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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1945
Page
1
The Boy Scouts of Comanche led by Scout Master Jack Wheat will collect paper on Sunday, March 18. Proceeds support the Scout Fund and local clubhouse, with officials urging organized, early collection of magazines and newspapers to aid national salvage efforts.
W. J. Uncle Billie Stewart 71 of Sidney died of a heart attack early Saturday while driving toward Comanche. The car left the road, but he was dead at the scene. His son William Fort Stewart was slightly cut. Funeral at Indian Creek Cemetery with Rev. J. D. Smoot and Rev. R. T. Wallace officiating. He was born Sept. 30, 1872 in Indian Creek and survived by a widow, four children, four grandchildren, and Navy enlistee Hilton Stewart overseas. He was a longtime member of the Indian Creek Methodist Church.
About 349 Comanche County 4-H Club members join national 4-H Club Week March 3 to 11. Across the U S Hawaii Alaska and Puerto Rico 1 700 000 rural youths participate. The clubs promote citizenship cooperation farming and home-making skills while aiding the war effort during the emergency period. The emblem is a green four leaf clover with a white H for Head Heart Hands Health.
Pfe Oliver Hall stationed at Homestead Florida has received furlough to visit his parents Mr and Mrs H A Hall at home.
Roy Dawson Hammack Seaman Second Class, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Hammack of Comanche, is reported missing following action with the U S Navy. He had served since last June after working in local meat markets including Piggly Wiggly Modern Way and his father's business. His brother Sgt Wes Hammack is in the service at Norfolk Virginia. Navy telegram says details unavailable and asks not to divulge ship or station.
H R Jones announces his candidacy for re election as City Secretary in an election to be held at City Hall on Tuesday April 3. He has served for several years and is regarded as a top city secretary in the area with assistants J H Martin and Miss Alma Grainger.
Master Sergeant Harlie Neel completes his second year overseas with the engineering section of an Air Service Squadron in the 15th AAF based in Italy. He has previously served in Algeria and Tunisia and Italy. A Cross Plains High School graduate, he was employed by Higginbotham Bros. & Co. of Cross Plains before enlistment.
The War Price and Rationing Board in the county will open to the public only from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to handle workload. The board, short staffed and lacking volunteers, urges mail handling for blank and completed applications and requests the public to visit within new hours.
Mrs Mae Cameron spent the week end in Fort Worth visiting Mr and Mrs Lloyd Isham and other relatives.
Sergeant Weldon Withers of Comanche Texas is highlighted in a December 1944 Popular Mechanics article and photo titled Radio Troubleshooters with Wings. The piece details his role with the First Radio Squadron at RAF, his high frequency battery device, and his extensive overseas service from Iceland to New Caledonia and Guadalcanal, returning to Herington in October 1944.
Mayor W C House authorizes a formal re election bid and thanks Comanche residents for cooperation. He states if re elected on April 3 he will continue to serve to the best of his ability and invites votes, influence, and suggestions.
Miss Harriett Cunningham of the University of Texas spent the weekend in Comanche accompanying her father Walter Jack Cunningham her grandmother Mrs. W B Cunningham and her uncle and aunt Henry Moore and Mrs Clara Slack during the family visit.
Mr and Mrs Troy Marshall received the Army Air Medal for their son Set Marshall who died in action over Germany July 13 1944. A Brownwood Army Air Field officer presented the medal along with the Purple Heart awarded posthumously. Set Marshall was a Flying Fortress gunner based in England and a 1941 Comanche Indians football captain. Elder son Lt Charles Marshall serves with US forces in China.
W C McHorse owner announces the Comanche Frozen Food Locker Plant is under construction in the former E B Atwood building on West Grand Avenue. He notes carpenters at work, plans to install 100 additional lockers if demand grows, and that deliveries of cork needed for supplies were delayed but expected soon. Rent for lockers ranges from 12 to 15 per year with a growing wait list anticipated.
In 1945 peanut acreage targets total 78 000 acres for Comanche County, 2000 less than 1944 and seven below 1944 planted. Peanuts priced at 160 dollars per ton for Spanish type with 70 percent kernel content. premiums or discounts for other qualities. Cotton goal 6100 acres, 1000 less than 1944, with non-recourse loans at 92 percent of parity and premiums for quality. Wheat goal 6000 acres backed by 90 percent parity loans. Feed crops set at 80000 acres, same as 1944. Farmers urged to file farm plans and discuss the new AAA program at the local office.
Commissioned Charles P. Marshall 26 son of Mr and Mrs Troy Marshall of Comanche has served with the 14th AAF in China since August 1943. He previously held ranks from corporal to staff sergeant and will serve as an engineering officer of a fighter squadron. He is a Comanche High School and Howard Payne College graduate.
Pfc Samuel D Williams of Comanche receives the Silver Star from the 100th Division in France for actions during three months of fighting on the Vosges and Alsatian France sectors. The division's efforts against a German counter drive on the Seventh Army front were commended by Lt General Jacob L Devers.
Pvt Alphus L Caraway the Gustine native reported missing in Belgium in January was killed that day according to a War Department notice to his wife. He had just over a month overseas and saw combat for the first time after 17 weeks basic training at Fort McClellan Alabama. He was born March 15 1921 and was a Gustine High School graduate class of 1939. He lived near Gustine until June 22 1944 induction. He leaves a widow Edgilee Hayes and 20 months old son Donald Lee. his parents and siblings are listed with three brothers in the armed forces. A letter from his commanding officer said Alphus was a splendid soldier whose death was honorable and meritorious and he was given a Protestant burial.
Under a new state game law, Mayor House says fishing is allowed year round at Lake Banes. Fishermen must hold a city license and use only one pole. The minimum keeper size is reduced to 7 inches from 11 inches.
Rea Hoff traveled from Rochester Minnesota where he visited the Mayo Clinic for medical evaluation and treatment before returning home.
Comanche residents packed First Baptist Church as Houston Crump, a returning Red Cross overseas worker, delivered an inspiring patriotic address. Reports from De Leon and Gustine noted overflow crowds and several attendees traveled to Comanche for a second Sunday night hearing.
Tax Assessor J E Lightfoot will be in Lamkin next Monday to sell 1945 auto and truck licenses and in Sipe Springs Tuesday for the same purpose. The notice appears in this issue alongside other advertisements.
The regular monthly meeting of the American Legion will be held in the County Court Room on Wednesday night March 14 at 8 o clock. Veterans of both World Wars I and I are invited to attend as special matters will be discussed. Dr C W Gray Commander.
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