Allies seal Crimea Compact to unite war effort
Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin signed the Crimea Compact confirming continued united battle against Nazi Germany and disbanding German armed forces. The agreement signals Russia's potential future join with the United States and Britain against Japan, while stressing a solid Allied front despite a grim, long war ahead.
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Germany
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Crimea
Congress
Hitler
Russia
United States
Britain
Japan
Kerrville Pioneer Merchant Robert Saenger Sr. Turns 86
Kerrville longtime merchant Robert Saenger Sr. observed his 86th birthday last Thursday at his Clay Street home. Born in Cave Creek, Gillespie County, he moved to Kerrville as a young man and built a life in lumber and retail. He served on the Water Commission, helped found Tivy High School, and remains active with his yard, garden, pigeons, and light woodwork. His birthday dinner drew his children and many relatives from Kerrville, Brownsville, Fort Stockton, San Antonio, Houston, and beyond.
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Kerrville Mt. Sun
Robert Saenger
Kerrville
Saenger
Cave Creek
Gillespie County
California
Harper
Clay Street
Water Commission
City Water Works
Lutheran Church
Adolph Gold
Fredericksburg
Ethel Willams
Erna Dinter
Boerne
Health advisory urges pertussis vaccination for children
The Fredericksburg Health Committee urges parents to consult physicians or local health departments on preventing pertussis. Dr LW Feller notes increasing inoculations as a preventive measure. Whooping cough begins with cold like symptoms and irritant cough, then a severe final phase. Children should stay home during infection and immunization is advised around five to six months.
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Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
LW Feller
Chalimant
Gillespie County Health Committee
Chamber Health Committee
Clergy urged to preach blood plasma gospel in wartime faith
A wartime faith roundup cites a chaplain urging ministers to promote blood plasma giving as miraculous for those in need. It recalls a Zanzibar bishop’s stance on slavery’s site, and quotes clergy stressing Christian unity amid war. The piece notes Methodist hospitals’ prominence and social welfare work, urging churches to balance faith with human values in modern society.
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Boston
The
Methodist Church
American College of Surgeons
Methodist Hospital
Brooklyn
Indianapolis
Duke University Hospital
South Pacific
Raymond J. Wade
Detroit
Board of Hospitals and Homes
Francis J. McConnell
Texas-Tied Army Officer Led European Fronts
Col. Taylor, once Kerens mayor, rose from private to lieutenant colonel and led a heavy artillery battalion in Salerno, Southern France, Cassino, Anzio, and the Rome drive. He earned the Silver Star at Salerno and Bronze Star with four combat stars, returning to Austin to serve as senator after Dec 1944.
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Texas
Col. Taylor
Tex
Kerens
National Guard
Salerno
France
Paris
Austin
Taylor
Cassino
Anzio
Rome
Riviera
Catholic Parish Notes and Community Events
Sunday services include Masses at 9:00 and 10:30 with Stations of the Cross Benediction Sunday School and Catholic Action Councils meetings. Edwin Lang Jr. to enter services as 30th parish member after enlisting in the Marines. Various parish society schedules and local visits noted along with church listings and Friday devotions.
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Stations of the Cross
Catholic Action Councils of Men
Edwin H. Lang Jr
Marines
St. Anthony's
St. Anns
Youth Sodatity
Catholic Action
Confraternity
The Holy Land Via Dolorosa in Christian Memory
For centuries Christians sought pilgrimage to Palestine and the road to Golgotha. Crusades and bans on Christians shaped a tradition of depicting the Via Dolorosa in churches to relive Christ's Passion and Crucifixion.
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Holy Land
Palestin
Golgatha
Jesus
Jerusalem
Palestine
Via Dolorosa
Calvary
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Harper Herald
Sean Alli
Norman J. Dietel
Dwner
A. C. Wendel
Harper, Texas
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Wendell Mayes
Gene Mattox
Thurman Cole
Roy Chinn
J. Edward Johnson
Ross Bohannan
Brownwood
Johnson
Bohannan
Supreme Court
R. E.thomason
FE Paso
Lindley Beckworth
Tyler
Elmira J. Menefee
del Rio
New York
America
American Automobile Association
Pearl Harbor
Ove
Robert Saenger Sr
Haskel Dunn
Midland
Walter Parker
Roscoe Parker
Lon Parker
Round Mountain
Mrs. V. C. Russel Jr
Mrs. C. Ochler
Lange’s
Max Lange
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W.w.reid
Zanzibar
Church of England
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L. G. Ligutti
Des Moines
Iowa
National Catholic Rural Life Conference
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Marysville
Kentucky
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Council of Churches
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Orville’ Gammenthaler
San Antonio
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ST. James Lutheran Church
Walter C. Probst
Luther League
Archie Lennon
Audrey May Brown
David Butler
Georgia
J. B. Birt and Son
Harold Birt
Woodman
Colorado
Pete Kramer
Camp Hood
Pete
Bessie McDougall
Johnnie
Ida Kareesas
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Clifton
V. C. Russel Sr
V. C. Russel Jr
Presbyterian Church
Charles G. Workman
First Baptist Church
R. A. Aller
Full Gospel Tabernacle
B. E. Bueche
Carrie Calentine
Herald
R. R. Jackson
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John Deere
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Bros Texas
Isseon Company
Kerrville, Texas
Junction
Edith Liverman
Junction, Texas
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Omi
C. T. Holekamp
Wanager Junction, Texas
Gilleaple County
Lochie Storage & Commission Co
Cooper
Martin
Fredericksburg, Texas
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