Record Floodstranded at the Bergmann Store
The Mittendorfs narrowly escaped floodwater near the Bergmann Store after water rose over a foot on the highway and forced a turnback toward Kerrville. The car sputtered but reached higher ground as Devil's River and the Pedernales watershed expect damage further north and west of Harper. Farmers and ranchers observe washouts along the watershed.
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Bergmann
Mittendorfs
Mittendorf
Kerrville
Raw milk polio link cited by State Health Officer amid flood loss
Dr. George W. Cox asserts raw milk carried polio germs infecting children as flood damage floods Texas towns. The report details extensive livestock losses, river floods in New Braunfels Seguin Blanco and San Marcos, washed trailer houses, railroad and utility damage, and record rainfall with several river and lake levels reaching historic highs.
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George W. Cox
Rules
Guadalupe
New Braunfels
Seguin
Comal
Blanco River
Blanco and
San Marcos
San Saba
Blanco
Pedernales
Fredericksburg
Kerrville Road
Wolf Creek
Colorado River
Granite Shoals Lake
Marble Falls
Marshall Ford Lakes
Travis
Buchanan
Kerrville Biway
Alvin Usener
Leo Cade
Reuben Meier
Johnny Evers
Live Oak Creek
Felix Fuhrmann
Honey Creek
Flood toll deepens as cars swept from Pedernales river
Residents recount a night on treetops after flood waters pushed a Buick with J R Atkins and family downstream near Kerrville. A second car, a 1952 Hudson, carried Willie Hart and relatives from San Francisco. Nearby, a truck with re bar and steel Beams was ripped from the highway. Milk borne polio infects six Pehl children near Stonewall prompting state health officials to warn raw milk as likely source. Neighbors rally to aid the Pehls with harvest help and donations from Fredericksburg.
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J. R. Atkins
Raymond
Schreiner Institute
Kerrville
Atkins
Wichita Falls
Austin
Rodriguez
Mr. Rodriguez
Mr. Atkins
Buick
Hudson
Willie Hart
Bobbie Jean Garris
San Francisco
Mr. Hart
California
Austin Highway
Otto Schmidt
Calvin Chance
Roy Parsons
Dyersburg
Tenn
George Rodriguez
Houston
Bermen
Rupert
Idaho
B. J. Finklea
Fredericksburg
Andrews
Texas
Pedernales River
Albert Church
Finklea
Pedernales
L. H. Phillips
Plainview
Paul Pehl
Geo. W. Cox
Pehl
Here
Cox
W. M. Ehlers
State Health Department
Lorence Feller
Gillespie County
Dr. Cox
Pehl Farm
Armand Vogel
Stonewall
James Eckert
Werner Pehl
KNAF
Reducing Livestock Losses From Handling and Equipment
The article notes bruising crippling and death of livestock cost the nation about 70 million pounds of meat annually, with a nationwide loss exceeding a million. It urges careful handling, proper equipment, and time tested practices to cut these losses from farms to markets.
Drought Area Hay Available to Gillespie Producers
Gillespie County livestock producers may order hay shipped by PMA to feed foundation herds including dairy cattle. Three grades are offered: Legume hay at 36.00 per ton, Legume and grass mix at 32.00 per ton, and Mixed grass hay at 28.00 per ton. Delivery to Comfort Texas with use declared for foundation purposes.
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Gillespie County
PMA
Comfort
Texas
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Harry L. Brown Jr
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Liano County
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City Cafe
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