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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1941
Page
6
In Harper Texas a public notice under the act references 1676. A C Wendel is named as the authorized advertising collector and subscription agent for the Harper Herald.
Readers with clipped reviews gain free admission on the night their name appears. The program features East of the River an action drama with John Garfield and Brenda Marshall about two brothers in New York’s lower East Side, followed by Pony Post with Johnny Mack Brown. Also shown are You'll Find Out with Kay Kyser and The Bank Dick starring W C Fields and others.
A playful musical thriller features Peter Lorre Boris Karloff Bela Lugosi and Kay Kyser in a plot to murder by accident a debutante Helen Parrish to keep Alma Kruger in charge of the money. Kay Kyser and his troupe provide the musical center.
A Pensacola air cadet faces a baptism of fire with a naval squadron at North Island. Robert Taylor Ruth Hussey and Walter Pidgeon star in a thriller of power dives parachute jumps dog fights carrier landings and plane crashes filmed with stunt planes for a crescendo of action and human drama.
Five Gillespie County youths enlisted in the U S Army according to Sgt Theodor von Essen recruiting officer Kerrville. Enlistees include Vernon R Moehle at Kelley Field Frank P Schaper at Fort Sam Houston Willie H Wahl at Fort Sam Houston Hugo Henke at Fort Sam Houston and Hermann W Ottmers in the Medical Department.
Ruth Kline outlines activities from April to December 1940 including nursing visits, immunizations, conferences, and community outreach. Highlights cover Maternity Home licensing, school health programs, water testing, Red Cross efforts, and plans for future disease control and sanitation initiatives in Gillespie County.
A Texas extension dairyman estimates the silage stored in trenches across the state could feed about 2 million dairy cattle for 143 days. The silage includes grain sorghums corn sorghum products and various vegetables and fruits while beef sheep horses and chickens also use the supply.
Texas Game Department warns fishing is closed in Kimble and Liano counties from Jan 1 through May 1 beyond the general March April closure. Ten additional counties ban fishing longer, while Kimble extends catfish closure to July 1.
New Braunfels welcomes the Robert E. Pent Wool Top Manufacturing company as it installs machinery in the former Moore Grocery building. Founder Robert E. Pent has moved from Pennsylvania with his family to establish the plant, the only one of its kind south of Philadelphia, producing wool material by removing short fibers to yield long finer hairs for top worsted yarns. Texas has produced more than six times as much petroleum as Pennsylvania.
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