Attendance at County Track Meet Sets Record
Comanche High School wins All Round Championship with 215 points at Comanche County Meet held Friday and Saturday. Records include Jim Reese as top scorer with five firsts totaling 25 points. Brown and Denny also among leaders. Twelve teams competed, with Comanche schools dominating all events and the meet drawing the largest attendance in county history.
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Comanche
Comanche High School
de Leon High School
Comanche Grammar School
Brooks
Proctor
Energy
Instine
Duster
Comanche County
Jim Reese
Fred Brown
Harold Denny
Texas plans child health centers in every county
Austin March 29 Dr C W Goddard state health officer outlines a plan to create a child health center in every Texas county. The program focuses on protecting child health from pregnancy through preschool age and aims to build a broader health center network including psychology, tuberculosis and dental clinics for statewide improvement.
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Tg Child Health Center
Texas
Austin
Tex
C. W. Goddard
United Americans Patriotic Group Clarifies Its Purpose
Beulah S. Giver of Houston states the United Americans are a patriotic organization not political. The group claims no party ties and emphasizes education and defense of constitutional rights, with members donating time and funds freely as citizens.
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Beulah S. Giver
Houston
United Americans
American Party
Th Bailey
The
Comanche High Leads In 1940 Literary and Track Meet
Comanche High swept multiple events in a weekend meet. De Leon dominated Declamation and Spelling with top finishes across senior and junior divisions. Track winners included John Donaho and Eugene Anthony in juniors and Minnie Langford in the girls dash, with Comanche High school girls winning the senior relay. A final awards assembly honored all event winners.
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Proctor
Comanche
Comanche High
de Leon High
Proctor High
de Leon
Claude Larson
Bernice Hensler
Grace Harvey
Clarence Redden
Ora Grace Jenkins
Billy Scurry
Carvel McMillan
John Donaho
Eugene Anthony
Carlos Holcomb
Minnie Pearle Langford
Ruth Emert
Comanche High School
Grammar School
Comaniche
Destructive Storm Across Eight States Claims Many Lives
Chicago reports 161 dead from Saturday tornadoes across eight states with Indiana 36 Illinois 30 Ohio 26 Michigan 11 Georgia 38 Alabama 17 St Louis 1 East Troy 1 and a potential 15 more fatalities in Stovall Georgia under investigation. Many missing as communities recover and relief measures mobilize.
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Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
Michigan
Georgia
Alabama
St. Louis
East Troy
Wis
Stovall
la Grange
Home Rule Bill Passes Commons Amid Irish Debate
Lloyd George hailed the second reading of the Irish home rule bill by 348 to 94, arguing it grants Ireland broad self government. Reports from the Midwest note millions in property damage from a storm, with Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, and Georgia affected. relief efforts and reconstruction underway around Chicago suburbs.
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London
House of Commons
Lloyd George
Ireland
E. DeVelera
Sinn Fein
Irish Republic
Jefferson Davis
Wales
Scotland
Illinois
Ohio
Michigan
Georgia
Red Cross
Elgin
Maywood
Melrose Park
Irving Park
Chicago
Editor's Straw Vote Highlights McAdoo Cox Ticket
Washington dispatch reports a nationwide editor straw poll from the International News Service. McAdoo leads for president with Cox as preferred vice president, while the platform favors business administration with liberal bent and strong eighteenth amendment support. Hoover is ineligible, shifting Democrats to the next top contender in early returns.
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Washington
International News Service
William Gibbs McAdoo
New York
James M. Cox
Ohio
Herbert Hoover
McAdoo
Cox
Palmer
Edwards
New J
William Jennings Bryan
Hoover
High prices for chickens and eggs at D. C. Bailey’s
Prices for poultry and eggs rise at D. C. Baileys with garden seed and slider Lacy items listed among the offerings.
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D. C. Bailey
Slider & Lacy
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United Americans Not Political Organization
Wado Leader
J. M. Cox
ONTO
First Baptist Church
Comanche, Texas
Harmon Howard
Miss Ivy Huddleston
Quartette
Xrophia Clark
Robert Eaton
A. W. Palmer
Il Trovatore
Ivy Huddleston
Christ Is King
Miss Ruth Farmer
Sermon
L. J. Mimms
Howard Payne College
Brownwood
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