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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1941
Page
5
The Harper Herald notes weekly Friday publication and lists Harold Dietel as editor with a one year subscription price of $1.60. The brief item presents a small-town newspaper snapshot and pricing.
The piece extols American private enterprise as the driving force behind wartime production and civilian abundance. It credits manufacturing and commerce with building a defense machine, fuels, goods, and services, and frames private enterprise as central to national greatness and military strength.
Roy Rogers stars as a former Confederate prisoner who seeks to purge Texas of corrupt carpetbaggers and unscrupulous locals. Gabby Hayes provides comedy with Marjorie Reynolds as lead actress. The program also features the Dead End Kids in Hit the Road as the second feature.
Local theater previews Judy Canova in Puddin Head on Sunday and Monday September 14 15 as a hillbilly landowner clashing with United Broadcasting over a Manhattan skyline stake. Also promoted is Time Out for Rhythm with Rudy Vallee Ann Miller Rosemary Lane Allen Jenkins Joan Merrill and The Three Stooges among others in a music filled romance.
In a lighthearted plot Judy holds firm against coercive pleas from a handsome Russian nobleman. Slim Summerville plays Uncle Lem with Raymond Walburn Alma Kruger and Eddie Foy Jr in the Nichols clan. Francis Lederer portrays the impoverished Russian Prince Karl.
Paramount presents a Technicolor version of Harold Bell Wrights novel The Shepherd of the Hills starring John Wayne Betty Field and Harry Carey. The film opens Wednesday and Thursday September 17 18 with a celebrated cast and director promising a strong moviegoing treat.
Texas USDA Defense Board plans a house-to-house survey and pledge signup to boost food output. Chairman B F Vance said every Texas farmer will be contacted by December 1 as part of a state wide effort guided by national production goals set by Secretary Wickard. The drive will be conducted through all 254 counties.
The article questions why deportation actions against labor leader Harry Bridges have stalled after FBI evidence reached the Justice Department. It contrasts alleged Communist ties with calls for stronger defense production plans, noting USDA campaigns and production goals for 1942 led by Secretary Wickard, including milk and eggs targets and farm surveys.
Dr Russel Wilder of Mayo Clinic chairs the National Research Council Food and Nutrition Committee promoting nutrition as national defense. He warns vitamin B1 deficiency in the U S diet contributes to labor unrest and urges enrichment of bread and flour to boost nerve morale and overall health for a stronger nation.
The text explains precise trench silo filling: wet grain to a heavy dew level and center-high placement. It also cites a U S Department of Agriculture bulletin noting low cost diets favor milk for protein calcium and vitamins. A dialogue fragment about engagement with an Irish boy ends the excerpt.
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