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THE NEW UL
Volume 33 No. 5.
Registration Of Passenger Cars Postponed
which will be announced later.'
gasoline for football trips, hunt-
Undergces Operation
Werner, Bellville, far-
J. Twaraow.-Ki, Wallis,
Ulm,
New
Ulm,
New
Rinn,
New
and Mrs.
the week
McGee pointed out that all
rationing, when it does go into
effect, will be in the hacds of
local men and he added that
these men would be conscien-
tious.
Mrs. Miles Knolle of Indus-
try accompanied1 by her daugh-
ter Mrs. Russell Coward of
California were visitors in New
Ulm Monday.
Mrs. Emma Duve of Houston
visited with relatives here over
the week end
The War Price and Ration-
ing Board of Austn County
Wednesday gave the following
official statement:
“An official statement from
the Fort Worth office declares
that the registration of gasoline
has been postponed until the
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wilde
of Rockhouse received a mes-
sage that their so- Dennis of
Inglewood California, has un-
dergone an operation there in
a hospital for appendicitis last
week Thursday.
Last report s state he was
recovering nicely.
Bellville, Nov. 11.—Rolf Hen-
ry Pfeffer, 25, son of Mr. and
and Herman Pfeffer of Ken.ey
was instantly killed when his
automobile was struck by a rail-
road train at a crossing at Ken-
ney Sunday.
Services will be held at the
home in Kenney at 2 30 p. m. on
Thursday, with Rev. A. T. Klu-
ge of the Phillipsburg Lutheran
c jurch officiating. Burial will
be in Oak Knoll Cemetery, Bell-
ville.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Reeder
and family and Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Mieth enjoyed a pleas-
ant visit in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Frei Schulte and fam-
ily of near Greeavine Sunday.
Columbus, Nov. 11.—Colorado
count, y oversubscribed its Octo-
ber war bond quota by $2000,
according to County Chairman
David Wintermarn, who report-
ed sales of $52,000 in bonds for
the month. November quota has
been set at $50,800, he said.
Columbus sales last month, as
reported by Felix Fahrenkamp,
local chairman were $18,600.
Mr. and Mr
and sons, Mr.
Bartay, Mrs.
daughter, and
Bates, all of
Trucks Are Exempt From
5-Tire Limit To Get Gas
Post Office Department
Starting Biggest Task In
History—Christmas Mail
Machemehl Succeeds Hill
As Draft Board Clerk
College Station, Nov. 11.—>
Every farmer in Texas should
consider it a patriotic duty to
participate in the election of
county and community commit-
teemen who will administer the
AAA program during the com-
ing year, according to George
Slaughter, chairman, Texas
AAA committee.
Farmers will meet in com-
munity’ meetings, Friday, No-
vember 13, to elect community
committeemen and delegates to
a county convention. Conven-
tion delegates, meeting Satur-
day, November 14, who will
elect county committees.
‘“AAA committeemen next
year, more than ever before,
will play a vital role in Amer-
ican agriculture,” Slaughter de-
clared. “More and more import-
ant jobs are being handled by
committeemen—jobs which are
of great importance to the na-
Rev. and Mrs. Paul
ant children of Big
this -week visiting with rela-
tives and friencs in Austin and
Fayette counties.
s. Bryan Bartay
and Mrs. Ervin
R. Sanders and
Mr. and Mrs. H.
Houston, visited
in the horn? of Mr.
A. F. Bartay during
er.d.
With current rubber short-
ages, gas rationing, and concen-
tration of gun manufacturers
on America’s war needs, hunters
have an opportunity for service
through pooling (transportation
and sharing guns. In this way
they can save gas. oil and rub-
ber while providing recreation
for those whb might otherwise
be compelled to stay at home.
Hunting builds health, essential
for maximum wartime effort,
and yields valuable meat for
wartime consumption. Let’s
help by sharing!
