City of Comanche Records Historic Voter Turnout
Comanche county and city election turnout set records with 1455 votes in the city, while county totals near 5000 and the state tallied about 975000 ballots. New county officers elected include County Attorney C. C. Hampton and Sheriff Perry St Clair, with several incumbents reappointed. runoffs are planned for Precinct 2 Commissioner Herman May vs Luther Daniel and other state and district races.
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Comanche
de Leon
Pm City Hall
C. C. Hampton
Perry St. Clair
Margaret Cunningham Broadstreet
H. H. Lockridge
P A. Pettit
Collecor
Claudia Fisher
D. E. Howard
Walter Chapman
E. W. Bruher
O. E. Rippetoe
O. A. Brazier
Harris Lane
Justice of Peace
Herman May
Luther Daniel
Frank Owington
O. H. Moore
Charles Carter
Hugh
Taylor Arrested On Forgery Charge
Leon Taylor of Comanche County was arrested Wednesday by Sheriff Wid Spivey in Comanche. He was wanted for forgery and faces charges for forging two $40 checks drawn on Glenn Stephens and W M West. He is held in the local jail with no bond set.
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Leon Taylor
Comanche County
Wid Spivey
Comanche
Taylor
Glenn Stephens
W. M. West
Comanche Public Schools Set to Open August 31
The school board announced that Comanche Public Schools will begin on Monday, August 31, aligning with district schedule.
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Comanche
Committee to canvass votes here Saturday
The Democratic Executive Committee from 33 voting boxes will meet in the County Court room at 10 o clock to canvass the votes from the first primary.
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Democratic
Peent
County Democratic Convention Set for August 1 in Coache District Court
County Chairman Bob Lane announced the Democratic convention will be held Saturday August 1 at 2 p.m. in the District Court room at Coamache.
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Coamache
Bob Lane
Postponed Reu ben McCullough Family Reunion Returned
The annual Reu ben McCullough Family Reunion meeting scheduled for the first Sunday in August is postponed during the National Emergency caused by the War Defense Program. Inquiries confirm this is the general opinion and the gathering is expected to resume after the war.
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Reuben McCullough
Scrap iron shipments rise in Comanche County
Sol Hoffman reports two more cars of iron shipped from Comanche this week, totaling 25. Scrap is being collected daily, with thousands brought in and farm equipment being torn up for Government iron drives. Mrs. J. M. Stewart ends a month visit with relatives and plans a trip via Waco to Baylor where she will visit a speech department colleague.
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Comanche
Sol Hoffman
Comanche County Defense
Wpeal
J. M. Stewart
L. Harvey
Waco
Baylor
Complete Unofficial Returns From Comanche County Primary
Unofficial returns tabulated by the Comanche Chief show results for U. S. Senator W. Lee O’Daniel and Dan Moody, Governor candidates Coke Stevenson and Howe Wheeler, and multiple state and county offices. The long list names top vote getters for positions including Lieutenant Governor Boyce House, State Treasurer Jesse James, Land Commissioner Bascom Giles, Attorney General Gerald Mann, Railroad Commissioner Ernest O. Thompson, and several county offices led by Sheriff Perry St. Clair and County Judge H. H. Lockridge with substantial margins.
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Comanche County
U. S
W. Lee O'Daniel
J. W. Allred
Dan Moody
Floyd Ryan
Alton Mead
Dixie Smith
Jesse James
Larry Mills
W. Gregory Hatcher
Harry McKee
Gordon Smith
Bascom Giles
Neil Day
Gerald Mann
Jim Hair
Ernest O. Thompson
Lester Boone
Baker Saulsbury
Karl Lovelady
Pierce Brooks
James E. Kildays
Margaret Broadstreet
E. A. Williams
Walter Chapman
Dick Wyatt
H. R. May
L. R. Daniel
Sam Phifer
Sam Lewis
E. W. Bruner
F. T. Brandt
O. E. Rippetoe
Bill Kieth
Callinden
Ola Dishman
Socio
Constable Pet
Hemphill On Ship Torpedoed By Nazi Sub
Dwight Hemphill of Comanche who has served in the Merchant Marine with a U S Standard Oil tanker for years visits before enlisting in the Navy. He was aboard a Standard Oil tanker off North Carolina coast torpedoed and sunk by a Nazi submarine weeks ago.
