Alpine Avalanche header and masthead from Alpine Texas
The Alpine Avalanche published in Brewster County in a fifty second year edition devoted to Alpine and surrounding news. It lists DM Bennett as publisher pastor and publisher, Mrs C D Wood society editor, Barry Sore as Fort Davis correspondent, and Miss Marion Simpson Marathon correspondent. Subscription prices are two dollars per year and one twenty five cents for a six month term. It notes second class mail status under federal law.
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A New Lesson From an Old Truth About Free Enterprise
A speech argues that real progress comes from free men and private enterprise. It warns that a permanent big government would erode liberty, urging tough measures against unchecked bureaucracy and equitable taxation to preserve free enterprise and representative government for future generations.
Ad of 'that "in the year 1082 we shall aga tthe enemy"
The Kansas City Star column reflects on Hitler fearing the Russian bear and the peril in bold moves. It contrasts leadership lines from Adolph and Seneca about mental steadiness and resolve amid war, noting the dangers of a tightening grip on both sides.
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All-Out War Drive Mobilizes U S Economy and Labor
The appointment of Donald Nelson as head of procurement signals a full scale war effort. The government expects over half of national income to fund military needs next year, with production shifts, higher taxes, and civilian defense mobilization. Workers may face new jobs, higher taxes, and compulsory public work participation as the nation gears for total war.
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Donald Nelson
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Pacific
Hot Dawg Tales and Train Etiquette Across Oddities
A jumble of comic vignettes and misheard dialogue features a drunken passenger challenged by a conductor, a roofer’s mischief after an inmate’s neck grab, a clock confusion at a station, a childlike diet joke, and a doctor’s odd patient diet remark all weaving a mosaic of quirky humor and human folly.
Los Angeles Union Stock Yards Notes Demand and Prices
On January 3, buyers showed broad demand for cattle hogs and lambs with prices firm overall. Traders expect price control measures may not harm the west market, though marketing and feeding could rise while breeding herd expansion slows. Last week top steers reached 13.80 per cwt with some as high as 14 per cwt for a 980 lb steer fed by Future Farmer Carlandswood. Other lots sold from 12.60 to 12.0 per cwt, with most common and medium steers at 11.25 to 12.50 and down to 10–11 for lighter grades.
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Los Angeles Union
Los Angeles Union Stock Yards
Carlands Wood
Early Day Tourist Advised Before Texas Trip
An old Texas proverb frames Texan weather as extreme and contradictory. Thomas North’s Civil War era travel notes recount a skeptical adviser who warned of Texas’s heat and cold, droughts and floods, extremes in climate, soil, cattle, and social life.
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Charles Sansom, Jr
University of Texas Library
Texas
University of ‘Texas Library
Thomas North
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Finest in Mahoganies from West Indian imports
West Indian mahogany, imported mainly from Cuba, is prized as the finest mahogany for its weight, texture, color, and figure though scarce. Prices for stock cattle and range animals rise. bulls, calves, vealers, and hogs command various top prices, with a 1850 lb bull selling at over 200 dollars and top hogs at 12 dollars plus.
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Santo Domingo
Juror Wants to Serve Despite Capital Punishment Opposition
A woman juror, summoned for a case about a wife suing her husband for an account over $400 for a fur coat, indicates reluctance tied to capital punishment but chooses to serve. The judge questions her stance and she states she is willing to serve, acknowledging she may be wrong about capital punishment.
Dallas Woman Goes On A Tear After A Pint Of Liquor
A 25-year-old Dallas woman who reportedly drank a pint of whisky caused chaos in a downtown scene. She kicked an ambulance door, knocked an attendant unconscious, tore a blanket, smashed a cot window, and fought Dr. Tate until hospital arrival. Ambulance damage estimated at $100. She is held for observation.
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Dallas
George W. Tate
Dr. Tate
Wake Isand
Man Pleads Motive In Car Theft Case in Queens Court
A motor car thief in Queens county court confessed to stealing a car but argued the motive was good. He said he did not want to be late for a court session in Manhattan where he faced sentencing for stealing another car.
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Questions for the Issue Excerpted Trivia Items
A reader prompts in issue with multiple questions about history geography astronomy and literature. Topics include the Five Nations name origins Notre Dame founding Crossing the Bar author moon daylight hours sea water global volume and light speed.
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Philippines
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