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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1944
Page
4
The Alpine Avalanche outlines editorial standards and fee structure for notices and cards of thanks. It specifies reporting corrections, and sets 10 per line for first insertion and lower rates for subsequent insertions, with special rates for longer notices.
A future best seller likens wartime factory turmoil to a nationwide strike in New Jersey. Local 669 of the United Auto Workers and Wright Acrom Corp plants faced mass stoppages as supervisors and management clashed with demands, revealing how internal disputes damaged postwar production and stirred debates on patriotism and union leadership.
A mother writes from a wartime household about her daughter Sis finishing high school in June and plans for college. She debates women entering government jobs versus pursuing independent careers after the war, urging timely guidance to convince Sis to pursue education and a solid postwar job. The letter mentions family routines, a USO dance, and a pet dog Towser keeping watch.
A critical reflection on wartime union strikes and the Roosevelt era. The piece links labor actions to national risk, cites Shakespeare and a damning charge against organized labor, and discusses Supreme Court limits and political fallout. It argues that public support shifts when government actions are challenged and that the nation endures pressure during conflict.
Fort Worth Star Telegram reports British Ambassador Lord Halifax warns that postwar efforts must de Nazi Germany without attempting to rescue the nation through force or concession. He says indoctrination by ideology is widespread and that Americans must act by deeds, not mere words, to prove democracy’s fiber amid wartime strain.
The piece contrasts American freedom with bureaucracy. It warns that bureaucratic overreach invades private life like a camel under a tent. It argues acceptable commerce depends on vigilance against unscrupulous hustlers and stifling rules.
A fragmented comic excerpt shows a pupil paraphrasing a sentence about sight and desire, interleaved with quips from a new maid and a barber. A customer in a shop mocks a bald head, a friend in Africa reports a carpet dispute with a swarthy Arab rug vendor, ending with the Arab retort that the carpet does not stink, the speaker being himself.
The Union Stock Yards report shows 80 percent shore yards and strong demand for many cattle classes. Prices vary across categories with drought effects, ranges from common steers to high quality natives and calves, while sheep and woolled lambs command solid figures in several brackets.
State Police Director Homer Garrison says about 40,000 current issue licenses have recently expired. Licenses bear numbers from 1,300,000 to 1,150,000. drivers should check dates, as an expired license counts as a new license requiring a driving test. Also notes a public sale notice for a 1996 Ford and a large Brewster County estate and mining property receivership proceedings with bids due January 25, 1944.
A colored man asks his pastor for $50 in faith. The pastor gathers friends and the collection yields $42. The man returns next day with a new letter asking God to send funds directly to him, not via the parson, revealing his cunning and demand for direct payment.
A lieutenant kicked a colonel and a private kicked his top sergeant in a sudden clash. Both were arrested and tried the next day. The lieutenant claimed a coin injury and misidentification. The judge advocate let him off lightly, while the private explained he thought the war had ended after seeing the colonel and the lieutenant. Buy War Bonds and Stamps.
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