Texans Vote On Five Proposed State Amendments
Texans will decide five constitutional amendments in the November 3 general election. The proposals include funding a John Tarleton College building, allowing state offices to draw salaries for military personnel in higher education institutions, requiring comptroller certification of appropriations, enabling new courts in certain cities, and permitting up to 2 million dollars of permanent school funds to finance an Austin state office building.
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John Tarleton Agricultural College
Army
Navy
Austin
Wool market reports in West Texas fall sales
The Sonora Wool & Mohair Co sold 275000 pounds of 12 months wool to Guy Burton at 40 to 50 cents a pound, mostly 45 to 48. another car sold at 46 12 cents. West Texas warehouses report 35 to 45 cents with scattered buys. Del Rio and Sanderson clips mostly contracted. Labor shortages hinder shearing of the new clip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
del Rio
Sanderson
Mission Council names Decker American secretary
The International Missionary Council elects Rev John W Decker as American secretary succeeding Rev A L Warnshuis. Decker, ex naval chaplain and former Baptist missionary in China, will start Jan 1 1943 after a London ceremony that formed the British Council of Churches linking major Protestant bodies. The council unites three interdenominational groups.
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The
International Missionary Council
John W. Decker
A. L. Warnshuis
Decker
Baptist Church In
China
American Baptist Foreign Mission Society
University of Richmond
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
St. Paul's Cathedral
London
England
Scotland
Ireland
Wales
Archbishop of Canterbury
British Council of Churches
America
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ
New Council
Council On the Christian Faith and the Common Life
Commission of Churches For International Friendship and Social Responsibility
World Conference On Faith and Order
Missionary Doctor Hollenbeck Remembered for Angola Service
The obituary honors Henry Stanley Hollenbeck M D a long time missionary in Angola Portuguese West Africa for thirty three years of Christian service. He led Elende Mission Hospital trained hundreds of native nurses and taught sanitation and medicine. A Sheldon Iowa native he studied at Iowa State Northwestern University and London School of Tropical Medicine before sailing to Africa. The Methodist Church gifted its Chalmers Fund annual award to the Rev and others in recognition of his rural church work.
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Henry Stanley Hollenbeck
Angola
Sheldon
Iowa
Hollenbeck
Iowa State College
Northwestern University
London School of Tropical Medicine
Africa
Board of Missions and Church Extension of the
Methodist Church
Chalmers Fund
Service Charges of Garage And Machine Shops Must Be Filed
Gillespie County War Price and Rationing Board warns automotive repair shops to file March price statements under Regulation No. 165 with the county board, not Washington. The notice explains coverage for crank shaft regrinding, reconditioning motors, brake work, and other shop services.
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County Rationing Board
Gillespie County
Washington
Eugene C. Schmidt
War Price Rationing Board
Gillespie County War Price and Rationing Board
Office Price Administration
Fort Worth
Indian doctor heads All-India Tablet Mission work
For fifteen years Hugh H Linn MD has led the All-India Missions Tablet Industry at Bowringpet. He has manufactured and distributed over 750000 homopathic tablets monthly, mainly quinine to combat malaria, with shipments to England Germany the United States and the Netherlands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh H. Linn
India
All-India Missions
Bowringpet
England
Germany
United States
Netherlands
Kendall County Officials Endorse Harry Davis For Representative
Kendall County officials certify Harry Davis of Boerne as honest and qualified for State Representative 85th District in a write in bid. The certificate bears names Bals er Schweppe Edge Theis Kutzer Harz and others, dated October 1 1942, urging voters to consider the Boerne candidate in the November 3 election.
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Kendall
Harry Davis
Kendall Counties
Boerne
85Th Legislative District
Perlex Vitamin System Claimed to Aid Childless Couples
An advertisement touts a new vitamin mix, Paraaminobenzoic acid, as highly effective for sterility, claiming over half of 22 women became mothers after weeks of dosage. It promises harmless, general health benefits and urges women to request a 62.00 Perlex supply for only 1.00 with no money needed upfront.
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Perles
Peres Company
North Michigan Ave
Chicago
Ilinois
Perlex
Texas Driver Licenses Renewals Rush as Deadline Nears
Texas officials report renewed licenses issued before September 30 will expire November 1. Renewals require a 50 cent fee for a two year license. Expired licenses face fines and a stringent reexamination to regain driving status.
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Austin
Texas
Homer Garrison
J. B. Draper
Come to Church Sunday Announcements
Church service times for the coming month listed by Ray Bierschwale as superintendent. Sunday School at 10 o clock, preaching at 11 am and 8 30 pm with evening services moved up 30 minutes. World Communion Sunday October 4. From October 1 Sunday Mass 10 30, early Mass 9 o'clock on third Sunday and as announced. Weekday Mass follows bell. Also details on German language services and various church groups. A cordial welcome to all.
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Ray Bierschwale
Luther League
Women's Missionary Society
Presbyterian Church Service Schedule Invites Attendance
Charles G. Workman, pastor, announces Sunday School at 10 am each Sunday. Preaching Services occur on the first and third Sundays at 11 am and at 8:30 pm. You are cordially invited to attend these services.
The Recruit Guards Post as Officer Approaches
A lone recruit stands watch in the dark when a horse approaches. The commanding officer arrives and is asked to dismount and be recognized. He explains no one posted the guard, and the recruit reveals he is just practicing.
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Harper Herald
Norman J. Dietel
Harper
RS. A. C. Wendel
Federal Deposit
Reeve
Chas. J. Whitewood
H. P. Gartrell
John 8. Morris
Cashier
Herman Harper
Fred Whitewood
Belton Tatach
Comptroller of Public Accounts
Ieee
Sonora
Otto
Texaco
Bill Kaiser
Prop
Bere
W.w.reid
Asia
Dr. Linn
Salvation Army
Otis H. Moore
Kenilworth
N. J
Cornell College
Moore
State OF
B. H. Balser
Otto Schweppe
Kendall County
F. Edge
Max H. Theis
City of
WM. Gammon Davis, JR
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F. Kutzer
UDO F. Harz
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ST. Anthony's Church
A. A. Gitter
Herald
Lutheran Church
Walter C. Probst
Presbyterian Church
Charles G. Workman
the Herald
Palace
Barney Google
Hopalong Cassidy
Rita Hayworth
Victor Mature
Gal Sal
Wabbit
John Boles
Betty Grable
United Scrap Metal
Marger Worald
W.G
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