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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1932
Page
1
A compilation of assorted New York statistics and anecdotes covers milk distribution, suicide rates, false fire alarms, business names, animal welfare notes, proposed laws, canaries sold weekly, holiday retail, physician salaries, cellar households, jewelry spending, high rent apartments, Prohibition effects on pretzel trade, unpaved streets, soap purchases, street anecdotes, and Irish population comparisons.
Comanche growers anticipate a slight rise in the turkey crop this fall with some dealers predicting as much as a 25 percent increase. Otho Phillips reports a flock over 250, and several areas from Mercer Gap to Harmony show strong gains while overall the birds are in good condition. Dealers deny any overweight penalties and expect fat birds to be in demand with the same grade standards as last year. Twenty one cars were dressed last season. at least twenty five are expected this year.
In Goldthwaite Texas Sept a disturbance led to F T Moreland being killed with a beer bottle A murder charge against E T Mayes is filed Mayes was living in Demo y He was known as a son of the rs Tom Moreland and Miss Hester Jeffries The Democrat community notes Moreland who was raised there worked in oil fields near dewater and had lived at the Jeffries home Five months earlier he had been working as a spar in the oil fields He is survived by a widow and a four year old daughter.
Clarence Biggs appointed to operate a service station and garage in his apartment business. Arthur, who recently took over management, had been in charge for several months assisting in mechanical work and operations.
Comanche County 4-H Club boys plan to exhibit a car of uniform lambs at the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show next March. County Agent J A Barton says lambs will be bought from a Schleicher County herd with local help in selection. about 150 days of feeding are planned, with ten to fifteen lambs per boy. Lawrence Sumner of Schleicher County offers aid to ensure top-quality stock.
Gustine Future Farmers elected R. J. Stateville as president at a Sept. 21 meeting in the vocational room. Nabers Gleaton, Isla Pettit, E. C. Estes, Gaston Green, J. D. Carpenter, and QC B. Rose held officer roles with RE. C. Estes as adviser. A committee of Stateville, La Grone, and Estes to set objectives for 1922 33. Two delegates to the State F F A event in Dallas Oct. 22 were chosen at the Sept. 29 meeting.
Ginned in Comanche County up to September 16 totals 58 bales this year, compared with 256 bales on the same date last season, per Special Agent John H. Harris.
Life of Col. Jesse Holman is highlighted in a World War Hero series. The feature profiles his service and leadership as a notable military figure. Breckenridge and Comanche teams prepare for season openers in Breckenridge. Coach Ray Glasscock leads both squads with key players listed. E. P. Shotwell returns as Breckenridge coach with assistants Patton and Howarth as action begins under new league rules. Other conference games include Gorman vs Hamilton and Hico in Friday action.
In a pistol duel in the outer lobby of the RKO Hollywood Theater Floyd L. Kelly died after being shot by Alvin A. Heflin. Harry Fuller was wounded. theater manager Harry W. Schlinker narrowly escaped a bullet. Heflin claimed Kelly threatened him and produced a gun. The theater crowd panicked briefly before ushers restored order.
Roy Little, manager of the Magnolia Service Station for over two years, has leased the front of the Comanche Motor Co and assumed charge of the service department at that location this week.
The play “Ten Nights In A Bar Room” will be shown as a talking picture at the Ritz Theatre in Comanche on Wednesday October 5th starring William Farnum. Management urges parents and children to attend as the greatest temperance lesson of all time.
Gilbert Amos, reportedly under a suspended sentence for burglary, was arrested by Sheriff Dwight Brightman near the jail at midnight Wednesday for attempting to aid prisoners to escape. The sheriff observed a 15 foot string from a jail window and a boy collecting the rope led to Amos’s capture. Florence Peter of Austin visited Comanche County over the weekend with D. Charles Clarke and family.
The county sets the tax rate at 50 cents per hundred dollars, up from 4.5 cents this year, with small increases in the general fund and jail, and a court house improvement tax eliminated. Overall personal taxes will drop 25 to 35 percent due to a 20 percent valuation drop and lower state and road rates across districts.
J. H. Arthur of Arthur's Tire Store is named manager of Magnolia Station, replacing Bo Little who joins Comanche Motor Company. Arthur will run tires at his existing stand while operating the general service station business.
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