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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1942
Page
2
The Comanche Chief highlights the Plant for Victory movement with local AAA shorts urging food production. Farmers and residents of Comanche County are urged to rally for diverse crops, conserve food, and support wartime agriculture goals amid shortages and mobilization.
Quotes from Wilson Cowen and Arthur E. Petermann stress using food for defense and wartime stability. Wickard cites large state food spending. Wallace notes vitamin extraction from corn. Farm Security officials highlight cooperative action for family farmers amid wartime policy.
Roosevelt and federal officials urge Americans to provide nourishing food to strengthen the Allied war effort. Evans notes bolstering Britain with food while Appleby highlights growing strategic importance of food in the conflict.
Federal Security Administration leaders urge a global hunger fight while noting postwar Europe will need food. Texas outlines monthly caps and federal matching to fund Old Age Assistance and Aid to Dependent Children. Governor Stevenson backs higher teacher pay, Comanche reports strong Monday crowds, North Texas State Teachers College poll finds 60 percent oppose girls smoking, Lions Club notes on Gatesville reform school, and an 11 year old explains stealing two bikes.
The quote contrasts British and Allied eating habits with the speaker noting that waspish appetite for American food while another side considered cat meat a delicacy. Secretary of Agriculture Wickard is referenced.
January 1942 sees 41 851 more Texas seniors on Old Age Assistance than January 1941, due to removing parental support tests. 345 120 Texans over 65, 166 079 or 48 percent on OAA in February 1942. January defense stamp purchases by welfare staff totaled 6 972 60, above the government minimum. Bitter Creek provides Sweetwater water. Texas cattle per 100 people stood near 900 in 1870. Brewster County spans 6 137 sq mi, larger than Connecticut and Rhode Island combined. Quotes Robert Quillen on thinking and wisdom. September fatalities in Texas reached 159 from accidents.
The Gatesville School houses about 700 boys from diverse backgrounds, running like a self-contained town with schools, bakery, dairy, carpentry, printing, and a band. It emphasizes reform over punishment, with honor systems and limited whippings, while detailing conditions, nutrition, facilities, and efforts toward parole eligibility.
Rev. Arthur Loper notes that many boys are kept until supporters agree to help, with a third party often involved. He cites that about one in six paroled youths reoffend, and argues closer churches and schools could have prevented some cases.
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