WARTIME HUNTERS
MUST DOUBLE-UP
Rationing Board Gives
Information On Tires
And Gasoline Rations
SERVICES HELD FOR
MRS. ANNA BAUMAN
Colorado County
Exceeds Bond Quota
Farmers Will Elect AAA
Committeemen Friday
POSTPONEMENT DUE TO OPA BEING UNABLE
TO DISTRIBUTE COUPON BOOKS AND FORMS
Mrs. Anna Bauma_n died
Friday morning. November 6,
at her h*:me in Chriesman. Her
death came after an illness of
long duration.
She came to Chrissman. from
Industry and has lived here for
38 years. At the time of her
death she was 83 years, 2
months, and 29 days old. Her
husband and tw-o sons preceded
her in death.
Surviving are the following
children: Mrs. A. G. Hbppe of
Winters. Mrs. Henry Speckman,
Mrs. John Speckman. Ben and
Otto Bauman all of Chriesman
and Mrs. Harmon Priebe of
Caldwell. She also leaves tine
grandchildren and two great-
grandchildren.
Burial was in the Chriesman
cemetery.—Con.
only $31,122.25.
i The quota for November is
the same as for October, an!
Mr. Clarke calls attention of all
Austin county citizens of the
big job we still have before us.
Austin county has fallen down
on the job during the past
months in the purchase of
bonds, but it is sincerely hoped
that the quota for November
acd December, the last two
m:nths of the year, be met and
exceeded.
Washington, Nov. 10.—The
Office of Price Administration
announced Tuesday postpone-
ment of nation-wide rationing
of gasoline from November 22
to December 1 because of “un-
avoidable delays” in the distri-
bution of coupon books and
other necessary forms.
OPA declared the deferment
was due prircipally to wartime
Fort Worth, Nov. 10.
OPA Director Mark Me
counced defintely Tuesday
registration of passenger
for gasoline rationing would be
held November 19, 20, 21, one
week later than had been
planned.
(McGee also annouccid the ef-
fective date of gasoline ration-
ing 'would be postponed. Date
for this will be announced by
OPA in Washington, he said.
McGee explained the post-
ponement by pointing out that
“this registration will be a big
job, and all of the boards don’t
yet have all the ration books
and necessary supplies.”
He said the plan was design-
ed rot to save gasoline, but to
Jetelira, Jr., Wallis,
tion’s wartime living. Those
jobs require that Xhe men do-
ing them be capable of doing
them properly.”
The state chairman remind-
ed farmers that the man they
elect to serve as chairman of
their county AAA committee
also will be chairman of their
county USDA war board.
“He, must be a leader who
is capable of getting his job
done expeditiously and effi-
ciently.” he pointed out. “In
addition, he must be in a posi-
tion to devote considerable time
to AAA and war board work.”
The number of community
committeemen to be elected for
next year will be nearly double
the number elected in past
years, as each committee will
reprehend a smaller number of
farmers.
Tne Post Office Department
now is starting the most gigan-
tic task in. Sis history—the
movement of a deluge of Christ-
mas parcels, cards and letters
While maintaining the regular
flow of millions of pieces of mail
daily to and from our armed
forces all over the world.
Indications are that I. he vol-
ume of Christmas mail will be
the largest on record. Already
in September, latest month for
which figures are available, re-
tail sales had reached a level
second only to the record month
of December, 1941, according
to the Department of Commerce.
And sales are rising. Such
heavy purchases always presage
heavy mailings.
If thousardb of our «oldiers,
sailors, marines and civilian
friends are not to be disappoint-
ed at Christmas time, the pub-
lic must cooperate by mailing
earlier than ever before and by
addressing letters and parcels
properly. The best efforts of
£ne Post 'Office Department
alone cannot be enough, in
view of wartime difficulties fac-
ed by the postal system. ‘The
public must assist.
• About 25,000 experienced
postal (workers already have
been taker by the w’ar services.
Arrangements are under way
Ito add thousands of temporary
personnel to postal staffs, but
this man power is hard to find
an? is inexperienced. Facilities
of railroads and air lines are
heavily taxed by movements of
huge quantities of war mater-
ials and personnel, Extra trucks
are almost impossible to obtain.
