Britain's Plea for American Money Sparks U.S. Backlash
In the House last week Republicans assailed Britain's Labor Party program as government banditry asking why Americans should finance foreign expropriation. They warned of a three billion dollar aid target tied to Anglo American talks and Empire trade loosening.
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Britain
Labor Party
Washington
House
United Kingdom
Knutson
Minnesota
Truman
Congress
Stalin
Moscow
Curtis
Nebraska
England
United States
Hitler
Bank of England
Nebraskan
Death Rides The Highway in Fatal Saturday Collision
Photo story details a head-on crash on the Comfort Highway near Fredericksburg that killed two Latin Americans in a late model Ford. Mrs Felixiano T Reyna of Moore Texas perished in the Model A, while Weldon Starks and Bob Littlejohn of Comanche County survived injuries and were treated at a local hospital.
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Fredericksburg
Comfort Highway
Felixiano T. Reyna
Moore
Texas
Reyna
Weldon Starks
Bob Littlejohn
Auto Collision Kills Latin American Couple Near Fredericksburg
A head on collision Saturday at 6 pm, one mile south of Fredericksburg on the Comfort highway, killed Felixiano T Reyna 35 and his wife 25 of Moore Texas while injuring two young men. Welden Starks, about 23, was taken to a Fredericksburg hospital with severe cuts and bruises. The physician removed a large piece of glass from his body near the right shoulder blade. The other victim is named in the accounts.
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Fredericksburg
Comfort Highway
Felixiano T Reyna
Moore
Texas
North Texas
Welden Starks
Tom Martin Named County Attorney In Special Session
Gillespie County Commissioners Court in special session appointed Tom Martin to succeed the late Alex Jung as county attorney for the remainder of the term, expiring January 1 1947. Martin, a 1914 practicing lawyer, also serves as counsel for the Texas Angora Goat Raisers Association. Stockmen in the Harper region lost hundreds of freshly shorn sheep and goats amid cold rain and a norther Friday night and Saturday, with notable losses reported among David Schmidt Gilbert Anderegg John Strackbein Lorenz Wendel Fred Whitewood and the Whitewood ranch.
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Gillespie County Commissioners’ Court
Tom Martin
Alex Jung
Martin
David Schmidt
Gilbert Anderegg
John Strackbein
Lorenz Wendel
Fredericksburg Visitors See Lange Home Visit
Mr and Mrs Felix Feuge and their son Leon of Fredericksburg visited the Max Lange home on Monday.
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Felix Feuge
Leon of
Fredericksburg
Max Lange
San Antonio Couple Visits Brother in City
Mr and Mrs Louis Russel from San Antonio spent the weekend here with his brother V C Sr and other relatives.
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Louis Russel
San Antonio
V. C. Sr
Barbecue Guests Attending D. T. Keldel Jr. Relative Event
Dr and Mrs W Keldel Jr hosted a barbecue for relatives on Sunday with attendees from Harper Fredericksburg Cain City Houston and others. Guests included Otto Rahe Dayton Rahe Y A Hopf Robert Dittmar Beatrice Sagebiel Glen Hopf Arthur Grosenbacher A C Adams J W Adams Me YWlhenny T K Knopp and more.
Fredericksburg visitors Mrs Cook and Mrs Wendel Monday evening
Mrs. F. J. Cook and Mrs. A. C. Wendel were Fredericksburg visitors on Monday evening, spending time with local hosts and touring area sights.
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F. J. Cook
A. C. Wendel
Fredericksburg
Strikers Under injunction over L C R A dispute
Austin October 4 The Lower Colorado River Authority strike reaches the courts as Local 520 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers left their posts under a temporary restraining order. Judge Raymond Gray set Oct 13 for a hearing in Llano. Power fully restored to all communities and Army installations after 59 hours of service interruption.
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Austin
Lower
Colorado River Authority
Locas 520
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Raymond Gray
Llano
Gray
Grand Jury Opens In Lampasas To Probe Line Cutting
District Judge Wesley Dice said a Lampasas County grand jury convened to investigate power line cuts during a blackout caused by an electrical workers strike. Sheriff Fred Mason reported a bypass line was grounded and another line near Lampasas had been cut.
