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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1941
Page
5
A report from Brownwood notes counterfeiters circulating in the area with fake currency concerns. A local cashier cashed a forged $23 check, while Comanche reports no recent fake bills. An unrelated theater quarrel over noise adds a human moment to the day.
The 1941 AAA program features few changes with plans to be set before crops. Landlords owed compliance on farms rented for cash or fixed terms, with deductions affecting owners who operate or rent portions. White seeded sorghums are soil depleting and will be classified like maize. A farm is operated if at least 50 percent of its soil-depleting acreage is used for harvest, fallow, or specified seedings. Flood or drought must be countywide for any exception. The note ends with political elements and a Fort Worth Press offer.
North Texas State Teachers College student MacEwan Palmer spent the weekend in Comanche with parents Mr and Mrs Evan Palmer. Chuck Cuthbertson working in Fort Worth also visited Comanche. The Hoffmans attend a Dallas style show and shop for store merchandise. Families from Dallas Fort Worth and Stephen ville visit Comanche, with many returning to Robstown Dublin and the Lower Rio Grande Valley later. Eva Lee Roberson enrolls as freshman at Southwest Texas State Teachers College. J M Marshall and son Jimmie Don visit Comanche from Stephen ville. Captain and Mrs J J Compton stay with Lt and Mrs Hulen Hardage.
A two minute sermon on the parable of the rich man who hoards grain for a future, only to be warned by God that his soul will be required that night. It contrasts earthly plenty with spiritual sufficiency and cites Man shall not live by bread alone.
Texas banks lent 570 million dollars in the first six months of 1940 with 178 banks reporting. Mean loan size was 1 036 dollars and renewals averaged 1 753 dollars per bank. Open lines of credit totaled nearly 50 million with only 39 percent used by businesses. The nationwide totals show 12.25 billion in new loans and 8.25 billion in renewals.
The Tusk Institute reports four lynchings in 1940, one more than 1939 and two fewer than 1938, with 22 instances where law officers blocked lynchings. Saved from mobs were 28 people, including 4 white men, 2 Negro women, and 22 Negro men. Georgia accounts for two cases, Alabama one, Tennessee one, with six uncertain cases in four states. Most pastors feed their flocks. a few think shearing is needed.
Fragmentary dialogue notes a question about a downward opening object and a playful remark on a mechanism. A woman exclaims joy at receiving a new hat. Names and clear events are minimal. the scene hints at domestic life and a small household moment.
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