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VOLUME XXVIII, NO. 45.
Harper, Gillespie County, Texas, Friday, Novemeber 5th, 1943.
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AN ‘INTERNATIONAL
POLICE FORCE’
Among the instrumentalities
lor maintenance of peace which
have been advocated most widely
none has had greater vogue than
the so-called “international police
force.”
The very mention of the name
carries with it that sense of se-
curity which has become a part
of life in every civilized commun-
ity throughout the world. Be-
cause of the existence of the po-
lice, the ordinary citizen goes a-
bout his life with a consciousness
of protection against either iso-
lated or mass violence. So that
the creation of an international
police force would seem to be a
logical and necessary develop-
ment. Unfortunately, the matter
is not so simple.
At the very outset of an exam-
ination of the subject we find
that the most ardent advocates
of an international police force
are the very same people who ad-
vocated most passionately the dis-
arming of the United States fol-
lowing World War I, the destruc-
tion of our most modern battle-
ships and a policy of non-fortifi-
cation of strategic outposts. Ig-
noring the teachings of history
they advocated reliance upon
that most sordid fraud of modern
times—the League of Nations. _
Perhaps new situations require
new slogans or perhaps in their
gropings for a solution they have
convinced themselves of the exfi-
ciency of this new panacea, al-
though it is perfectly obvious
they have never thought the sub-
ject through.
Certainly intelligent people will
insist that the idea be subjected
to critical examination and test-
ed in the light of human experi-
ence and common sense.
First of all an effective inter-
national police force would neces-
sarily have to be a co-ordinated
and integrated land, sea and air
establishment of sufficient mag-
nitude to be able to move promp-
tly and effectively against an ag-
gressor nation, regardless of size.
A so-called police force which
would bulldoze little nations and
be impotent against big nations
would simply be another fraud.
In the light of existing stan-
dards of international morality
the natural question is whether
an official of the United States
would advocate creating a mili-
tary force of sufficient strength
to crush THE ARMED FORCES
OF THIS COUNTRY.
Also it might be asked if any
sane person believes that Prime
Minister Churchill would sub-
scribe to the creation of such a
force with the possibility it
might be used AGAINST THE
BRITISH EMPIRE. There is no
use even speculating on whether
Stalin would help to create such
a force outside of Russia.
However, suppose that the
United States, the British empire
and Russia would consent and
let us proceed to some interest-
ing questions which would neces-
sarily arise.
Who would pay the billions of
dollars a year which would be
necessary to raise and equip and
maintain such a force?
Battleships, cruisers, aircraft
carriers, flying fortresses cost
hundreds of millions of dollars in
quantities and their first cost is
not the greatest. They must be
manned and maintained.
Land armies, with their motor-
ized equipment, mobile artillery,
tanks & transports' are expensive
today beyond the. dreams of the
armies of the past. The cost would
run to billions. But let us not end
the discussion there.
From where would these forc-
es be recruited, and to what au-
thority would they swear alleg-
iance and fealty?
Would' American youth be ex-
pected to join a force which con-
ceivably might be used to over-
whelm the United States? Would
graduates of Oxford and Cam-
bridge be expected to undertake
an obligation to attack England
at the command of some inter-
national body?
Where would this great mili-
tary force be stationed in times
of peace?
Admittedly, to be an effective
fighting organization it would be
necessary that all arms of the
services should be trained in
joint operations, and even be-
tween maneuvers the force would
have to be stationed and main-
tained in strategic areas.
Who would command this jug-
gernaut?
Some nice questions would in-
evitably arise in relation to this
phase. Possibly there could be a
joint command. Of course, such
a command would lead to in-
trigue, disintegration and bedlam.
But let us not get discouraged.
Let us envisage a fully manned
and equipped force highly train-
ed and ready like the morning
shift of the city police force
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with wings affording extra rooms—will be the Palace highway cara-
vans of the future. Designed and built here by the nation’s only
manufacturer of factory-built homes, these trailers will combine low
cost with comfort and roominess.
