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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1940
Page
4
The record shows a district court clerk in Brewster County Texas issuing a notice dated the 16th A. D. 1940. The document references J W Frazer in official capacity.
Notice indicates mail subject to second class matter status at Alpine Texas post office under the 1879 act. It records administrative handling for periodical distribution and mailing classifications. The text cites the federal act and the Alpine post office designation without further details.
Illinois Central President J L Beven notes 20 years of monthly ads across about 500 papers to explain railway problems and solutions. He says the policy builds goodwill with communities and will continue, reflecting the company’s belief in public confidence through advertising.
The Kansas City Star argues for a genuine contest to cut spending across all branches. It notes initial reductions in the independent offices bill by about 94 million and further cuts to the administration's emergency defense fund by 7 to 9 million, with the Senate trimming 12 to 13 million more.
Abrah am Lincoln earned a 5000-dollar fee as the railroad's attorney in Illinois Central cases that shaped tax and charter disputes. The rail line's early charter exempted taxation yet required a seven percent revenue dividend. Lincoln won on appeal, potentially altering state tax fortunes and rail revenues.
A public fire safety plea explains that matches appear harmless yet mishandling any fire hazard from gasoline to heating devices can cause disasters. It urges personal responsibility and home fire prevention with help from fire marshals and insurers to reduce risks.
Spencer D. Corlett of the Cleveland chamber of commerce argues for defined coercion outlawed across employer, employee, and union actions. He calls for union accountability, outlawing check off, banning sit down and slow downs, and arbitration with court enforcement, urging repeal of the Wagner Act to restore peaceful labor relations.
McHenry Plaindealer noted cars as a dangerous plaything in January 1910, citing over 270 deaths in the past year from automobile accidents while recognizing cars as a today essential but perilous presence.
A quirky dialogue unfolds with a Mountain Wool Company rep offering coarse yarns to a polite elderly woman. The man at the door asks what she was pinched for as the exchange mixes humor with a hint of mischief.
A soda-counter philosopher proclaims a life to eating habits while a man near him objects to shrimp salad. An absent-minded professor pauses a grooming misstep and triumphs in time, brushing with toothpaste on a shaving brush.
The exchange discusses slang origin and meaning of the phrase Let you. Ma'lad explains it as American slang popularized by cinema indicating doubt about a statement's truth. The judge reacts with short acknowledgment.
An engineer visits a mountain shack to inform a resident that a wooden bridge will be dynamited nearby. He reassures her that a loud blast is planned and asks her not to worry. The scene ends with her nod of acknowledgment.
Public notice summons the Scribners heirs of Eva J Scribner and George C Scribner to appear in Brewster County District Court on the next term to answer a land dispute filed January 15 1940 involving Sections 1 2 3 4 Block 3 and Sections 19 20 21 23 3 32 55 56 Block 4 G C S F R R Co Grant. The plaintiff seeks title and possession claiming ownership since December 1 1939 and unlawful entry December 2 1939 with damages requested. Requires publication for four weeks in a Brewster County newspaper or nearest county newspaper if none exists.
Classified rural ads describe multiple homes with various room counts and cheap prices near a junior high, plus ranch parcels from 14 to 20 thousand acres. Many offers invite trades for cattle, goats, sheep, posts, or any value item, with terms and remodel options. Listing includes 18 Secs ranches with grass, two small improved ranches, and a large Alpine-area tract.
A clipped quote from the Loule Post-Diepeteh cites Winston Churchill asking what would happen if neutrals obeyed the League of Nations Covenant, with Haile Selassie of Ethiopia posing the initial inquiry.
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