The Fayette County Record (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 62, Ed. 1 Friday, June 2, 1944 Page: 1 of 4
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Published Twice Weekly
52 GRADUATES
GET DIPLOMAS
IN ELECTRIC CHAIR ON JULY 28
HERE MONDAY
IS DELAYED
ings their actual taxes.
Mrs.
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PURCHASE HOME
FURLOUGH VISITOR
been promoted to the rank of
tonio Aviation Cadet Center.
section.
Travis
the breakfast were:
The housing comm'ttee has
Evelyn Frances Evanicky.
Leon Williams and Ester B.
Adams (c).
G’enn Pflughaupt .\nd Miss
Patsy Ruth Kubona.
Jessie W. Bell and Miss Ella
Beiersdoerfer.
the
read
schedule of
shell pggs
front then* American Infantrymen watch a Kang of German prisoner* as they trudfe to ths rear onder
the escort of their cantors
Put Your
Payrol &m<> J
on a Family Basis I
Make 10 par cam’
teat a Starttag
Point .
BREAKS COLLAR BONE
Little Chester “Butch” Al-
len, four year old son of Coach
and Mrs. Chester A’Jen, had
the misfortune of breaking his
left collar bone Friday after-
noon, when he fell off a swing
at the home of Mrs. V. C. Slad-
czj’k. <•
The little lad is getting along
as well as can be exnected.
.... 20 50
20:75
THOUSANDS MORE NAZI PRISONERS WILL FOLLOW-From their fox holes on the Italian
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WTJOHNSON SENTENCED TOD1F
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not having as
still do so, >t was stated by Rev.
S. A. Zientek, pastor.
Classes are conducted five
days a week beginning each
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Ellin- for four weeks Sister Cecelia
are the
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MARRIAGE LICENSES
Johnny L. Kallus and Miss
Eugenia Judith Pospisil.
Sam Anderson and
Mary Lee Johnson (cL
Rev. Chester A. R:dge and
Doris Earline Jones (c).
Freddie Douglas Scott and
Gertie Mae Watkins (c).
INJURES FOOT
Evelyn Urbanovsky, seven-
ARRTVED OVERSEAS
Pvt. Vastine Blankenburg.
son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Blan-
kenburg of La Grange, R. 3
has written his parents that he
has arrived overseas. He would
like to hear from his friends
His address is, 38113381, Cas-
ual Sqd. A 1, APO 16144-A
C/o Pm., San Francisco,
Calif.
GETS COMMISSION
San Antonio Aviation Cadet
Center, Texas, Mav 31.—
last week purchased the home
belonging to the late Mrs. Ma-
thilda Krengel from Pnul Wag-
ner of the Winedale commu-
nity. Mr. and Mns Divnel plan
to occupy the home shortly.
Cpl. George W Kunze, son I a Grange Cornpress here for
’ ” “•~=|the past reven years.
Warda was gradu- No one definltciy has been
, —... - employed to take his place
air forces flexible f"——y r
k1i<x>’, T-aredc «imy air field,I"®
a member of the AAF training "
command. He is now qualified
to take his place as a member
of a bomber combat crew.
Along with his diploma he
received a pair of aerial gun-
ner’s silver wings and a pro-
motion in grade at brief gra-
duation exercises.
it rate, and exemptions!
Ructions are <”* *
rcr.tly, of two-tkiids of the tax In figuring it. ded-.'-’t 10 per [seif
.........„„1 _? your c
(See Tax Bill, page 3
help Negro Club Boys SHIPS 32ND CAR
Win 3rd And 4th SCRAP TUESDAY
In District Show i H. A. Engbrock local scrap
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. IPOD liuaici, * wu;
Fayette county placed third thirty-second
and fourth in the gilts division sen
and fourth place boar, in the the —— --—
The valedictory address was
soun, »ui “Tjbv Eddie Jccmenek and the
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‘Send Off’ Breakfast
For Boys-Girls Club
Solicitors Held Here
A “send off’ breakfast was
given at the Lester hotel din-
ing room Thursday morning
for the group that will solicit
donations for The Boys and
Girls Club.
