Doss Local Happenings Highlight Ball Game and Drought Relief
Visiting in Doss this week were Alf Schrader and family from San Antonio along with Crenwelge and Ransleben relatives. A big ball game pitting Bexar County All-Star Soft-Ball Team managed by Norbert Penshorn against Gillespie County All-Stars is set for August 6 at Seipp's ball diamond with a 3:00 pm start and 10 cents admission. The Doss Cyclones, defeated by Woerner Grocery in a double header, celebrate Erwin Friedrich, Pete Crenwelge and Rudi Becker for key home runs amid heat and a four inch rainfall easing drought. Frieda Mund visits from Mund farm for several weeks.
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Doss
Alf. Schrader
Melvin
San Antonio
Bernhard Crenwelge
Theo. Ransleben
Louis Crenwelge
Chas, Jr
T. G. Willms
Josephine
Bexar County
Norbert Penshorn
Gillespie County
Yours Truly
Seipp
Louise Dittmar
Park Land Hospital
Dallas
Mercury
Woerner Grocery Company
Doss Cyclones
Whitworth Family Visits From Hames River Ranch
Mr and Mrs C O Whitworth and their children arrived from Hames River Ranch on Saturday. Alvin Kensing came to town on Saturday and reported a heavy rain in his area.
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Alvin Kensing
Smiths Shopping Visit Noted In Local City Scene
Mr and Mrs David Smith and family were seen shopping in the city, with their presence drawing interest from locals. The outing highlights a typical day in downtown commerce as residents browse stores and mingle with shoppers.
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Mrs
David Smith
Gens
Our City
Radio chatter and stars light up Sunday schedule
Anne Lincoln joins The Aldrich Family with a nod to Hollywood legends and DeMille while Laughton signs off for the final Radio Theatre broadcast. Pepper Young’s Family fans tune NBC as Edwin Wolfe notes a Maine listener’s 1000th consecutive broadcast. Bergen and McCarthy influence NBC Sunday routines with Edgar Bergen's outings.
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Hollywood
DeMille
CO B
Laughton
Pepper Young
NBC
Edwin Wolfe
Maine
Edgar Bergen
Charlie McCarthy
General Tire Sales Increase Shows Solid Half Year Profit
General Tire and Rubber Co reports net profit of 1.103 million for the six months ending May 31 1939 equal to 1.96 per common share. Net sales reach 10.917 million up 31.2 percent from 1938 while a 50 cent per share dividend is declared payable July 31 to stockholders of record July 21.
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General Tire and Rubber Company
William O’neil
General Tire
O’neil
Jeuben Crenwelge
Fredericksburg Drive-In
Notable radio performers and producers of the era
The NBC Red network features expert showman Heidt blending dance music with vocal novelties and a large troupe on broadcasts. Cecil B DeMille notes Charles Laughton favors radio over film roles, signing for Ruggles of Red Gap. Laughton also heard Sherlock Holmes on NBC and wrote radio scripts for Helen Hayes. The writer’s daughter, a newspaperman’s daughter, pursued stage singing before radio writing.
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Nbc-Red
Heidt
Cecil B DeMille
Charles Laughton
Ruggles of
Red Gap
Nero
DeMille
Laughton
Sherlock Holmes
NBC
Helen Hayes
Five-Year-Old Fisherman Wins Prize in Indiana
Larry Baus Long, five, finished third in a Fish-O casting contest at Indianapolis with 130 entrants. Grandson of Ollie Baus, Indianapolis fishing editor, the event is run by the Izaak Walton League of America and the American Wildlife Institute to train casters without lake or stream visits.
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Mr. Charlton
Miss Foster
Chonto
Miss Mudge
Joan Foster
Joan
Indianapolis
Larry Baus Long
Ollie Baus
Izaak Walton League of America
The
American Wildlife Institute
Texas Senator backs Puerto Rico air base plan
Senator Tom Connally of Texas urged placing defensive air bases on Puerto Rico as a first line defense for the Panama Canal and Gulf of Mexico. He cited Puerto Rico’s economic woes, noting 42 percent unemployment and declines in U S purchases of rice cotton and meat, tied to sugar quotas and trade rules.
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Washington, D. C
Puerto Rico
United States
Tom Connally
Texas
Congress
Connally
Panama Canal
Gulf of Mexico
South America
Europe
Senator Connally
Interior Department
Department of Commerce
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Harper Herald
Wareld Diesel
Harper
C. W. Granville
Prizzelle
Kerrville
A. C. Wendel
Leon F. Zwiener
Fredericksburg
Kerrville Vulcanizing Plant
Rudolph Stehling
Goodrich
Silvertown
Gulf
Harry Wahrmund
Earle Ferris
Anne Lincoln
Ala
E. E. Saenger Lumber Company
Kerrville, Texas
Clare
Peter
Jenny
Patty
Honour Bright
Ceylon
India
Cleveland
Sea of Galilee
Atlantic
Waikiki Beach
Indian Ocean
Peking
Japan
Marenia
Conrad
Mr. Chariton
Paknam
Bangkok
White Houses
Menam
King’s Palace
England
Jenny Darling
Crosley Shelvador
Erickaburg
Ezra Btone
Realife
Phil Baker
CBS
Phil
Horace Heidt
Knights
Bergen
McCarthy
Edith Meiser
Susan
Indiana
Sen. Connally
Island
Wea
Patronize Herald Advertisers
H. Welge Lewis
Woerner Warehouse
Erwin Woerner
Prop
Alex Mittendorf
Fredericksburg, Texas
John Deere
Aermotor Mills
Fairbanks Morse
Krauskopf Bros
Sinclair Gas and Oils
Milton Petermann
Mgr
Wk Rv
Ake
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