Local items highlight residents in travel and life events
Miss Margaret Linn shops in Dallas for her store while Mr and Mrs Vernon McIntyre visit El Paso on business. Jack Cross and wife buy merchandise in Dallas. Mrs Cecilia Garcia of Ojinaga undergoes surgery at Alpine hospital. The Wood and Buttrill families hosting with weekend visits. Mrs John Mann of Kansas City visits in GA Sumrall home. Mrs Maria Uranga of Ojinaga recovers from major operation. Marian Smith leaves for Fort Bliss as aviation cadet. Mrs T A Beard visits family in San Antonio. Mrs GH Yates returns from Georgia eastward trip and stays at Ritchey hotel. Sherman Newson relocates to Sioux Falls for radio course. McClure learns of father W D McClure’s death near San Diego. J Walker, Texas Cafe operator, travels between Reno and here for work.
Officer Promotions at AAF Flying School
Three officers advanced in the first promotions at the AAF Advanced Flying School. Capt Theodore Sutter of Riverside California became major. Lt Arthur D Sullivan of Hartford Connecticut promoted to captain. Lt Frank W Means, unit personnel officer, promoted to first lieutenant and connected to Alpine. Mrs nerve sesame remamed last week-end from El Paso where she was accepted into the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and expects training soon.
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Theodore Sutter
Riverside
Cal
Arthur D. Sullivan
Hartford
Conn
Frank W. Means
Mrs
Beansive
Alpine
Nerve Sesame
el Paso
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Army cadet plans training at Marine officer school
A brief notice states a cadet intends to leave for Paris Island next week to enter the Marine officer training program after volunteering for service for several months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris Island
Marine Officer Training School
Aged Stalls Returned to Stables After Depot Acquisition
In a junk yard dairy, officials found iron partition stalls that the dairy sold to a junk dealer about 20 years ago when it abandoned horse equipment. The crew planned to install a 40 horse barn on the Avenue.
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Avenuer
Loi
Amily
Junk
British General Gatland Named Inspector General of Fighter Command
London reports 34 year old General Weit Gatland has been appointed by Hitler as Inspector General of the Fighter Command. Gatland, the youngest Nazi General, is said to be reorganizing and redistributing night fighting and anti aircraft strength under Hitler's orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Weit Gatland
Hitler
Gatland
New Arrival for Mr and Mrs Hammons
Mr and Mrs RL Hammons welcomed a son born last Friday. The baby weighed 6 pounds and 12 ounces and has been named Randall Lee Je.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RL. Hammons
Randall Lee Je
Rotary News reports meetings at Masonic hall and community service program
Thirty-one separians and guests attended yesterday at the new meeting place in the Masonic hall. The program included navy recruiting talks and a community service session led by Don Littleton, with Rev R L Wittner stressing the church’s role in morale. Also noted are thanks to friends for support and shrimp canning industry figures in the Gulf states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonard Mauldin
San Angelo
Masonic Hall
Geo Koury
HE. Gates
Unis Fasion
Don Hoover
Santa Fire
Navy
Buddy Withers
Rmer
Sal Ross Bey
Don Littleton
R. L. Wittner
Baptist J Church
Wittner
Dirt Hauling and Disposal Service Ad in Alpine
If you want dirt hauled for your garden or lawn see J. 2. Walker of Alpine Disposal Service with phone 253. We also do more. Reasonable prices. Also an ad for a clock repair shop: 40 year old clock in good running order at a reasonable price by J. G. Mill, Reliable Watch Shop opposite Ifeway Grocery, Alpine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.2. Walker
Alpine Disposal Service
Moray
J. G. Mill Ff
Reliable Watch Shop
Ifeway Grocery
Alpine
Famous Hidden Spring Emerges After Two Centuries
Rio Grande City reports the famous Hidden Spring Cienega Escondida near 80 miles northeast. Local resident Jess Perez says the spring, long believed legendary, has surfaced for the first time in generations. Water is drawn by lowering a vessel through a hillside opening. The site was reportedly discovered by pastures and goat herders and later tied to early smugglers who once moved goods fifty miles north from the Rio Grande.
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Rio Grande City
Jan
Rio Grande
French cuaves In Africa and American troops clash
A truckload of French cuaves arrives at American headquarters in Oran as troops move in Newangiea. They were en route to France on leave when captured near La Cerrita by U S forces resting during a long trek. Reports also describe La Cerrita as home to Indian hosts with war drums heard at night.
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Oran
France
Trivia from an era of newspapers and quizzes
A mixed scatter of questions and brief items: a schoolyard trivia list asking battles on Eton fields and the origin of goldfish, plus a quotation, a beer ingredient clue, floral symbol, a Pacific island, Cadillac's founding city, and Prohibition history. Also notes on Disraeli and Suez control, Argentina’s agriculture, Japanese taught at NYU, a naval morale gift from Hawaii, and Alaska’s timber coastlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eton
China
Japan
le Sieur de Cadillac
Disraeli
Suez Canal
England
Also Mentioned on This Page
Margaret Linn
Dallas
Vernon McIntyre
Jack Cross
Cecilia Garcia
Ojinaga, Mex
Alpine Hospital
C.D. Wood
John Mann
Kansas City, Mo
Maurine Bawyer
GA. Sumrall
Maria Uranga
Marian Smith
Fort Bliss
T. A. Beard
San Antonio
M . Koei
Marguerite and
Maude Koehl
GH. Yates
Georgia
Ritchey Hotel
Sherman Newson
Ray Newsom
Sioux Palls, S. D
M. T McClure
W. D. McClure
San Diego
Calif
J. ¥. Walker
Texas Cafe
Reno
Neva
AAF
THE
Waacs
Ofriven Schoo
Plate Lune
Jarvis
Robinbon
Rotary News
M. A. Webb
Mars Merrid
Mt. Hopson
M. L. Hopson
M. W. Hopson
Gulf States
Louisiana
Texas
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
Gulf Coast
Sunshine Cleaners
Lee Smith
Big Bend
T._ D. McKinney
Stark Brew Nursery
E. Howard
Carroll Vaughn
FT. Kelvina
Ernest Gibbons
Chevrolet
Ed Ely
N. Garnett St
H. P. Neill
Baygent Coaches
Call
Marfa
Frank Daugherty
Grandview Courts
Zico
Sime
Vrog
Prenat
Merry Aldrich
Tignting Frontier
Rockies
Cape
Granada Theatre
Henry Aldrich
Jimmy Lydon
Chas. Smith
Frontier
Etty Grable
Payne
Carmen Harry Tames
Geo. Brent Brenda Marshall
Africa
United States
Argentina
Pan American Union
N.Y.C
New York University
Philip Cartwright
Pasadena
Alaska
Army Corps
CPL
Aimerice
Mitris
Alpine Drug
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