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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1941
Page
4
A nostalgic recipe piece promotes Picnic Turnovers as a cheese and ham filled snack for picnics and indoor gatherings. It extols light flaky biscuit crusts, urges using all vegetable Spry for easy biscuits, and claims a timely recipe saves hunting for alternatives.
Combine ground ham mayonnaise mustard onion juice and pickle. Stir in flour with baking powder and salt. Cut in Spry add milk to form soft dough. Roll to half inch thick and cut squares. Brush with butter place cheese and ham mix, fold into triangles, seal, bake 425 degrees for 23 to 25 minutes. Serve hot or cold. Makes 10.
COLLEGE STATION July 16 Small farmers receive the bulk of conservation and parity payment checks under the 1939 farm program. B F Vance says 92 percent of conservation payments and 92 percent of parity payments were for under 200 dollars. The report shows eight tenths of one percent earned 1000 dollars or more. Automatic increases apply when payments are under 200 and a minimum 20 dollars plus 15 for forest tree practice totals 85 dollars, raised to 46 under small payment provisions. No individual can earn more than 10 000 in conservation payments, parity payments exempt.
A wartime home canning guide urges mothers and sweethearts to craft fruit jellies and jams for soldiers using short boil methods. It provides cherry and gooseberry jelly recipes with fruit pectin, detailed steps, quantities, and safety notes for canning and sealing.
College Station reports watermelons as a diet fruit to be used for at least one daily meal during July and August. J F Rasborough notes improved fruit quality with seeds reduced, while Texas shipments grow with 1000 carloads moving to other states. Regions from Nacogdoches to Henderson and Leon counties lead production and rail to truck transport shifted. Varieties Dixie Queen Cuban Queen Blue Rind Watson highlight breeding progress and market appeal.
To obtain large melons remove all on the vine except two of the best when fruit is three to six inches long. After heavy rainfall Ros borough advises adding 100 to 300 pounds of commercial fertilizer per acre to offset fertility loss. The Texas Playboys perform a dance at Deiko's hall Hye on Saturday night July 19.
The War Department authorized a Silver Badge of Courage for wear by qualified U S Army parachutists on the left breast, similar to Air Corps pilots wings. Designed by Captain William P. Yarborough of the 82nd Parachute Battalion, the badge recognizes daring skill and includes extra pay, with selection for the service being selective.
A fragmented dialogue from a choir practice scene depicts Rastus refusing to reveal a name while a boss questions a collector. The narrator notes rain and his wife venturing downtown, with a quirky line about the tenors and the gates of Hell before the chorus joins.
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