues government policy caused a cigarette shortage by limiting tobacco acreage and diverting stock. He notes farmers could have sold more tobacco and highlights mismanagement. The piece ends urging support for an international Bill of Rights with widespread signers and studies backing postwar guarantees of human rights.
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David Lawrence
Mr. Lawrence
England
France
United States
Britain
Tomasz Arciszewski
Poland
Arciszewski
Public Opinion Quarterly
Princeton University
Universities Committee
Lishops
Sumner Wells
New School of Special Research
International Organization
Harper Volunteer Fire Dept Plans Stock Show Saturday
Harper F F A boys announce a stock show to be held on Saturday February 10 1945. Karl W Kappus Jr Grade lieutenant son of Mrs Hedwig Kappus of San Antonio and grandson of Mrs Geo Eberle of Fredericksburg is reported missing in action while serving in the U S Navy in the Pacific. He trained at Notre Dame and naval stations and went overseas last year with Pacific war zones.
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Karl W. Kappus
Hedwig Kappus
San Antonio
Geo. Eberle
Fredericksburg
Kappus
U. S. Navy
Pacific
Navy
Notre Dame
Leyte
Harper Volunteer Fire Department
Frank Staudt
Floy Bode
Bill Kaiser
Joe Kaiser
Staudt
United States Armed Forces
Bernard Birt
Dayton Rahe
Morris Bein
Ellis Granville
Belton Tatsch
Sam Houston Scarborough
J. B. Birt
Army
Maxie Baumann
Harold Rahe
Robert Kaiser
Dale Cook
B. C. Sageser, Jr
Earl Sylvester
Fred Wedekind
Roy Roberts
Richard Roeder
Carl Oechler
Father A. A. Gitter
Mr. Staudt
OLT Draft Board Office Hours Shortened for Staff Time
The Gillespie Co draft board office will operate afternoons only from one o clock to five, through January 20, to let Secretary Walter Jenschke catch up on work. Morning hours will be for office tasks and the public is asked to call in the afternoons. An upcoming Harper FFA stock show is planned for February 10 at the Agriculture Barns behind Harper High, with about 88 animals on display including Billie Kids Nannie Kids and various lambs and cattle.
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Gillespie Co. Draft Board
Walter Jenschke
Jenschke
Harper F. F. A
E. Dean Hopf
Harper High School
Billie
Delaine
Kerrville
Fredericksburg
Gillespie County infantile paralysis drive organized
Tyrus D. Cox named director for Gillespie County birth day and March of Dimes campaigns to combat infantile paralysis. George Waverly Briggs announces appointments and broad local support from Legion, Farm Bureau, 4 H and Future Farmers. 1945 efforts fund treatment and national research while noting 1944 epidemic impact and funds raised.
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Tyrus D. Cox
Gillespie County
George Waverly Briggs
Dallas
Texas State Committee
Laurie Wells
Eva Schneider
Texas
American Legion
American Farm Bureau Federation
Future Farmers of America
America
Cox
U. S
National Foundation For
Gillespie Regis Trants Reported For Induction
A group of Gillespie County selectees reported on January 2 for induction into the army and navy at Fort Sam Houston reception center. Army inductees include Jacob Peter Roeder, Allen Gottfried Klein, Roy Clyde Ricketts, Marvin Aug Mund, and Harry Henry Barsch. Navy inductees include Melvin Lawrence Burrer, William F. Grinke Jr., Stephen Andrew Sterling, B C Sageser Jr., Lawrence W. Nebgen, Leroy A. Usener, and Allen H. Usener.
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Gillespie County
Army
Navy
Fort Sam Houston
Jacob Peter Roeder
Allen Gottfried Klein
Roy Clyde Ricketts
Marvin Aug Mund
Harry Henry Barsch
Melvin Lawrence Burrer
William F. Grinke, Jr
Stephen Andrew Sterling
B. C. Sageser, Jr
Lawrence W. Nebgen
Leroy A. Usener
Allen H. Usener
Lions Club Anniversary Program Features Two Prominent Speakers
Lions Club members plan an anniversary program next Wednesday with two notable guest speakers. The event highlights the club’s ongoing community service and honors its history.
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Lions Club
Harper Lions Club
Harper
Herbert C. Perry
Junction
Chas
Barrett
Arthur Lierschwale
Floy Bode
S/Sgt. Gilbert Schmidt Reported Missing in Action
Alfred L. Schmidt of the Hye community received word from the War Dept that his son Staff Sergeant Gilbert A. Schmidt is missing in action in Germany as of December 28. Schmidt has served over two years and no further details have been disclosed.
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Alfred L. Schmidt
Hye
War Dept
Gilbert A. Schmidt
Germany
S Sgt. Schmidt
Harper Herald Occupies Prominent Place In Home
A local citizen writes that the Harper Herald holds a prominent spot in their home after a child in the second grade misheard the carol Hark the Herald Angels Sing as Harper Herald Angels Sing. The anecdote underscores the paper’s place in community life.
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Harper Herald
Herald
Ele
Harper Herald Angels
Herald Angels
Edwin Herbert joins Boening Implement Co in Fredericksburg
Edwin Herbert leaves Bull-Stewart Equipment Co in San Antonio to take a position with Boening Implement Co at Fredericksburg. He brings Ford tractor and Ferguson system know how and will assist farmers locally. Herbert and family will reside in Fredericksburg.