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Dwight Hemphill
Comanche
U.S. Standard
U.S. Navy
Hemphill
Standard
North Carolina
Swopelected As New Indian Football Coach
D A Swope, longtime Gustine Public Schools coach, was elected by the Comanche School Board as athletic coach for the coming year. He led the Gustine Tigers to multiple Class B football district titles and county basketball crowns and is a former Southwestern University star. The Indians, 1941 bi district champions, return six lettermen and several squad members with co captains Boff and Waggoner.
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D. A. Swope
Gustine
Comanche
Swope
Gustine Tigers
Southwestern University
Indians
Boff
Waggoner
Gene Carter
Ikey Pipes
Denny Jackson
Cecil Jack Cox
Glenn Frazier
Mexia
Mexia Blackcats
John Dyer
Armed Services
Camp Wolters
Commissioners Court Equalization Board Meets August 12 13
The Board of Equalization of Comanche County will convene Wednesday and Thursday August 12 and 13. Taxpayers receiving notices may appear before the board on those days if they wish, according to County Clerk Miss Claudia Fisher.
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Board of Equalization
Commissioners’ Court
Comanche County
Claudia Fisher
Miss Fisher
Livestock Group Plans Lake Eanes Meeting and Barbecue
The Comanche County Livestock Association will hold its annual membership meeting and barbecue at Lake Eanes Park tabernacle on Friday afternoon August 7. The program starts at 3 30 with a barbecue at 6 30 and features talks by Ted Gouldy and Wieman and Mackey on cattle industry issues. Membership dues range from one to five dollars and officers will be elected after the program.
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Lake Eanes
Comanche County Livestock Association
Tabernacle
Lake Eanes Park
Ted Gouldy
KGKO
Livestock Commission Men of
Fort Worth
Stockyards Company
Mr. Wieman
Swift & Company
Southwest
Annual Dairy Assa Meeting Here July 31
The Comanche County Dairy Association holds its annual membership meeting on July 31 at 9 00 p m in the County Court Room Comanche A Tarleton College dairy specialist will speak on dairy problems two dairy production films and refreshments will be served All members urged to attend and bring a prospective member Tom Cox Jr of Comanche has enlisted in the U S Navy and will be sworn in Monday at Fort Worth He will serve as Seaman Second Class stationed at Grand Prairie Mr and Mrs Cox will live there
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Comanche County Dairy Association
Comanche
Tarleton College
Tom Cox, Jr
U.S. Navy
Navy Recruiting Office
Fort Worth
Cox
Naval Air Base
Grand Prairie
Mills County Representative Vote Listed in District 104 Results
In Mills County the 104th District race shows Incumbent Frank Howington with 733 votes, H O Moore 491, W B Nowlin 480, and Geo W Rollins 412. Comanche County favors Moore by 35 over Howington. Moore totals 1427 to 1392 for Howington and 673 for Nowlin. Combined results give Howington a 207 vote lead in the two counties.
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Mills County
Frank Howington
O. H. Moore
W. B. Nowlin
Geo. W. Rollins
Comanche County
Moore
Howington
Aby
Rollins
Nowin
Drivers' Licenses Issuance Dates Set
Comanche schedule set by State Highway Patrol for first and third Fridays to issue new or renewal licenses. Renewal deadline stated as November 1, 1942. Patrol and sheriff’s office coordinate to handle renewals.
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Comanche
Sheriff’s Office
Comanche Fullback A J Coker Earns All-Star Bid
A J Coker, Comanche’s bi district co captain and star fullback for two seasons, was chosen as a 1942 All Star to play in Abilene on August 8. Coach Dutch Meyer praised him as the best back he saw this season. Coker weighs 195 pounds and will attend TCU next fall.