Le! God-Lovers Write Peace,
Politicians
Advocating the appearance at
the postwar peace table of people
who believe in God, ethics, re-
ligion and the “moral law”, the
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen,
internationally known lecturer
and radio speaker, Wednesday
night told an overflow audience
id pal Auditorium in San
Antonio that the world’s “politi-
cians” had their chance to create
peace and failed.
In his talk, one which he de-
scribed as an appeal to all “men
of good will,” Msgr. Sheen called
upon all creeds to unite in a com-
mon social front against the
emergence of the “omnipotent
state.”
He characterized Germany,
Russia, Japan and Italy as being
nations which forsook thousands
of years of religion and retreated
into the “primeval forests” to
worship pagan gods, and held
that the future peace of the
world lies in the social unity of
all faiths and of men who believe
in the mortal law.
Declaring that catastrophic
changes have taken place in this
century, “in our time,” the speak-
er said:
“We are no longer engaged in
a civil war, a battle between the
Catholics and Protestants, we are
now fighting against a common
enemy, one which challenges our
right to worship God at all.”
The speaker declared that he
believed that no Teal religious
unity is .possible in the world at
this time.
“We are living in a century
of revolutions,” declared Msgr.
Sheen, “a century which has
seen the Nazi, Fascist and Com-
munist uprisings in which the
leaders broke away from 1,000
years of Christianity.”
He declared that the world had
passed through three stages of
man, the “theological,” the ‘eco-
nomic” and now the “political
man.”
“The political man,” warned
the speaker, “lives for and thinks
only of power and believes only
in the ‘omnipotent state’.”
He held that politics have be-
come the standard of all meas-
urements, and that youth which
in previous., generations left
schools and institutions of learn-
ing to enter business in the world
of the “economic man,” now
aspire to political careers.
“The acquisitiveness for money
has given away to the acquisi-
tiveness for power,” Msgr. Sheen
declared.
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LT. ELGIN M. DIETZ
Elgin M. Dietz, 22, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Dietz of Fred-
ericksburg, won his Navy “Wings
of Gold” and was commissioned
a Second Lieutenant in the Ma-
rine Corps Reserve last week
following completion of the pre-
scribed flight training course at
the Naval Air Training Center,
Pensacola, Fla., the “Annapolis
of the Air.”
Having been designated a Na-
val Aviator, Lieutenant Dietz will
go on active duty at one of the
Navy’s air operational training
centers before being assigned to
a combat zone.
Lt. Dietz, age 22, is a graduate
of Fredericksburg High School,
1940. He entered Naval training
for a pilot’s rating last year and
received his commission at Pen-
sacola on October 26. He will con-
tinue as an instructor at Pensa-
cola for several months.
Lt. Dietz arrived last Thursday
to spend a two-week leave with
his parents, friends and relatives.
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Relatives here of Mrs. W. A.
Kendall received word that she
has undergone an operation at a
hospital in Sulphur Springs, Mo.
She will be remembered as Ethel
Scarborough. Her many friends
wish her a speedy recovery.
Hubert Hill, who was former-
ly connected with the Southwest
Drug Co. as their traveling rep-
resentative in Austin, will open
the Hill Drug Store in the form-
er Wendel Building, occupied un-
til several months ago by Dr.
Teddlie’s Pharmacy, on Monday,
November 8. Mr. Hill, who has
already established a large host
of friends and a wide acquain-
tanceship in the Harper commun-
ity, moved here from Kerrville
this summer.
In announcing the opening day
of this new business firm in Har-
per, Mr. Hill stated that he will
offer a number of items on spe-
cial sale, despite the fact that any
type of merchandise is difficult
to get. The Hill Drug Store will
carry a large line of notions,
men’s and ladies’ ready-to-wear
items, and a complete stock of
drug and sundry articles.
The building interior has been
remodeled and new shelving and
new display counters have been
installed. Mr. Hill will be assist-
ed in the business by his wife.
