Funeral Rites For Thomas A Hull Held Here Sunday
Thomas A Hull longtime resident of the Old Moulton community died April 27 at Renger Hospital Hallettsville after a lingering illness. Funeral services were held Sunday at 3 pm from the Erwin Oehl home with Rev Parker of Flatonia officiating. Burial in Old Moulton Baptist Cemetery. Pallbearers were Ray Hull Vernon Hull Walter Hull Zat Johnson Ad Filipp White Fulkerson. He was 77 years old. He is survived by three sons Chancey Hull Clyde Hull Guy Hull two daughters Mrs Herman Cluiss Mrs Alfred Giesler eight grandchildren and one grandchild three sisters Mrs Fanny Gray Mrs John Parker Mrs Fannie Leazar three brothers Joe Lon Jim Hull. He was a longtime Baptist. Relatives from distance attended.
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Thomas A. Hull
Old Moulton
Renger
Hallettsville
Erwin Oehl
Old Moulton Baptist Cemetery
Parker
Flatonia
Ray Hull
Vernon Hull
Walter Hull
Zat Johnson
Ad. Filipp
White Fulkerson
Hull
Lavaca County
Gonzales County
Sinton
Chancey Hull
Moulton
Clyde Hull
Houston
Guy Hull
Florida
Herman Cluiss
Alfred Giesler
Texas Men and Women in Service at War's End 1944
War department figures show 395000 Texas men and 5902 Texas women in service, totaling 400902. Seventh War Loan Drive runs May 14 to June 1945 with a national goal of 14000000000 dollars. Citizens urged to buy bonds to speed victory.
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Texas
War Department
Mother's Day Message Reminder
Sunday May 18 is Mother's Day and readers are urged to show affection through spoken word letter or wire messages to mothers.
Mussolini Executed By Firing Squad In Milan Square
The Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was executed by firing squad in Milan. His body lay in the square where a hostile crowd spat on his remains. No tears were shed as he left behind few friends.
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Benito Mussolini
Italy
Millan
Mussolini
Truman urges unity in UN talk to avert global war
President Truman, addressing the United Nations conference by radio, warned that mankind must learn to live together in peace or perish together in war. He called the statement a greater truth spoken by any man.
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Truman
Report of German surrender error unsettled American listeners
Premature reports that Germany had surrendered unconditionally circulated Saturday night causing anxious radio listeners across the United States. The Associated Press story from San Francisco was debunked by President Truman who announced the report was in error before any peace celebrations began.
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Germany
San Francisco
Associated Press
Truman
Firemen's Training School Held at College Station
The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas will hold its sixteenth annual Firemen's Training School at College Station from May 28 to June 1. H. R. Brayton, professor of inorganic chemistry, will direct the course for firemen in small towns and rural areas of the state.
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Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
College Station
H. R. Brayton
Moulton Lions Club Supports Jersey Animal Gift to Boost Dairy
The Moulton Lion Club advances a dairy herd improvement project as owners of dairy stock approve. A registered Jersey male shown at the FFA Stock Show drew interest, gifted to the Lions by Austin herd owner Joe C. Carrington and cared for by Hugo Fisbeck of Old Moulton. The initiative aims to stimulate local dairy industry growth.
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The
Moulton Lion Club
FFA
Lions Club
Joe C. Carrington
Austin
Hugo Fisbeck
Old Moulton
Wm. Dickson Green Dies in Lubbock
William Dickson Green formerly of Shiner died in Lubbock on Monday April 30 at 4 AM. Funeral services will be held at the Wm. Green residence in Shiner on Thursday May 3 at 3 30 PM with interment in Shiner City Cemetery. He was 47 years 4 months and 23 days old.
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William Dickson Green
Shiner
Lubbock
Wm. Green
Shiner City
Mr. Green
Adolph Bartos Receives Navy Discharge in April
Adolph Bartos is honorably discharged from the armed forces on April 12 after 11 months of service in the navy.
