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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1943
Page
3
Ida Ceilda Honig reports on local residents and visitors in White Bluff and Harper. Furlough homecomings, birthdays, trips to Kerrville Fredericksburg Fredericksburg and Boerne are noted along with social visits and corrections to prior reporting. Bernard Baruch referenced in political commentary.
The Corral reports Mallan moves family to Coleman and buys foundation cows from Witt. Rambouillet and Hereford sales stretch across Lonestar ranches with buyers from San Angelo to Del Rio. Mules, wool appraisals, and labor migration accompany a lean sheep feeding season and sparse rain across Plains and West Texas.
Governor Coke Stevenson announced Texans will contribute nearly 5 million dollars to the United War Chest of Texas backing USO War Prisoners Aid and other National War Fund agencies. He urged radio listeners across over fifty stations to join in a fighting and generous Texas effort.
Flores reports that Reno Fban, one of the outstanding Remount stallions, will soon leave the San Angelo barns for Wellington to stand at the Guy E. Clay place.
Mr and Mrs Lewis Stevens hosted visitors including Mr and Mrs Edgar Fiedler and Mr and Mrs Murray Stevens of Austin. Fox hunting occurred on the Fiedler and Peril ranches with Capt Bob Snow E W Marlowe and Elton Spencer. West on furlough from Sioux Falls stayed with Mrs Spencer. Some relatives noted induction into armed forces and visits to Stonewall Eldorado and San Antonio callers.
Major Nola Forrest defends Desert Training Center nurses as capable, describing their speed record crawl, heat endurance, snake risks, and gas mask drills. Nurses operate in mobile field hospitals, sleep in tents, bathe in tubs, and teach men in assembling masks while facing 130 degree days and venomous wildlife.
A press commentary argues that jobs for returning soldiers are essential to peace. It warns against reliance on government programs, urging production-based employment to repay debt and sustain prosperity with the nation’s resources, education, and ambition.
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