They have five children, three of
whom are making their home
here with one child in school. One
older boy, Dorman Hill is mar-
ried and is with the Knudson
Construction Co., Fort Smith,
Arkansas. An older daughter is
home economics teacher at
Thorndale, Texas.
Mr. Hill’s father was in the
drug store business for 85 years,
and his business connections with
the Southwest Drug Co. for a
long period of years have given
him a wide range of information
in this line of business.
The citizenship of the Plarper
trade territory is cordially invited
to pay Mr. Hill a visit at his place
of business and inspect his line
of quality merchandise which he
offers at the lowest possible
prices.
Gillespie County War Chest RaHy Di*bjr - FuhEe Invited To Hear Chinese
Held Thursday Night
HUBERT HILL TO OPEN DRUG
STORE ON MONDAY, NOV. Sth
P.-T. A. Hallowe’en
Carnival Proves To
Be Big Success
Perfect autumn weather helped
to make the Harper Parent-
Teacher Association’s Hallowe’en
Carnival and chicken dinner a big
success. According to Mrs. David
Schmidt, president of the organ-
ization, more than 400 persons
were served dinner at the school
building with visitors coming
from throughout the Harper sec-
tion, Fredericksburg, Kerrville,
Mason and Junction.
A total of $504.34 was realized
from the evening’s carnival and
dinner program. This amount
was derived as follows:
Chicken Dinner ................ $130.55
Wheel .................................... 160.04
boxing ...... 11.64
Fish Pond .................. 39.00
Stock Sale ............................ 12.95
Fortune Telling .................. 5.00
Cake Walk .......................... 30.50
Rug ........................................ 44.70
Bed Spread .......................... 52.00
Donations ............................ 17.95
Bascom Giles, State Land Office
Commissioner, Was Guest
Speaker
Total ................................ $504.34
In addition to this sum, the
F.F.A. boys also netted something
like $129.00 for their funds.
Proceeds of the event will be
used by the P.-T. A. for the bene-
fit of the Harper school system.
Additional information on the
Carnival will be found in the
Harper Highlights, school news
section.
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Infant Daughter of Hubert
Rahe’s Buried Monday
Funeral services were held in
the Harper cemetery on Monday
evening for the infant daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Rahe,
Kathleen Jeanette, who died in
a Fredericksburg hospital on Sun-
day at >6:35 p. m.- Services were
held in the Beckmann Funeral
Home at Fredericksburg with
Rev. Walter Probst, pastor of the
Harper Lutheran Church, offici-
ating. A mixed choir rendered
two songs.
Kathleen Jenette Rahe was born
on May 8th, 1943, and died Oct.
31st, 1943 ,at the age of 5 months
and 23 days. She leaves her par-
ends and grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. August Kirchhoff, and Mr.
and Mrs. Rahe, all of Harper, to
mourn her departure.
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Miscellaneous Shower For
Miss Norma Paid
The children of Mary Society
entertaind with a miscellaneous
shower Sunday evening at the
Catholic Hall honoring Miss
Norma Pahl, who will become
the bride of Freddie Tatsch on
Wednesday, November 10th.
Decorations for the occasion
wrere fall'flowers on a lace-cov-
ered table where the honoree re-
ceived the beautiful gifts after
they were opned.
Refreshments of sandwiches,
cake and punch were served to
several guests.
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Mr. and Mrs. Joe Maimer, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Holdsworth and
family, and Mrs. Clara Peter, all
of Fredericksburg, visited the
previous Sunday in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Klein near
Harper.
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Prof, and Mrs. O. E. Larkin
and Misses Myrtle Reed and
Grace Davidson of Three Rivers
were here for the Hallowe’en
Supper and Carnival Saturday
night. While here they were
guests of Charles E. Bein.
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Gillespie County’s drive to
meet a quota of $6600.00 in the
United War Chest Fund got un-
derway at a rally held last night,
Thursday, in the Public School
auditorium at Fredericksburg.
