Farmers' League Resolution Urges Continued Neutrality
The Fredericksburg Farmers' League resolves that Congressmen should oppose transporting American troops or arms to foreign grounds and maintain strict neutrality to avoid entanglement in European conflict. The 1941 resolution cites prior letters by Senators and Representatives and certifies the copy as true from a meeting on April 20, 1941 in Gillespie County Texas.
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Congressman South
Senate
Farmers’ Organization
Senator Connally
America
Sheppard
Gide
Congress
State of
Texas
Gillespie
Albert J. Segner
Farmers’ League
Fredericksburg
A. D
Lucky Devils and Bury Me Not double feature
Rich ard Arlen and Andy Devine star in Lucky Devils a rollicking comedy drama on Friday and Saturday 25 26 as part of a double program at The Palace. The film follows perilous and humorous adventures climaxing with model airplane aided saboteurs. Johnny Mack Brown’s Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie screens the second half with Brown in fast moving dramatic sequences and Fuzzy Knight delivering a standout comedy turn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Arlen
Andy Devine
Andy
Max Lange
Johnny Mack Brown
Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie
Brown
Fuzzy Knight
Watkins Tarr
Deanna Durbin in Nice Girl at Stillwater Connecticut
The film Nice Girl starring Deanna Durbin opens Sunday and Monday April 27 28 in the fictitious Stillwater Connecticut. Ann Gillis Anne Gwynne and Robert Benchley feature as a principal’s daughters with Franchot Tone as a New York scientist and Robert Stack as the boy next door. The story includes a New York trip with Tone and a hometown gala with patriotic songs including Thank You America. Also showings begin April 29 with The Wild Man of Borneo starring Frank Morgan and a chorus of laughs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deanna Durbin
New England
Stillwater
Connecticut
Deanna
Ann Gillis
Anne Gwynne
Robert Benchley
Franchot Tone
Benchley
New York
Robert Stack
Helen Broderick
America
Lee Goff
High Sierra thrills from id a Lupino and Bogart
Ida Lupino stars with Humphrey Bogart in High Sierra set in California's rugged Sierra. The film follows Mad Dog Earle, a criminal defying all but the law of his heart, and Marie, a hard boiled taxi dancer with a hungry heart, in a tale of dreams and danger.
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Ida Lupino
Humphrey Bogart
High Sierra
California
Earle
Marie
Oliver Hopf
For Sale 1929 Ford Sedan Sleap in Fredericksburg
Sale notice for a 1929 Ford Sedan Sleap described as running well. Advertises Boening Motor Sales selling Studebaker and Pontiac in Fredericksburg Texas with contact phone 66.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boening Motor Sales
Studebaker and
Pontiac
Fredericksburg
Texas
Boening Motor
Texago
Frederick David Grobe Obituary in Kerrville Funeral
Frederick David Grobe born October 6 1851 New Braunfels died April 19 1941 at Kerrville in the home of his son and his wife aged 89 years 4 months 13 days. Survived by children Henry Louis Emil Theodore Harry Emma Minnie Lillie and others 27 grandchildren and one brother and one sister. Funeral services were held Monday at Schaetter's funeral home and Holy Ghost church with interment in the city cemetery.
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Frederick David Grobe
New Braunfels
Heinrich Grobe
Harry Grobe
Kerrville
Fredericksburg
Mathilda Hohmann
Henry
Louis
Junction
Emil
San Antonio
Theodore
Shreveport
Emma
A. V. Harris
California
Minnie
Edward Stein
Lillie
Arthur Klingelhoefer
William Grobe
Mimmie Clark
QO. Lindenberg
Schaetter
Knopp Home Demonstration Club Looks at Frozen Food Lockers
Miss Elberta Martin, county home demonstration agent, asked if members were interested in frozen food lockers. She discussed their value, how Texas lockers are built and run, and distributed booklets while explaining the Food Stamp Plan. Members present include Mrs. Kramer and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elberta Martin
Knopp Home Demonstration Club
Eddie Kramer
Miss Martin
Texas
Mesdames Otto Arbelger
Edward Itz
R. A. Klett
Max Kunz
Arthur Kramer
Adolph Lucas
Henry Mohr, Jr
Cylde Mullinnix
Gerald Mann Announces Senate Bid From Sulphur Springs
Gerald C. Mann launches his campaign for the United States Senate to fill the death of Morris Sheppard. A Sulphur Springs native, Mann cites honesty and straight shooting as his guide and pledges no principle sacrificed. He has strong Texas ties and Roosevelt support, plus a record as Attorney General.
