Banks to Demonstrate Coupon Banking in Comanche
Wm C Chilton president of Comanche National Bank announces a coupon banking system demonstration in Comanche on January 27. The plan, requested by the Office of Administration, requires wholesalers and large retailers to open ration account banking to streamline the national ration program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. C. Chilton
Comanche National Bank
Comanche
State National Bank
Office of Administration
Arrests in Comanche and De Leon for liquor violations
Texas officers conducted a weekend raid in Comanche and De Leon tackling liquor law violations. Arrests included Mack Comanche Mrs Mack Die G A Connally Mrs G A Connally D De Leon and A L Tolar with 17 pints seized at the Green Lantern raid. Prosecution seeks charges for possession for sale. Highway Patrolmen report 27 quarts of whiskey in Comanche County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cliff Perry St. Clair
Cone Otis Brazier
Comanche
D. Wachtendorf
Texas
Eden
J. C. Rogaland
Comanche de Leon
Ose
Mack Comanche
Mack Die
G. A. Connally
A. L. Tolar
Leonficers
Green Lantern
C. C. Hampton de
Connally
Te Adams
Mack Adams
L. Tolar
L. J. Comanche
Comanche County
De Leon School Names Lane Part Time Band Director
De Leon Public School based Ford Lane as part time director of the school band. Lane also directs the Dublin School Band. Wartime notices indicate stamps and sugar allotments changing next year along with a birth and military service notes involving local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Leon Public School
Ford Lane
Lane
Dublin
Four Texas airmen honored with Distinguished Flying Cross
Lt. Charles 8 Heflin of Denton is among four Texas airmen decorated by Major General Brereton in the Middle East for DFC actions with American B-25 bombers against retreating German forces. Heflin, born in Luling and raised in Austin and Fort Worth, joined the Air Corps after Army service and trained at Luke Field. He is joined by Lt. Phil J. Wallen, Lt. Thomas S. Behr, and Sgt. Reese W. Newsome as Texas recipients. Heflin married Priscilla Boysen and has two brothers serving in the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles 8. Heflin
C. F. Heflin Denton
A. Riley
Comanche
Texas
Lewis H. Brereton
United States Army Air Forces
Middle East
Heflin
Rommel
Phil J. Wallen
Dallas
Thomass. Behr
Houston
Reese W. Newsome
Fort Worth
Luling
Austin
Denton
Luke Field
Arizona
Army
Ordnance Department
Fort Sam Houston
Air Corps
Ryan Field
Hemet
California
Bertrand
Harry Heflin
Stattoned
Trinidad
B.W.I
Burned Woman Injures Head After Pressure Cooker Explosion
Mrs. John Harris sustained painful head and face injuries at her Comanche home on East Grand Avenue when a pressure cooker used for boiling clothes partially exploded. She remains under a physician s care with recovery expected barring complications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Harris
Comanche
East Grand Avenue
Mrs. Allen Rambo Dies From Burns at Home
Myrtle Williams Rambo, 43, died from severe burns suffered while burning trash at the Board Church home. Her clothing caught fire, she was taken to a German hospital, and died hours later. Funeral and burial followed at Board Church Cemetery. she is survived by husband Allen and two daughters plus relatives.
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Allen Rambo
Mr. Rambo
Herschell Allen
New Mexico
Questions and answers on surgical dressings work at Comanche
Series explains the Comanche County Red Cross Surgical Dressing Center role to recruit women. Q and A cover what dressings are, army use and quotas, why the services are needed, who can work, clothing requirements, hours, and supervisor training. Mrs. A. P. Cox chairs the center.
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Comanche
Comanche County
Red Cross Chapter
Red Cross
War Department
Army
Navy
Comanche Surgical Dressing Center
A. P. Cox
American Red Cross
Herbert Williams Named Lieutenant for Ordnance Training
Herbert Williams, manager of Higginbotham Division, was notified by the War Department to report Saturday January 30 to Army Ordnance Headquarters at New Boston Texas as a first lieutenant. He was among about 125 nationwide choosees for indoctrinal conferences on Ordnance Depot Operations in Columbus Ohio in October. He will undergo further Ordnance training at New Boston and be assigned to a post there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Williams
Higginbotham
War Department
Army Ornance
New Boston
Texas
Williams
Columbus
Ohio
Army
Orchard Demonstration Open To Public In Comanche County
J F Rosborough Texas A and M Extension Service horticulturist leads pruning and fruit demo events on Tuesday January 26. Demonstrations occur at Jim Godfrey’s southeast of Fairview at 10 00 a m and at Grady Hutchins’ west of Sidney School at 1 30 p m with Pete Pryor of American Fruit Growers and Weatherford Fruit Growers Association attendees. Demonstrations aim to teach growing number one fruit free of worms and brown rot.