Bascom Giles, State General
Land Office Commissioner of
Austin, Rev. Kenneth Pope, pas-
tor of the First Methodist Church
of Austin, and Wayland D. Town-
er, secretary and general mana-
ger of the Texas United War
Chest committee, were the prin-
cipal speakers for this program,
according to County Clerk Henry
H. Houy, county chairman.
The committeemen as appoint-
ed in the various county election
precinct, have been named as fol-
lows:
PETER’S HALL
Precinct 1 Quota $877.80
Dr. Leo F. Klein, Mrs. Arthur
Hohmann, Mrs. Albert Henke,
Mrs. Gustave Hartmann, Mrs.
Paul Kraus, Mrs. Lawrence
Krauskopf, Mrs. Alex Henke,
Mrs. Leo Petsch, Miss Agnes
Sagebiel, Mrs. Roman Peter,
Mrs. Arthur H. Ahrens, Eddie
Kott, Mrs. Alfred Neffendorf,
Mrs. Elgin Crenwelge, Mrs. Har-
vey Stein, Wm. Nettle, Paul Web-
er, Lawrence Knopp, Felix Houy,
Mrs. Harry Hartmann, Mrs. Os-
car Stein, Mrs. Eric Nagel, Mrs.
Chas. Dolezal, Mrs. Viola Stein
Wells.
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FIRST LT. WM. DIETEL, JR.
The heart-breaking report of
the death of First Lieutenant
William Dietel, Jr., son of Editor
and Mrs. William Dietel of the
Fredericksburg Radio Post and
a brother of the publisher of the
Herald, was received by telegram
from the U. S. War Department
at Washington on Thursday
morning. Lt. Dietel had previ-
issioflaries Sunday, November 7
The public is cordially invited
to attend the services at the
Presbyterian church in Harper on
Sunday and hear Rev. Deane C.
Walter who, as a Chinese Mis-
sionary, was captured by the
Japs during the present war and
confined, along with his wife, in
a Jap Prison Camp.
A rare opportunity is extended
to the citizens of this section to
hear a first-hand report of con-
ditions in the East, the war in
that part of the world, etc.
In order to present more in-
formation on the missionary
work done by Rev. Walter, the
Herald has been authorized to
publish the following bulletin
which is released by the Bureau
of Publicity and the Board of
Foreign Missions of the Presby-
terian Church, New York:
THE REV. DEANE C. WALTER
Tsining, China
Mr. Walter went to China in
1926, when that country was suf-
fering from civil war. He was to
see the devastation of flood and
famine as well, and to live thru
ously been reported as missing enemy invasion. Living at Tsin-
HONEY CREEK
Preinct 2 Quota $85.80
Alfred F. Kelch, Gus Basse, Alb.
Hartmann, Harry J. Staudt, Vic-
tor Weinheimer, W. P. Horlen.
LUCKENBACH
Precinct 3 Quota $237.60
Walter Kuhlmann, Pete Weber,
Edwin Petsch, Benno B. Lucken-
bach, Chas. Klinksiek, Edwin C.
Peese, Felix Barth.
CAVE CREEK
FreeittCt T ----
Felix Ottmers, Ewald Koen-
necke, Eddie Ottmers, Emil Stahl,
Joe Vogel, Aug. Ahrens, Eugene
Koennecke.
in action over Holland since July
28. He was a flight commander
and pilot of the B-17 four-motor
heavy bomber which he and his
crew had affectionately named
“Sky Queen.”
While words fail to express the
loss of a man so brave and cour-
ageous, so full of life, fun, wit
and humor, so willing to perform
his duties for his friends, his
family, and his country, so broad-
minded and intelligent that he
could see and take the pro and
eon of any argument and yet
step right into the lead as though
the next airplane ride over enemy
territory were no more than a
walk down his beloved town’s
Main Street, we know that there
will never be another “Junior” to
take his place in the minds of
those who knew and loved him.
