Rural Texas schools seek federal aid and teacher pay reforms
Leading superintendents met in Dallas to discuss upcoming education legislation in Congress. The talks focus on federal aid to states for education without federal control, with support from Senator Connally and Representative Russell. Bills on equalization, rural aid, tuition aid, census timing, and textbook control shape Texas school policy, while county trustees’ pay and constitutional amendments are also explored.
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Dallas
Congress
Tom Connally
Russell
Texas
Comanche County
House
Committee On Education
Comanche
State Board of Education
S.J.R. 3
Senate Comittee
Soldiers Reunite in Belgium After Long Co Manche Talk
Corporal Gayle Newsome of Co manche and Corporal Boyd Stewart of Sidney met in Belgium and spoke for an hour about old times. The reunion brought joy to both, per a letter received this week by Mrs Newsome.
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Belgium
Gayle Newsome
Comanche
Boyd Stewart
Sidney
Comanche County
Gustine Lodge Confers Master’s Degree on Pettit
Charles Marshall and Roy J. Peace of Comanche attended the Fleming Masonic Lodge meeting in Gustine Tuesday night where Kirk Pettit Gustine's vocational agriculture director received the Master’s Degree.
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Gustine
Charles Marshall
Roy J. Peace
Comanche
Fleming Masonic Lodge
Kirk Pettit
Posthumous Bronze Star Awarded to Captain Allen
The Bronze Star Medal is presented posthumously to Captain Weedret R All Allen, husband of the former Gerard tier Slider of Clanche, and son of Mrs. J. H. of Tra, killed in action with the 90th Division in Normandy on July 11. The citation credits his leadership under heavy fire in directing advances and consolidating ground, and his defense until mortally wounded. Former head of the Comanche Farm Security Administration, Allen was a Texas A&M graduate.
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Cant
Weedret R All
Gerard Tier Slider
Clanche
J. H
Tra
Sar
90Th Division
Normandy
8Th Service Command
Allen
Judy
Evye
Monte Castro
Das Reich
Comanche Farm Security Administration
Texas Act
Gills Day Receives Bronze Star Medal
Tech Sergeant Ottis G. Day son of Mr and Mrs W F Day of Comanche Route 3 has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal for valor in action. Major General Verne D Mudge notes the award honors heroic merit in combat against an armed enemy of the United States. Day’s brother Cpl Wendell Day remains overseas in Italy with U S forces.
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Tech
Ottis G. Day
W. F. Day
Comanche
Route 3
Verne D. Mudge
12Th Cavalry Regiment
Congress
United States
Sergeant Day
Verne DL. Mudge
U.S. Army
Set
Day
Cpl
Wendell Day
Italy
Sipe Springs School Faculty Re-Elected
The entire Sipe Springs school faculty including Superintendent Elza Brinson and Mrs. Brinson along with Dorothy Roberson Cleo Welch and Oscar Howard were re-elected for another year. County Superintendent Dale Howard notes they were the first re-elections in the county this year.
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Sipe Springs
Elza Brinson
Brinson
Dorothy Roberson
Cleo Welch
Oscar Howard
Dale Howard
Sgt Wilson Landed in Britain and In Hospital in England
Mr and Mrs W A Wilson announce their son Sgt W J Wilson arrived in the British Isles January 31 and is now hospitalized in England He has served four years in the Army as of the seventeenth of this month
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Sgt. Wilson
Britain
W. A. Wilson
Sgt
W. J. Wilson
British Isles
England
Miss Claire Whitton Visits Comanche With Grandparents
Miss Claire Whitton of Abilene spent the week end in Comanche with her grandparents Mr. and Mrs C P St Clair.
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Claire Whitton
Abilene
Comanche
Mrs. C. P. St. Clair
Foul Play Feared in Mack A Ragens Death
Mack A Ragens 60 of 202 Preston was found unconscious Monday on Preston and Travis. Police and Justice of the Peace Tom Maes investigated foul play as autopsy was ordered. Ragens died Monday night at Jefferson Davis Hospital with a head injury from a fall. burial followed at Zion Hill Cemetery. He was a former Houston peace officer and longtime Comanche County resident.
