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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1946
Page
6
Alpine Avalanche announces itself as the official city and county paper serving Alpine and the Davis Mountains area. It notes editors and correspondents and lists subscription rates and correction policy for reader notices and reading cards.
The Military club hosts four weekly evening sessions titled Institutes of International Understanding. Each meeting features a distinguished speaker and a forum for audience questions on global relations. Alpine Rotary sponsors with Sul Rows college and other schools, joining similar efforts across about 50 U S communities to promote international understanding and peace.
Reading through a distressed plea Greece faces famine disease and displacement after wartime devastation. Fourteen hundred towns destroyed one and a half million lost possessions and two and a half million suffering from malnutrition and illness. Relief efforts urge Americans to donate clothing shoes bedding and undergarments to aid Greek families and disabled veterans through the Victory Clothing Collection.
Gen Chow Enlai credits Gen George C Marshall with securing a cease fire in China’s civil conflict. He lauds Marshall’s diplomacy, says the start of reforms under Chiang kai shek show undemocratic tendencies, and notes a breathing spell as rivals lay down arms. The United States, Nationalists, and Communists may now seek workable compromise.
The article argues the United States faces a mix of strong employment and demand yet warns of looming problems. It cites Paul Hoffman and Walter Fuller noting 32,000,000 employed and only 2,000,000 unemployed, with pent-up buying power. Reconversion progress is praised, but call to address persistent issues to prevent worse outcomes.
A garbled clipping mixes odd phrases about a tailor measuring inches and a comical potatoes gag. It references peeling two sex of potatoes and a bemused keeper’s tip, all in a nameless, whimsical tone.
McPherson informs that he and Maggie have reconciled and will marry, while McIntosh agrees. The twist: Maggie has gained weight, making the engagement ring impossible to remove. The playful exchange centers on the humorous mishap delaying the wedding.
A customer questions the tailor about why fan apple is used as a trade mark. The tailor answers that without an apple the cloth trade could not exist, implying the symbol’s historical significance to their craft.
A mother leaves for a party as Johnny and Bobby claim to be good boys. They admit to causing mischief by letting the bath tub overflow and acting out Niagara Falls on the stairs, but say they are having fun.
Mabel returns home wearing an engagement ring and her father challenges the suitability of the fiancé asking what kind of man he is. The brief exchange hints at family scrutiny of the match and future plans.
The article notes astronomers’ forecast of maximum sunspot activity and related dry weather before May 1948. It also references subscription renewal rules for APO addresses and wartime railroad tax payments by private operators during WWII.
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