Winter weather, hampering
transportation, is beginning.
The free-mailing privilege
granted to members of l:he arm-
ed forces ihas raised their mail-
ings some 30 pgr cent, it is
estimated. Expansion of those
forces al-o is adding rapidly to
the postal burden.
The deadline already1 is past
for mailing gifts Ito Army and
Navy personnel overseas with
assurance that the parcels will
arrive by Christmas. The New
York post office reports that
in late October, 350,000 such
parcejs were handled daily in
that office alone.
The Post Office Department
is making strenuous efforts to
avoid such a terrific jam as it
faced ip 1918 under similar
conditiors, during the First
World War. If: can succeed in
those efforts—and avoid many
heartaches for its patrons—if
the public will cooperate by
mailing early.
Public Is Asked To
Cooperate By Mailing
Earlier Than Ever
NEW ULM, TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1942
--------------------a—----------------
19 20 and 21 of November, ^verutobZr, Inir^sured
The rationing of gasoline has Texani they woukJ haVe
gaso-
bT1PO6M^ed4 from, V* 2J2"d line for necessary driving. He
°L^u°'e-?i^r l° a atieii 4dat* added, however, there will be no
which will be announced later. . - - ......
All idle tires, however, should ing expeditions or jaunts to
be turned in before registering, neighborhood movies.
Tires And Tubes Issued
By Rationing Board!
A. Weiss
Lake are
Kenney Man Killed
When Train Hits Car
War Bond Sales In
County $31,122. 25
congestion, of the transporta-
tion system, which it said made
it impossible to, keep delivery
schedules in all parts of the
country on the more than 330,-
000,000 printed pieces needled
to place the program in effect.
The new date for the start
of ra!.ioc.ing in the area not al-
ready under ration control ap-
pli;s to all commercial vehicles
in the East as well as in other
parts of the country, OPA said.
For commercial vehicles, lo-
cal war price and rationing
boards will reduce by 20 per
cent the gallonage allowed by
the Office of Defense Transpor-
tation for the 40-day period
from November 22 to December
31. because of the shortening
of the time within that period
they are to be rationed.
The “T,” or transport, ra-
tions to trucks are to be grant-
ed by the local boards to hold-
ers of ODT certificates of war
necessity as soon as the ration-
irg forms are available.
OPA belatedly made official
announcement also that it had
authorized regional OPA admin-
istrators to delay schoolhouse
registration for the basic “A”
passenger car ration from No-
vember 12 to 14, inclusive, to
November 19 to 21, where nec-
essary.
OPA has asked the regional
offices, however, to proceed on
schedule with Ithe registration
in all areas where the forms
and books have been received.
Effect of the rationing post-
ponement on “A” book holders
in the presently rationed area
will be to give them a gasoline
bonus of slightly more khan one
coupon's worth. No ration cou-
pons will be removed from the
“A” books to allow for the
change in dates.
Tire Registration
Registration of tires will take
place in Ithe unrationed area
at the time of registration for
“A” books, by which date all
tires in excess of five per car
must have been disposed of.
W, I. Hill, chief clerk of the
local selective service board
since its beginning in October,
1940, has resigned his position,
effective November 4.
Mr. Hill gave his pressing
personal business obligations
as (.he reason for resigning.
I “My private law practice and
the affairs of my late father’s
estate make it impossible for
me to do any one of my obli-
gations justice,” said Mr. Hill.
The work performed by Mr.
Hill in the past has been strict-
ly of a clerical nature. The
chief clerk of a draft board has
no part whatever in the classi-
fication of men, in the policies
of the beard, nor in the deci-
sions made by the board, in
other words, the clerk has no
official capacity whatever and
is required to carry out the
orders of the board, only.
L. A. Machemehl has been
appointed chief clerk to succeed
Mr. Hill.
The board is composed of the
following: A. A. Charpiot,
chairman, A. L. Hallman. Miles
Knolle. R. H. Hackbarth, J. F.
