Lithuanian American Council appeals to Roosevelt over Lithuania crisis
A Lithuanian American Council appeal to President Roosevelt urges action to halt mass killings and expropriations in Lithuania amid Soviet and German aggression. The letter cites eyewitness reports from refugee camps, describes deportations and property seizures, and criticizes Allied hesitancy toward Russia while urging humanitarian intervention.
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Lithuanian American Council
Roosevelt
Vilkusiskistena
Annual P T A Carnival and Chicken Supper at School
Members of the Texas Study Club held their regular meeting on Saturday October 11 at Mr Olive Parker's home with Mrs Clinton Brown as hostess. After business a Hiawahan themed program featured Mrs Tom Jones and others with costumes and trophies described. Buffet refreshments followed in the wing room with Hawaiian decorations and refreshments.
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Tejas
Olive Parker
Texas Study Club
Clinton Brown
Hiawahan
Tom Jones
Regtra Tiing
Forrest Hode
June Teal
June Lennon
Mra Lemuel Jones
Jum Ton
Creighton Stevens
Opal June Lennon
June Bode
Ambassador to Liberated France and Hallowe'en Carnival News
Jefferson Caffery named U.S. ambassador before liberated French authorities in Iria as Roosevelt reshapes postwar ties. Harper PTA hosts Halloween Carnival and Chicken Supper at the school with Truth and Consequences, Fortune Telling, Bingo, haunted house, games, and a dance to close the day.
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Washington, D.C
Jefferson Caffery
Ambassador Joras
Roosevelt
United States
Iria
Harper
Agricultural Conservation Program Continues in Gillespie County
Gillespie County farmers and ranchmen press on with the Agricultural Conservation Program. ACA Secretary Dorman D. Sell notes wartime labor and equipment shortages but soil conservation remains a priority. In 1913 pay ments totaling 65 35437 were made to producers under the AAA for terraces earthen dams contour farming green manure and cover crops drilling wells and cedar eradication. Visitors Mrs Fred Bode and son Winston of Kerrville spent time with Mr and Mrs George Duderstadt.
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Gillespie County
AAA
Dorman D. Sell
ACA
Large Group Gillespie Registrants Inducted Last Week
A group of Gillespie County residents were inducted into the U.S. Army and Navy at Fort Sam Houston reception center on Tuesday of last week. Names listed include Werner Fiedler, Vida Russell Jr, Warren Petsch, and others with IV identifiers for volunteers. The report notes rock work on the Fredericksburg-Harper highway center stripe was torn down earlier due to water seeping through rocks, necessitating rebuilding. A seal coat for the Fredericksburg to Harper road is postponed to next spring because heavy rains and washouts hindered completion this year.
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Gillespie County
U. S. Army
Navy
Fort Sam Houston
Highway Department
Fredericksburg-Harper
Kammlah
Fredericksburg
Harper
Kammilah
United War Chest
Alex Frantzen
Frantzen
C. J. Barrett
Harper Committee
Lt Joseph Jenschke Killed in Arkansas Training Crash
Lt Joseph Jenschke son of Mr and Mrs Felix Jenschke of the Lackenbach community was killed in an accidental plane crash near Canfield Arkansas while on a routine training flight from Barksdale Field Louisiana. He held Gunners and Bombardier Wings and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps. Funeral services were held at Schaetter Funeral Home and St Marys Church with burial in the Catholic Cemetery.
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Joseph Jenschke
Felix Jenschke
Laickenbach
Barksdale Eld
Parn
Denschko
Barksdale Field
Canfield
Arkansas
Denschk
Gillespie County
Schachter
Frederickaburg
UN Army Air Corps
Brooks Field
Mississippi
Sheppard Meld
Texas
Oklahoma
Ellington Field
Houston
Laredo Army Air Eld
Big Springs Army Air Base
Army Air Corps
Big Springan
E.J. Drenschke
Harksdale Field
Louisiana
Jenschke
Lackenbach
Stonewall
Fredericksburg
Alfons
Lawrence Denschke
San Antonio
Elsie
Wolfgang Weinheimer
Fila
Henry Pfeiffer
Peter Nebgen
Orlands
Louis John Post
American Legion
Schaetter Funeral Home
St. Mary’s Church
Veteran Farmers Advisory Committee Formed in County
A seven member Veterans Advisory Committee was created to help demobilized veterans who wish to farm. The group, chaired under the county agricultural agent, advises on farm placement and agricultural conditions and is part of the Selective Service Veterans' Assistance Program. Members include Burg, Laurence, Stéhling, Koenncke, Spaeth, Kneese, Hansen, and Weinheimer.
