Thomas Resigns As REA Manager To Lead Texas Power Reserve
A. C. Thomas resigns as manager of the Comanche County REA to head the Texas Power Reserve based in Lufkin. Grigsby will serve as temporary manager. The REA serves over 1,000 farms in Comanche and extends power to Brown and Eastland counties.
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Thomas
REA
Texas Power Reserve
Grigsby
A. C. Thomas
Comanche County
Lufkin
Texas
Longview
Texas Cooperative Electric Power
Ela Cooperatives of Texas
Ory J. Grigsby
Brown
Eastland County
Drapon Ritchie
Soldier from Gustine writes vivid WWII diary from Philippines
S/Sgt Granville W Houck of Gustine describes 19 months overseas, travels through Australia Milne Bay and New Guinea, and campaigns with the 32nd Division in Saidor Biak Saipan and the Philippines. He details hard realities, hunger, danger, jungle fighting, and reads The Chief as a morale lifeline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Milne Bay
New Guinea
Goodenough Island
Ferguson Island
Turkey
Saidor
Biak
Saipan
Finehaven
Philippines
Granville
Cpl Hansard Home On Thirty Day Furlough From Overseas
Cpl Hansard of Higginbotham Bros. in town on a 30 day furlough after thirty two months overseas. In the Medical Corps of the First Armored Division he served in North Africa and Italy, taking part in four major battles before reporting back to his unit in Italy. He formerly worked in the wholesale department at Higginbotham Bros. & Co. in this city.
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Cpl
Dallas Hansard
Hansard
North Africa
Italy
First Armored Division
Cpl. Hansard
Higginbotham Bros. & Company
Comanche Schools Lead Scrap Paper Drive
Comanche Public Schools urge students to bring scrap paper to school by Monday to aid the war effort. A car of paper is due to be loaded if weather permits, with rural schools urged to participate as well. Superintendent Perry Moring notes Proctor and De Leon schools sold large quantities, while County Superintendent Dale Howard calls for all rural schools to join.
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Comanche
Studnts
Perry Moring
Proctor
de Leon
Dale Howard
De Leon Business Man E A Terrell Killed In Auto Crash
E A Terrell a prominent De Leon tractor and automotive dealer and livestock man was killed in an automobile accident Thursday morning. He was the father of Mrs. Gilmore Durham of Comanche.
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E. A. Terrell
de Leon
Ruth returns to work at Clay Building Material
A. M. Ruth, out ill for four months, resumes his position with Clay Building Material Company, signaling a full recovery and return to duties.
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A. M. Ruth
Clay Building Material Company
Missing in action Pfc John G Warren in Germany since December
Mrs Lora Faye Warren received word Friday that her husband Pfc John G Warren has been MIA in Germany since December 16 He returned to the States in June 1944 after more than two years overseas in the Aleutians He went to the European Theater in October He is the husband of Lola Faye Beaty now living with her mother in Downing He is the son of Coy and [text cut] Warren of Gor
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Lora Faye Warren
Pfc
John G. Warren
Germany
Pfc. Warren
States
Aleutian Islands
Lola Faye Beaty
J. A. Beaty
Downing
Pfe
Warren
Coy Warren
Gorman
Pvt Bachman Returns Home After Wounding
Pvt. Fred J. Bachman United States infantryman returned to the States after three months overseas in the European Theater. He arrived aboard the British Hospital Ship Dorsetshire and is being treated at Stark General Hospital Charleston before transfer for further care. He bears the Purple Heart and the European Theater Campaign ribbon with a battle star.
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Fred J. Bachman
United States
States
Pvt
Bachman
Fred R. Bachman
Proctor
Stark General Hospital
Charleston
South Carolina
Pvt Rex Evans Reported Missing in Action
Pvt Rex Evans 24 son of Mr and Mrs Clayte Evans of Comanche was reported missing in action in Germany on December 23 by War Department telegram received this week by his wife Elsie Mae Evans of De Leon. She has two letters dated after December 20 and January 3 saying he was in a hospital and doing alright. The couple have a two year old daughter Carolyn Ann living with Elsie Mae in De Leon.
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Pvt
Rex Evans
Clayte Evans
Comanche
Germany
Elsie Mae Evans
de Leon
War Department
Evans
Pvt. Evans
Gustine native Lt. J E White lands in Italy as B 24 pilot
Lt J E White son of Mr and Mrs R Jd White of Gustine and husband of Verna Beaty of Comanche has landed safely in Southern Italy. He serves as a first pilot on a B 24 Liberator bomber and is a Gustine High School graduate and former Tiger athlete. He says the war feels closer now that he is in the theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. White
R. Jd. White
Gustine
States
Lt. White
Ice Plant Expansion At Local Public Service Plant
Work underway at Community Public Service Company to expand ice capacity from 18 to about 23 24 tons daily. Manager R G Buddy Dillin says 2900 feet of pipe is being laid and completion will take 2 3 weeks at an estimated cost above 2000 dollars to improve daily supply after shortages last summer.
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Community Public Service Company
R. G
Buddy) Dillin
Mr. Dillin
Legion Plans Hall For Community Memorial
A mass meeting at the courthouse last Friday night decided to proceed with a community hall project to honor World War I and II veterans. A planning committee will draft a floor plan for public presentation and a separate group will raise funds. The effort, directed by J B Albourn and A P Cox of the American Legion, invites all citizens to contribute, not just business or wealthier residents. Cleve Callaway spoke on Legion activities at Baird.
