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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1943
Page
2
The issue urges feeding allies and boosting meat production for soldiers while detailing USDA guidance on poultry crops and garden campaigns. It notes income tax changes for 1943, deductions for medical expenses and War Stamps, and mentions CHS sports captain serving in the Navy plus a serviceman’s mother poem from Comanche County.
At Abilene last week a Red Cross War Fund meeting reviewed early Texas relief efforts tracing the first Red Cross work to the 1887 dreath. It noted Red Cross crews reached the coast two days before the 1942 Coastal storm struck. The talk referenced censorship restricting Weather Bureau forewarnings.
A wartime summary notes the Red Cross handled 16 609 cases from 1941 to 1942 and assisted in 172 disasters during 1942. It emphasizes Red Cross service on land and sea, at home and abroad and that 60 percent of donations support armed forces.
Corporal Roger Loudermilk of Amarillo is here on a furlough. John Levridge of Cisco who recently completed a vocational course at Tupin's Jewelry Store here has accepted a position with the Bruton Jewelry Company at Monahans. Mrs. Roy Dabney spent the week end at Sheppard Field with her husband. Mrs. W. B. Barret and her mother, Mrs. Ida Wood spent last week in Houston.
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