The New Ulm Enterprise (New Ulm, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 7, 1943 Page: 1 of 8
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Volume 38 No. 18.
NEW ULM, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1943
THE NEW ULM ENTE...
Austin County Farmers Explanation Given Why
JANUARY 121943
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For Austin County
Red Cross Notice
Chairman of the Austin Coun- church of Terry’s chapel offi-
Hall.
Hall.
for gaso-
1942 was
and the
delivered
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Rev.
Alex Eckermann and Edmund
Eckermann, Jr. of near Indus-
try were pleasant visitors in
New Ulm one day last week.
Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Sell and
Mrs. W. C. Ashorn of New
Ulm and Mrs. Bertha Schostag
and son of Glidden attended
the funeral of their brother.
means they expect to have at
least a good dinner, for the
rest they just had to wait for
the time they could again cele-
brate the regular way after
their return to the States.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Matuska
visited with Mr. and Mrs. Les-
ter Braslt and family near Sealy
Sunday.
Dr. and Mrs. R. J. Schmid
were Brenham visitors Monday.
They were accompanied there
by their son Hubert Raymond
who had spent the holidays
here with them.
pared with 5,251 bales ginned
to December 13, 1941.
Keep’em rolling. Your scrap
metal is needed now.
To Serve Victory Fond
Committee In Austin Co.
there are in each theater of
war. *
The Nazis and the Japs want
to know these things about our
forces. Their agents assemble
the information like this: from
one paper, an item reveals the
600th Infantry is in Australia;
another, that the U. S. S. Wis-
Major W. C. Dorbritz,
Stationed In India, Is
Still Okeh And Busy
I Austin, Jan. 3.—Texas hens
boosted their November produc-
tion of oggs for the country’s
breakfast by more than 100
carloads over November a year
ago, the University of Texas
bureau of business research re-
ports.
A total of 753 carloads was
shipped last month on the basis
of shell egg equivalent, as com-
pared to 651 in November last
year. Of the entire movement,
599 cars were shipped to other
states, principally California,
170 cars; New York, 144; and
Tennessee, 104.
EGG PRODUCTION IN
TEXAS INCREASES
identity and home addresses.
Late news received from
Sheriff Lee through Judge Con-
ner is to the effect that the
boys escaped from a Louisiana
Reformatory and their names
are Roy Holcomb and William
McDaniel. Authorities notified
Sheriff Lee they were sending
for them.—Headlight.
cents per gallon to increase
their selling prices so they can
realize a three cent gross mar-
gin.
“As an illustration of how
the provisions of this amend-
ment apply, we might assume
that a service station opera-
tor’s maximum price
line on December 1,
19 cents per gallon
cost of that gasoline
to his station w’as 17
gallon. That left him a gross
margin of two cents a gallon.
Under this new amendment he
may increase his maximum
price to 20 cents per gallon,
thus giving him a three cent
gross margin. However, if his
delivered cost is reduced at a
ty War Price and Rationing
Board pointed out today.
"Where an operator of a re-
tail service station selling gaso-
line adjusts his prices in this
manner, then he is required to
file a statement with the local
War Price and Rationing
Board,” Mr. Prouty pointed out.
This report must set forth
the service station’s delivered
cost, its maximum selling price
per gallon before a margin ad-
justment was made, and the
new maximum selling price.
“Each time a service station
operator’s delivered cost chang-
es and he increases or decreases
his maximum selling prices he
must refile this information
with the local War Price and
Rationing Board,” Mr. Prouty
said.
The Board chairman explain-
ed that when gasoline rationing
was established, the Office of
Price Administration recogniz-
ed that the consequent reduc-
tion in volume would create a
hardship to service station deal-
ers and other sellers of gaso-
line at retail who operated on
narrow margins And who de-
pended on large volume sales
and low cost marketing opera-
tions in order to realize a pro-
fit.
“To provide relief to these
operators,” Mr. Prouty continu-
ed, “an amendment to Maximum
Price Regulation No. 137 has
been issued. This amendment
permits dealers whose gross
margin was less than three
Brother of Otto Sell And
W. C. Ashorn of New
Who Attended Services
Ives Creek—School.
Piney-Roach Prairie—School.
Peters—Hall.
Cat Spring—Agricultural
Millheim—Hall.
Sealy—Liedertafel Hall.
Frydek—School.
Mixville—Hall.
Hartsville—School.