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A. J. Coker
Comanche
Abilene
Coker
TCU
Dutch Meyer
Explosion at Comyn Pump Station injures two workers
A blast at Humble’s Humpie Pump Station in Comyn caused about 250000 dollars in damage and seriously injured two workers Perry M. Hicks of Dublin and J O Chandler an oiler Both men were taken to German hospital Hicks improving per sister Dudley Hicks Chandler in very serious condition Plant Superintendent J E Gaffery estimated damage and fire brigade from De Leon and Duplin helped control the blaze The station pumps 125000 barrels daily and repairs began with outside pumps to replace damaged units
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Comyn
Perry M. Hicks
Dublin
S. J. Hicks
Comanche
J. O. Chandler
Hicks
Dudley Hicks
Handler
J. E. Gaffery
Gaffery
F. L. Keaton
de Leon
Duplin
Humble Station
Humble
West Texas Gulf Coast Line
Runoff for US Senator Seems Assured in Texas Race
The Texas Senate contest appears headed to a runoff between W. L. O'Daniel and former Judge James V. Allred after O'Daniel fell short of a majority. James leads the State Treasurer race toward a runoff against W. Gregory Hatcher, while several other statewide races also loom for runoffs. The latest counts show O'Daniel at 48.42 percent and James at 49.39 percent with about 4,000 votes uncounted.
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United Sta Senate
W. L. O'Daniel
James V. Allred
John L Smit
Harold Beck
Lieenant Govert Pierce
Beauford H. Jester
Jesse James
Gregory Hatcher
James
Dallas News
O'Daniel
Senate
Texas Election Bureau
Bureau
O’daniel
Allied
Moody
Floyd E. Ryan
Election Bureau
W. Gregory Hatcher
Dallas
Hatcher
Harry McKee
Larry Mills
Gordon Smith
Arnold
Beck
Hardin
House
Lemens
Mead
Miller
Dixie Smith
J. L. Smith
Armstrong
Brooks
Fain
Humphrey
Jester
Kilday
Lovelady
McCormick
Moore
Pace
Patterson
Interest Rate Conchuid on Federal Land Bank Loans
Comanche County National Farm Loan Association serves farmers and ranchers in the territory. Elland Fagan reports that continued low rates will save about $30,000 over the next two years. Congress recently extended the 34 percent rate on long term Federal Land Bank loans through June 30 1944. The association has about $1 003 000 in loans outstanding.
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Comanche County National Farm Loan Association
Federal Land Bank and Land Bank Commissioner
Elland Fagan
Fagan
Woodward Returns Home From West Coast Trip
D. M. Woodward came back Tuesday after a journey to the West Coast that included a stop in San Diego and other locations.
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D. M. Woodward
West Coast
San Diego
Charles Wetzel Leaves For Air Corps Training
Charles Wetzel enlisted in the U S Air Corps on April 8 and has been on furlough awaiting a call. He received the induction order to report at Dallas at 9 a m Saturday and will depart this afternoon. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Ethan Wetzel of San Angelo and a 1937 Comanche high school graduate formerly credit manager at a Fort Worth auto supply store.
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Charles Wetzel
U.S. Air Corps
Dallas
Mr. Wetzel
Ethan Wetzel
San Angelo
Comanche
Fort Worth
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McCullough
Co. C. Hampton
Hampton Floral Company
Hampton
P. A. Pettit
Mr. Pettit
Pettit
Mackey
Texas Livestock Marketing Association
A. H. Caraway
Wayne Evridge
Walter Fritts
Walter Jack
Dairy Assa
Calvin Holcomb
United States Navy
Dale Howard
A. Edwin Wilson
Robstown
Henry Taylor
Mary Fields
Commissioners Court
C. T. Wells
el Paso
J. C. Williams
C. T. Wells, Jr
New York
Federal
Air Corps
New Majestic Theatre
Victor McLaglen
Edmund Lowe
Roy Rogers
Humphrey Bogart -In
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Binnie Barnes
Johnny Weismuller
Margaret Sullivan
Tarzan
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