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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1942
Page
3
Mr. and Mrs. Jos Muras were in San Antonio Sunday. Miss Marie Jo Mhenkhaus spent Tuesday in Seguin. Guests of Mr and Mrs Tom and Mr and Mrs H B Crosby. Marjorie returned to Wilson after visiting Louis Trautwein's home.
The Office of Price Administration issued the General Maximum Price Regulation on April 28 1942 placing a ceiling on most retail items and extending to wholesalers manufacturers and producers. It sets March 1942 as the price base and requires retailers to preserve March records and display ceilings. The rule is wartime and aims to prevent inflation with adjustments for hardship and field office guidance. Leon Henderson administers the program with a broad calendar of dates and a Retail Trade and Services Division to assist retailers.
A list of political candidates for the Democratic primary includes James A. Clements for Congress in the Ninth District and L. J. Sulak for re-election to the 15th Senate seat, with Harvey Betts and M. A. Hobbs as alternatives. County offices show Paul H. Fertsch for County Judge, Joe E. Kolos for Sheriff, A. P. McElroy, D. L. Hudson, and W. A. Eilers for County Clerk and Superintendent respectively. The item also discusses price regulation rules for retailers effective May 18, detailing preservation of discounts in basement sales and procedures for setting maximum prices. The text ends with “TO BE CONTINUED.”
Hospital patients include Mrs Adolph Zander C J Tomasco Edwin Glatzert Georgie Mae Fiedler Mrs Frank Blaschke Shiner Mrs H P Schaefer Schulenburg Henry Raabe Weimar Mrs H J Breitkreutz Yoakum Mrs Christine Hosak Cistern. Mrs F M Wagner traveled to San Antonio to fetch Frances Elaine from Our Lady of the Lake College for the summer. Theo Rogge home hosted Mrs J S Archer Palacios and Mrs Roy Beckman Yorktown. Mr and Mrs Herbert Runk of Corpus Christi visited Shiner relatives. Mr and Mrs Jeff Mikulike San Antonio visited over weekend.
Mr and Mrs Henry Hirsch of Goliad spent the weekend here. Misses Eunice Meyer and Agnes Netardus left for Houston to train as nurses at Jefferson Davis Hospital with Mrs Meyer accompanying them. Deti No Zakazka a Czech comedy plays at Palace Theatre Thursday. Mrs Ann Stratman to join husband in San Diego after earning a University of Houston B A degree. Mr and Mrs Jerome Kocian and children of Austin visited. Joe Fietsams and Jimmie of Bellville spent Sunday at the Fietsam home. Sgt Melvins Harbers of Mataguorda Island Johnny Seidenberger and Mr and Mrs Herbert Wehl of Victoria were weekend visitors in Shiner. Edith Seidenberger accompanied them back to Vic
Miss Gladys Ruth Goetz spends vacation in El Campo while Mrs Selma Westphal and daughter Irene move to San Antonio where Irene enrolls at San Antonio Business College and was valedictorian of Shiner High School in 1942. Mr and Mrs Emil Cook and children of Tayloe visited Rev and Mrs Walter. Fort Brown near Brownsville mentioned.
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