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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1943
Page
1
Washington Congress reconvenes with no major bills expected before January. A prewar British defense briefing describes Dragons Teeth defenses and barbed wire barriers across England and Scotland. The piece covers postwar road and flood control bills, Social Security tax, and War Powers Act continuation, interwoven with social notes from the Kneese and Stevens families.
Catholic text expresses gratitude to God in all life aspects from joy to illness to death. Prose lists blessings including Virgin Mary, body and blood, and eternal praise. The refrain thanks God for today and tomorrow and asks for eternal song in Heaven.
In this reflection on success the author argues true success rests on virtue and impact rather than money or potatoes. He cites Schubert, Schiller, Emerson, Ford, and Beethoven to show happiness comes from doing good work and improving society, not high earnings, ending with a tale of a devoted couple and a soldierly husband. Mr. and Mrs. Burton Brown and two sons of Kerrville visited the J. S. Whitewood home Monday evening.
War correspondents understate civilian suffering in France and Italy while Quaker and UNRRA sources note vast winter needs. Normandy hosts 250 000 displaced awaiting aid. Secours Social may cover only 30 percent of demands. American chaplains report morale boosts from daily prayers amid frontline duties.
Mrs Pete Whitworth shot a large 15 point buck on Wednesday afternoon at their Blue Mountains ranch. This is a local hunting report noting the successful harvest and hunter details.
The weekly schedule lists Masses at 9 and 10 30 a m on Sunday with Sunday School and discussion club meetings open to all, plus Catholics and non Catholics invited. Parish societies meet monthly with specific rosters, and a Night School of Religion opens December 8 following the semester. The piece also notes a visit by a bishop connected to Rabaul and reports on Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian church events and local social notices.
The International Council of Religious Education announces a new revision of the Revised Version New Testament. Dean Luther A. Weigle of Yale Divinity School chairs the revision committee with eight Old Testament and eight New Testament members. Printing is delayed due to paper shortages, with Old Testament readiness projected three to four years. The aim is to blend traditional elegance with up to date scholarship. The tsetse fly hinders African dairy projects, but missionaries in Metet Cameroons report progress using regular injections to maintain healthy cattle.
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