Esterak as members, and L. A.
Machemehl as chief clerk.
Saks of War Bonds in Aus-
tin county during the month
ff October have again fallen
below the monthly quota, ac-
cording to an official report re-
based by A. T. Clarice, county
fchadrman.
The quota for Austin county
mer.
W. H. Schier, Wallis, ginner
and poultry raiser.
Charlie Klecka, Wallis, far-
mer.
Alfons Barta, Wallis, farmer.
W. H. Hegemeyfer, New Ulm,
farmer and poultry raiser.
Arthur Meinecke, K-nney,
farmer and cattleman.
John Zettel, Bellville, farmer.
Alvin Kaase, Bellville, far-
mer.
Max Sterner.berg, Industry,
farmer.
Truck Tires
T. F. Bus'hw’all, Sealy, stock-
man.
V. W. Svajda, Sealy, fuel and
oil distributor.
Chas. Tomlinson, Wallis,
ranchman.
Lee Helwig, Bellville, poultry
farmer.
Truck Tires and Tubes
E. W. Buis, Sealy, cattleman.
C. A. Mewis, Bellville, cattle-
man.
Mike Belunek, Sealy mer-
chant.
Truck Recaps
Herman Peschel, Bellville,
farmer.
Lessing Holba, Bellville, milk
routeman.
J. K. Hillboldt, Sealy, market
and ranchman.
Supplemental Rations
Autois'ts who expect to apply
for supplemental rations to en-
able them to drive to and from
work should make plans now
to share rides with others need-
ing transportation to their jobs,
Mr. Prouty, chairman of the
Austir county war price and
rationing board, srd today.
“Car sharing has be pi made
an integral part of the mihage
rationing program because it
is t»he most effi, tive means of
providing essential transporta-
tion on a minimum amount of
rubber,” said Mr. Prouty. “To
got more than the basic “A”
ration a car owner must parti-
cipate ir. a car-sharing club and
agree to carry at least three
other persons to and from work,
or prove that he cannot do so.”
The rationing board chair-
man suggested that car own-
ers get together with their
neighbors on some car sharing
plan or with fellow employees
at the plant or office. If two
or more cars are t'o be used in
the club, members may divide
up the use of those cars to be
used in the club members may
divide up the use of those cars
to suit their convenience. Sup-
plemental rations will then be j
i-sued each vehicle for mileage
to meet its obligations.
The club must be formed be-
fore the application for a sup-
plemental ratio is submitted to
the board. In fact, signatures
of all members must appear on
the application, and applicants
must certify that they will car-
ry through their part in the
car club agreement.
Supplemental applications.
Mr. Prouty emphasized, are not
to be presented registrars at
sch'ool houses on November 19.
20 and 21. These registrars will
be authorized to issue or.lv the
badc ration books—“A” Books
for passenger car owners, and
“D” bofrtr; for motorcyclists.
However, vehicle operators
who feel they will need more
mileage \han the basic books
provide may ask the registrar
for a supplemental application.
This is t'o be filled out later
and sent to the local war price
and rationing board.
The basic book* will provide
mileage for 240 miles a month.
If the person i;o whom the ra-
tion is issued intends to use his
car for driving to work, or in
connection with this work, he
will be expected to consider 150
miles a month of his ration
available for such driving. The
remaking 90 miles a month
may be reserved for such es-
sential tamiiy travel as driving
children to school, or sick per-
sons to the doctor, etc.
Applicants for supplemental
rations will first need to prove
that they reed more than the
150 miles of occupational driv-
ing provided in the “A” book.
Secondly, they will need to
show that they have formed a
car club. If they do not form
such a club, they must prove
they cannot do so and that al-
ternative means of transporta-
tion are inadequate.
“All applicants for a supple-
mental ration will use the same
form,” Mr. Prouty pointed out.
’ "The board will decide whether
the ration granted should be
in the form of a “B” or a “C”
book. But only drivers perform-
ing services regarded as essen-
tial to the war effort or the
public welfare will be eligible
for “C” rations.