It was reported by J- Pal-
mer, chairman of the soliciting
committee, that $282.50 had
been deposited in the bank,
several collections have been
‘Sermon In Song’
Scheduled Sunday
A “sermon in song” is sche-
duled to be held at the First
Baptist church here Sunday
morning at 11 o’clock, it is an-
nounced by Rev. J. M Parker,
pastor.
The pre-existence, birth,
earthly life, heavenly mission tained
BACK UP
.YOUR BOY
w— hoMM r*
JpF payrall savlags
. .. taraer«-fr*«*
year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Adolph Urbanovsky of
the O’Quinn community, sus-
1 a bad cut on her right
foot Saturday. The accident
happened while she was walk-
ing near the Urbanovsky home
and she stepped on an old,
rusty saw. She was taken to a
local physician for treatment,
and now is getting along nicely.
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Thursday, June 1, 1944
The following prices were
paid in La Grange on the
above date and are subject to
market changes. Eggs and
poultry prices are those paid
by produce dealers.
Cotton, middling ....
Strict middling ...
Strict low middling .. 19:00
Eggs 27c
FYyers 21c to 28c
Hens .. 18c to 20c
Roosters ........10c to 14c
Mrt and Mrs. M. C. Dippel Tunkeys, No. 1 hens 27c
No. 1 toms . 24c
Sour Cream:
Station price----45c to 42c
Direct shippers — 47c to 44c
Hides----8c to 10c
Cotton seed, per ton .00
volunteered.
The gymnasium was divided
into a number of “rooms” by a
set of screens to accomodate
10 donors every 15 minutes.
The first plasma was taken
at 10 a. m. and the collection
was scheduled to be completed
by 3:45.
district pig show held at Aus- j Since entering
tin Monday. {field, I* ” ’
Seth Banks Jr. placed third chased
and Weldon Knotts fourth with { one-ha
their gilts, while W. H Banks (scrap i
placed fourth with his boar, j a C" -
‘ ’ i are of the Round Top! ber and the like.
county entries won be^n to n^VoLTLnd Mis-
souri, but lately the bulk has
from \
110U1 • • I
iOURSILf
Pfc. Oscar E. Marek of Camp James Baron, .La Grange,, has
Phillips. Kansas, is spending al-----r
10-day furlough with relatives first lieutenant at the San An-
and friends here. L...L z,“‘"
change in the payroll deduc-
tions this year.
Uncle Sam will do the figur-
ing, on 1944 income, for the
30,000,000 persons on wages
and salaries earning $5000 or {
„„ fess. The others—making over
tax, and reshuffles $5000 or with more than $100 j
annual income from * ~|------
other than wages or . alary— it, Martin
Laymen’s
render a
program, which is reported to
be most interesting.
CAMP HERE
LA GRANGE, TEXAS,
Wax Bill Becomes Law
With FDR’s Signature
Washington, May 31 —Pre-1 The new methods of' com-
sident Roosevelt signed into)puting taxes applies to all 1944
law Tuesday the bill relieving I income, but there will be . no
30,000,000 taxpayers of any
further tax computat ons add
simplifying procedures- for the
20,000,000 others.
The simplification measure,
oassed unanimously by Con-
gress, repeals the war-time
“victory” 1___, __1_______
, the normal and surtax struc-
tures—while holding most in-
dividual burdens substanti-
ally where they were
Not within tlu» memory of
the oldest lawmakers has a
major tax bill receive.! such a
vote in Congress. In response
to the public outciy against di-
gits and decimals, the new law
revives the withhold:ng levy
against wages and sal?ri'"i—
beginning next Jan. 1—to de-
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VOLUME XXII
PLACING p-w
and rationing board will an-
nounce t..~ —---------- -
egg ceiling price lists and cop-
ies of the rt guls tian. Un‘.'I the
new regulation goes into ef-
fect present ceil.ngs continue
in force. . - 4
.after which he appealed the- ---—■
case to the court of criminal *
appeals. The latter affirmed ,
the district’s court’s decision {
and mandate was issued to '
carry out the orders of the lo-
cal court.
Only action by the governor
and the board of pardons and
paroles can commute the sen-
tence or stay the execution.
Johnson was convicted for
the fatal shooting of his wife at
♦heir Winchester home on the
morning of June 25, 1943.
Ted Synunang, attorney of
Corpus Christi, represented
Johnson in the trial.
