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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1920
Page
1
East Texas Chamber of Commerce pamphlets urge Texas farmers to destroy punctured squares and cultivate weekly to curb boll weevil outbreaks. They recommend spraying with arsenate calcium on dew, pulling damaged squares, and using wide shallow plowing to expose pests.
Austin July 20 the state board of education approved a per capita apportionment of 14 50 for the next scholastic year based on 18 170 095 dollars divided among 253 110 pupils. This marks the largest apportionment to date.
The Showalter Tent Theatre with Gerrard Players offers a high quality production in a large tent. Tonight features the play Damned Goods a moral lesson aimed at thoughtful audiences. no admission for children under 12. Matinee Saturday and final performance that night.
The Methodist Church announces a day school meeting Sunday YY at 9 45. QC Donoho is superintendent. The pastor Ernest L. Lloyd will preach Sunday YY at 11 00 a m and at 4 00 p m.
About seventy five women from Temple and Bell counties met in the First Methodist church basement to discuss Texas candidates and political situation. Rev J H Groseclose spoke, urging the duty of women in the coming primary election.
Letter from Tom J. Cunningham explains he spoke to the Comanche County American Legion and did not seek their endorsement or votes for his congressional candidacy. He emphasizes the Legion should remain apolitical and praises its integrity, while denying any attempt to entangle the post in politics.
The United States Railway Labor Board approved a 600 million dollar wage increase for more than 1.8 million railroad employees. Railroad executives expect to pass the higher labor costs onto shippers, with railroads signaling an 8 cent per dollar freight rate uplift to cover the boost.
Senator Joseph W Bailey spoke to a crowd of about six thousand in a Comanche grove about his campaign for Texas Governor. He denounced political machines and warned against preacher manipulation, urging voters to choose a trustworthy leader and to vote their conscience.
Washington July 21 the department of agriculture authorized a quarantine to curb the pink boll worm effective August 1 applicable to areas in Louisiana and Texas known to be infested or suspected of infestation State authorities will cooperate in enforcing the quarantine.
Washington reports railroad executives expect freight rates to rise about 50 percent to cover a $600,000 wage increase by the railroad labor board and $1.017 billion in rate requests before the Interstate Commerce Commission. They estimate an 18 percent lift from the wage award and just over 30 percent to meet a six percent income target, with western lines seeking around 33.9 percent.
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