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Mack A. Ragens
Houston
Comanche
Houston Press
Preston
Tom Maes
Ragens
Jefferson Davis Hospital
Travis
Bill
Lee Ragens
Mr. Ragens
Zion Hill Cemetery
Comanche County
Injured in Action Pvt Creek In Germany Reported Safe
Pvt Inter Creek of Comanche was wounded in Germany and is improving, per a message to his wife Mrs Maudie Creek from Major William L B Burned U S Medical Corps. Ernest Thompson of Comanche had major surgery at Stephenville hospital and is listed as getting along satisfactorily. Fort Worth Fat Stock Show weekend visits noted for several locals.
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Pvt
Inter Creek
Comanche
Germany
Maudie Creek
Creek
William LB. Burnerd
U.S. Medical Corps
Walter Barret
Walter Jack Barret
Fort Worth
Clarence Edwards
Gail Dudley
Ernest Tupin
Dallas
Birth of Daughter Sheri Kay Faulkner in Stephenville
Yeoman First Class and Mrs R E Faulkner announce the birth of a daughter at a Stephenville hospital February 13. The baby Sheri Kay weighed 13 pounds 12 ounces. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Arthur Faulkner of Comanche. Yeoman Faulkner has served in the Navy for five years.
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Yeoman
R. E. Faulkner
Stephenville Hospital
Sheri Kay
Arthur Faulkner
Comanche
Yyoeman Faulkner
7 County Singing Meet At Doole This Weekend
The 7 County Singing Convention will meet at Doole south of Santa Anna in McCulloch County next Saturday night and Sunday. President William B. Huggins announced the gathering.
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Doole
Santa Anna
McCulloch County
William B. Huggins
Fort Worth Defense Plant Worker Visits Family
Robert Davenport, a defense plant worker in Fort Worth, spent the weekend with his family here, joining relatives for a brief home visit and family time.
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Robert Davenport
Fort Worth
Private Leach Returns From Europe With Purple Heart
Pvt. Clifford A. Leach son of Mrs Maude Leach Comanche has come back from three months overseas in the European Theater aboard the U S Hospital Ship Ernest Hinds He is under temporary care at Stark General Hospital Charleston S C before transfer for definite treatment He holds the Purple Heart for wounds in action in France Also Mrs W H Hurt visits her sister Mrs D N Talley of San Angelo who is ill
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Pvt
Clifford A. Leach
Maude Leach
U.S
Ernest Hinds
Stark General Hospital
Charleston
South Carolina
Leach
France
W. H. Hurt
D. N. Talley
San Angelo
Cotton Crop Insurance Deadline and Coverage Details
Comanche County farmers have until April 10 1945 to insure their 1945 American Upland cotton under the all risk Federal Crop Insurance program. Contracts offer 75 or 50 percent coverage with indemnities varying by stage: 40 percent before first cultivation, 75 percent after, and 100 percent after harvest but before gin delivery. Indemnities may back government loans.
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Comanche County
A. E. Boyd
AAA Committee
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
County Aaa Committee
Boyd
Knott Visitor Artie Lloyd Sees Family Here
Artie Lloyd of Knott visited his mother Mrs. W. H. Lloyd and other relatives here last week, sharing time with family members.
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Artie Lloyd of
Knott
W. H. Lloyd
Comanche County News Roundup Of Local Events
J N Wright Jr of Beattie raised and marketed 564 dollars of sweet potatoes from four acres last year. Gas companies discussed supplying natural gas to Comanche with the City Council. Gib Howard and Ed Walker received a 25 year penitentiary verdict for the Brownwood district court murder case. Mrs B F Gamel died near Gustine March 7, her father William H Lester presided over the county’s first grand jury. J M Childers died March 6 at 74. I G Wyatt returned from a South America Panama trip with Ira Wilson as part of a Star-Telegram tour. Adams Mercantile opened by Grady Adams Vernon Adams and Paul Williams. Mamie Franklin announced as a candidate for City Secretary. Dr Ray Evans, once a Comancha and brother of R R Evans, died in Claremore Oklahoma. Bert Sneed resigned as Comanche school superintendent due to health, W G Barrett promoted to superintendent. Groundbreaking at Comanche Baptist Church and Mrs F H Neely first shovel. First National Bank of Comanche bought the full 70000 dollar water bonds to fund a lake water supply.