FIGURE
BB *
V'Jhxh
egg ceilings county by county,
for each week of the year, at
all levels of distribution from
the first receiver to the re-
tailer, OPA explained
The tables of ceiling prices
included in the regulation are
so simple that any handler of
shell eggs in any town or vil-
lage can find his ceilings in-
stantly for any type of sale
during any time, OPA said.
Within a short time copies of
the new regulation and a bul-
letin listing the ceiling prices,
will be available at all local
war price and rationing boards
and OPA offices.
Chairman A. H. Blume of
the Fayette county war price of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Kunze
‘ 1 J near Warda was gradu-|
the arrival here of the ated last week from the army
gunnery here' '
r:_u nere.
Jury Brings Verdict
For Defendant In
received since and $165 m picd-J Perry Vs. MKT Case
' ’ A district court jurv .
ver-
dict on specials issues for the
defendant in Lit Perry’s dam-
age suit against the Missouri-
Kansas-Texas Railroad com-
pany.
The jury answered “no” to
special issue which
as follows: “Do you find
from a preponderance of the
evidence that the brrkes on
the car which Lit Perry was
riding at the time he was in-
jured were defective’”
The trial began Monday
morning and concluded Wed-
nesday at about 9 30 p. m
when the jury returned its
verdict.
The suit grew out of an ac-
cident while switching cars in
the gravel pits near Fayette-
ville, in which Perry, colored,
was hurt.
THE FAYETTE COUNTY RECORD
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Devoted to the Interests of the People of Fayette County and of Texas
FRIDAY, JUNE 2 1944
as-- 1 ..... ~
BAND CONCERT,
MASS MEETING
SET FRIDAY EVE
A mass meeting and band
I concert will be held Friday ■
night, June 2 at 8:30 o’dock on OyER 200 SEND
the city hall grounds next to
| the fire station, it is announced BLOOD TO W AR
by S. C. Miles, superintendent
of the local school Over 200 people were sena-
Arrangements are being W ^eir blood to war here District Judge M. C Jeffrey
made to have prominent w^en a mobile^umt i Tuesday afternoon sentenced
’ ’s 'speakers on the program w —mcncir. Johnson, wmcnesw
priceless gift, but | address the audience with re- ^!°“d servlce ,was at the i negro, to death in the electric
sources wtoo many people do not realize ference to the proposed school s gymnasium. chair before sunrise on July
--- 1 ’ Necb of Austin, annexation, which wil’ be vot- The goal of 220 volunteers 28” for the murder of his wife
Condo’dia col- ed upon in the La Grange area'was reached several lays ago,.last year.
on June 27. but several people had found it | The defendant stood erect as
The Iwnd concert will be by impossible to keep their ap-|judge Jeffrey read the sen-
> school pomtraents. Their places how-itence, and not flinch or
ever, were quickly filled from | flicker at any time
a waiting list which was com-1 Johnson was found guilty by
piled after the original 220 had a Fayette county district court
grand jury last November 29
and his punishment fixed at
death. The defendant’s motion
for a new trial was overruled,
•Riis fall six more negro
clubbers will receive five ♦ , . . .... ,
A Jiri W*'AHtars, } *
of these club gilts which far- Daily Vacation
x! Bible School Set
Regenbrecht, Extension Serv-j A vacation 1
ice swine specialist. ' Sviiwi t \
This pig program has put 72 the p^eEtyterian and Method'-
registered Duroc females of ex-|igt churches of *
1 cellent quality on negro farms held junc
’ in Fayette county in a t*- ‘ _ ...
year period, Emmett Randolph, j f jvc cach.
’ negro count agent said There! „.
■ may not have been a single re- ------ _
, gistered hog in the county four med” r„v. J. W. graduates,
; years ago, while today many sh<1 herd ’ local -------
i negro fanners are proud own- „A cord;al invitation stated:
■ ers of good registered hogs. . exten<Jed to all between the
Randolph added that they are of three_the beginners—
at the same time learning that ® intermediate^ - o! <!«.-!----- .,
these better grade hogs make d l5^ d commun;ty.” mine; Ear! G^nshield, Frank
i__aa__—same e,,luv « J n,,o«»hrr Hulwrt Hausmann.
feed that scrub hogs will. With
this program, c
RETURNS TO CAMP
Pfc. Dennis L. Divin of
Camp Gruber, Oklahoma,
. , ... spent his 13-day furlough with
Leon Anton Swelk and Mis.-, hi# parents, Mr and Mrs Chas.