Wallis—School.
p. m.
all far-
Funeral Services Held
Sunday For Infant Son
To Hear Explanation On
Agricultural Offensive
Gasoline service stations op-
erators may now correct their
retail prices so they can realize
a gross margin of three cents
per gallon. D. L. Prouty,
Cat Spring, January 7.—
Some interesting letters have
been received by Mrs. Ben An-
dreas of Cat Spring, from her
brother Major William C. Dor-
britz, who is stationed in India.
One was written December 17
and arrived here January 2nd.
and one photographed V-Mail
letter was received January 3rd
but was written before the
regular letter, threfore traveled
longer.
He writes he’s still O. K. and
is always busy. The constant
rains have stopped entirely and
they kick up plenty of dust on
the roads. The thermometer
drops to about sixty during the
trimmed back to their normal
height now and all look like
our hedges here at home after
being cut back. He writes they
remain that way until the rains
begin again which is about the
middle of May.
The Irish potatoes issued to
them are about the size of pi-
geon eggs, but he writes, “Why
worry about the size, I don’t
have to peel them.” They have
some native boys to work fcr
them. They get some native
vegetables like turnips and
radishes w’hich are very good.
Tomatoes are coming in now
but they arg 24 cents a pound.
Pineapples grow there and are
extra gccd. Canned goods are
very high. They bought some
tall cans of milk like carnation
and paid $6.93 per dozen for
them, for catsup they paid
$1.40 for a 26 ounce bottle.
For Armistice Day they had
roast duck and all the trim-
mings and for Thanksgiving
they had roast goose and he
had hopes of having turkey for
Clung, co-chairman of the re-
gional Victory Fund Commit-
tee whose work embraces the
sale of all Treasury securities
(other than Series "E” war
bonds and stamps) in 39 south
Texas counties, announced the
the appointment of John C.
Churchill and David G. Ritchie
to assist in sales and publicity
work, respectively, with the lo-
cal committees in this county.
Mr. Churchill is well-known
among bankers and security
leaders, having been associated
with several of the country’s
most prominent bond houses.
As manager of the regional
Many Enterprise readers
wonder why certain things
about boys in the armed forces
are not published as sent in.
For the information of our
readers we are publishing the
following bulletin from the
Office of War Information
which will explain the reason
why some things are not pub-
lished:
If you know what ship a
sailor is on, or what company
or regiment a soldier is with
overseas, then (you know a
military “secret,” the Office of
Censorship in W a s h i n g ton
warns.
This secret ought rot to be
published. This is why:
A general needs to know the
Add hundreds of these bits
of information together, and
our enemies have a too-accurate
estimate of American military
strength.
These are our soldiers—Am-
ericans all—whom we endanger
by these “little slips.”
This is not a ‘blackout’ on
the news about cur soldiers.
Considerable latitude in report-
ing personal experiences gives
the enemy little military infor-
mation, if Jhe troop units, the
ship names are kept secret. But
in articles about soldiers and
sailors and in the addresses for
them, don’t give away their
fighting units.
Cross, will be held at Bellville,
Texas, on Tuesday, January’ 19,
1943, at 2 p. m., for the con-
sideration of reports, the elec-
tion of officers, and for the
transaction of such other busi-
ness as may properly come be-
fore the meeting.
All members of the Austin
County Chapter may attend the
meeting and vote.
The meeting will be held in
the auditorium of the elemen-
tary school building.
Mrs. R. E. Zeiske,
secretary.
Two Boys Caught Stealing
Gas In Eagle Lake
Was
Mrs.
Ulm,
Certain Things Should
Not Be Published
Eagle Lake, Jan. 1.—Monday-
night as Edgar Baring and
Lynn (“Jimmie") Frnka met
at ithe Baring Chevrolet Agency
to check parts, a noise in the
garage and storage room at-
tracted their attention. Frnka
went in to investigate >and
found two boys, apparently 14
and 15 years old, trying ito con-
ceal themselves underneath an
automobile.
They had taken 5 gallons of
gas from a car stored in the
garage and everything pointed
to the fact that they were mak-
ing preparations to steal a small
coupe, also in storage. Judge
Max Conner was notified
placed the lads in the City
where they remained until
arrival of Sheriff Harvey
Tuesday morning.
The boys gained entrance by
breaking a window in the rear
of the building. The latest in-
formation was to the effect
that the youths were still
guests in the Columbus jail.
