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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1940
Page
3
University of Texas astronomy students project a Grand Canyon on the Moon using a nine inch telescope. About 98 visitors view the lunar feature from the campus observatory each Tuesday night as studies compare the moon’s canyons to Earth’s.
Evidence mounts that the state Game Department should end the fishing season January instead of March. A large share of mid winter catches are female fish carrying eggs, alarming conservationists and prompting policy debate.
A historical overview extols wine as a natural tonic with medicinal value. It cites European physicians and Pasteur praising moderate wine use for digestion, vitality, endurance, blood health, and longevity, noting its role in military rations and athletic performance.
Austin notes B F Vance Assistant Administrative Officer of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration outlined the 1940 Triple A aims to maximize soil conservation spending. He cited smaller payments for seeding legumes and grasses, boosting legume seed production in the Pacific Northwest, and expanding soil building funds to very small farmers.
Lloyd Bell started poultry farming in Smiley, Texas, in 1916 after a California visit. The town now markets about 4,000,000 chickens annually with 300,000 turkeys raised yearly and a hatchery capacity of 62,000 eggs. Smiley hosts many poultry houses, supplies a restaurant chain with 2,600 broilers weekly, and Charlottetown guidance notes a looming 1941 egg shortage.
C L Martin 78 banker and ranchman died of a heart ailment at Mason Texas after illness since December. He headed Commercial National Bank and was active in land cattle holdings in Mason and Menard counties. Survived by daughter Anna and five sons Albert Paul Walter Seth and Rudolph.
Mr and Mrs J B Granville of Brady were visitors in the home of Mr and Mrs C W Granville Sunday.
Mr John S Whitewood and Mrs Whitewood traveled to Fredericksburg for a business trip Saturday, staying for meetings and return that evening.
Parity payments of 1.55 cents per pound for cotton and 10 cents per bushel for wheat begin for the normal 1940 acreage allotments, provided no overplanting occurs. Gillespie county farmers adhering to allotments will share $11,612.24 in cotton payments and $5,957.82 in wheat payments, in addition to conservation program supports.
Sixty six Gillespie County 4-H clubs members left Fredericksburg at 7 p m Thursday for the Southwest Texas Fat Stock Show in San Antonio this week. They traveled in two chartered buses sponsored by the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce as County agent Henry Grote accompanied the group.
S A Light quotes Raymond J. Kelly arguing the American Legion rejects radical labor leadership like Harry Bridges and fights communism in schools. He urges patriotic vigilance to defend institutions and principles and opposes hostility to labor and schools.
An International Council of Religious Education official warns that about 20 million American youth may be churchless and spiritually illiterate. The piece questions the figure’s realism yet urges more Bible teaching to shape tomorrow’s citizens. Also notes local obituaries and town trading entries from Wednesday.
Harry Hines, five year Texas Highway Commission member, announces for governor in 1940s contest. He vows a platform later and states his positions: against the sales tax, in favor of social security and pensions, and raising funds through cooperative legislative effort without harming any one group.
Harry Hines states he will run as a conservative candidate and will not out promise others. He vows to be a doer not a promiser and warns against appealing to ignorance or emotion to bait voters. He emphasizes honesty, integrity, and economy as core government fundamentals.
Gillespie County assigns a beautification project to plant plants shrubs evergreens cedars trees and grass around the court house under the supervision of Carl Vorauer of the Pecan Belt Nursery.
Snow fell across the surrounding territory but Fredericksburg was spared. North of town several miles reported deep snowfall with five inches on Grapetown and Comfort roads. The editor notes prospects for a strong crop year and mentions Mr. and Mrs. Henry Green planning a trip to Corona New Mexico with possible future relocation.
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