J. Divin of near Elllnger. On
his return trip he visited
briefly with his brother, Pvt.
Otis F. Divin, who is stationed
at Camp Robinson, Arkansas.
ges had been received,. The
group present will cpII
■ I ui >tC
mosrW
’ the people will haV« io be cop-
duo to tho Icick
!of time of most people.
Meanwhiie, Other
Plans Devised To
Aid Labor
(By Co. Agt. J. C. Yeary)
The prisoner of war camp
program ha.i been delayed by
the eighth service command
headquarC r- at Dallas, and we
are therefore unable to say
when we will have a prisoner
of war camp located here at
La Grange
The farm labor committee,
chamber of commercs direc-
tors, and other interested par-
ties realize that farmers are
going to -.eed hjp the
next two weeks if ih«.t to
weather conditions most ot
them will be able to I
themselves.
Those farmers ’ fho can not
get the necessar nelp in their
communities should report
their needs to the county
agent’s office. We have ar-
ranged for labor recruiters
among the negroes at Schulen-
burg and La Grange. A. Hub-
bard is the negro labor recrui-
ter for La Grange and wili
have his headquarters at the
negro Extension building near
the negro school bouse. E. T.
Fuller is the negro labor re-
cruiter for Schulenburg, with All boys
headquarters at Commr. Otto
Brauner’s office at Schulen-
burg from 8:00 until 10:00 first in both divisions
every morning during the
week and will be at his home
i <4ew Egg Ceiling
Prices Due To Be
Issued Soon By OPA
A simplified
ceiling prices on ,
will be issued shortly by the
Houston district OPA.
The mam feature of the now
pricing will be that it sets the
KW for each week of the year, at
’A'
pre-existence,
and return of our Lord will
be portrayed in a song sermon.
A poem will al.w be read and
scriptures sung.
Sunday evening at 8 o’clock
the Associational
Brotherhood will
the traditional
' preceded the
Miss Jeannette
There ^Vc <^*yS cac^' , P 8an Monday morning with 32 ly for those interested.
_ “We sincerely hope to have p inl, tke is,t of the children having en>oiled to gan, “Buy A $10.00 SI
te the fan- »' gXS’glh“ 'tX d-.. IlW Youth o< The !
Methodist La Grange unlesi othenvise
Curtis Albers, Carmine;
Charles Bittner Jr.. Frank
of the Braunar; Albert Eichler, Car-
Ji------------ ------ |Guenther, Hubert Hausmann,;
„ '! MOVE TO AUSTIN Sydnie Helton, Wavne Hig- ----- ------
, each year will . ' gins; Sydon Hrachovy, Ellin- mOrning at 8:30 and will last
find more good hogs on other Mr. and Mrs. S. V. Osborne Jecmenpk g - -
farms, replacing scrubs and ^aVj Austin ger; Wilbert Knebel, Burton; and Sister Constance
others of undesirable quality, household goods ^ Austin, A Q Jr Carmine; W11.
County club boys last year, where^they wdl make^their fu- Ham plueckhahn< Carmine; -------------
sold over $2,000 worth of re- h«me, Mr OsborneJ . Reichert; Marvin Roh- ITS A GIRL
gistered pigs and market hogs, ^cept d h ^ompress be. (See Graduates. Page, 2------ and Henry G es.
---------ZZTr-o ginning his duties on June 1. IN ENGLAND ber of Arlington, Virginia, an-
GETS GUNNER WINGS was superintendent of the Word has been received by nounce the arrival of a daugh-
- . « — ----- — . Mrs pritT Koop- ter bom Sunday at the Arling-
mann, end his wife that Pvt. ton Military hospital. The little
Wemdr Koopmann arrived lady weighed six pounds, sev-
"safely" in England several en ounces and has been named
weeks ago. Sue Ann.
far better growth
Defendant Loses .
