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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1940
Page
1
A snippet notes a "little girl" dress in gold and white silk and rayon with a circular skirt as a new Southern wear idea. It also mentions fashion displays and related styles in a bustling era of design.
Argentinita Spain’s greatest dancer with Dance Ensemble appears at the San Antonio Auditorium Friday evening January 19. John Martin of the New York Times calls her act a heart warming display of grace and skill with comedy and song.
Antelope moved from 20 localities after roundups by the Texas Game Department near Sterling City are faring well. Executive secretary reports show 264 trapped animals with injuries under three percent. if most thrive, Texas may soon allow a limited open season on the fleet creatures.
A red fox near Gonzales Texas died in what authorities term death by its own action. E H Menking found the animal hanging in a tree fork southeast of Goa. Believed accidental entanglement with the fork led to the fox’s death as it clawed at the bark in a frantic effort to free itself.
The Texas A and M College Extension Service releases Starring Turkeys a folder by Jennie Camp and Nora Ellen Elliott to promote using surplus turkeys. It offers selection, trussing and cooking directions plus stuffing ideas and tips for carving and saving leftovers.
Texas Game Department reports two elk sightings in the Panhandle and about 400 elk in Trans-Pecos. A Knox County rancher killed a bull elk head and antlers in his possession. A cow elk was seen east of Wellington as drift from Oklahoma’s Wichita Preserve is suspected. Byron Skelton of Temple shows a three horned deer with a six inch center spike.
Right out of the air features Charles Boyer set to star in the Hollywood Playhouse Wednesday nights at 8. The piece notes radio fans can hear Phil Spitalny's Hour of Charm musicians who speak multiple languages in the studio. It mentions Carlton E Morse’s I Love a Mystery and lists various animals previously featured. Marlene Dietrich is teased for a rare radio appearance.
The article highlights performers and figures in radio and entertainment. Boyer’s demobilization and unusual half hour dramatizations return to the air. Kate Smith and her afghans spark talk on Radio Row. Basil Rathbone Holmes scripts shift to Warner Bros. and John Scott Trotter accompanies Bing Crosby. Bob Christenberry ties New York radio and hotel show business together with on air music and conducting.
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt reviews twenty years of women in politics in Good Housekeeping January issue. She notes suffrage did not create utopia but cites gains in appointive posts, praises Secretary of Labor Perkins as best this country has had, and commends Anne O Hara McCormick of the New York Times as a distinguished woman shaping the path for others.
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