Salerno Beachhead survivor Marvin Steitle home on furlough
Cpl. Marvin Steitle of Gillespie County recounts surviving the Salerno invasion on September 9 1943 where a machine gun bullet grazed his finger and entered his shoulder leading to finger amputation and hospital care in North Africa and Butler Pennsylvania He arrived home April 8 for a furlough with his mother Mrs Ottilie Steitle before heading to Fort Ord California He praises the Red Cross for its aid and comforts provided to troops during wartime assignments.
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Gillespie County
Europe
Salerno
Italy
Marvin Steitle
Fredericksburg
Ottilie Steitle
Fort Ord
Calif
U. S
Cpl
Steitle
Settle
North Africa
Army
N. Africa
Butler
Red Cross
Benjamin F. Dunn
Midland
Haskell Dunn
Sgt
Dunn
South Pacific
U. S. Marines
Guadalcanal
Tulagi
Fiji Islands
Set
Marines
Pacific
States
Gillespie Co
Camp Bowie
Texas
Camp Blanding
Florida
Camp Edwards
Mass
Chris. Lehne
36Th Div
Cpl. Steitle
Edwin Steitle
Elgin Stelle
San Antonio
Gillespie County sets monthly bill filing deadline
Commissioners Court approves a policy requiring all bills against the county to be filed with the clerk by the fifth of each month to ensure prompt payment. Bills filed after the fifth will wait until the next month for inspection and payment. The report lists fund balances and notes county assets.
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Gillespie County Commissioners Court
Henry Holy
Justice of the Peace
Bruns
Lawrence Burrer
Petmecky
Henry Houy
Crenwelge
Rationing Reminders for Book 4 and Other Stamps
A wartime notice lists valid stamps and deadlines for Book 4 red and blue ration stamps, Sugar stamps 30 and 31, Stamp 40 dates, Shoes stamps, Gasoline coupon 11 in Book 3, and adjustments extending validity and deadlines across categories. It notes specific end dates in 1945 and changes to three month periods.
Gems of Thought and Classified Ads Fragment
Literary quotes attributed to William Blake and Mary Baker Eddy about greatness and kindness appear in a classified ads section prompt. The fragment requests reading the classified ads.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Scrap iron drive by R M Lewis and Son in Fredericksburg
Wanted old scrap metal for the war effort. R M Lewis and Son advertise buying and preparing scrap for shipment and offer pickup at owners’ locations from their corner on Main and Elk Streets in Fredericksburg.
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R. M. Lewis & Son
E. Main & Elk Streets
Fredericksburg
Main & Elk Streets
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Little Rock
Ameneus
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Galveston
Nue
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Sam Parker
Raymond Oestreich
Little Son
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Roscoe Parker
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Harper
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Nature
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Fredericksburg, Texas
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Stonewall
Reifert Hardware Store
Kerrville
Postoffice
Erican Pure Milk CO
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Kerrville, Texas
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The
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Tex
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Mueller's Bakery
A. E. Self
Optometrist
Water Street
Harper Heralds
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United States
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Leon F. Zwiener
Wheelus
Mother
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F. G Bailey
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Manager Junction, Texas
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