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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1945
Page
1
A colorful note from a Texas newspaper recounts readers praising honesty and news coverage. Letters from Mex. C.A. Dorris of Houston and Mrs. F. T. Clouanna Buttrill Leary of San Angelo applaud truthful reporting and request updates on local servicemen as the paper tallies readership and military support during wartime.
The annual meeting on February 1 aims for the largest turnout yet with the renowned speaker Will Rog fre, touring clubs and organizations in Alpine. Dan Ritter is general chairman. C E Patterson sells tickets. vice chair Mrs Fred Williams. Rotary Lions Garden Club PITA and others assist. The event follows a Town Hall theme and seeks 100 percent city attendance with many committee appointments and invitations.
Antonio Cadena of Alpine received a telegram from the War Department stating his son, Pfc. Fred M. Cadena, is missing in action on the Western Front since December 21. Cadena had served with an infantry unit overseas three months.
Pvt Edwin J Moyer of Alpine died in an army hospital December 23 after months of illness. He served in the Pacific area since July 1943 and was returned to the United States December 14 after being hospitalized on Guadal Canal since November. The body was brought here for interment. Edwin was the son of Mrs. E J Moyer of Alpine.
Alpine PTA met in the high school auditorium to hear Mr. Gates discuss Our Neighbors with ties to the West Indies and Puerto Rico. Mr. Mitchell led a parliamentary procedure program by Future Farmers of America boys and answered PTA questions.
Community PTA notes laud the school lunch program push and praises district leaders Mrs. Key and Mrs. L C Pope. Nominating committee chosen. Juniors win room award. Soldiers and staff transfer notices from Fort Dodge Kansas to Frederick Oklahoma, Camp Decatur San Diego and Camp Blanding Florida cited. Letters from Pvt Jimmy Hinojos LAjitas recounts war life and pig jokes as Alpine families send support. Votan earns ribbons in Italy.
Alpine and Marfa chambers of commerce organize a January 22 meeting in Chihuahua to discuss the Presidio Chihuahua highway. Gov. Fernando Foglio Miramontes will host, with Mexican and U.S. representatives from Alpine and cities including San Antonio Fort Worth San Angelo Abilene Marfa and Ojinaga expected to attend.
Bob L. Valenzuela, pharmacist mate third class, survivor of a carrier sunk in the Philippine battle, is home on 30 day furlough visiting relatives. He spent two days adrift on a life raft after the ship went down following shelling by a Japanese cruiser on Oct 25, endured injuries from Leyte action, and expects to return to duty after recovery.
Henry F. Mayse aged eight? dies at his daughter Mrs. J L Werst home here last Sunday. Burial to take place in San Angelo beside his wife who died there last April. Mayse served as Girvin postmaster and lived in West Texas since the early eighties. He ran mercantile businesses in Fort Worth and Brady, moved to San Angelo in 1900 to real estate and ranching, then to Giron in 1914 to operate general store and again postmaster. He had lived with his daughter and her husband at Alp Inn West Main since his wife’s death. Chandler Davidson ill with pneumonia in Lordsburg NM is grandson of Mr and Mrs Prank Davidson.
1st Lt. Oscar Lee Smith, nicknamed Smitty, returned to the United States on leave after nine raids over Japan and Manchuria as a bomber navigator. He flew the first mission over the Japanese homeland in a B 29 Superfortress and earned the Air Medal and two battle stars. He was a non commissioned officer in Hawaii during the Pearl Harbor attack and later trained as a navigator at San Marcos Texas.
Poll tax payments totaling 565 were reported at the tax collector's office, nearly matching the 1944 total for this date in a primary year. The 1945 figure last year stood at 8. January 31 is the final deadline for paying poll taxes to vote in any election this year, urging early payments to avoid a rush.
Mrs. E Freitag of Marathon received the Purple Heart for her son Pvt Irvin Freitag who was wounded in France on November 17. Irvin suffered thigh shrapnel and gunshot wounds while serving with a First Army infantry unit. His brother Pvt Alec Freitag serves with Gen Patton's Third Army. Irvin grew up in Marathon.
Alpine High lost both ends of a basketball doubleheader to Marfa High last Saturday. In the A game Marfa won 24 22 aided by key free throws while A Franco and Chemali led Marfa with eight points. In the B game Marfa claimed 29 1 as Aguilar scored 14. Next, Alpine faced Fort Stockton with Reeder top scorer at six as Alpine heads to Marathon for another league game.
Pvt Charles Mathews of Alpine Texas was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds suffered in North African combat. A veteran of the North African Campaign he was wounded November 22 in a tank battle near Puffendorf. Mathews attended Alpine High School and worked at Pendleton Hotel before enlisting in February 1942.
Rain fell in the Alpine area Wednesday afternoon marking the first moisture of the new year. Reports say the rain covered a large area with heavier totals north and northwest of Alpine. A trace fell Tuesday night bringing total moisture to 0.10 inch, aiding ranges still moist from 1.75 inches in late December.
In Austin on Jan 15 the Texas Highway Commission announced 1949 automobile license plates will feature black numerals on a gold background and be rear mounted on most vehicles. For the first time since 1942 a larger plate is used, measuring 10 inches, with a new system using a maximum of four numbers preceded by two letters. A WPB order limited to one full sized plate per vehicle this year.
Mrs Fuanita Stalling has purchased the Coffee Cup on North Fifth Street from Mr and Mrs Bill Maddox. She has already taken over the business and plans extensive remodeling. Dinners will be served daily from 11 30 a m to 10 p m, according to an advertisement in The Avalanche.
Brewster county led Sixth War Loan efforts with bond sales totaling 101800 plus dollars against an 85000 quota, an oversubscription near 60 percent. Overall county sales reached 227788.75, exceeding the statewide target of 225000. J James Jr. commended G W Baines and the War Finance committee for the record.
Officers and enlisted men of the Texas State Guard are exempt from jury service under a state statute. The attorney general affirmed the exemption during service, allowing affidavits to excuse jurors. A prior ruling granted a military poll tax receipt to State Guard personnel, certified by unit commanders for tax assessment. Alpine Guardsmen were certified before April 1, 1944.
Dr. B F Berkeley accepts county chairmanship of the annual drive to raise funds for infantile paralysis. He has chaired before. The campaign will include the President's Ball likely on January 21. Contributions may be left with John Clanton at First National Bank. Last year approx one thousand dollars was raised.
Pvt. Lorenzo T. Gallego of Alpine, son of Celso and Lupe Gallego, has been awarded a second Purple Heart for wounds received in action in Belgium on December 26. He previously earned the Purple Heart for wounds in France on October 20 and has served two years, going overseas shortly before his first decoration.
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