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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1943
Page
4
fragments describe Alpine notices including cor rections and reading notices with 10 cents per line insertion charges. References to Davis Wythend sect and local correspondents, subscription prices and post office details reflect a period notice in Alpine Texas.
The piece muses on California myth versus fact, noting optimistic hopes of migrants clashing with social ferment. It traces perceptions shaped by geography, ocean distance, and cultural debates, suggesting romance yields to regional realities rather than blaming Hollywood.
An analysis notes that forty eight partly sovereign states reduce total state debts from 9.53 billion in 1940 to about 2.11 billion, aided by over a billion in surpluses earmarked for postwar needs. Stronger tax yields and wartime spending cuts also reshape budgets while construction activity declines due to priority in war industries.
Raymond Clapper estimates American war production could drop at least 50 percent once Germany exits. He argues industry must smoothly convert to civilian output and warns against unprepared peace as in wartime. He cites vast unused stocks and wartime plants awaiting reallocation.
The piece contrasts soldiers in Italy and the Solomons with homefront talk of postwar plans. It highlights how real combat persists beyond publicized sportslike heroics, as troops throw grenades with focus and neglect glamorous narratives in favor of practical aims.
A historical piece argues that women bore limited responsibility for prewar international policy while acknowledging progress since 1920. It contends no gender guarantees peace and urges more enlightened thinking and public participation beyond mere sex-based influence.
The article notes ongoing safety advances on American railroads such as tighter couplers axle tests detector cars and heavier tracks along with improved signaling and maintenance. It cites detector cars covering miles of track in 1961 and 1942 with projected inspections in 1943 and reflects wartime steadiness. It ends with verses about faith and resilience and mentions Elisabeth York Case and a crude remark about Adolf and Russians.
A diner scene highlights slang and miscommunications as a waiter rejects a sparrow joke and a customer insists on asparagus while a couple discusses a future marriage. The builder vows to extend the job, and the owner expects marriage once the house is finished.
A Johnson Auto Metal Works owner from Salt Lake City replies to a ration board demand about ten months of price fixing delay with a bizarre statement: No ceiling No bottom No shop. Boss gone fighting. Men one fighting. Dog gone fighting. Old Man Johnson signs the reply. Includes a joke about a man falling from an airplane and a haystack. A dog chase anecdote follows about a station master’s dog chasing the Northern express.
December 6 report shows Los Angeles weekly cattle receipts near 9,500 to 10,000 with 12 major markets at 235,000 for a year over year gain of about 25 percent. Cattle and sheep volumes push CPA values down, aiding meat demand while most cattle grades trend steady to lower. Prices vary: medium to good steers $14 to $15.25, cows $7.75 to $11, vealers $12 to $13.50, stockers $9 to $11, lambs $14 to $14.50.
Geologists at the University of Texas meeting this fall were told that with proper care the underground fresh water supply in Texas could endure. However pumping levels must not drop too low to avoid exhaustion or contamination of fresh water sands by brackish water. A six inch scratch may mean a six foot grave. Treat those small cuts immediately.
Anonymous G I Joe at Stuttgart Army Airfield Ark writes a playful ode in the Stuttgart Trade weekly praising a sergeant as shepherd of his troops. The poem parodies biblical phrasing about mud, detours for health, cadence, and K P with humorous military reverence.
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