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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1942
Page
2
Local items in Comanche Chief and surrounding notes cover wartime drafts and registration dates, Red Cross drives, school and church updates, and community notices. Highlights include drought of deliveries, defense bonds appeal, local taxes, and district basketball changes with two-section play.
A mix of wartime commentary promotes Red Cross donations and Defense Bonds while mocking rumors of sacrifice. The page includes quips on homefront duty, observer questions, humor about Axis leaders, and a note on Walter Jack Cunningham Jr returning to Cambridge to train Harvard Army officers in electrical physics.
A clipped passage shows a figure speaking to himself about wielding absolute control over nations and peoples. The voice claims conquests across Europe and responsibility for wars, questioning the value of blood and national loyalty. The text hints at a war veteran painting background and hints at a chilling ego.
Mr and Mrs E M Brewton of Comanche received a letter from their son John Brewton in the Navy saying he was safe at Pearl Harbor Hawaii He was at Guam when the war began but escaped when the Japanese captured the island
D. T. Ross of Sidney renewed his Chief this week marking his fifty first year as a subscriber. He began in fall 1892, an election year in Comanche County when Populists and Democrats clashed. Ross recalls the Populist campaign song urging early polling for Weaver and Burleson. Weaver lost the governorship. Burleson won the House seat.
Sheriff Lewis Marshall, under District Judge J R McClellan, poured out $2000 worth of whisky brandy wine and champagne in the Comanche County Jail yard. City Marshal J B Arthur Deputy Tom Edwards and Constable McElroy witnessed the act. Ed Palmer of Gustine headlines as County Clerk candidate. Ernest Mason son of Mr and Mrs J D Mason dies in Arkansas and is buried here. Joe H Edison seeks re election as District Attorney.
WPA workers completed athletic and recreational facilities and campus beautification at Graham High School and the campus of the junior and elementary schools.
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