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Sulphur Springs
Gerald C. Mann
United States
Morris Sheppard
Gerald Mann
Austin
United States Senate
Sheppard
Texas
Jerry
Mann
Austin Court of Civil Appeals
Attorney Generals Office
Franklin D. Roosevelt
National
Senate
Fredericksburg visitors call on Rahe couple
Mr and Mrs Arthur Schleyer and Mrs Louis Grosenbacher from Fredericksburg visited the home of Mr and Mrs Otto Rahe, sharing a social call and conversation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Schleyer
Louis Grosenbacher
Fredericksburg
Otto Rahe
Mrs Johnnie Sellers Operated On In Fredericksburg
Mrs Johnnie Sellers underwent an operation at a Fredericksburg hospital last Friday and, at the last report, was doing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnnie Sellers
Fredericksburg
LCRA expands Home Service with two field representatives
The Lower Colorado River Authority expands its Development Department to offer enhanced consumer help. Phillip H. Strandtmann and Miss Abbie Gibbs will devote full time to residential, commercial, and industrial customers, conducting cooking schools and appliance demonstrations across Central Texas. Their outreach aims to maximize use of LCRA low-cost electricity and improve efficiency while noting LCRA does not sell appliances. The drive aligns with rising appliance sales supported by dealer financing and low rates. Mr. Wandel and family visited Fredericksburg recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lower
Colorado River Authority
Whech
Lcra Lighting
Abbie Gibbs
Lcra Home Service
Strandtmann
Miss Gibbs
Texas
LCRA
Electric Appliance Dealers’ Association
Electric Home & Farm Authority
United Service Organizations plans $10 766 000 1941 drive
Representatives from six national agencies outline a 1941 campaign to raise 10 766 000 dollars for the United Service Organizations. Funds will support 339 service clubs near camps and defense sites, staffed by agency members to provide lounges reading rooms religious services social events and other group activities for military and defense workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Service Organizations For National Defense, Inc
U.S.C
United States
John M.schiff
Army and Navy
Jewish Welfare Board
Francis P. Matthews
National Catholic Community Service
Walter Hoving
the Salvation Army
U.S.O
Modern Unit Electric Kitchen For Farm Homes
Electrified farms can match city kitchens with a unit electric kitchen plan. A range refrigerator water heater dishwasher and cabinets cut work hours save time and reduce costs, with financing options through manufacturers REA or Electric Home and Farm Authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
REA Cos Operative
Electric Home and Farm Authority
Bishop Says Willkie Not Man He Was
Bishop Gerald Shaughnessy of Seattle denounces Willkie for campaign promises later retracted calling his remarks cam paign oratory. He demands a public apology to the party nation and voters citing Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing pages. Emergency farm loans rose in 1940 with 15 percent more borrowers and 29 percent more funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willkie
Gerald Shaughnessy
Seattle
Wash
Wendel L. Willkie
Shaughnessy
Senate Foreign Relations
Northwest Texas shelterbelts plant vast evergreen quarter million
About a quarter of a million evergreens have been planted in the shelterbelts of Northwest Texas, bolstering windbreaks and agricultural protection across the region.
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Northwest
Texas
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Warold
Harper
A. C. Wendel
Pr. Leon F. Zwiener Optometrist
Frederickaburg
Frank Morgan
Borneo
W. R. Peril
Re Ory
Yvun Dean Hopf
H. M. Wandel
Small Son
Frederikeburg
Phillip H. Strandtmann
Abbie
United
United Service Organizations
Ira Miller
Farm Electrification Bureau
Saas
World Wheat Surplus
Argentina
Australia
Canada
U. S
Nation
H. Welge Lewis
Alex Mittendorf
Fredericksburg, Texas
John Deere
Aermotor Mills
Fairbanks Morse
Krauskopf Bros
Jenschee
Gillespie County
Lochie Storage & Commission Co
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