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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1943
Page
1
The House approved the Connally anti strike bill by 231 to 141 with strengthening amendments. Donald Nelson warned the coal strikes threaten national security, while John L. Lewis demanded higher pay. The speaker urged using strikers in national defense or labor battalions as a wartime measure.
A collection of statements and plans from church leaders covers a postwar cooperative rural church movement, youth leadership, and political rights. It notes a Columbus conference to unite twenty-five religious bodies, aims to repeal Chinese Exclusion laws for Oriental immigration, and two Presbyterian moderatorial appointments for 1943-44 with a vow to foster church union.
In a Harper Herald piece, the author argues that Catholics vary in practice and belief, stating the church offers all truths but cannot compel faith. The text notes that being a “good Catholic” requires sacrifice and discipline, while acknowledging lax or what some call bad Catholics as part of reclaiming human nature.
Mrs A B Barker Sr and her young daughter of Millersview visit relatives here. Calvin Gatling and 000 Colon visit at Mrs A B Barker Jr's home. Alton Barker and son come on business. Mrs Hugo Hopf spends days with her daughter Doris at Camp Swift.
The new plan assigns city postal unit numbers to large city mail to speed distribution and ease clerk workload. Mail bearing the numbers moves faster. without them delays may occur. Postmasters, press, radio, and chambers of commerce promote the system nationwide.
Mr and Mrs Carl Durst visited at her parents home of Mr and Mrs Fred Gammenthaler on Sunday. Rev Charles Workman spent several days visiting here and filled his regular appointment.
Research chemists from the Department of Agriculture, led by W Ray Scruggs, plan to manufacture industrial alcohol from sotol in Del Rio. With limited equipment needs and no extra financing, the project could start soon, pending priority allocation. The move comes amid a declining grain surplus and aims to ease rubber and munitions supply needs, per WPB and Rubber Administrator Jeffers.
Regional crops face mixed prospects as floods cut yields in the Middle West and livestock gains draw more feed. Reports foresee replanting and big increases in peanuts and soybeans, with peanut output possibly rising toward two million tons, while cottonseed crushing climbs from 3.72 million to 4.20 million tons.
At a Labor Committee hearing Henry J. Kaiser discussed postwar planning and the need for business leadership to help returning soldiers. He recalled a soldier’s remark about not wanting to sell apples on the street after the war and urged management to rise to the challenge.
Dean Hopf, attending A and M College, spent the weekend with his family. Madge Romell Whitewood visited her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Whitewood on Wednesday and Thursday. Miss Elizabeth Gammenthaler returned home Saturday after spending the week with her sister Mrs. Allen Fauler in San Antonio.
Dr Richard Brook bishop of Emundsbury and Ipswich uses a cart as pulpit to bless Britain s farms during Rogation Sunday rites. revival comes as wartime harvest needs rise and Rogation Sunday falls on the last Sunday in May with American churches calling it Rural Life Sunday.
Among recent honors conferred by the British Crown upon residents of India for meritorious service to the empire appear the names of three Christians in North India. Miss Olive Dunn, daughter of the Rev. William N. Dunn, of South Bend, Ind., and a missionary of the Methodist Church in Shahjahanpur, India, has been awarded the Silver Kaiser-i-Hind Medal, Justice Dulip Singh, brother of Raja Sir Maharaj Singh, president of the ...
The notice lists various ration stamps and their validity: Coffee Stamp No 24 and Sugar Stamp No 13 from Book 1 cover one and five pounds respectively through late summer, Home canning stamps 15 and 16 through October 31, Meats and dairy red stamps with May and June windows, Blue Blue coupons K L M for canned foods through July 7, Shoes Stamps 17 and 18 with June deadlines, Gasoline No 6 coupons four gallons through July 21, tire inspection deadline June 30 for B Book holders, and Ration Book No 8 applications due by June 10 to OPA in Dallas.
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