They claimed to be from an-
other state and gave names,
but doubt prevails as to their
| operators in Texas. New Mexi-
co, Oklahoma and Louisiana
were reminded by John C. Mas-
senburg, ODT regional motor
transport division director, that
they must have the tires on
their vehicle inspected by Jan-
uary 15. After that date, opera-
tion of such a vehicle without
an endorsement by an approv-
ed tire inspector on the certifi-
cate of war necessity will be
unlawful. Passenger car opera-
tors must have their first tire
inspection by January 31.
I years imprisonment and
Augusta Lueck • $10,000 fine.
to produce. Also included will, consin is in the Mediteranean;
be the procedure for obtaining j another, that (the 206 Tank
new machinery and having old Battalion is in North Africa.
Gasoline Stations May
Correct Retail Prices
Emil G. Sell Dies At
His Bell County Home
night an 1 because of the damp- Victory Fund group, he wiH act
ness in the air they keep a fire as liaison between Mr. Law,
going. The tea gardens are being Mr. McClung, and the various
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be asked to contribute to next
year’s production program.
Sign-up the entire state is ex-
pected to be completed by Jan-
uary 31.
Comprehensive in scope, the
farm plan ard work sheet will
be used to determine what in-
dividual farms can ba expected
ciated. Burial was in a cemetery
rear Barkeley.
Surviving are five sons, Leo
H. of Oakland, Calif., Frank P.
of Akron, Ohio, Ernest E. of
Littlefield, Monroe of Cedar
Creek, and Eugene E. of Bur-
lington ; nine daughters, Mrs.
Bruno Birchelbach, Mrs. Au-
gusta Meeks and Miss Emma
Sell of Littlefield. Mrs. Joe
Holtman of Westphalia, Mrs.
C. C. Miller of Liberty, Mrs.
H. M. Little of Denver Colo.,
Mrs. Frieda Cates of Dallas,
Mrs. Alvin Lueck of Rosebud,
Mrs. Weldon Hoffman of Cald-
well; two brothers, Ed. of
Meek and Otto of New’ Ulm;
two sisiters, Mrs. William As-
hom of New Ulm and Mrs.
Bertha Schostag of Glidden.
Pallbearers were Otto Goeke,
Ernst Goldman, Gus Kraemer,
Leo Hoelscher, Dr. L. R. Talley,
J. A. Jansing, Frank Zabcik
and John Stock, Sr.
later date, he will then have to
reduce his selling price by a
corresponding amount.”
Mr. Prouty invited retail
gasoline dealers who wsh to
obtain more information about
this provision of the OPA reg-
ulations to inquire at the office
of the Austin County- War
Price and Rationing Board,
Beilville, Texas.
Temple, Jan. 6.—Emil G. Sell,
74, died at his heme Friday
at 8:30 a. m. after an illness of
several mor ths.
He was born in Germany in
'1868 and came <to this country
at the age of seven. He lived 1
in Austin county several years
before coming to Bell county,' fficatimj and registration cards' y wer® Planr
where he lived in the Cyclone would Subject the offender to1 -COU a get j
han 50 possible penalties totaling five Christmas a good one that
. ° _ moor a tnrIaavta nt
Draft Class Cards
Must Be Carried
sub-committees in. this and sur-
rounding counties. His personal
services will be available to
local committee members here
ta assist in the promotion and
sale of the new Treasury De-
partment offerings. These in-
clude tax savings notes, Vic-
tory 2*^54 bonds, short-term
il%% bonds, ard %% certifi-
cates of indebtedness. Mr.
Churchill maintains a headquar-
ters office at 303 First Na-
tional Bank Building, Houston.
Mr. Ritchie, Houston adver-
tising agency executive, who is
handling the current Houston
War Advertising Committee
campaign, will also serve as
advertising-publicity manager
for the regional Victory Fund
Committee. His work will in-
clude sales promotional activi-
ties for the 39 counties in the
Lake-McClung territory. Mr.
Ritchie stated that with the
assistance of more publicity of
an educational nature relating
Uo the new Treasury securities,
sub-committees in this region
can increase their sales to local
firms and individuals, thereby
materially aiding in South
Texas' contribution to the ra-
tion’s war financing effort. Mr.
Ritchie’s office in Houston is
1506 Second National Bank
Building. _ ,
George Otto Blezinger, 28-
day-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
George A. Blezinger of New
Ulm, died at 10:00 a. m. Sat-
urday, January 2nd, in a Hous-
ton hospital.
