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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1922
Page
4
The Comanche Chief, established 1873, is published in Comanche Texas. This notice details its status as second class mail and lists subscription rates for readers.
Phoebe K Warner argues the girls of today are a small, vocal minority attracting praise and blame. She urges focusing on positive examples rather than condemning all girls, notes many pursue education and service, and calls for teaching every girl to work to support themselves and families.
The Democrats may press probes into the Teapot Dome oil land deal and other government asset transfers. The Sinclair control of the Wyoming tract draws scrutiny as a major operation and compares to Mellon’s aluminum lands grab, with a $15 million power plant tied to the Rock Island case.
The Tribune of Johnstown Pennsylvania argues the $10 billion loan to Europe tied to World War I reflects entanglement caused by earlier Democratic and Roosevelt faction rhetoric. It contends the loan was a war incident not properly repaid and criticizes jingoistic positions that led to current financial mess.
The piece argues Republicans did not resist wartime policies and taxation when America backed the war. It accuses them of acquiescence and enthusiastic support, and claims their early silence would have altered the outcome if press liberty had allowed frank criticism. It cites bipartisan Texas lawmakers and newspaper criticism as later hypocritical.
The Albany News reprints a disputed 1922 letter from Texas politician Thomas L Blanton accusing opponents of graft while detailing a clerk payroll audit. It cites Clerk William Tyler Page certifying names and salaries of Blanton's aides and asserts Blanton and allies wrongly claimed pay, prompting strong criticisms of Blanton's integrity and campaign tactics.
The report highlights Robert L. Menry of Waco urging a World War II veteran bonus and tax relief. It notes several U.S. Senate candidates including Cullen P. Thomas, Earle B. Mayfield, and Clarence Gusley, urging tax cuts and a veteran bonus, with critical commentary on their stance and messaging strategies.
The federal government spent more money in 1920 and 1921 than the whole crop value of cotton corn wheat and potatoes combined for those years. The remark questions how much longer the nation can endure such spending.
Comanche figure Oscar Calloway announces candidacy for Congress in the seventeenth district. He plans an active campaign against incumbent Blanton and promotes his established government theories. A former House member with a large local following, his political career is described as spectacular and stormy, still in prime age.
In 1915 Franklin K Lane argues that paying citizens for military drills is absurd and that sacrifices are necessary for the country. He criticizes the notion that the nation should continually give and buy, urging a duty-based approach to service and national burden.
Advertises a 94.5 acre farm five miles north of Comanche Texas to sell on easy terms at 40 dollars per acre. Interest rate 6 percent. 75 acres under cultivation. First payment requested from E. B. Pate of San Antonio Texas. 37-40¢
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