March of Dimes Campaign At Palace Theatre This Week
The March of Dimes drive to fight infantile paralysis runs March 24 through January 30 at the Palace Theatre sponsored by manager Walter Knoche. Girl Scouts will collect at each show. donations of a dime are urged to aid thousands of children. Mrs. Walter Eggert of Camp Swift visited her mother, Mrs. Hugo Hopf, over the weekend.
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Walter Knoche
Palace Theatre
Knoche
Walter Eggert
Camp Swift
Hugo Hopf
Join the WAC for new wartime careers today
Army recruiters offer training and jobs in the WAC across varied roles. Learn jeep driving teletype operation and air traffic assistance with full training and impact on the war effort. Visit the nearest Army Recruiting Station or write The Adjutant General Washington DC for details.
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WAC
U. S. Army
Adjutant General
Washington, D. C
Immutability and Change in Thought and Society
A collection of quotes on change and progress by Feltham Herrick Burke Parker and Eddy. Local notes mention guests at the A T Whetstone home and social visits in Fredericksburg and nearby towns. A humorous exchange about meat pricing contrasts with a news item noting a 4000 federal employee reduction.
Hartmann Civilian Worker With Army Air Forces
Hartmann, 28, attached to the Technical Division of the Army Air Forces as a civilian since January 11 1942, went to England in August 1942 and will report for further duty from Kelly Field after furlough. He is the son of the late Alfred and Mrs Hartmann who died in 1936. Before service he worked for Hill Country Creamery. While in England he wrote a poem praising the boys making the supreme sacrifice in the war.
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Hartmann
Army Air Forces
England
Kelly Field
Alfred Hartmann
Tony
Hill Country Creamery
Killed in Action Poem by Civil Service Technician A J Hartmann
A wartime poem recalls a young soldier named Jim who enlisted to hold a line under fire. He dies heroically amid dwindling ammo, saving others, while home readers face their own concerns about loss and sacrifice. The verse mentions a posthumous Croas and reflects on duty, courage, and the cost of war.
Religious leaders urge constant action for peace and justice
Bishop G Bromley Oxnam calls for ongoing international efforts to address global issues from health to labor standards while Henry A Wallace stresses Christian pragmatism in world relations. Dr Harold L Trigg cites 7,000,000 unaffilitd blacks and urges churches to expand home missions among rural Negro youth in the South.
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G. Bromley Oxnam
Boston
Mass
Methodist Church
United States
Harold L. Trigg
Elizabeth City
N.C
State Teachers College
South
Clergyman Warns on POW Camp Attitudes and Postwar Order
The Rev. Carl Erik Wenngren, a former army chaplain and YMCA worker among Polish refugees, is in the United States at the World Council of Churches request to serve as a neutral nation representative among German POWs. He warns that treatment in camps will shape prisoners' views of America and free institutions after the war. He stresses the need for a Christian spirit in camps for a just postwar world order.
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Carl Erik Wenngren
Y.M.C.A
Sweden
United States
World Council of Churches
Weingren
America
Russia’s literacy drive and reform hailed by missionary
Dr. Ralph E. Diffendorfer of the Methodist Church lauds Russia’s use of scientific methods to cut illiteracy from 85 percent to 15, improve youth health, and train peasants into skilled workers, claiming each victory boosts confidence in a new path forward.
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Russia
Ralph E. Diffendorfer
Methodist Church
Catholic Church Announces Services and Events
The notice invites participation in Catholic services on Sunday January 30 with Mass at 10 30 and Divine Worship at 11 00 plus Sunday School and Bible Class. It also mentions a Friday night January 28 Night School of Religion led by Father Ledwig and film showings Saving South Seas Savages and Jewel of the Sierras. A cordial welcome emphasizes open attendance.
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Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
Father Ledwig
Postwar church building boom eyed in United States
Dr. E M Conover of the Interdenominational Bureau of Architecture says more than 300 million dollars in church building and improvements are planned in the United States after the war. The bureau has aided about thirty denominations in planning new structures and updating old ones to serve worship, evangelism, education, recreation and other religious needs.
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United States
E. M. Conover
Interdenominational Bureau of Architecture
Fourth Ave
New York City
Kerrville Church Publishes Sunday Services Schedule
The notice lists preaching at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. every Sunday with no night services and Sunday School at 2 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend all services. Pastor J. H. Meredith signs the notice from 612 Sidney Baker St. Kerrville.
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J. H. Meredith
Sidney Baker St
Kerrville
Full Gospel Tabernacle Church Announces Services
Rev E D Waddell presides with Sunday School at 3 p m and preaching on Friday and Sunday nights at 8 p m This post war church building plan emphasizes community fellowship and thoughtful remodeling avoiding past excesses and monstrosities per Dr Conover
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Full Gospel Tabernacle Church
E. D. Waddell
Mrs Wendel Visits Relatives in Doss with Family
Mrs Milton Wendel and her young daughter stayed several days with her parents Mr and Mrs Otto Strackbein at Doss. Her sister Miss Olinda accompanied her home Tuesday.
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Milton Wendel
Otto Strackbein
Doss
Miss Olinda
Church Schedule Change Prompts Afternoon Services
The notice announces new church hours shifting night services to 2 30 pm with Sunday school at 10 15 am and preaching at 11 15 am and 2 30 pm. Lunch will be served on the ground after the morning service. All are invited to attend both services and bring lunch if possible.
Presbyterian Church Service Schedule
Charles G. Workman pastor leads Sunday activities with Sunday School at 2 30 p m Holy Communion at 11 a m and evening worship at 7 30 p m All are welcomed especially invited to the Lord s Table and recreation follows the 2 30 p m session
Reverend Brandon to Preach at Presbyterian Church Sunday
Rev. Earl Brandon of Austin will preach at the Presbyterian Church Sunday January 30 at 11 o'clock. He missed the third Sunday in January due to severe cold weather and bad roads. Dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stevens included Supt. W. R. Root, Harry Stevens Jr., Mr. and Mrs. David Schmidt and children, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stevens Sr., and Mrs. Lula Wakefield of San Antonio.
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Roy Stevens
Camille
Lula Wakefield
Fredericksburg
Johnnie Hill
Nell Keller
San Antonio
J. O. Stevens
Earl Brandon of
Austin
Presbyterian Church
Brandon
W. R. Root
Harry Stevens, Jr
Harry Stevens
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