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J. N. Wright, Jr
Beattie
Comanche
Gib Howard
Ed Walker
Jack McCurdy
Hasse
Brownwood
B. F. Gamel
Comanche County
Gustine
William H. Lester
J. M. Childers
Adams Mercantile
Grady Adams
Vernon Adams
Paul Williams
Mamie Franklin
Ray Evans
R. R. Evans
State Bank of Proctor
Claremore
Oklahoma
Bert Sneed
W. G. Barrett
Comanche Baptist Church
F. H. Neely
Dirst
First National Bank of
Victory Back From Europe Governor Coker Declares
Sst. FP. D. Coker, injured in Germany on November 27, returned to the United States this week aboard a hospital ship docking at Charleston South Carolina. He had been in an Army hospital in England for months and reports progress though he still limps. He is the son of Mr and Mrs M S Coker of Comanche and husband to Irene Warren with son Ronnie also residing here.
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D. Coker
Germany
States
Charleston
South Carolina
Set
Coker
England
Set. Coker
M. S
Shorty) Coker
Comanche
Irene Warren
Ronnie
Victory Garden Week declared in Texas during Food For Victory program
Governor Coke Stevenson has proclaimed March 12 through 17 as Victory Garden Week in Texas. The declaration notes an anticipated 35 percent drop in canned vegetables available for sale in 1945, versus 20 percent in 1944, underscoring the program as a key war effort to boost food production for civilians and armed forces.
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Coke Stevenson
H. D. Lane
Texas
Set Strong Gets Promotion and Bronze Star
James Dalton Strong son of Mrs Mary Strong Comyn has been promoted to staff sergeant and awarded his sixth Bronze Star He is stationed in Belgium after two and a half years overseas in North Africa Sicily Italy France Holland and Belgium Strong wrote to cousins that he missed a homeward trip after the ship left France and notes former employments at Golden Oak Milling Company De Leon and the Assessor Collectors department Comanche.
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James Dalton Strong
Mary Strong
Comyn
Strong
Belgium
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
France
Holland
Bill Dudley
Comanche
Golden Oak Milling Company
de Leon
Assessor Collector’s Department
Commendation for Tyson Phillips in World War II service
Tyson Phillips, son of Mr and Mrs O B Phillips of Comanche, received a commendation from the 533d Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment for excellent communications work under heavy enemy fire during Pacific operations. The award, dated 26 January 1945, praised his setting up and maintaining signals that aided the mission and reflected credit on his unit.
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Tyson Phillips
O. B. Phillips
Democrat Star Route
Comanche
Pacific
533D Engineer Boat and
APO
Wesley T. Phillips
533D Engineer Boat & Short Regiment
Mrs. Ted Durham Visits Comanche After Overseas Service
Mrs. Ted Durham formerly Lt Glad yce Wellnitz of Arpin Wisconsin and wife of Lt Ted Durham now visiting her in laws Mr and Mrs N N Durham in Comanche. She served about thirty months with the American Nurse Corps overseas and returned from Paris in January. The couple married in England in August 1943. Lt Durham remains overseas with a hospital unit in France.
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Ted Durham
Gladyce C. Wellnitz
Arpin
Wisconsin
American Nurse Corps
N. N. Durham
Comanche
France
Paul Wellnitz
Lts
Durham
England
Mrs Polston Visits Son in Army Hospital
Mrs. R. D. Polston has returned from El Paso where she visited her son Pfc. John Polston who is ill in a Army hospital. Polston has just come from overseas duty in the Southwest Pacific and is likely to receive an honorable discharge when able to travel again.
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R. D. Polston
el Paso
Pfc
John Polston
Polston
Southwest Pacific
Gray Is War Prisoner Set
Johnnie Gray of De Leon is a German prisoner of war. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nola Gray, received word from the War Department last week confirming his status after earlier reports of his missing.
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Set
Johnnie Gray
Nola Gray
de Leon
War Department
Set. Gray
Noted Lions Meeting At Stephenville March 26
Four hundred Lions from this section of Texas are expected at John Tarleton College Stephenville Monday night March 26 for a banquet featuring International President C D Ekeen. Comanche Lions planning to attend should notify Roy J Peace by March a.