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Adolph Bartos
Armed Forces
Navy
LaGrange Hospital to mark 25th anniversary open house
The LaGrange Hospital will observe its twenty fifth anniversary on Saturday May 12 with an open house from 9 to 11 in the morning and 2 to 9 in the evening.
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LaGrange Hospital
Junior Senior Prom at Moulton High School Gym
The Junior Senior Prom was held at the Moulton High School Gym Saturday evening. A banquet featured fruit cocktail and creamed chicken, followed by a program including Willibald Kleihege, Anita Windecker, and Roland Welfl. Prom attendees included many seniors and juniors such as Gene Boehm, Georgie Brom, Joyce Cinadyr, and Edith Kubenka.
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Moulton High School
Willibald Kleihege
Anita Windecker
Buds
Roland Welfl
Mildred Krejci
Kirvey Brueggmann
Gene Boehm
Edith Kubenka
M.S. Webb
Helen Beran
Georgie Brom
Joyce Beatrice Cinadyr
Helen Culak
Milton Darilek
Evelyn Ducho
Weldon Ermis
Lovelle Fiedler
Allen Flessner
Lillie Gaertner
Herbert Roy Haase
Raymond Havlik
Angeline Kozelsky
Rosalie Krejci
Emily Kresta
Rose Lee Luksovsky
Dorothy Meyer
Italy
Rose Novosad
Georgia Olsovsky
Dorothy Pavlas
Willie Pavlas Jr
Estella Pilat
Ethel Pilat
Mary Lawey
the Juniors
Hilton Hornshu
Mildred Krej
Stamp to Honor Texas Statehood
Austin announces a postage stamp commemorating Texas statehood to be issued December 29. The design copies a painting depicting the Texas flag being lowered from the Republic capitol on December 29, 1845, as part of Texas centennial celebrations.
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Austin
Texas
A. Garland Adair
Republic
Religious Instructions At Lutheran Church
The Luther Hall program offers religious instructions every Wednesday night. The first lecture occurred on May 2 and completion will qualify interested participants for confirmation.
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Lutheran
Luther Hall
End of War Near as Hitler Is Reported Dead
President Truman confirms Hitler’s death after days of reports as Allied forces occupy most of Germany. Berlin falls to Soviet forces and German surrender expands across the Reich amid signs the war may end soon.
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Adolf Hitler
Truman
Germany
Berlin
Reich
WITTING CITIZEN HENRY F W STRIEBECK DIES
Henry F W Striebeck longtime Witting resident dies at home on April 25 burial in Lutheran Cemetery Witting Rev K Windecker presiding He born October 6 1862 in Westphalia Germany lived in Texas most of his life He served as Lutheran Church trustee cemetery association president of Hochheim Prairie Fire and Storm Insurance for 24 years Survived by daughters Ella Bengsch Shiner and Hilda Kuehn Witting
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Henry F. W. Striebeck
Witting
Rev
K. Windecker
Mr. Striebeck
Westphalia
Germany
Texas
Lutheran Church
Cemetery Association
Hochheim
Hochheim Prairie Fire and Storm Insurance Association
Ella Bengsch
Shiner
Hilda Kuehn
84th Lavaca County Man Gives Life
The war department notified Mr. and Mrs. Herman Pagel of Yoakum that their son Charles Howard Pagel was killed in action in the Philippine Islands on March 23. He was 24 and had served since October. He left behind his parents a brother Elo Pagel and three sisters Mrs. Warren J. Wiggins Mrs. Dale Young and Miss Amy Louise Pagel, all of Yoakum.
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War Department
Herman Pagel
Yoakum
Charles Howard Pagel
Philippine Islands
Elo Pagel
Warren J. Wiggins
Dale Young
Amy Louise Pagel
Ration stamp schedules and void dates noted
The notice lists ration books and stamp groups with void midnights from June to August, detailing sugar, shoe, and gasoline stamp statuses. It includes Book 4, No. 35 5 pounds sugar, and Shoes Book 3 Airplane Stamps status as good now with gasoline 15 A coupons, four gallons each void at midnight June 21.
