Comanche Boy Joins Navy Training Station
Charles M. Tapley aged 19, son of Mrs. Allie Tapley, is reported by Yeoman Vance Nichols of the Navy Recruiting Station in Memorial Hall Brownwood to be en route to Navy Training Station. Tapley will train as seaman second class or fireman artificer third class in about two months and then enter ship or trade school.
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Navy
Yeoman
Vance Nichols
Memorial Hall
Brownwood
Nichols
Comanche
Charles M. Tapley
Allie Tapley
Brady Newspapers Consolidated Under New Name
The Brady Standard and the Heart o Texas News merge effective November 7 with Brady Standard publishers taking over the Heart o Texas News plant. The new combined publication will be known as the Brady Standard and Heart Of Texas News under publishers H F Schwenker Chel as Reed and L B Smith.
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Brady Standard
Heart O’ Texas News
Heart O' Texas News
H. F. Schwenker
Chelas Reed
L. B. Smith
Heart of Texas News
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Bagley Move to Graham Place
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Bagley have relocated to the Graham place, marking a new residence for the couple.
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Kenneth Bagley
Graham Place
Local Farmers Build Stock Ponds Aiding Erosion Control
Soil expert F P Mika explains ponds slow runoff and prevent floods while providing water for livestock irrigation fish and wildlife. District plans show nine ponds built with help from Upper Leon Soil Conservation District and nine more planned in De Leon Work Unit area.
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Upper Leon
Clyde Hodges
Round Grove
John Scott
Trinity
R. W. McPhail
Custer
Soil
W. J. Fritts
H. J. Huddleston
Soil Conservation Service
de Leon
Soil Conservation District
Howell Edwards Joins United States Navy from Long Beach
Howell Edwards of Long Beach California formerly of Comanche has joined the United States Navy He wrote to his uncle Clarence Edwards in Comanche saying he fears his brother Justice now in the Navy will wipe out the Japs before he has a chance and he wants to fire at least one or two He and Justice are sons of the late Jim Edwards Howell served in the Navy four years and has been in defense work at Long Beach Also mentioned are relatives visiting Comanche from nearby towns.
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Howell Edwards
Long Beach
California
Comanche
United States Navy
Howell
Clarence Edwards
Justice
Navy
Cumanwvite
Jim Edwards
Armistice Day Parade Showcases Modern Artillery at Camp Bowie
Mobility of modern artillery units highlighted in Brownwood as the 18th Field Artillery Brigade paraded through streets. Fifteen units moved in about two minutes with every man armed and equipment motorized while bands rode in trucks. The crowd favored the 155mm guns and the big Bertha named Bataan Avenger drew cheers. Lt. Col. H. J. Lemley Jr led parade arrangements under Brig. Gen. Vincent Meyer as brigade commander.
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18Th Field Artillery Brigade
Camp Bowie
Brownwood
Division of Public Relations
America
French North Africa
142Nd Field Artillery
2Nd Field Artillery
818Th Tank Destroyer Battalion
77Th Field Artillery
174Th Field Artillery
H. J. Lemley, Jr
Vincent Meyer
George Massingill Serves as UT Teacher’s Assistant
George Massingill, son of Mr and Mrs Dick Massingill of Comanche, is a student and teacher's assistant at the University of Texas after an outstanding physics record at North Texas State Teachers College. University student assistants, numbering 224, perform tutoring and routine office tasks and may coach laboratory work in science departments, earning 15 to 50 dollars monthly based on time required.
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George Massingill
Dick Massingill
Comanche
North Texas State Teachers College
University of Texas
Farm Machinery Freezing Order Explained
B F Vance chairman of the Texas USDA War Board explains a temporary freeze on most farm machinery to give the government time to set quotas. Some items like peanut pickers may be sold from existing stock but cannot be restocked. An appeals system exists via the County Farm Machinery Rationing Committee with final action by the National USDA War Board. Quotas soon to be established and rationing to begin as soon as possible.
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B. F. Vance
Texas Usda War Board
Usda War Board
National
Vance
Egbert Pate Accepted for Army Service
Egbert Pate son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Pate of Comanche has been accepted for service in the United States Army. He passed a second examination after initially being held for re test. Pate played football for Comanche High School and Daniel Baker College and later taught at Rule. His brother Johnsie is in an officers training school on the East Coast.
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Egbert Pate
Andrew Pate
Comanche
United States Army
Pate
Daniel Baker College
Daniel Baker
Rule
Pates
Johnsie
Harold C. Lock Transferred for Air Force Training
Harold C. Lock son of Mr and Mrs C A Lock and husband of Edwina Duke has been moved from Santa Ana California to King City California to begin advanced training in the Air Forces.
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Harold C. Lock
C. A. Lock
Edwina Duke
Santa Ana
Calif
King City
Coxes Attend TCU Texas Football Game
Mr and Mrs Tom Cox Jr attended the TCU Texas football game on Saturday indicating family presence at the college matchup.
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Tom Cox, Jr
Tcu-Texas
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Reeves Magness
Red Marshall
Lewis Marshall
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Tupin’s
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Coats
Sharla Ruth
Beige
New
Hoffman’s. Chase
I . Coffman
Joe Middleton
W. P. Magness
Comanche County
Sol Hoffman
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