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Court House
Wealhl
J. B. Albcorn
A. P. Cox
American Legion
Cleve Callaway
Legion
Baird
Pvt James Lacy Wounded in Belgium With Patton's Third Army
Pvt James Lacy son of Mr and Mrs J B Lacy Comanche has been wounded in action with Gen Patton's Third Army in Belgium. He was hit by shrapnel January 1 and is in an American hospital in France. He recently returned from a brief rear-line furlough and reports feeling reasonably well. He formerly worked in Higginbotham Bros hardware in Comanche.
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James Lacy
J. B. Lacy
Comanche
Patton
Third Army
Belgium
Grace Isham
Pvt
Lacy
France
Higginbotham Bros. & Co
Collier Pope Reported Missing in Action in Luxemburg
Technician Fifth Grade Collier Pope of Comanche son of Mr and Mrs Roy Pope is missing in action since December 19 in Luxemburg per War Department telegram. A radioman with an armored division he had served three years and seen battles in Europe. He attended Comanche High School and Daniel Baker College before enlisting.
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Collier Pope
Roy Pope
Comanche
Luxemburg
War Department
Secretary of War
Dunlop
Daniel Baker College
Armed Services
Pvt Callison Listed as German Prisoner of War
Pvt John S Callison of De Leon and Beattie community is named as a prisoner of war held by Germany. The War Department lists 3,216 soldiers as POWs held by Germany this week. Miss Lena Smart visited the Guthries in Brownwood last week.
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John S. Callison
A. R. Callison, de Leon
Beattie
War Department
Germany
Lena Smart
Melvin Guthrie
Brownwood
Chief to Be Out Early Next Week for Livestock Show
The Chief will publish early next week due to the Tenth Annual Junior Livestock Show opening at Comanche next Thursday for a two day exhibition. The issue will mail Wednesday evening and include the show program plus stock show information. Advertisers gain from dual Thursday and Friday editions.
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Comanche
Lt. Wyatt Lee Morris Wounded in Leyte Battle
Lt. Wyatt Lee Morris, former Sidney Public Schools teacher and coach, was slightly wounded by Japanese shrapnel in Leyte, Philippines. He writes his wife that the wound is not serious and did not require hospitalization after receiving the Purple Heart. He and his wife, with their two year old son Arthur Lee, live with her mother, Mrs. Jones.
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Wyatt Lee Morris
Sidney Public
Leyte
Philippines
Tootsie Jones
Lt. Morris
Arthur Lee
Jones
Gustine Private Milton Stephens Reported Prisoner of Germans
Private Milton E B Stephens of Gustine Rt 1 was reported wounded earlier but a letter to his parents says he is a German prisoner. The message came via a young woman he met in England, not from the War Department.
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Milton EB. Stephens
Gustine
A. O. Stephens
Rt. 1
War Department
Stephens
England
Pfc. Ed Lewis Reported Missing in Action in Germany
Pfc. Ed Lewis son of Mr and Mrs Geo O Lewis of Buffalo community has been reported missing in action in Germany since December 21. He served with the 423rd Infantry in the First Army and has been in service since December 4 1942. He is the father of Peggie Joyce Lewis of Comanche living with grandparents J F Vineyard and wife Alma B Lewis and baby Thrisia Fay reside in Hamlin.
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Elsie O. Lewis
Geo. O. Lewis
Buffalo
Germany
War Department
Pfc
Lewis
423Rd Infantry
First Army
Peggie Joyce Lewis
Comanche
J. F. Vineyard
Alma B. Lewis
Thrisia Fay
Hamlin
Comanche Soldier Receives Good Conduct Medal
Pfc. Chester R. Thomas of Comanche, son of Floyd Thomas, has been awarded the Good Conduct Medal at Col. John P. Randolph's P-51 station in England for efficiency and fidelity in maintaining Mustang fighter aircraft as an ordnance specialist of the Eighth Air Force.
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Eighth Air Force
England
Chester R. Thomas
Floyd Thomas
Comanche
John P. Randolph
Comanche County Livestock Show Opens Next Thursday
The Tenth Annual Junior Livestock Show for Comanche County 4-H and FFA will open in Comanche next Thursday for a two day run. Breeders of registered livestock in the county have accepted the invitation to exhibit, with a 88 page catalogue issued detailing the program and prizes. The Chief will publish a day earlier than usual to include last minute livestock information. Pvt. William L. Gore dies in Belgium from wounds received on Christmas Day. he was 28 and survived by his wife Juanita and their daughter Wanda Faye, plus his parents and siblings, with service details and hometown listed.
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Comanche Co
FFA
Comanche County Livestock Association
Comanche
Comanche County
Southwest
Comanche County Live Stock Association
William L
Slim) Gore
Higginbotham Bros. & Company
Belgium
Juanita Hunnsinger
de Leon
Gore
Wanda Faye. de Leon
Ross Gore
Co. J. Reynolds
E. W. Stark
Fort Worth
I. B. Brooks
Will Mallard
Roby
Berta Gore
Ulric Gore
Eddie Gore
Imperial
Calif
State Aid Bill Passes House
Telegram from Representative O. H. Moore reports House Bill Number 3 passed the House, approving $1,575,082 in additional funds for State Aid School programs during the 49th Legislature session in Austin.
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O. H. Moore
Austin
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Air Force
John Warren
Pvt. Bachman
Hall
Callison
Corman
Milton Stephens
Mazis
Matt
Wm. L. Gore
Younds
New Majestic
Hoot Gibson
Bob Hope
Tangle Woman
Acquanetta
Laraine
Alan Marshall
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