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Lampasas
Wesley Dice
Lampasas County
Lower
Colorado River Authority
Fred Mason
Texas Power and Light Company
Nimitz Urges Strong Navy Worldwide
Adm. Nimitz urged the nation to maintain strength at sea and warned that new weapons like the atomic bomb would change warfare. He stressed sea control as essential to military success and called the navy a guarantee of peace, while visiting Oakland and Berkeley before heading to Washington.
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San Francisco
Adm
Nimitz
United States
Missouri
Oakland
Earl Warren
Yamamoto
Berkeley, Calif
Washington, D. C
Truck-Train Wreck Victim Died Friday
Albert Lafettee Muse 73 of San Angelo died Friday at 6 p m in a local hospital from injuries from a truck tram wreck at Comfort last week. He was with his son in law M H Muse en route to San Antonio with pears when his truck hit a Southern Pacific train at a highway crossing. Muse born July 11 1872 in Travis County was married in 1901 to Nora Elizabeth Kruth. Funeral services were held Sunday in Kerrville with Schaetter Funeral Home in charge.
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Albert Lafettee Muse
San Angelo
Comfort
Muse
M. H. Muse
San Antonio
Southern Pacific
Fredericksburg
Mr. Muse
Travis County
Hedmeina
Charity Elizabeth Haye Muse
Nora Elizabeth Kruth
Lampasas County
Noel Hays
Ida Hays
Nickles Duke
Emibell Shipmann
Vashta Louis Tabors
Kerrville
Texas
Schaetter
Harper Section Lacks Power Amid L C R A Strike
Pres H Reed of San Antonio visits sister and family in Harper. Reed, a 32 month South Pacific veteran, reported to Camp Crowder Mo on Oct 3 for further assignments as L C R A strike disrupts Harper area electricity.
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T Set
H. Reed
San Antonio
South Pacific
John Whitewood
Harper
Sgt
Reed
Camp Crowder
Edmund Moellendorf Receives Honorable Military Discharge
Edmund Moellendorf son of Mr and Mrs Henry Moellendorf returns home with an honorable discharge after five years service three in the Pacific where he held the rank of sergeant Albert Moellendorf his brother also returns on furlough after 18 months in Italy noting recovery in health Father reports Albert served four and a half years. L C R A line outages disrupt electric service across the region due to an announced strike and rescue patrols guard high lines and substations with local volunteers and sheriff response.
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Edmund Moellendorf
Henry Moellendorf
Pacific
Albert Moellendorf
Italy
Albert
Edmund J. Klein Returns To Civilian Life
Sgt Edmund J Klein of Fredericksburg is honorably separated after 23 months overseas with the Army Air Forces at the San Antonio District installation. A former farmer and medical technician, he is the son of Mrs Bertha Klein. The transfer exemplifies the Air Force policy of “looking after its own” by speeding airmen back to civilian status.
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San Antonio
Tex
Army Air Forces
Edmund J. Klein
September Rainfall Varies Across Gillespie County
Rain totals for September in Gillespie County ranged from 2.69 inches at Harper to 7.20 inches at Handy Stop, with reports from F B Riley Crab Apple 7.17 and Oswald Eckhardt Willow 5.29 among others. Fredericksburg recorded its best September rainfall in nine years, while a birthday party for Karen Ann Hopf marked two years.
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Gillespie County
Harper
Otto Rahe
Handy Stop
Elroy Schnelle
L.C.R.A
Post
F. B. Riley
Oswald Eckhardt
Willow
Alfred Neffendorf
Frederickburg
Karl W. Durst
Doss
Levi Deike
Hye
Tom Carr
Morris Ranch
Crabapple
Willow City
Fredericksburg
Neffendorf
Fredericksburg Rally at St James Lutheran Sunday
Fredericksburg federation rally planned at St James Lutheran Church in Harper with registration, choral practice, afternoon session, and a 7:45 p m youth service. Program includes prayers, reports from Hannemann Alberthal Probst Sagebiel Nettendorf Stieler Detrich and group discussions led by four Leaguers.
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Ida Honig
Choral Union
Beautiful Savior
Hannemann
Treas
Irene Alberthal
Joyce Probst
Seivesee
Kizzie Ellen Sagebiel
Irene Nettendorf
Irene Stieler
Alice Detrich
Christian Leagued
Nolan Sagebiel
Martin Rode
Bethany and
Zion's League
Seventh District PTA Board Meeting in Fredericksburg Texas
The Executive Board of Seventh District PTA will meet in Fredericksburg on Oct 10 for special instruction by President Mrs. D W Jordan Brady and State Vice-President Mrs. Warren S Freund Austin. All elected officers chairmen and Council Presidents urged to attend. 30 members represent 17 counties. Attending will be Mrs Milton Durst Gillespie Kendall Blanco and others.
