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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1939
Page
2
The article compiles Texas facts from the Almanac, detailing Comanche County population changes from 1890 to 1930, farm and business statistics, land use, and local and nearby town data. It also notes WPA funding disparities, local salaries, school districts, and a poem about regulating prices in Texas.
The Senate approved consolidating the State Reclamation Engineer with the General Land Office to save money. Walter Woodward of Coleman was confirmed as Life Insurance Commissioner. A highway engineer nomination was withdrawn at the governor’s request. The truck load bill failed to pass, while a lower increase remained in committee. The Medical Practice Act passed 30-0 and a tax measure for pensions and aid advances in the House.
Personal Mention lists visits and trips across Comanche, Dublin, Stephenville, Ballinger, Cisco, Waco, Fort Worth, or Dallas. Names include F E Wright, E G Wright, J A Barton, W F Durham, Eunice Gray, D F Franks, G M Scott, L W Koen, Miss Christine Stark, Mr. and Mrs. Bod Carpe, R J Bracken, and many others at churches, lodges, the Fat Stock Show, or family homes.
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