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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1943
Page
4
A lengthy patriotic piece proclaims America as a nation built on liberty and justice. It lists values from freedom to education, industry, and unity, invoking historic figures and landscapes to celebrate national spirit and resilience.
The piece argues Africa shifts from a mysterious dark continent to a vital stepping stone in Allied strategy. It highlights Casablanca secrecy, unconditional surrender discourse with Churchill, Roosevelt, and new global links, then contrasts war news with cinema fantasies and a moral note about careless work shaping character.
Los Angeles County Civilian Committee on Crime Prevention urges creation of a national economic and social planning board to prevent a postwar crime wave. The piece cites Civil War and World War I-era prison trends as warnings and urges government action, noting churches often accomplish much with limited funds.
A wartime column argues for a centralized national plan to employ convict labor in war industries. It cites English prisons manufacturing boats radio parts gas masks haversacks and weapon components and notes English supervision to ensure accuracy and prevent sabotage. The piece urges American wardens to study and adopt similar programs with education in shop practice and mechanics for inmates.
A jumble of overheard lines and misread notes portrays a chaotic scene with Mrs Smith reacting to a fading smile, Homer Smith recounting job loss, a reporter’s pared down story, a Wallik hotel shaft sighting, a nude runner alert, a Camp Claiborne sergeant’s harsh wartime command, and a hometown merchant appeal to shoppers.
An Englishman amused by a Scotch driver asks how often the two large granite dogs are fed. The driver replies that they are fed whenever they bark. The scene shifts to a man entering his house with tired steps as his wife works in the kitchen.
1942 income tax payments may be made in full by March 15 1943 or in four equal installments with the first due March 18 the second June 15 the third September 15 and the fourth December 18 1943. Installments may be prepaid and any unpaid balance is due on notice. Payments go to the local internal revenue collector based on the taxpayer’s district or to Baltimore if no U S residence. Fractional cents are ignored unless at least a half cent then rounded to one cent. Cash payments require a receipt. checks or money orders should be made to Collector of Internal Revenue.
The editor reproduces a V Mail letter mailed in Scotland on January 1 1943 by Cpl J C Roark of the ferrying command US Army. Roark writes home to readers of Sanders Times noting his time overseas and appreciation for news from home as he adapts to wartime life.
The 1942 U S livestock slaughter topped prior records with packers paying about seven billion dollars for cattle calves hogs and sheep under federal inspection. Hog and cattle prices rose sharply at Southern California markets with new highs at Los Angeles Union Stock Yards while beef and lamb values climbed across grades. A state governor’s office frame picture marked Made in Japan was hurriedly removed from Hartford after discovery.
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