Freezing Rain Paralyzes Local Industry and Wrecks Property
A severe freezing rain storm caused extensive property damage across Comanche and surrounding areas. Wires and poles were toppled, telephone and electric services collapsed, and train operations were badly disrupted. Local services entered a period of recovery as crews install temporary power and repair lines. Union Thanksgiving services were held at the Baptist church with sermons emphasizing faith and national resolve.
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Union
The
Baptist Church
J. A. Black
Presbyterian Church Presiding
C. C. Klingman
Central Christian Church
Comanche
Wyatt
Brownwood
Southwestern Telephone Company
Ft. Worth
Gers
Fort Worth
Urges Warlevel Fuel Economy Amid Coal Shortage
The Chief Exponent relays a Chamber of Commerce message on winter fuel shortages due to a coal strike. It urges wartime fuel economy, buying wood in pole lengths, cutting own wood for healthful exercise, and heating small rooms with an oil burner to avoid high wood costs. It warns delaying action until a blizzard may force high prices.
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Holloway
Chamber of Commerce
Around the Clock Debutantes To Be Presented Next Week
Debutante show titled Around the Clock With the Debutantes will be staged at the high school auditorium on December 3 and 4 at 7 30 p m. It is a benefit for the Parent Teacher Association with funds aimed at improving school playgrounds.
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High School Auditorum
Hoover Hit With Six Year Murder Verdict
John Hoover was found guilty of murder in district court and received a six year penitentiary sentence for the death of H Bream. Bream died October 8 after being struck on the head with a stick on the preceding Monday. The prosecution was led by District Attorney Johnson with assistors Callaway and Callaway. defense by Hampton Harris Hampton and George Sullivan. A motion for a new trial has been filed.
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John Hoover
H Bream
A. J. Lloyd
Arnold
Brean
Johnson
Callaway & Callaway
Hampton, Harris & Hampton
George Sullivan
Sipe Springs Sees New Oil Boom At 260 Feet
In Comanche county Texas the shallow well on the Jackson farm at Sipe Springs yields about 75 barrels daily at 260 feet. Leases have surged to as high as 750 per acre as buyers rush in. Geologist Ralph Keaton notes exploration expanding with a deep test near Sipe Springs and a 150–foot sand showing potential after initial 259 feet yielded an oil sand. The town shifts from quiet farming to a growing oil center with multiple wells and ongoing development.
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God
America
Link
Boston
Grant
Indus
Jackson
Sipe Springs
Ralph Keaton
Comanche County
Death of A B Foster Laments in Westville Oklahoma
Friends and relatives of A B Foster mourn his death announced Wednesday. Foster served as sheriff of the county for three terms and recently underwent cancer treatment in a sanitarium. The body will be sent to Sipe Springs for burial with funeral details pending.
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A. B. Foster
Westville
Okla
Sipe Springs
Foster
Oprf
Lo i
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Sipe Springs, T
G. A. Lee
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R. L. Campbell
J. M. McCrary
Hazeldell
Pink McCrary
Brookfield
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Sipe
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