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J. F. Rosborough
Texas A
M. College Extension Service
Comanche County
Jim Godfrey
Fairview
Grady Hutchins
Sidney School
Pete Pryor
The
American Fruit Growers
Weatherford Fruit Growers Association
Milk price ceiling lowered to 12 cents in Comanche County
The Southwest Regional OPA orders a 12 cent per quart ceiling for fluid milk in Comanche County effective today. The rule sets maximum legal retail prices by container size with no ceiling at the produce level. wholesalers and containers may sell below the ceiling.
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Comanche County
Southwest
OPA
Sgt Houston Robertson Home From Canada
Sgt Houston Robertson of the United States Army Engineers recently arrived in Comanche for an 18 day furlough after more than ten months abroad on the Alaskan Canadian Highway. He is visiting his wife and relatives in the Newbury community and elsewhere.
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Set
Houston Robertson
United States Army Engineers
Canada
Alaska
Comanche
Sgt. Robertson
Newbury
De Leon Woman Enlists in WAACs
Miss Alice McGinnis age 23 daughter of Mr and Mrs J M McGinnis of De Leon Route 1 has joined the WAACs after passing all exams and is awaiting her call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice McGinnis
J. M. McGinnis
de Leon
Route 1
Waacs
Sutton Escapes From Comanche County Jail
Coy Sutton aged about 36 escaped from the Comanche County jail Friday night where he was held on fraud charges for taking 48 dollars from J. R. Davenport after allegedly drugging lemonade. He fled by removing a tin cover on a third floor drain and sliding down the exterior pipe. No recapture yet as Sheriff Perry St. Clair and deputies continue the search.
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Coy Sutton
Comanche
Comanche County
J. R. Davenport
Sutton
Morton
Texas
Perry St. Clair
Prisoner of War Telegram Tells of Lt Guinn
Lt Thor ton F. Guinn, brother of Mrs. George Hulsey and former Comanche resident now a Mills County rural school teacher, is reported a prisoner of war of the Japanese after the fall of Bataan and Corregidor in the Philippines. The War Department telegram from Washington confirms he was in the U S Air Corps and that a letter will follow.
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Thorton F. Guinn
George Hulsey
Comanche
Mills County
Bataan
Corregidor
Philippines
Adjutant General of the War Department
Washington, D. C
Guinn
U. S. Air Corps
Hulsey
Air Corps
Philippine Islands
Daughter Born to Walter Jack Barret in Comanche
Mr and Mrs Walter Jack Barret of Comanche announce the birth of a seven and a fourth pound daughter at a German hospital at 6 20 oclock Thursday evening The girl had not been named last night.
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Walter Jack Barret
Comanche
Soldier Returns to Camp Edwards After Ill Wife
Pfc. Arthur A. Daniels returns to Camp Edwards Massachusetts from visiting his wife who has been seriously ill in the German Hospital. Mrs Daniels is reported to be getting along nicely.
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Arthur A. Daniels
Camp Edwards
Mass
Comanche County Rally Urges War Bond Purchases
Comanche County citizens rally to surpass their December war bond quota by investing at least ten percent of income. Featured is W. M. Robertson home from Texas A and M where he earned awards and will be commissioned as a Second Lieutenant at Fort Benning.
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Comanche County
W. M. Robertson
J. W. Robertson
Comanche
Robertson
Comanche High School
Texas A
Texas A. and
Ft. Benning
Georgia
United States Infantry
Stalingrad
Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
Texas Draft Boards Urged to Eliminate Delinquencies
General J. Watt Page, Texas Selective Service Director, urges local boards to cooperate in a nationwide plan to reduce delinquencies under the Selective Service Act. He notes publicity through media and collaboration with U S Attorneys and the FBI. Delinquents who report in January 1943 may comply, many cases caused by address changes or carelessness.
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J. Watt Page
Texas
United States
F.B.I
General Page
Page
Sam Russell Seeks Ban on Alcohol for U S military
Sam Russell of Stephenville plans an anti liquor bill to bar sale of beverages over 1 percent alcohol to soldiers sailors and marines. The former Texas Ranger and current congressman argues curbing drinking among service members is essential to prevent a return to national prohibition.
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Texas
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Dallas Morning News
Sam Russell
Stephenville
West
Congress
Washington
Russell
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