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Simon J. Burg
R. T. Laurence
Paul Stéhling
Armand Koennecke
Otto Spaeth
Max Kneese
W. R. Hansen
Jierman J. Weinheimer
Sac
Selective Service Veterans’ Assistance
Grover Hill
A. and M. College
Eaton Sion
Selective Service
War Department
Hunting Lease Licenses Now Required by Chamber of Commerce
The Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce announces lease licenses for the upcoming deer and turkey season. Landowners and ranchers leasing land for hunting in return for any consideration must obtain the license before the season rush next month. Carol Cottle of Rocksprings visited Harper on Monday.
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Fredericksburg
Loans To Finance Feed Crops Are Now Available
The Emergency Crop Loan Division of the Farm Credit Administration offers loans to finance production of wheat and oats with a maximum of 400 dollars per person. Applications are taken at the Fredericksburg Machine Shop in Fredericksburg Texas and funds cover land preparation feed for work stock fuel oil seed and other supplies. Loans are secured by a first lien on the financed crop and livestock feed loans are also available with a first lien on the livestock. Nonbank borrowers should seek alternative funds as eligibility is limited to those without other financing options.
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Farm Credit Administration
Geo. W. Walling, Jr
P. O. Box
Austin Texas
Fredericksburg
Texas
Walling
Two New Bus Units Reach Harper School District
The Harper Independent School District welcomes two new school buses and plans to deploy them immediately. Drivers Belmore Roberts and Pete Kramer delivered the buses from Richmond Indiana after a cross country trip, reporting a smooth journey with no flats and favorable Ozark scenery.
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Richmond
Indiana
Harper
Belmore Roberts
Pete Kramer
Wm. R. Root
Roberts
Kramer
Harper Independent School District
Ind
United States
Missouri
Ozarks
Ozark Country
Boy Sees Favorite Pin Darling Win Grand Champion Jersey
Richard Campbell a sixteen year old 4 H Club member from Jesup Iowa stood with his registered heifer Favorite Pin Darling after she won the Grand Champion Jersey Show at the Waterloo Dairy Cattle 4 H Club Congress Show. He donated the champion to the American Jersey Cattle Club to be sold at auction to fund a new club home, tears in his eyes as he held the cow.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Richard Campbell
Jesup
Waterloo Dairy Cattle
Richard
American Jersey Cattle Club
Hatley Visits J B Reiger Home in Austin
B F Hatley of Austin visited the J B Reiger home. Mr and Mrs John S White Wood visited Mrs J S White Wood at Kerrville hospital on Sunday.
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B. F. Hatley of
Austin
J. B. Reiger
John S. Whitewood
J. S. Whitewood
Kerrville
Discount Period Ends For State And County Taxes
The article notes a 3 percent tax discount ending October 31 with reductions to 2 percent in November and December and 1 percent in December, with full taxes due January. It also lists local social notices and mentions Mrs. Rudi Marschall and others visiting relatives. Final payment date for ad valorem and poll taxes is January 31.
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Jax Asar. Coll
Wm. M. Petmecky
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Sam MecCaleb
Tom Nichola
The
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Cpl
Harvey Juenke
F Pasco
France
Curthertan
Mra
Charlie Cuffey
Our County
Fred Bode
Winston
George Duderstadt
Gillespie
Werner Robert Fiedler
Port Arthur
Vida C. Russell Jr
Warren Alfred Petsch Milton Karl Solbiig Lee Henry Gastinger
Leonard Phillip Lott Lawrence Joseph Stehling Rudie Ernst Kneese
Frederick Eby Dietel Rudie Alton Bauer
Jerry Mirah Durden Jr
Victor Bruno Arlitt
Harold Ben Kneese
Charles Joseph Sagebiel Rudio
Albert Schuch
Man
Donald Pholu
Veteran's Advisory Committee
C. C
O. D T
State Highway Patrol
Wayne
Ford
Willie Meier
P. M. Murphy
James Hart Jr
Nancy Ann
L. H. Harper
Eddie McDougalls
B. Markworth
Jeff Masters
Goldthwaite
Adolf Juenke
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J. B. Berger
Rudi Marschall
Grit
Roy Cocker
Junction
Alan Gibson
Fred Gammenthaler
Canada
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