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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1940
Page
4
Classified fragment notes subscription rate of 1.50 per year appears with postal registration details. Mentions second class matter at Harper Texas post office dated February 25 1926 under act March 3 1876.
Tex Ritter headlines a Friday Saturday double bill featuring Westbound Stage a perilous six rider stagecoach ride with a killer ambush. Nelson McDowell Reed Howes support the cast. The House of the Seven Gables screens second the second half of the program with George Sanders Margaret Lindsay Vincent Price Nan Grey and Dick.
Approximately four and a half million Texans will hear the opening ceremonies for the new Veteran's Hospital in Amarillo. The program, carried statewide from 3:00 to 3:30 p.m. on May 12, will be aired by the Lone Star Chain and KTLA in South Texas. Assistant Secretary of War Louis Johnson will be the main speaker.
Bing Crosby and Gloria Jean lead the bright comedy If I Had My Way showing Sunday and Monday May 12 13 with lively tunes and a clever supporting cast. The plot follows Crosby a steelworker friend group into New York after a bridge accident and a bankruptcy buy, with Charles Winninger Claire Dodd and others in support.
Home safety advice highlights common domestic hazards and steps to reduce risk. Falls on stairs and wet floors, unsafe ladders, burns from stoves and hot objects, electrical dangers, and poison risks from medicines and cleaning products are identified. Clear precautions urge guarding stairs, using proper ladders, testing appliances, and storing poisons out of reach.
Dallas May 2 Texas women with the National Consumers Tax Commission study municipal budgets debt and services in Edgewood Terrell Grand Saline Wharton Yoakum Mata gorda and Van Zandt counties Hallsville Hopewell Negley Nordheim San Augustine and Orange as 846 groups prepare to share findings with 5 000 cities nationwide the drive stems from a 247 percent tax rise in 26 years and aims to apply home economy principles to government management.
Christian W. Simon born February 10 1877 at Castell died May 6 1940 aged 63 years 2 months 26 days. Survived by his wife Jannie Goodman Simon four children and four brothers. Funeral services conducted by Rev F A Bracher at Beckmann's funeral home with burial in the city cemetery.
Eight thousand birds displayed at the 1939 State Fair of Texas Poultry Show while more than 2500 birds were turned away for lack of space. Organizers plan the 1940 Fair to accommodate all birds submitted.
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