It has been truly said that God
takes those from our midst whom
he loves best. A more fitting or
tribute.,san .peYer-.^, pai<l
j any man. Lt. Dietel lived up to
Precinct 5
DOSS
Quota $376.20
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J. S. Whitewood and Miss Mar-
garet Kramer went to Kerrville
Friday. Mrs. Whitewood, who had
been a patient at the hospital in
Kerrville, returned home with
them.
A. J. Kinsey went to San An-
tonio the latter part of the week
where he is to undergo an opera-
tion at the Santa Rosa Hospital
on Monday.
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WASHINGTON, D. C. — Photo
shows Edward R. Stettinius Jr.,
lend-lease administrator, who has
been appointed Under-Secretary of
State by President Roosevelt. Stet-
; tinius succeeds Sumner Welles who
[resigned recently.
Otto Hahn, Miss Lela Baethge,
Otto Spaeth, Henry Baethge, Al-
fred Baethge, August Baethge,
Harry Wahrmund, Karl W. Durst,
Herman Mund, Ben Evers, Sem
Rode, Emil Lange, Lee Ben
Feuge, Pete Crenwelge, Albert
Sieckmann.
HARPER
Precinct 6 Quota $297.00
Rev. Allen, Clinton Brown, Hy.
Wieting, Carl Oehler, Richard
Roeder, V. A. Cottle, Alt. Feller,
J. Phillip Rogers, F. E. Staudt,
Clarence Ernst, Wm. Root, Wm.
Casper, Paul Jones, C. W. Gran-
ville, Rev. A. A. Gitter, James
Jung.
MEUSEBACH
Precinct 7 Quota $125.40
Alfred Weinheimer, Alvin Hoh-
enberger, Emil Lochte, Edwin A.
Heimann, Walter Schmidt, Willie
Hahn.
CRABAPPLE
Precinct 8 Quota $151.80
Ewald Sagebiel, Chas. Walter,
Ernst Grosenbacher, Leroy Rab-
ke, Walter Schlaudt, Hilmar D.
Schneider, Leland P. Haynes, Ad.
Ottmers.
WILLOW CITY
Precinct 9 Quota $343.20
Felix Herber, Albert Hchmann,
Franz Pressler, E. A. Gold, Clin-
ton Hardin, Harry Hohmann, F.
Lee, Marvin Mohr, Chas. Young,
Emil Horlen, W. N. Lee, Marlin
Althaus.
STONEWALL
Precinct 10 Quota $224.50
A Nebgen, Earnest Hodges, Alt.
Gellerman, Armand Vogel, Wm.
Klein, Marcus Burg, Walter
Burg, Walter Baag, Gilbert Gard-
ner, Herman J. Weinheimer, Paul
Danz, Richard Immel, Herbert E.
Haas.
TIVYDALE
Precinct 11 Quota $151.80
H. G. Helmers, Otto Baumann,
T. K. Carr, Edgar Klein, Alfons
Klein, Jacob Roeder, Ernst Wahr-
mund, Chas. Roeder, Alfons Fel-
ler, Will Zenner, Louis Kunz,
Walter Mosel, W. B. Smith, An-
drew Brandon, Edwin Pfiester,
Chas. Friedrich, Wm. O. Pape,
Edgar Ahrens, Edmund Woerner.
CHERRY SPRING
Precinct 12 Quota $184.80
Albert Kordzik, Edgar Feuge,
Erwin Crenwelge, Oscar Schnei-
der, Erwin Rusche, Harry Ah-
rens.
(See WAR CHEST, page 2)
the qualifications of an old pro-
verb, which, in sum and sub-
stance was that “even the under-
taker would be sorry when he
passed on into the eternal life.”
The telegraphic report on
Thursday gave no details as to
the manner in which the young
American hero met his death, the
only information disclosed being
that this message was being con-
veyed by the German govern-
ment through the International
Red Cross. A letter is scheduled
to follow from Ulio, the Adjutant
General at Washington.
