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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1942
Page
2
Local notes praise unity in wartime and crops. Peanut threshing clubs form in Cotton Grove to harvest a 1.8 million bushel peanut crop and boost a 3 million dollar county economy. Chamber of Commerce reports cashless projects and maps for Comanche.
Judge Chas E. Coombes praises the cowboy as a solitary, brave figure guided by the North Star and nature. The essay extols frontier life, rough honesty, and education through the school of nature. A humorous tale about borrowing a neighbor’s paper ends with a moral on complacency and a nod to Woodrow Wilson’s call for international policing.
The piece notes a wartime stance urging Americans to endure rubber scarcity for victory and praises discretion over folly. It recalls Texas reminiscences of generational mobility and distant origins, contrasting local native-born identity with arrivals from Tennessee Mississippi Kentucky or Arkansas.
Jeanette MacDonald, noted singer and film artist, stresses belief in God and daily prayer. She praises divine guidance in American history and urges faith for wartime morale, saying America prays, fights, and can win with God.
A wartime poem by June Johnston and Dollie Shupp laments mothers' heartbreak as soldiers go overseas. It speaks of distant lands, heroic sacrifice, and the hope that loved ones will return after victory and peace.
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