Those drivers entitled Ito pre-
ferred1 mileage through “C” ra-
tions must meet the car shar-
ing requirements, the same as
ether applicants for supplemen-
tal rations, Mr. Prouky said.
Truck Operators Must Have
Certificate of War Necessity
Before Applying for Ration
Operators of trucks, buses
and taxis must have their cer-
tificates of War Necessity be-
fore applying to the local war
price and rationing board for
their mileage rations. Mr. D. L.
Prouty, chairman of the Aus-
tin county war price and ra-
tioning board announced today.
“The certificates of war nec-
See RATIONING—
(Continued on page 5)
Th? following is a list of in-
dividuals, their addresses and
occupations, to whom tires and
tubes were issued during the
period from October 29 ihrough
November 3, by the Austin
County Rationing Board;
Obsolete Tires
J. C. Boyd, Sealy, farmer.
Ben Bivins, Bellville, farmer.
Joe John Svach, Sealy, far-
mer.
Leroy Schaare, Sealy, farmer.
W. C. Hajdik, Sealy, farmer
and cattleman.
Mrs. Reese Wiilroit, Bellville,
farming.
J. L. “
mer.
Cyril
farmer.
John
farmer.
Wm. Ludwig, Wallis, farmer.
Russell Ben.on, Wallis, farm
and rancn.
Henry Bastian, New Ulm, far-
mer.
Willy Tiemann,
farmer.
Marvin Rudloff,
farmer.
•Mrs. Wilhelmina
Ulm, farming and poultry.
Theodor Thielemann, Wel-
come, farmer.
Willie Sehavajsa, Bleibler-
ville, farmer.
Otto Himly, Bellville, farmer
and painter.
Andrew’ Abel, Bellville, far-
mer.
Louis Bravenec, Bellville,
farmer.
Reinhardt Winkeimann, Bell-
ville, farmer.
Fritz Koehn, Brenham, far-
mer.
, Will Lubujacky, Bellville,
farming.
Herbert E. Brast, Bellville,
State Highway employee.
Bennie Franke, Industry, far-
mer.
Passenger Tubes
Emma Brewer, Kenney, far-
mer.
Alfred Eckermann, New Ulm,
farmer and poultry. .
W. J. Remmert, Bellville, far-
mer.
Charles Ebert, Bellville far-
mer.
Obsolete Tires and Passenger
Tubes
W. E. Douglas, Sealy, driller.
William Dittert, Sealy, far-
mer.
W. H. Habermacher, Sealy,
farmer.
Walter Anderson, Sealy,
farmer.
Rudlof Zboril, Sealy, farmer.
H. W. Huebner, Industry, far-
mer. ‘
Dr. A. J. Hackfield, Industry,
surgeon and physician.
Passenger Recaps
Thos. B. Wheat, Bellville,
railroad agent.
Fritz Neumann, Sealy, far-
Truck tires are exempt from
the general rule Chat ail tires
ir. excess of five be disposed of
before registering for gas ra-
tioning. Only passenger cars
are affected by this regulation.
According to the local Office
of Price Administration, all . _
truck tires may be kept, but for Oct:ber was $41,800. Total
must be reported. yales during this month were
A truck has been defined by ‘ *"*
the Office of Defense Trans-
portation as “a motor vehicle
built or rebuilt primarily for
the purpose of transporting pro-
perty.”
In order to convert a passen-
ger car into a truck, there must
be a “substantial change made
in the body to convert it into
a truck,” according to the ODT.
Merely removing the back seat
or attaching poles for hanging
clothes or blacking out the win-'
dows for hauling merchandise,
does not constitute such a sub-
stantial change.
Under this rulirg station wa-
gons would be classed as passan-
ger cars, nor busses unless thsy
have normal seating capacity
for 10 or more passengers.
Trucks, farm trucks, taxis and
busses must have a certificate
of war necessity and a special
application form to register for
gasoline allowance -.—Ho jston
Chronicle.
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