Lt. Dietel is believed to have
arrived in England the latter part
of May, 1943. The early part of
July he and his crew of the Sky
Queen were awarded the Air
Medal which is awarded by the
American Government for hav-
ing completed five missions over
enemy territory. At the time he
was reported as missing in ac-
tion, on July 28, it is believed
that he could have completed a
number of additional missions
ever the European mainland. On
the day that he was reported
missing, the U. S. Air Force lost
23 heavy bombers on a raid
which took them close to Berlin,
the deepest penetration which
had been made into Germany
from England up until that time.
It is not known whether Lt.
Dietel was on that particular
mission. Three of the crew mem-
bers of the Sky Queen, including
Lt. Dietel, were married, and
one of the wives of these men,
a Staff Sgt. Howard Adams, has
received a report that her hus-
band is a prisoner of war in Ger-
many, indicating that some of the
crew members were able to save
themselves.
With induction into the army
emminent, “Junior” enlisted in
the JU. S. Air Corps the latter
part of January 1942. He received
his training at Kelly Field,
Corsicana, Sherman and Houston,
being commissioned a Second
Lieutenant on the day he receiv-
ed his wings, October 9, at Elling-
ton Field. His mother, an aunt,
Mrs. E. H. Rennell of San An-
tonio, and a sister, Erna Lee; the
publisher of the Herald and an-
other brother, Frederick, attend-
ed the graduating exercises that
day.
From Houston, Lt. Dietel was
sent to four-motor heavy bomb-
ing school at Sebring, near Mi-
ami, Florida. After completing
that school he was assigned to
Salt Lake City, Utah, from where
he was subsequently stationed at
Boise, Idaho; Wendover Field,
Utah; and other places in the
West. He was assigned a crew
at Wendover, where he was also
promoted to First Lieutenant and
Flight Commander, and follow-
ing the completion of routine
training was transferred to Sioux
City, Iowa, with Col. Budd Peas-
(See LT. DIETEL, page 2)
ing in Shantung Province, he
worked as an evangelist through-
out the vast country field that
extends south into Kiangsu Pro-
vince and west to the borders of
Honan Province. This is an area
as great as those of Rhode Island
and Delaware combined, and em-
braces a population of about 4,-
000,000.
Traveling, usually by bicycle,
into the country districts, he vis-
ited unorganized groups of Chris-
tians. Sometimes they had a lead-
er—a Chinese man or woman
who had been taught in a mis-
sion Bible school and returned
to his own district to hand on
what he had learned. Mr. Walter
helped solve their problems, en-
couraged and made suggestions,
examined those who wanted to
be baptized, and held special ser-
vices acting as pastor to hun-
dreds of such groups. The field
was so large that he could visit
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In addition he taught rural
Bible classes, staying from three
days to a week at each place. In
the mornings he would hold
meetings or classes for the
Christians, while in the after-
noons their heathen neighbors
were visited. Then in the evening
there would be a large popular
meeting with preaching.
At different times Mr. Walter
was active in flood relief service,
working with the China Interna-
tional Famine Relief Commis-
sion. In 1935 he went to villages,
many of them buried in several
feet of mud after the waters
went down, and investigated
needs and administered aid.
Thanks to the foresight of Shan-
tung’s provincial chairman, 300,-
000 villagers were evacuated to
safer ground and fed in other
parts of the province. Camps of
10,000 refugees near a railway
station, awaiting transportation
to another area, were no unusual
sight in those days. Mr. Walter
was instrumental in planning a
labor relief project in which refu-
gees rebuilt a flooded dyke, fin-
ishing just in time to prevent
destruction of the new crops.
After 1937 there were war refu-
gees to help in hospital and
camp. Before he left China Mr.
Walter had seen the growing
self-reliance of many little church
groups to the point where,
should missionaries be taken
away, they could work and grow
by themselves.
Mr. Walter has also served in
Yihsien. He was in that city
when war broke out between the
United States and Japan, and
was interned there tor six
months by the Japanese until he
left for repatriation in June, 1942
on the MS Gripsholm.
