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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1944
Page
1
The district announces a double round robin with two rounds of games. First matches on January 5 feature Shiner Schulenburg Waelder Moulton and Weimar Komensky. Subsequent dates run through February with key pairings at each site.
The Eagle added 225 readers recently with many living within ten miles of Moulton. Advertisers now reach more homes than ever, and readers frequently tell us they saw it in the paper.
The official tally shows 1,150,348 Texans voting. Democratic presidential electors received 821,605 votes, Republican 191,425, and Texas Regulars 185,439. The governor and lieutenant governor ballots will be canvassed by the legislature in January.
Ul ote Company at Bay town celebrated producing one billion gallons of finished 100 octane aviation gasoline at its Bay town refinery. Military officials and state and national government leaders attended. The company employs 14 000 workers.
United Press dispatch from Chungking mistakenly named the writer as Roosevelts envoy in Chinese lend lease matters. The author notes he has been in Washington since returning from Texas and that the dispatch was meant for Congressman Mansfield of Montana.
A compact column notes the paradox of cheap food versus health ethics. It argues physical morality is vital yet often overlooked, comparing a permanent wave to a fleeting trend and framing health as a sacred duty amid daily bread concerns.
The schedule lists games in February including Shiner versus Wei mar at Shiner and Waelder versus Schulenburg at Waelder. It notes matches at Shiner Weimar Moul February dates and a playoff for the district championship on February 23 if needed with district champion certification by February 24.
Lions Club notes a slow 6th War Loan Drive with Papacek urging more effort. Announcement of an adult recreation program at the high school gym and a planned volleyball team with dues paid. Webb discussed molecule theory for the general reader, with Eberhard to speak next. President Fehrenkamp urged aiding returning service men to find meaningful employment.
Washington reports the U S population rose by over 6 4 million since 1940 to about 138 million, including service members overseas. Census Bureau estimates credit the gain to births, immigration, and military personnel.
Austin reports 62 Texas traffic fatalities in October, raising ten month deaths to 1,016, a 6 percent rise from last year. Injuries up 42 percent and accidents up 38 percent, indicating a worsening safety picture for 1944.
The United States cotton crop for this year is estimated by the agricultural department at 12 359 000 bales. This shows an increase of 39 000 bales from the November 1 projection and sits just below the 10 year average of 12 455 000. Last year production totaled 11 427 000 bales.
Mrs. Lillian Casey and Joe Balajka married in Houston on Armistice Day. Balajka is son of Marek formerly from Moulton now in Fredericksburg. The couple will reside in Houston.
Governor Coke R. Stevenson urged Texans to prevent Christmas era accidents in homes and on streets and highways. He endorsed the National Safety Council campaign noting a peak in accidental deaths during the holidays.
Private First Class G H Lockstedt son of Mr and Mrs Bruno Lockstedt Moulton Texas has been promoted from private for efficiency in his duties at the strategic air depot where he works as a sheet metal repairman in the engineering section His brother William is a private there and is now serving in Alaska.
Charles Pustejovsky son of Mr and Mrs Albert J Pustejovsky of Moulton has graduated from the Naval Air Technical Training Center at Norman Oklahoma. He will be transferred to a naval unit afloat or another shore station for further instruction and duty.
Oscar Drozd, a truck driver for Herder Truck Lines, last Friday remembered the companys customers and friends with a handy desk calendar for 1945.
Wounded in action in the European area is T-4 Clarence A. Krause son of Mrs Alma Krause of Shiner according to a War Department announcement last week.
Eugene R. Wenske son of Mr and Mrs Rud Wenske stationed in France has received the Combat Infantryman Badge for participating in patrol action against the enemy resulting in a successful mission.
Mr and Mrs Leo J Windecker and their baby, long-time Austin residents, are visiting Rev and Mrs K Windecker before moving to Houston where Mr Windecker will attend Dental College.
The census will be conducted after January 1 1945 with a large force of enumerators in District 14 Austin area covering Austin Bastrop Blanco Brazoria Burleson Burnet Caldwell Calhoun Chambers Colorado Fayette Fort Bend Galveston Goliad Hays Jackson Lavaca Lee Matagorda Travis Victoria Waller Washington Wharton Williamson. Workers needed include bookkeepers farmers and business people of both sexes with contracts paid by farm.
The United States Department of Agriculture projects a Texas cotton crop of 2,640,000 bales based on December 1 conditions, compared with 2,823,000 bales in 1943 and a ten year average of 3,272,000. Acreage harvested is revised to 7,200,000 acres, down from 7,780,000 in 1943, with favorable late crop weather and frosts aiding harvest in the northwestern counties. Harvesting nears completion nationwide except in the northwest, with better than expected yields in the south plains, low rolling plains, and northern Blackland area.
Mr and Mrs Frank K Pavlicek of Komensky receive the Purple Heart Medal awarded posthumously to SSgt George D Pavlicek who died of wounds from the Battle of France on July 7.
Miss Lorene Ammerman daughter of Mr and Mrs D Ammerman of Moulton attended the Bald win 36th Anniversary Banquet at Yoakum recently.
Mr and Mrs John J Kozelsky of near Moulton were informed by the war department that their son Pvt John F Kozelsky is missing in action since November 23 in Germany.
Sergeant Victor J. Beran awarded the Bronze Medal for heroic services in action against the enemy in France on November 3. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beran of Moulton.
Mr and Mrs Frank Simper longtime residents of the Henk haus community have relocated to Moulton recently. The couple’s change of address marks a new chapter after years in the area.
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