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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1941
Page
3
The 1942 Oldsmobile B-44 line debuts with five new series the Sixty Seventy Ninety Eight and options including Hydra-Matic Drive. It features a double duty bumper streamlined bodies and ten color choices with advanced interior and safety features. Hydra-Matic promises fuel savings and easier driving alongside stronger frames and redesigned engines.
Gillespie county AAA announces crop insurance for cotton with average lint yield and per acre premium set by 1934–1940 history or appraised figures. Applications await State AAA and Federal approval. writing may start in fall with allotments due by Nov. 1 to support the food-for-defense program. Insurance covers hail rain flood drought and similar risks, not losses from seed quality or mismanagement.
Farmers in Gillespie county urged to finish soil-building practices by November 30 1941 to receive AAA payments for the year Dorman D Sell secretary of the county AAA committee warned the 1941 program ends November 30 1941 and all practices must be completed to earn the money. Practices include terracing contour ridging listing chiseling furrowing non crop pasture building earthen tanks and reservoirs to preserve soil and moisture and prevent erosion amid national defense needs.
General J Watt Page State Director warned registrants under the Selective Training and Service Act to promptly notify their local board of any change of address or face penalties. He cited fines up to 10000 dollars and imprisonment up to five years, stressing willful violations are pursued while urging timely reporting to avoid default and aid National Defense.
Dorman D. Sell, secretary of the Gillespie county AAA committee, said 1942 allotments will be issued to farmers by November 1 to clear decks for the national defense canvass. County goals and the farm plan sheet method will guide payments as Texas farmers are urged to boost production of milk, eggs, and foodstuffs.
Gillespie County farmers are advised to obtain rat poison from the Department of Rodent Control at the Agricultural Building. Deposits must be made by October 18 to ensure supply. poison is perishable and limited to funds on hand. The 1942 program supports national emergency needs with allotments for crops and commercial Irish potatoes.
In a small court scene a magistrate questions a husband about striking his wife. He quips that with the wife’s back turned, a broom handy, and a back door ajar, he saw a chance and acted. The exchange reflects a grim but comic legal moment from the era.
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