Appeal To Court
Criminal Appeals
are being thfir blaod ., ----------- -
prominent Thursdny, when a mobile unit'Tuesday afternoon
rogram to;~‘ V“K' -m vviuie uvnnson,
. .. txlrxzxrl Jrtnor aaFvinn umc csf tnA '______. J .1
It al>so looms probable that
i Jersey ‘ cattle individuals, however,
June 16 and H-ltacted by mail due to the lack
, .—x-”------ —~i ». of time of most people.
K. P. Nerger Spoke the inyo- Many Attend Catholic other points brought out at
Vacation School
The religious vacation school! several buildings in mind, but
I at Sacred Heart school for nothing definite can be done
Catholic children attending until funds are collected.
_ __ 1 recent-
Monday morning with 321 ly for those interested, the slo-
“Buy A $10.00 Share in
date. I Tie Youth of The Future”.
Severe! children, who are ill, was adopted, however, dona-
were unable to report. Itions of any amount will be re-
Any children in tlie parish,1 ceived, whether larger or
yet enrolled, may smaller than stipulated in the
- ■ — slogan.
This program is not to be
just a temporary affair but a
permanent one, and one that
will prove to be educational as
well as of amusement
It was reported that several
of the neighboring towns have
their teen-age clubs in opera-
tions.
Time Is Priceless
Heritage, Class
Tnld Ry Snpakpr
Time is a j
1 J. Neeb of Austin, annexation, which wil’ be vot-|
still must file returns instructor at <
Here’s how to compute your j lege, told graduates of the La
tax under the new system: 'Grange high school in a com-
1. Victory tax—forget it.; mencement address here Mon- the La Grange high
It’s repealed. day night. band, under the direction of
2. Normal tax—it does to ■ "We must have time for our-1 Theodore Schroeder.
your pocketbook just about selves—our physical and men- invitation is extended the
what the old victory tax used tai upbuilding, as well as our gencra] public to attend the
to do. The rate is 3 per cent, souls—and time for others,”' event
n«a’nst the previous normal 6 the speaker told the graduates.
UCx*****j*m cePt r!,te’ exemptions He explained that the up Of C Meeting
duel the full tax liability, cur- an^ deductions are different.(building of a strong physical;^* ’ *
ritaaBMPlvwW* ..J u vitally - unpurtui,;. Next k’yj Monday Nignt
cent of your income (to a {he said that the p.nusal of{
good books and literature, lec- Members of the La Grange
tures and music is necessary} Chamber of Commerce are 'e-
for mental development. minded of the regular monthly
“If you are unable to con-lmeedng Monday night, June 5,
tinue your education by other with starting time set at 8.30, a
means, extension courses or!*1*^ hour later than usual
dealer, Tuesday shipped night school facilities should j Several important items of
1 car load of {be utilized for your mental de- {business are slated for discus-
•ap iron since he went into (velopment,” Mr. Neeb said. |sion, after which the techni-
S business shortly after Pearl { “Time cannot be spent more j color film on frozen food lock-
Imus’ l6-rnuntv‘Harbor ! wisely than on our souls,” he ers will be shown. Another
salvage pointed out. “We should live to ‘ film, of an entertainment na-
tin Monday. {field, Mr. Engbrock has pur-{our highest ideals, and resolve tore, is also being booked.
„ Q . . „!.«) .kiwi .UwJ a little over two and here tonight to devote generous i It was announced by the
X wund. of portions of our time to the1 chamber Wednesday that the
and WeWon Knotts fourth with,one^hal^mdl.0^1of our hearts” organization had submitted its
ouantitv of scrap’ lead rub- Following Mr. Neeb’s ad- bid for the annual convention
quantity ot scrap ieaa, ruo d.plomas were giyen Texas Pecan Growcrs
seniors by Dr. A. H Rebsch, association this fell. This action
" was previously authorized by
chamber directors.
__
r ..Sr, mJ Jersey ca
class will. I dussifivation slated in the?
Perfect attendance awards > Grange*area on
were made by Dr. Rebsch. Rev.
Regenbrecht, Extension Serv- A dady vacation Bible cation ancT also said the be-1
— • school, sponsored jointly by nediction.
This pig program has put 72 the Rrejbjrterian and Method- Singing of 1
registered Duroc females of ex- ^st chUrches of La Grange, will “Trail Mates"
cellent quality on negro farms held junc 5 and running benediction.
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