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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1945
Page
3
The Harper Herald notes its Friday publication as a local weekly paper and quotes Marcus Aurelius on the value of living rationally and cherishing the season of life, contrasting fleeting human fortunes with enduring wisdom.
The wool purchase program faces expiration next November 1 unless new legislation advances. Senator O Mahoney’s bill stalls in Senate Agriculture as White House and agencies back it. CCC sells wool about 8 cents below producers due to imported wool price pressure. The British Wool Council controls a 4 billion pound stockpile, threatening American producers without quotas.
Dutch priest Father Heuschen initiated a program in January 1945 through the Netherlands War Graves committee to have Dutch families adopt the 19000 American servicemen buried at the Margraten cemetery. Adoptive duties include visiting graves, delivering flowers on birthdays and feast days, and sending grave photos to relatives, though only about twenty percent of soldiers’ relatives are known.
Mason County News notes a July 20 consolidation election across Art Peters Prairie Fredonia Grit Ten Mile and Mason independent districts after prior rejections. If any of the five districts vote no the plan collapses for the others though prior consolidation support exists. W R Root of Porto Rico visits locally, and American graves adoption details are provided for Margarten Holland and two other Dutch cemeteries.
Reports from multiple cities show religious groups opposing a revived Ku Klux Klan or similar outfits. In Knoxville white Protestant and Negro pastors associations collaborate to form biracial committees. Miami ministers offer to study interracial conditions and reduce friction. Rabbis address rising postwar divorce rates with counseling and home programs. The Northern Baptist Convention urges detention homes for children to cut juvenile delinquency, while Christian leaders from India plan tours to enlist Western churches.
The piece recalls a 1930 radio address by Governor Roosevelt arguing against federal overreach into utilities finance and education. It warns that centralizing power could dissolve the Union and defends state home rule as essential to a united country. The author questions who these “master minds” are and when they rose to power.
A long list of anti Catholic claims is presented and challenged by Sunday Visitor Press Inc of Huntington Indiana. The piece questions the truth of the charges and says no one has claimed the rewards offered for repeating them.
A list of guests includes Mr. and Mrs. Forest Bode and their family, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Bode and son, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Parker and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Parker and children, Mr. and Mrs. Clovis McDonald of Kerrville, Mr. and Mrs. Floy Bode and children, and Mr. and Mrs. Dayton Rade.
Harper Texas church notices show Rev. A R Allen services and July events at First Baptist Church including Sunday School, worship, CYF gatherings, summer Catholic events in the area, and an upcoming revival led by Rev Hal C Wingo with nightly services. Local families receive birthday and visiting updates alongside military visitor notes from Chinese air officers.
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