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Stephenville
Texas
John Tarieton College
Stephenvill
CD. A. Ekeen
Comanche
Ote Roy J. Peace
Marcha
Red Cross Drive Tops Million Dollar Mark in County
Comanche County reports donations to the Red Cross totaling 10 026 56 dollars by Thursday morning led by Hollis Burton and Roy Brannan. The drive surpassed its 8 200 quota becoming the largest cash collection ever and placing the county among the Southwest leaders as it topped the top one minute after the March 1 opening.
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Red Cross
Comanche County
Hollis Burton
Roy Brannan
Corporal Skinner Fought in Luzon Landing with XIV Corps
Corporal Albert F. Skinner, husband of Mrs. Skinner of Sipe Springs, participated in the Luzon landing with the XIV Corps under Major General O. W. Griswold. The unit is a Combat Engineer contingent serving over 27 months overseas. Mrs. Skinner is the daughter of J. E. Rogers.
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Albert F. Skinner
Sipe Springs
Luzon
Philippine Islands
XIV Corps
O. W. Griswold
Solomon Islands
Skinner
J. E. Rogers
Merritts and relatives visit Gustine to spend Sunday
Mr and Mrs W R Merritt and their children joined Mrs Harrie Carter and Mr and Mrs Herbert Adcock with their kids for a Sunday visit in Gustine at the home of Mr and Mrs Roy Wilson.
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W&rnest Merritt
Harrie Carter
Herbert Adcock
Gustine
Roy Wilson
Postmaster Seeks News of Son Missing in France
Postmaster Robert Eaton reports no letter from his son Set. Eaton Jr. since February. He notes Set. Eaton is believed to be somewhere in France as world events unfold.
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Robert Eaton
Set
Robert L. Eaton, Jr
Eaton
France
Pfc Elsie O Lewis Reported POW in Germany
Mr and Mrs Geo Lewis of Buffalo receive War Department notice via the International Red Cross that their son Pfc Elsie O Lewis is a prisoner of war of the German government. He served with an infantry company of the 106th Division and has been missing since December 2 as his unit was overrun in Belgium.
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Geo. Lewis
Buffalo
War Department
Pfc
Elsie O. Lewis
Germany
International Red Cross
Pfc. Lewis
Belgium
Cauley Jr. Selected for Officers Candidate School
Jack Ewing Cauley Jr son of Major and Mrs Jack Cauley of Comanche has completed basic training at Camp Hood and was chosen as a candidate for Officers Candidate School at Fort Benning Georgia Pvt Cauley left last week for Fort Benning to begin training His father Major Cauley has been overseas about two years and is in England The family notes he was a student at the University of Texas when he enlisted in November He is grandson of Mr and Mrs W C Cauley and Mr and Mrs Joe Cadenhead of Comanche
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Freddie Ross
Mary Ruth Hicks
Belgium
Pvt
Ross
Camp Fannin
Texas
T. C. Ross
Goldthwaite
Set
Calvin Ross
Dutch East Indies
Sherry
Jack Ewing Cauley, Jr
Jack Cauley
Comanche
Camp Hood
Fort Benning
Georgia
Cauley
Major Cauley
England
University of ‘Eras
W. C. Cauley
Joe Cadenhead
Brightman Returns to States After War Service
First Lieutenant Jack Brightman of the Army Air Corps arrived in San Francisco on Monday after almost two years in the Southwest Pacific. The return was learned by his grandparents Mr and Mrs O O Brightman.
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Jack Brightman
Army Air Corps
San Francisco
Southwest Pacific
O. O. Brightman
Welcoming Spring Chorus From Birds and Flowers
Poetic tribute celebrates spring with birdsong and blooming buds. The verse notes a warm season message as nature awakens with hum of bees and bright blossoms.
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Captain Au
Len
Gills Day
Sipe Springs School
Putinter Creek
Yofman
Faulkner
Europe
I. G. Wyatt
South America
Panama Canal
The
Star-Telegram
Ira Wilson
Erope
Mrs. Ross
Gray
Cpl. A. F. Skinner
E. A. Lewis
Jack E. Cauley, Jr
Officers Training School
Ft. Benning
Brightman
New Majestic
Range Busters
Allan Ladd
Loretta Young
Stan Laurel and
Oliver Hardy
BIG
Charles Ruggles
Gail Russell
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