Six American communities honored for fire prevention gains
The United States Chamber of Commerce awarded six communities Cincinnati Ohio Milwaukee Wisconsin Virginia and Ridgewood New Jersey for outstanding fire prevention work in 1939. Cincinnati won the grand prize while others placed in population classes. The piece urges continued national effort and compares wartime tax burdens in Britain to U S policy, urging aid without manpower deployment.
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Cincinmati
Ohio
Milwaukee
Wiscon
America
Britain
Hitler
United States
New Federal Ad Campaign Enters Paper Match Field
The U S Secret Service Treasury Department launches a government funded advertising push in paper matches. The message urges people to know their money beware of counterfeiters and examine coins and bills. Taxpayers bear the cost of this new campaign.
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Washington
U. S. Secret Service
Treasury Department
Border Fence Proposal Attracts High Level Consideration
Executive secretary of the Texas Game Fish and Oyster commission suggests a border fence from the Gulf to the Pacific. Washington officials are weighing the idea as a feasible measure to curb incursions by coyotes and other predators entering the United States.
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The
Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Washington
U. S
Ab Jenkins Sets 3858 Mile 24 Hour Salt Flat Record
Salt Lake City's mayor David Abbott Jenkins, known as Ab Jenkins, set a remarkable 24 hour record at Bonneville Utah covering 3858 miles averaging just over 161 mph. The 50 year old racer intends to continue racing and aims for 4000 miles in 24 hours.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
David Abbott Jenkins
Plain Ab Jenkins
Jenkins
New York
San Francisco
Bonneville
Indianapolis Speedway
Mayor Jenkins
Hot Dawg Passenger and Irish Cook Exchange
A brief quip shows a passenger asking the mate and the Irish cook replying with witty self reference. The exchange centers on identity and cooking roles aboard.
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Pasenger
Veteran sailor eyes another voyage in retirement
A longtime navy veteran reflects on life after service, recalling distant seas and challenges faced aboard ships. He discusses adjusting to civilian routines and the enduring camaraderie forged during years at sea.
Bee Metaphor Tangles Visitor and Willie
A witty exchange centers on bees as a metaphor with playful wordplay. Visitor asks about a poem while Willie offers a cheeky jab about meddling with the bee causing it to act.
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Willie
Argument pro and con in a farmyard mock trial
A boy asks about pro and con as the judge questions theft of farm animals. Big Brown denies stealing chickens geese or turkeys. The judge dismisses the case and the boy jokes about ducks while reading the Classified Ads.
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B. B
Convincing and unanswerable statement in contemptible dribble
A fragment describes a debate about rhetoric with one side presenting a convincing yet unanswerable claim while the opposing speaker derides it as contemptible drivel. The line captures a clash of reasoning and scorn in a confrontational exchange.
Doctor, a joke about two appendixes
A quip about mistaken medical history and a pun on a second wife. Bill Smith tells a doctor his wife has appendicitis, the doctor jokes he removed her appendix years ago, then riffs on a second wife.
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Doc
Bill Smith
Hair in the Applesauce At Local Hotel Sparks Jest
A hotel guest complains of a bad lunch with hairs in ice cream honey and applesauce. The proprietor jokes that the ice hair came from shaving the ice and the honey hair from a comb while noting the apples were Baldwins, implying the fruit was bought by the guest.
Save Money on El Paso Hotel Bills with Scrip Deal
El Paso readers can cut hotel costs by buying scrip from The Avalanche offering a 25 percent discount. The program lets travelers reduce lodging expenses via prepaid vouchers from the local paper.
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el Paso
Avalanche
Germans Turn to Non-Alcoholic Beer in Berlin Dispatch
A Berlin dispatch notes Germans have begun drinking non alcoholic beer. The piece credits the abstinent Fuehrer with the idea as a substitute for beer though it remains unclear how the trend will develop.
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Berlin
Fuehrer
Scouts Tour Davis Mountains by Permian Basin District
A four day Boy Scouts tour covered the Davis Mountains from August 16 to 19. They visited Scouts Park caves and painted rocks then stayed overnight at the old CCC camp in Ft. Davis. The journey continued to Mt Livermore Fort D A Russell Marfa and Sul Ross College Alpine with nature slides shown.
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Davis Mountains
Boy Scouts
Permain Basin
Ft. Davis
CCC
Mt. Livermore
Davis Range
Fort D. A. Russell
Marfa
Sul Ross College
Alpine
Davis
500 Reward Offered by G. et al for Missing Item
A local notice offers a 500 reward from G. et al for information leading to the recovery of a missing item. Details are limited in the fragment.
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Alpine Avalanche
Breweter County
Big Bend
D. M. Bennett
C. D. Wood
Barry Scobee
Roy Stillwell
Texas
All America
Great Britain
Pro
Sonny
Dad
Whittle
Sen
Continental Oil
Orem
Alpine Lumber CO
Pittsburgh Paints
Alan R. Fraser
Hotel
Otis Turner
A. L. Brantley
J. W. Shepperd
T. A. Beard
Fen
Mrs
Mae M. Ament Az
An-At-Law
W. G. Fielder
Mobilgas Mobiloil
Crawford
Baines
Scouts of
Highland Area
Pyorr
M. C. Adams
Ee Na Lee
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