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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1943
Page
2
A Comanche Chief Christmas segment highlights letters from children, community pride, and local reactions to holiday issues. It notes strong readership, editorials, and wartime morale, with references to rationing, Army service, and local Commerce.
A wartime column mixes biblical excerpt, home front notes, and a soldier’s vow to protect liberty. It includes a tongue in cheek quip about gasoline, a chiding warning about penalties under a Rental Control Act, and a heartfelt dedication from Pvt. Melvin Autrey to Bille Ruth Autrey. The verse expresses resolve to fight and return home.
Personal notes record Pvt Melvin Autrey visiting his wife and Mrs W A Lee and Charlotte visiting in Waco with her parents over the holidays. Miss Jillian Holman applied to join WAACs in Brownwood and was told to report to Dallas on the 30th for final tests. A fifty year ago column recalls Miss Duke of Tyler visiting Miss Clare Beeman. FSA County Supervisors Roy J. (incomplete)
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