Comfort Wins First Of Final Farmer Boy's League Playoff
Comfort edged Stonewall 6 to 3 at Comfort ball park in the first of the playoff games to crown the 1940 Farmer Boys League champion. Joe Pankratz hit a two run homer. Ruebsahm and Kent pitched for Stonewall, Boerner allowed seven hits for Comfort. A rematch is set for Sunday at Stonewall at 3:30 p.m. if Stonewall wins, the final game will be played there the following Sunday after a coin toss deciding the series.
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Comfort
Stonewall
Farmer Boys League
Ruebsahm
Kent
Boerner
Joe Pankratz
Albert Lutheran Church Witnesses Aug 28 Marriage
Rev P Leonhard united Ruby Scharnhorst and Felix Birck in marriage at Albert Lutheran church on Wednesday afternoon August 28. The groom is son of August Birck of Stonewall and the bride daughter of Edwin Scharnhorst of Post Oak. Attendants were Clayton Scharnhorst Martina Jacoby Arvin Bivek and others. The ceremony opened with Lohengrin march by Albert Meier and a wedding feast followed for guests.
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P. Leonhard
Albert Lutheran Church
Ruby Scharnhorst
Felix Birck
August Birck
Stonewall
Edwin Scharnhorst
Post Oak
Clayton Scharnhorst
Martina Jacoby
Arvin Bivek
Ius
Weesershausen
Albert Meier
Correct Exposure Tips for Outdoor Photography
The article explains measuring light reflection to set exposure. It covers how bright beach scenes need less exposure while shady subjects need more, and compares cheap box cameras to finer models with guidance like 1/9 to 1/50 second at various f stops. It emphasizes using a dependable exposure guide and classifying subjects correctly to avoid spoiled shots.
American teachers sail for six week international tour
A group of teachers from Salt Lake City Santa Monica Boston Burbank and Linden will sail on a six week tour visiting famous shrines Mount Fuji the Indian Ocean and major cities guided by Miss Helen F Ury Miss Ethel J Earle Mrs Edith Perry Church and Miss Dorothy Bower, sharing educational exchanges and cultural experiences.
Giants Beat Boerne for Third Time This Season
Weerner tossed a four hit one run game for the Fredericksburg Giants against the Boerne White Sox in the Kendall County Fair featuring nine innings of steady offense. Molberg collected three hits and two runs, while J Schneider went three for five as the Giants staged rallies in each frame except the second. Next Sunday the Giants meet Hydro Gass of San Antonio at Seipp's Ball Park in the second meeting of the season between the clubs.
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S. Weerner
Fredericksburg Giants
Boerne White Sox
Kendall County
Molberg
Giants
Boerne
Hydro Gass
San Antonio
Seipp
Ball Park
Abrhore
Vraanst
Eeveneeee
Luckenbech
Cnn
Pykarf Umn
Schnerr Rf
Schneider Ss
TCKE
Neem
Cere
Anyoens Cf Sconce
Mopford, Vf
Nnmeensnescemssen
Klaerner
P Patton
Bourgeois Cf
Bowmann
Patton Uf
Thinking Out Loud on Democracy and the New Deal
The speaker argues that democracy struggles with large-scale policy due to the human mind's inability to grasp billions of units. He contends the New Deal spends vast sums without public comprehension and suggests democracy fails to function in world policy if voters cannot understand the scope.
Rural Teachers For Gillespie Co 1940 41 Term Announced
County Judge Henry Hirsch released the list of rural school teachers for Gillespie County for the 1940 41 term. Schools start this month at Toscan Live Oak Pilot Knob and many communities, with teachers named for each school including Mildred Rolf Ruby May Kuhn Alma Hulsmeier Karl Hartmann Elizabeth Petemann Irene Reubsahm Leola Sauer Walter Dittmar Opal Reeves Elia Hill Olga S. Lorenz and others.
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Henry Hirsch
Gillespie County
Toscan
Eugene Petsch
Live Oak
Leo Fritz
Luckenbach
Pete Weber
Rocky Hill
Mildred Rolf
Ruby May Kuhn
Palo Alto
Charles Ott
Alma Hulsmeier
Pilot Knib
Karl Hartmann
Ruby Kneese
Squaw Creek
Jos. Weinheimer
Alfons Klier
Meusebach
Atley Berg
Elizabeth Petemann
Ledernales
Valeska Weber
Grapetown
Cora Bode
Junction
Emil Neffendorf
Cherry Spring
Wilburn Brown
Clara Anderegg
Honey Creek
Albert Loudon
Stonewall
Herbert FE. Haas
Reuben Jacoby
Ephelin Weinheimer
Emilie Nielson
Hayden
Marvin Wiemers
Wrede
Wyona Simon
Lower South Grape Creek
Ewald Schaefer
Rheingold
Lee Feuge
Knopp
Robert A. Klett
BE. W. Moses
Doss
Alfred E. Heimann
Myrtle Heimann
Tia Bartlett
Tivydale
George Simon
Cherry Mountain
Irene Reubsahm
Onion Creek
T. J. Neffendorf
Pecan Creek
Elizabeth Lindenberg
Nebo
Meta Schmidt
Hazel Neal
Bear Creek
Margaret Roos
Klein Branch
Warren McDougall
Imogene Duderstadt
Nebgen
Victor Gardner
Klein Frankreich
Edwin Weber
White Oak
Leola Sauer
Williams Creek
J. Francis Merz
Irene Weiershausen
Petersburg
Irene Hopf
Morris Ranch
Robert
Cannot Discuss Details with Canada in President’s Campaign
The speaker notes that Roosevelt, leading 130 million people, cannot campaign openly on sensitive arrangements with Canada. Willkie suggested a public meeting at the President’s convention to discuss issues and facts voters deserve. The piece argues some topics cannot be discussed in the ears of the public for prudence.
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Wendell Willkie
Mr. Willkie
Canada
Roosevelt
Mayor LaGuardia Unveils 12000 Army Recruiting Posters
New York City launched a nationwide Army recruiting drive with 12,000 Railway Express trucks bearing posters. Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia spoke on radio and at the West Side station praising Army life and training, while Railway Express Agency officials announced posters would reach every city and town.
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New York City
FH. LaGuardia
New York
Express Company
United States
LaGuardia
New York West
Railway Express
Thomas B. Woodburn
Uncle Sam
United States Army
Army
L. O. Head
Railway Express Agency
L. B. Magruder
New Jersey
Delaware
Air Service
Ler
F. H. LaGuardia
U. Army
N. Ballou
L. C. Head
Col. L. 8. Magrude
2Nd Corps
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Kerrville
J. L. Bullard
Pampell’s
Henry Hony
Albert E. Kietz
Arthur Stehling
Alex Jung
Chas, Schuch
Alfred Klaerner
Elgin
Crenwelge
Wm. M. Petmecky
A. H. Kneese
E. L. Schmidt
J. J. Rogers
Farmer Boy’s League
Birk — Scharnhorst
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Jaren
Hollywood
P Eyka
L Schneider
Ransleben
Miner
Ahrens
Malberg
Morferd
Uecker
Bergmann
Patter
Chaney
Monper
Klaer
Klserne
F. Uecker
Epp
E. Jordan
W Bergmann
Vuecker
Schweppe
Lynn Landrum
Dallas News
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Ac eLeet
Alene Waly
Gan
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