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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1941
Page
6
Alpine and surrounding county paper details its role as the Tarenter County voice for Alpine and Davis Mountain regions. Includes advertising rates, editor and publisher Bennett, Mrs C D Wood as society editor, and local correspondents Simpson Marathon and Penncr. States postal entry and pricing terms, with historical reference to March 3 act.
The article discusses whether there will be enough motor fuel for military needs and civilian use, citing a leading oil concern supplying the Army's 250,000 vehicles. It notes the broader impact on industries like electric roads and mining, and reflects on private enterprise driving the defense program and American growth.
A call to buy war bonds as essential to family budgets while opposing anti animal experimentation protests in Peoria Illinois. The piece defends medical research on animals highlighting proven benefits and warns against delaying scientific progress or jeopardizing public health.
BE Kent, president of the Manufactu Connecticut, warns that fire destroys productive forces and may strike human life, urging stronger fire defense as resources are strained for a military buildup. He notes London firefighters and civilians have fought fire miracles and calls Americans to halt fire now to safeguard national security.
The article notes Iceland’s location between Greenland and Scotland near the Arctic Circle and explains its habitable area and climate. It discusses historical interest by Germany and the United States, including proposed bases and political considerations involving Prime Minister and President Roosevelt, with implications for Allied and German objectives before World War II.
Loren Maazel, aged prodigy, led two NBC Symphony Orchestra concerts from memory. He claims to know 22 symphonic works by heart and possesses absolute pitch. Born in France to American parents, he studied with Bakaleinite, and has guest conducted seven orchestras. Toscanini regards his NBC tenure as a premier achievement, despite warnings of intense effort ahead.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a judge notes the defendant has appeared before them five times. The Mr promises loyalty while the Mrs laments folly in marriage. A sidestory recalls Percy recounting Bil leaping into a river to stop a dangerous situation during a dispute with a supersalesman.
A Victorian style dialogue features a lecturer urging timber conservation and a wit remark about weight on a crowded streetcar. A fat woman and a thin woman jostle for space, prompting the quip that if fare were charged by weight they could not afford to stop for some people.
A group of young Englishmen in Snangnai pungaiow repeatedly teased a Chinese houseboy, shaving his head and patting it as a target with paper pellets. After ongoing taunts they decide it is wrong to continue harassing him.
Residents of the Alpine area are invited to the Reagan County Old Settlers reunion at Big Lake on August 15 and 16. The two day program features a free barbecue dinner patriotic speaking rodeo each afternoon rapings district Boy Scout first aid contests and dancing.
SAN ANGELO The most notorious sheep killer in F C Bates memory was a half breed offspring of a Scotch collie and a lobo wolf. Bates recalls the Pecos River era when fences were scarce and predators slaughtered hundreds of ewes. The survivor of a litter produced five pups. the last of these half breeds was found dead in cedar forks in 1932 with panther tracks nearby. He resembled a wolf with a white neck ring and tail tip. Crime doesn’t pay, Bates quipped as he showed the dead animal’s photo.
Austin reports a statement by Frank Scofield clarifying that Defense Bonds and Savings Stamps may be purchased by any private corporation or association whether incorporated or unincorporated, including partnerships, trusts, and public bodies. He cites Masonic bodies and civic groups already investing and notes advisers endorse bonds for trust funds and estates.
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