Mr. Walter was born in Penn-
sylvania. He is a graduate of
Grove City College and Western
Theological Seminary in Pitts-
burgh, and attended the Kennedy
School of Missions.
The Rev. Deane C. Walter of
Tsining, China will speak in the
Harper Presbyteri & SHO“
11:00 a.m. and 3jORe_
ADJUSTING BREEDING
RANGE CONDITIONS
STOCK Tv
Eighteen Year Olds Regis-
tered With Draft Board
During Month of October
A number of Gillespie County
boys attained the age of 18 years
registered with the local draft
board during the month of Oct-
ober and were given Order
Numbers as follows:
10985—Harold Christian Rahe
10984—William Walter Friedrich
10987— Albert Douglas Dittmar
10988— Harvey Herman Rusche
10989— Herman Albert Kein
10990— Erwin Monroe Baethge
10991— J. B. Birt, Jr.
10992— Ruben R. Goehmann
-ooo-
Marvin C. Peter visitin in Fred-
ericksburg last week with rela-
tives. He returned from Fort
Bragg, N. C. recently to his home
in Boerne, having received an
honorable discharge from the
army. He had entered the army
on July 1 this year.
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BELLIGERENT BISHOP
liSS
SOUTH PACIFIC — Despite the
non-combatant status of the clergy,
Lt. LaMar Faught, of Urbana, O.,
former Ohio Wesleyan university
athlete,, affectionately christened
the twin-motored transport plane
he pilots over Ja>p-infested waters
•the “Battling Bishop.”
Reason: Sportswriters for years
nave dubbed' . his alma mater’s
teams the “Battling Bishops” be-
cause this college is tops among the
130 educational institutions of The
Methodist Church in supplying the
denomination with bishops. Four-
teen alumni and five former presi-
dents and professors, elevated to
this office are' represented in this
militant moniker.
College Station, Nov. 3 — Over-
stocking exhausts the feed on a
ranch in maintaining cows in
condition too poor for profitable
calf production, and similarly
with sheep and goats, wool and
mohair clips are lighter in weight.
It is the opinion of Robert R.
Lancaster of the A. and M. Col-
lege Extension Service staff, that
conservatism calls for adjust-
ment of breeding stock to mini-
mum range feed usually avail-
able regardless of rainfall. Ex-
cept in rare, severe drought, this
leaves an annual surplus to be
grazed by steers or wethers.
“Most conservative ranchmen,”
observes Lancaster who is Ex-
tension pasture specialist, “ad-
just breeding stock to any likely
range conditions. They take up
the slack with steers or wethers
—by winter feeding if necessary
and by spring grazing in favor-
able seasons. That maintains
breeding stock in best condition
and for longer service; increases
number and size of offspring;
maintains range condition; and
produces meat with less risk and
expense and with less overhead
of breeding stock.”
Experience bears this out. One
pasture at the New Mexico Ex-
periment Station made 75 per
cent more beef with 22 per cent
less cows than another. The
larger number of cows on the
latter, which was about the usual
rate, were undersized, and calves
were fewer and lighter in weight.
Adjustment of grazing animals
to seasonal ups and down in for-
age indicates use of some steers
or mutton which are the most
readily salable and buyable kind
of stock. Yearlings may be
bought or carried over to utilize
surplus grass above the needs of
a reduced breeding herd or flock.
When a dry spring limits grass,
steers may be sold in April. A
prolonged drought, limiting both
grass and feed crops, would re-
quire fall sale of steers with the
heifers and cull cows. The re-
duced herd should have range
teed 18 years out of 20.
Among benefits of conservative
stocking and grazing manage-
ment are needs of fewer sires and
less equipment; lower death los-
ses; ease of handling yearling
steers; fewer forced sales on
glutted markets; stable income;
benefit of good breeding pre-
served, and a more permanent
ranching business and livestock
industry.
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Mrs. Willie Dittmar was a
business visitor in Harper Wed-
nesday.
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