Moulton Girl Honored By University Students
University of Texas students on April 28 elected Marjorie Darilek secretary of the Student Association. Miss Darilek is the daughter of Judge and Mrs A J Darilek of Moulton.
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Moulton
University of Texas
Marjorie Darilek
Miss Darilek
A. J. Darilek
Bell plans 165000 farm telephones postwar expansion
South western Bell Telephone Company aims to install 165,000 new farm telephones in the five years after the war. The program, part of a $100 million Bell System rural upgrade, would triple the number of farm phones and includes services over electric power lines to reach farms along power lines. Experimental work began in 1938 and paused for the war.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
EF. Harigel
Bell System
Harigel
Pearl Harbor
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Moore High to Send State Meet Representative Again
For the second time in two years Sam and Will Moore High School will have a representative at the Interscholastic League State Meet in Austin. Willibald Kleihege, who placed second in the Number Sense Contest at the San Marcos Regional Meet, is this year’s representative. Last year Anita Windecker represented the school in the Typewriting Contest.
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Sam
Will Moore
Austin
Willibald Kleihege
San Marcos
Anita Windecker
Lavaca County Joins Cow-Hog-Hen Program
County agent G C King was notified that Lavaca County will participate in the Cow-Hog-Hen program. Lavaca 4 H Club boys will receive eight sow pigs and one boar after essay judging on the farm advantages of the Cow-Hog-Hen.
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G. C. King
E. M. Regenbrecht
Lavaca County
War Production Board authorizes 1945 electric ranges
Washington reports the War Production Board set a 1945 output quota of 57,816 domestic electric ranges. The allocation includes 44,816 standard four burner models and 13,000 three burner apartment type ranges for the rest of the year.
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Washington
War Production Board
Lt Albert L Kotzebue First To Meet Russians
Lt Albert L Kotzebue of Houston and his patrol linked American and Russian forces along the Elbe in Germany last week. His father Lt Col Leon Kotzebue, born in Moulton, is a professional army officer now stationed in England. many relatives live here.
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Albert L. Kotzebue
Houston
Elbe River
Germany
Kotzebue
Col
Leon Kotzebue
Moulton
A. M. Kotzebue
England
Boy Scout Hike Set For May 26 27 At Wag Ner Farm
The Hallettsville Scoutlet reports a Boy Scout hike scheduled for May 26 and 27. Camp opens at 5 P M Saturday on the Dr Martin Wagner farm near the Rocky and Shine area along the Shiner Hallettsville highway.
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The
Hallettsville Boy Scouts
Martin Wagner
Shine
Shiner-Hallettsville
Komensky School Holds Commencement Five Graduates
Commencement exercises were held at Komensky School on Thursday night April 26. Five graduates were Dorothy Rose Breitschopf Edith Cervenka Johnnie Bohuslav Adolph Boehm and Angeline Motal Father Bily gave the invocation and benediction J F Gibson superintendent of the Weimar Public Schools delivered the address F K Hinck distributed the diplomas The faculty included Henry E Kalich principal Miss Barbara Netardus and Miss Sybil Pustejovsky
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Komensky School
Dorothy Rose Breitschopf
Edith Cervenka
Johnnie Bohuslav
Adolph Boehm
Angeline Motal
Father Bily
J. F. Gibson
Weimar
F. K. Hinck
Henry E. Kalich
Barbara Netardus
Sybil Pustejovsky
FDR Medal of Honor Approved by Congress Panel
Washington April 24 The house judiciary committee today approved legislation authorizing President Truman to award posthumously to the late Franklin Delano Roosevelt the Congressional Medal of Honor.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
President Truman
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Missing in Action Lt. Frank T. Jahn Reported
Word has been received that Lt. Frank T. Jahn is missing in action in Saipan since April 2. Lt. Jahn is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jahn of
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Frank T. Jahn
Saipan
Lt. Jahn
Frank Jahn
Moulton
Graduation at Boursville School May 5 Night
The Boursville School holds graduation Saturday May 5 at 8 30 PM followed by a cake walk dance. Everyone is invited to attend the event and celebrate the graduates.
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Boursville
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