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Seventh District Pta
Fredericksburg
Texas
D. W. Jordan
Brady
Warren S. Freund
Austin
Milton Durst
Gillespie County
Kendall
Blanco
Ernest Lochte
District Music
E. Dean Hopf
Harper
District Publications
First to Pay Taxes in Gillespie County Feuge Keeps Record
Charles Feuge, Klein France stock farmer, again pays the first Gillespie County property tax on opening day October 1. Many taxpayers face higher bills due to state and county rate increases and a new airport tax.
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Feuge
Gillespie County
Charles Feuge
Kleinfrankreich
Nirco
Bertha Hopf
Emil Fhl. Hopf
Felix Jenschke
J. C. Jones
Johnny Klein
Guenther Kordzik
Werner Kordak
Cora L. Linedaip
Albert Madzinke
Alberto Nagel
Felix E. IX. Neffendorf
Richard Neffendorf
AL N. Nichols
Ednwind Ochler
Edgar Ro Ottmers
Bo Jnawls
Wmitech
J. J. Rieger
Alfred Rode
Arthur Rode
Sindin Rode
Wm. Rosenbach
Roman Sanchez
Chitetian Schaefer
Felina Schaefer
Eharry Scmaefer
Henry Seidenstleher
Amanda Siefert
Alvin Stree Vler
Chas Usener
Gilbert Usener
Obed Wahl
Live Oak
Rheingold
Nimitz Day Observed in Texas with Columbus Day
Austin reports October 12 designated as Chester W. Nimitz Day alongside Columbus Day in Texas. Gov. Coke R. Stevenson issued the proclamation honoring the fleet admiral who will be greeted in Dallas on October 12.
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Nimitz
Texas
Austin
Chester W. Nimitz
Coke R. Stevenson
Dallas
Lt Ted Rogers Bets Atsugi Air Drome Letter From Yokohama
Lt. Ted Rogers reports from Atsugi air field Yokohama Japan stating his new posting. He writes to Mrs. A C Wendel about his station assignment and location in the Pacific theater.
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Ted Rogers
A. C. Wendel
Atsugi Airdrome
Yokohama
Japan
Mrs Hubert Rahe Visits Mr and Mrs Maz Lange
Mrs Hubert Rahe spent the weekend visiting Mr and Mrs Maz Lange, staying at their home and sharing meals and conversations during the holiday period.
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Hubert Rahe
Maz Lange
War Chest Campaign Conducted This Week In Gillespie County
Committee members met at the Court House to receive supplies and instructions from County Chairman Reinhold Tatsch. The USC funds drive runs countywide this week with reports from Edmund Reed Pulot Knob and Erwin Rusche Cherry Springs among early participants. A veteran donor signed a $123.60 check as the campaign proceeds with further reports expected soon.
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Reinhold Tatsch
USC
Edmund Reed
Pulot Knob
Tatsch
Erwin Rusche
Cherry Springs
Huge Petech
Reinhold Frantzen
Man Tutsch
Lecel
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Commanche County
Starks
Littlejohn
Charlie Rogers
Baby
Floyd Boatright
A. A. Wendel of
L.C R.A
Albert L. Muse
the &. Pacific
Floy Bode
Rich, Roeder
Cart Eehler
Belmore Roberts
West Texas
Oou
Robert Dittmar
W. A. Hopf
Karen Ann
Fredericksburg Federation
St. James Lutheran Church
Harper, Teaus
Whs
Cora
PTA Board OF Managers
Chas, Evers
Ben Evers
Salt Branch
MacDonald
Lions Club
Victor Pizzini
Ida Smith
Sam Ezell
Harper Lions Club
George Weback
Harper Boy Scout Troop
Pechack
Boy Scout Movement
Boy Scouts
Win. Strachtein
Carl Cohler
C. W. Barrett
Boy Scout Committee
Lee Gurf
Fric Staudt
Belmore
Itn
R. A. Allen
Lions Group
James Daly
Neal B. Fox
Liars
Leslie Koruyer
Forest Green
Uoey Mann
Soll Conservation Oxiper
R. Radelff
United War Chest
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