Surviving, besides the sor-
rowing parents, are four sis-
ters, Marlene, Naomi, Elaine
and Judith Blezinger, and the
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Julius Blezinger and Mrs. Clara
Heinsohn of New Ulm.
Funerai services were
on Sunday, January 3rd,
the family home, with
Leo H. Simon officiating. Burial
was made in Pilgrim’s Rest
cemetery at Industry. Zaskoda
Funeral Home was in charge
of services.
equipment repaired, needs for
fertilizer and insecticides, met-
hods for obtaining labor, credit,
seed and other services or
materials for 1943 production,
ard information necessary for
war board recommendations on
draft deferment.
Presiding at the state meet-
ing, B. F. Vance, chairman,
Texas USDA War Board, told
agricultural delegates that “for
every acre we shift from less
essential to vital crops, we will
be just that much further along
in our planned production pro-
gram.”
In adjusting production under
the farm program, farmers are
being asked to shift from crops
of which there are sufficient
reserves to warcrops, such as
peanuts, and soybeans, and es-
sential crops, such as corn, cats,
barley, and grain sorghums.
"Planned production means
adjusting acreage of vital war-
crops upward and adjusting less
essential crops downward to ob-
tain the desired production,” he
emphasized.
Vance explained that “just as
battles are fought and won
with so many tanks, so many
planes and so many ships, we
are fighting and winning our
battle of production with so
much wheat, so many eggs, so
much meat and so much cot-
ton.”
Highlighting the job ahead
for Texas farmers, H. H. Wil-'
liamson, Director Texas A. and
M. College Extension Service,
said that “materials, money,
manpower and management
will be the determining factors
as to which side of the peace
table the Allied Nations will
sit.”
Citing justification for pride
in the part Texas is playing in
the war, he said that Texas
could be appropriately desig-
nated as a 10 per cent state.
He explained .that so far in the
war, Texas had contributed
more than 10 per cent of the
nation’s armed forces, 10 per
cent of the commissioned offi-
cers, 10 per cent of the na-
tion’s food supply, and Texans
had invested 10 per cent of
their savings in war bonds.
Other Texas USDA War
Board members and agricultural
leaders addressed the confer-
ence on some of the problems
which face Texas farmers dur-
ing the coming year.
An explanation of this pro-
gram will be held at the fol-
lowing communities by your
community committeeman and
community leader of the Aus-
tin County Victory Council on
January 12th at 3:00
It is important that
mers be present;
Shelby—Hall.
Ilndustry)—Lahrmann's
New Ulm—Elo Zeiner’s Cafe.
Nelsonville—Hall.
Bleiblerville—Hall.
New Wehdem—School.
Kenney—Hall.
Bellville—Court Room.
Washington, Jan. 4.—All men
ip the 18-45 age group who
i have been subject to selective
service registration for six
iponths must carry draft class-
ijicaton cards s.arting Febru-
ary 1.
Selective service headquar-
ters announced the ruling as
part of a pregram of “vigorous ,
action” against draft delin-' ■ . • . —- v-- —-
quents. i Christmas day. He wishes all
Failure to carrv both class- i °F us a ^erry Xmas and that
—’ — - ■ - ■ they were planning for the best
t to make their
Commercial Vehicles Must
Get Tire Inspection
Commercial motor vehicle
There were 9,131 bales of |
cotton ginned in Austin coun-
ty, from the crop of 1942 prior
The annual meeting of Austin
•J » *•*»••• V*'V VIV^/ Vi WliUi y-, —. ° ,
to December 13. 1942, as com- County Chapter, American Red
Texas’ 254 county USDA war
boards were preparing this week
for the agricultural spring of-
fensive, scheduled to get under-
way January 12 on National
Farm Mobilization Day.
In a series of district meet-
ings over .the state, war board
members learned about the job
ahead of them ... the job of
getting the millions of Texas
farmers and ranchmen signed
on the dotted line to increase
their production of needed
foods in 1943.
Preceding the district meet-
ings, Texas agricultural lead-
ers met in College Station
where state-wide organization
plans were launched.
Through volunteer Laders, „ gc..cial lo R,iUW wic
headed by county USDA w’ar strength of his opponent; how
boards, all county farmers willt many men, guns, ships, planes
w
community for
years.
He and Miss
were married Dec. 2, 1894. j -------------
TUX“L:82?3O£p.^katPth“'C0tt0n Gil,l,in8 ReP°rt
home. Rev. W. A. Mueller, pas-
tor of the American Lutheran
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