Alpine Avalanche Publication and Notices Details
Alpine Avalanche goa cy and coun paper in Brewster County enters fifty second year. Devoted to Alpine and Da vir Mountains Big Bend news and local State notices. Rates: 10 cents per line first insertion, 5 cents per line subsequent insertions. Bennettt Fair publisher Mrs Wood society editor Barry Scodee Fort Davis correspondent Marathon correspondent Maiie Simpson. Subscription $2 per year, $1.25 outside county. Entered second class matter at Alpine Post Office.
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Brewster County
Alpine
Da‘vir
Big Bend
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Notic
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MRS. C.D. Wood Society
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Marathon
Texas
Allies Fight for Time in Warfront Dispatches From Life
A foreign correspondent notes British officers in Singapore and MacArthur’s forces delaying actions in the Pacific. He praises the Marine stand at Wake, warns time is needed to supply war materials, and calls for centralized command to cut red tape while production expands.
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Singapore
Bast
MacArthur
Far East
Philippines
Japan
Hitler
Ind
Africa
Rommel
Sybia
Sand
Supreme Command
Fire and The War Effort Heralds Volunteer Fire Defense Drive
The piece urges a nation of trained volunteers for fire prevention and firefighting beyond regular forces. It outlines three fire threats normal fires, sabotage from fifth column activity, and aerial bombing. It praises the Office of Civilian Defense and calls for expanded local civil defense and rapid protection of war resources.
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United States
FBI
Office of Civilian Defense
Defense Bonds Urge Mass Purchase in War Effort
Public appeal calls on American citizens to buy Defense Bonds and Stamps to fund wartime needs. It argues taxes and banks cannot cover all costs, and every person can contribute with spare change to support armament and victory.
Count Your Blessings and the Thunder of We All
A fragmented meditation on resilience and self reliance. The narrator urges chin up and facing wind while describing a distant locomotive and forty four box cars approaching the open countryside. Strong images of personal strength amid rural life and looming transportation.
Sales Tax Likely To Be Implemented Despite Officials’ Hesitation
Plans aim to boost federal revenue by nine billion dollars this year, following last year’s income tax measure which produced about three billion. High officials resist, yet a sales tax seems likely to enter statute books under a potentially different name, viewed as a colossal revenue source.
Untitled Editorial On Taste And Confusion
A short opinion piece argues that muddled taste and persistent confusion must be halted. It asserts that allowing ongoing uncertainty harms judgment and calls for decisive action to restore clarity and standards.
Land sale dispute over nuts and crops in casual exchange
A fragmented dialogue recalls a land sale dispute where one party asserts promised nut cultivation on the property while the other disputes the offer. The exchange shifts to comical misstatements about growing nuts and a confused claim about what was promised.
Texas to celebrate Roosevelt birthday amid polio drive
State chairman Marsnling of resources and human forces in the fight against infantile paralysis will climax in celebration of President Roosevelt s 60th birthday Friday January 30 throughout Texas. The celebration has been organized from state headquarters with L Clayton Houston as deputy federal loan administrator state chairman. The day opens with mobilization in a majority of the state s 254 counties. The report oddly notes an extreme temperature contrast for the moon.
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Roosevelt
Texas
Operan
L. Clayton
Houston
Federal Loan Administra
Bigger Field Fogus Dialogue Clashes Over Careers
In a terse exchange, Fogus quips about a son studying dentistry and mentions an ear specialist, while Wingus notes the man has only two ears, highlighting a humorous misunderstanding about professional goals.
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Fogus
Wingus
Potent Stutt Inn Keeper Awakened by Midnight Knock
The keeper of a local inn was awakened at midnight by a loud knock at the front door. He shouted from a window that no drinks were available at that hour and asked who wanted a drink, noting he had left at closing time.
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Reveal Inn
College Grad Tests Sketchy Applicant At Audition
An American film producer sought a chief for his scenario staff and required a college graduate. He asked if the applicant had a college education and the answer was yes. The producer demanded to see an orama and then a big word, leveling satire on credential displays.
Questioning About Magna Carta and a Missing Friday Task
In a chaotic classroom exchange a teacher presses students on dates and leadership, prompting a student to admit he was drinking and only arrived to fix the radiator. The moment exposes gaps in memory and accountability during a lesson.
Valuable Branding Iron Collection Donated to Texas Memorial Museum
Fort Worth donor Joseph E Taulman gave $29 branding irons to the Texas Memorial Museum on the University of Texas campus. The set includes pioneer tools such as a broad-axe, froe, two augers, Fort Belknap timber, and vintage frying pans and a coffee mill from early Texas rounds. The items join an exhibit on rerounding icons and ranch life, per director Dr E H Sellands.
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Texas
Texas Memorial Museum
University of Texas
Joseph E. Taulman
Fort Worth
Fort Belknap
E. H. Sellands
Army adopts standard procedure for practice blackouts
SAN ANTONIO An Army Civilian Defense official announced a regional standard procedure for authorizing official lockouts in the 8th Corps area. Maj. Gen. Donovan and R. E. Smith led the plan, directing cities to petition their state defense committees, which then route requests to the San Antonio office for Army action. The procedure covers Texas Oklahoma New Mexico Colorado and Arizona and aims to reduce confusion by centralizing channels through state and regional offices.
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San Antonio
R. E. Smith
Office of Civilian Defense
Jay
Richard Donovan
U. S. Army
8Th Corps
Mr. Smith
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Colorado
Arizona
Smith
Army
Donovan
Army Air Corps
Canadian whaling plants count and catches in 1940 season
Canada operated two whaling plants both in British Columbia. They reported two whale catches in the four month 1940 season, a drop from 310 taken in 1938.
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Canada
British Columbia
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