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Edwin Herbert
Bull-Stewart Equipment Co
San Antonio
Boening Implement Co
Fredericksburg
Ford Tractor
Herbert
Harper Soldier Fights With Infantry Regiment In Florence Bologna Drive
Pfc Reginald McDougall machine gunner with the 363rd Infantry Regiment, 91st Powder River Division, participates in the Florence Bologna offensive in Italy under Fifth Army command. The unit, attached to the 34th Red Bull Division earlier, stormed Hill 643 near Chianni after days of fierce counterattacks and artillery barrages as part of a task force operation.
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Fifth Army
Italy
Reginald McDougall
363Rd
Florence - Bologna
91St
Powder River
Mark W. Clark
643
Chianni
63Rd
Sea Harper
Pace
Kerrville Milling Co. Moves To New Location
J. A. Morrow proprietor of Kerrville Milling Co announces his firm has moved to 505 Clay Street Kerrville. He invites friends and customers to visit the new business. The Kerrville Milling Co offers poultry stock and dairy feeds and handles seeds in season.
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J. A. Morrow
Kerrville Milling Co
The
Herald
Clay Street
Kerrville
Gillespie County Court Sets 1945 Officials' Salaries
Gillespie County commissioners meet for the first 1945 session and fix annual salaries for county officers. Whit Wade Jr. is appointed deputy court reporter at 37.50 monthly, effective Oct 16 1944. County Judge 1800, District Clerk 1200, County Attorney 130, County Clerk 1200, Sheriff 2000, Treasurer 1 1/5 percent on certain funds up to 2000, County Agent 1000.
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Gillespie County Commissioners’ Court
Whit Wade, Jr
Gillespie County
Supple
Sen
Pace
Hatchet Men Label For 84th Division In German Front Fight
Maj Hilmar Pressler a Kerrville bank former employee rose from artillery to the general staff on Dec 17 and serves with Brig Gen Alexander Bolling's chief staff of the 84th Railsplitters. The division nicknamed Hatchet Men by Nazis for axe insignia on a rail faced German infiltration in Belgium and the Siegfried Line.
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Germany
Maj
Hilmar Pressler
Chas Schreiner Bank
Kerrville
Kurt Pressler
Krederiecksburg
Pressler
Alexander Bolling
Bolling
Fredericksburg High School
the &Th
California
Arkansas
Georgia
Texas
Louisiana
84Th
Geilenkirchen
U. S
Alexander R. Bolling
Belgium
Marche
Rochefort
Camp Howe
Louisiana Maneuvers
Camp Claiborne
Karl von Rumstedt
Meuse
2Nd Armored
Roy Steitle Engaged as Mechanic at Citizens Auto Co
Roy Steitle accepts a position as mechanic at Citizens Auto Co and will assist Jake Metzger in automotive repairs. Metzger, previously in charge for a year, now handles the mechanical repair end of J J. Rogers’ business. Steitle, honorably discharged as Staff Sergeant from Camp Chaffee Arkansas, plans Harper home with wife and baby. Robert L Kaiser arrived in San Francisco and will be assigned to Corpus Christi, with a leave granted to visit parents.
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Roy Steitle
Citizens Auto Co
Jake Metzger
Metzger
J J. Rogers
Rogers
Steitle
U.S. Army
Camp Chaffer Arkansas
Stelle
Army
Harper
Robert L. Kaiser
San Pransicio
Corpus Christi
Gillespie County Posts Record 6th War Loan Sales
Gillespie County reports 6th War Loan total of 676511.50 dollars, nearly double the 360000 quota. County Chairman Gilbert Kaderli says Series EB loans pushed the drive past its December 16 end. January quota of 30000 is oversubscribed largely due to Texas New Mexico Pipe Line Co. bond purchases crediting Gillespie County.
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Gillespie County
Gilbert Kaderll
Gillvepie County
Kaderli
Texas-New Mexico Pipe Line Co
Gillespie Farm Census Underway By Three Enumerators
Gillespie farm census in progress with Eddie Petermann W H Grothe and W R Hahn having passed a Kerrville three day school. The five year count gathers data on cultivated acres crops livestock poultry production costs and more to aid agricultural research.
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Gillespie Farm
Eddie Petermann
W. H. Grothe
W. R. Hahn
Kerrville
Gillespie Farms
United States
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Harper Volunteer Fire Dept
Harper F.F. A
Karl W. Kappus, Lt. Jr. Grade
OLT
Draft Board
Tyrus Cox
Gillespie CO
Harper Fire Department
Harper, Texas
Commissioners Court
First State Bank
Brownwood
Central Texas
A. A. Gitter
James Daly
Martha Rose Baumann
Norman Dietel
Harold Dietel
Gillespie
Harper Post Office
Gillespie County Selective Service Board
Jasper I. Danz
John Ramirez
Harold H. Ottmers
Thomas J. Zenner
Roy R. Ottmers
Virgil G. Lennon
Watson B. Turner
Wallace R. Whiten
Gilbert Schmidt
Boening Implement Company
Gordon Harper
Mrs. Harper
Alfonso Novian
Ruth Harper
Clayton Feller
Max Lange
Maxine
Thomas C. Carr
Tom Carr
White Oak
Friay
Carr
U. S. Army
Harper's Post Office
Harper Post
Harper Club
Fred Bierschwale, Jr
Cpl
Lee Bierschwale
Florence-Bologna
S4th
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