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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1941
Page
5
Mrs A C Wendel is named as the Harper Herald advertising solicitor and collector of subscriptions and related duties as the authorized representative for the newspaper.
The Palace presents a double program with Leon Errol in Mexican Spitfire Out West co starring Lupe Velez and George O Brien in Stage To China. Errol shows four impersonations including Uncle Matt and Higgins as the plot follows a madcap bride and her husband amid comedic misadventures. Stage To China follows a frontier postal inspector and a gang of outlaws sabotaging a stagecoach set about Arizona frontier history.
Franchot Tone stars in Trail of the, first Western role, playing an undercover agent seeking the killer of a reporter. The film features Warren William, Broderick Crawford, Mischa Auer, and others with spectacular California mountain scenery. Also shown are Dionne Quintuplets in a social bio film on Sunday to Monday.
Miss Lola Crenwelge married Arno Ahrens in Bethany Lutheran Church with Rev M Hang officiating. Adeline Hang provided organ music and Nora Ahrens served as maid of honor. couple plans to reside on a White Oak area ranch.
On Tuesday January 28 Rev O Leonhard united Edna Hartmann and Ernst Deike in marriage at Albert Lutheran church. Organist Albert Meier accompanied the ceremony. Attendants included Victor Deike Olivia Hartmann Elgin Hartmann and Ruby Grobe. A wedding feast followed at the bride’s parents home. The couple will reside in Hye where the groom operates a business.
The Ford Good Drivers League announces its 1941 contests open to both boys and girls age 14 to 18. Each state selects a boy and girl champion, with 98 national scholarships awarded for top drivers. National finals run in Dearborn starting August 6.
The third annual Dirt Farmers Congress will meet in Austin February 3 and 4 drawing farmers from across Texas to discuss agricultural problems and future plans. Governor Daniel and state leaders are invited to speak as delegates join sessions on rural issues, vocational education, and farm policy.
Frank Scofield, collector of the First Texas District, Austin, says more than 8,000,000 Americans with no prior federal income tax liability must file returns by March 15 for 1940 earnings. Personal exemptions shrink. a special 10 percent defense tax is added to normal taxes.
Austin January 27 Fifty per cent of the insured fire loss in Texas over a 10-year period 1930 39 was of unknown origin. Fire insurance commissioner Marvin Hall reported the total insured losses for the decade at 107 412 711.00 while 1939 losses were 10 018 029.00 versus 17 225 417.00 in 1930. Exposure led all causes with 7 730 399.00 over the decade and 612 925.00 in 1939. Incendiary losses declined but totaled 6 833 437.00 in ten years. Forty three per cent of annual fire loss comes from exposure incendiary matches and smoking gasoline and kerosene spontaneous combustion electricity faulty wiring stoves and furnaces chimneys and flues gas and lightning.
In Austin on January 23 Senator Pey backs a bill to raise license fees for commercial motor vehicles over 10,000 pounds with pneumatic or solid tires. The plan sets 70 and 90 cents per hundred for trucks and tractors, 60 and 80 cents for trailers, and 1.40 and 2 dollars per hundred for motor buses over thresholds, replacing the old rates up to 4 dollars per hundred for heavy tires. The measure aims to modernize fees while aligning with vehicle weights and uses, amid broader public road and safety discussions.
Dr. Carl Moore known as the debonair deceptionist appears February 5 and 6 at the Palace Theatre with two programs. Lions Club sponsors the event with tickets 30 cents for adults and 10 cents for children, alongside the film Seven Sinners with Marlene Dietrich.
Dick Smith of Kerrville Texas faced a 15.75 dollar bill for ammunition and blistered nerves after a deer hunt yielded no game. A buck leaped a fence and collided with his truck causing damage and the animal to be forfeited to the Kerrville game warden. Mrs Willie Pape and her daughter visited Harper.
January 28 report quotes Lynn B. Shaw of the Texas Motor Transportation Association saying blame for highway damage shifts away from vehicles like sedans and trucks. The piece discusses how climate factors contribute to road wear across Texas.
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