Comanche Chief Highlights Local Welfare and Paper History
The Comanche Chief notes WPA groceries expanded to 14 items with 344 beneficiaries in Comanche County, details OAA ADC ANP GA categories, education lunch support for 2500 students, and local press praise. It recalls Dr. John R. Brinkley’s death, the paper’s 70th birthday next year, and wartime ad revenue shifts affecting Texas weekly papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Stephenville Empire- Tribune
Clements and
Higgs
Texas
R. F. Higgs
State Press Association
Waco
Rufus
Comanche
Footnotes from the Front A satirical digest on wartime leaders
A humorous column mocks Hitler, Goebbels, Laval, and Ickes in wartime lens. It cites Russian front setbacks, rationing, and social trends while lampooning propaganda and public figures with regional irony. The piece blends humor with political critique amid the war era.
Vernon Fisher Enlists in United States Navy
Vernon Fisher of Comanche, son of Mr and Mrs C C Fisher, enlisted in the U S Navy as part of the Houston Volunteers more than 1000 youths who volunteered in a ceremony in Houston. The group aimed to avenge the sinking of the Cruiser Houston in a Java Sea battle with Japan. Rev and Mrs A J Helm of Comanche visited O B Phillips and family Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Fisher
C. C. Fisher
Comanche
U. S. Navy
Houston
Houston Volunteers
A. J. Helm
O. B. Phillips and
Marriages and vital events recorded in Court House notices
The Comanche County notices list marriages for Lamar Littleton and Thelma Henson, Kerry Hill. Jeasie Ennis Robbins and Frances Daniel. Jarl Dean Cagle and Mary Lee Overstreet. Ollie K. Miears and Mae Sanders. C M Cross and Mary Griffin. Billie Patton and Clodah Pettit. Edgar P. Parker and Alta Ward. Sidney and Frank Reeder. Gabriel Costellaro and Alice Joyce Reed. Also listed are marriage licenses, property transfers, traffic case penalties, births in Comanche, and deaths including Rachael Lou Ella Farner and Mattie Jane Ganegarner with burial details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
Lamar Littleton
Thelma Jewel Henson
Kerry Hill
O. D Henley
Silvester
Texas
Jeasie Ennis Robbins
Frances Daniel
Brownwood
H. D. Lane
Comanche
Jarl Dean Cagle
de Leon
Mary Lee Overstreet
F. P. Frazier
Ollie K. Miears
Mae Sanders
H. J. Starnes
C. M. Cross
Mary Griffin
Billie Patton
Clodah Pettit
Gustine
Gordon Barrett
Edgar P. Parker
Alta Ward
Sidney
Frank Reeder
Gabriel W. Costellaro
Camp Bowie
Alice Joyce Reed
Bascom Utley
Egbert Pate
Rebecca Wiginton Dale Lee Singleton
Bonnie E. Moore
Jesse Ennis Robbins
Four Tires and Sugar A War Era Exchange
A humorous wartime exchange shows a boy asking who Douglas MacArthur is and jesting about wartime shortages. The dialog references a “big general” and a demand for four tires and a hundred pounds of sugar, reflecting home front quirks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. E. Nabers
van Dyke Hands
Jack Dionne
Gulf Coast Lumberman
Arkansas
Hill-Billy General
Hill-Billy
Douglas MacArthur
We Won This War by Unity Not Gripe and Sugar
A local column urges support for Roosevelt and national effort over complaint. It stresses farmers, industry, business and workers must pull together. Readings include a rural poem on patriotism and a parable about church attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Houston
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Salem Way
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. Wilkerson
Nin
WPA
OAA
ADC
ANP
State Welfare Ofce
John R. Brinkley
del Rio
Stéphenville
United States
Thurber
Erath County
Hasse
Stephenville
Texas County Weekly
The
Dallas News
United States Employment Service
Ross and
Akard Street
Dallas
Pearl Harbor
O Hamilton
Hamilton Record-Herald
Livingston
Rosk County
East
William C. Chilton
Comanche National Bank
Chicago Tribune
Alice McCarary
Lewis Phipps
Roy Keaton
Lions Club
Washington
Philadelphia
Brownwood Memorial Hospital
War Production Board
W. H. Cooke
Rockdale Reporter
C. H. Cole
Graham
Rising Star
Andy Roberson
Dr. E. R. Ammons
Hitler
Herr Goebbels
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Pooch
Ickes
Gene Byrnes
American News Features, Inc
United States Navy
Court House News
R. L. Brazielle
Minnie D. Lincoln
W. H. Daniel
Wilson
Gail P. Dudley
Tom Dudley
Elias Dudley
A. Yarbo
State of Texas
N. E. French
Fred F. Davis
Mary Francis
Don G. Chaney
Saria Alta
J. J. Hicks
Mary Lou
M. &. Guthrie
Dorothy LaFerne
Rachael Lou Ella Farner
Oakwood Cemetery
Boyce House
Corrigan Press
Cumby News
Pretty House
Ice Inzotham Bros. & Co
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