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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1942
Page
3
Alpine publication announces local and state news focus on Alpine and Davis Mountains Big Bend area. Requests corrections for any statements about persons and notes rates for resolutions cards of thanks and notices. Subscription $2 per year, $1.25 for six months outside the county.
In a wartime speech the speaker argues that after the conflict ends the nation must rely on private industry to fund recovery and lower a vast national debt. A restrained government and released private enterprise are needed to raise living standards and support global peace through American production.
The article notes housing remains a major issue nationwide with New York City housing 1.5 million people in 150000 tenement and apartment buildings while 78000 vacancies persist. Statisticians say vacancies reflect the desire of many families to own homes in the suburbs rather than inability to pay rent.
Kerreille Mountain Sun reports Texas answers the call to rationing avoidance with a organized scrap rubber salvage program. Texans vow to meet and exceed quotas, boosting reserves for military and essential civilian needs until synthetics and local rubber production rise. The drive aims to protect the petroleum industry and keep wartime economy productive for thousands of residents.
The article warns that coal buying policies must change soon to allow mines and carriers full use of equipment this summer to avert a possible emergency coal distribution system later. It urges domestic consumers to stockpile coal now, notes RFC loans to finance storage, and argues mining and transport capacity is better utilized now before fall shortages.
China requires planes pilots mechanics and gasoline to support air operations. Chinese airfields near Nagasaki and Formosa offer prime raid points on Japan. The Doolittle raid shows Japan’s air defenses are weak and American air power will continue to support China and threaten Japan.
Officials announce forthcoming casualty lists after kin notifications. They warn the Java Sea disaster will yield thousands of UN and US casualties, with sunken tankers and freighters increasing the dead. Ocean transport through submarine lanes will carry heavy losses.
A survey shows 11 weeks after Pearl Harbor major civilian production lines began conversion or curtailment orders. With 40 billion in armament output planned for 1962 half to be produced by peacetime factories, workers face shrinking consumer goods while soldiers need weapons. Rationing acceptance is urged to support war needs.
A young New Yorker, upon cashing a paycheck, wrote a quip above his signature claiming any link to a living wage is coincidental. The cartoon satire contrasts racial slang with a joke about money, reflecting colorful street dialogue and social attitudes.
In a small town a mother permits her sensitive son Claude to attend school despite a long list of odd instructions from his teacher. A doctor driving a friend to a trip speeds along at over 60 miles per hour, joking that the village policeman is in bed with rheumatism as a caution.
In a lifeboat sinking, three volunteers are called. A Frenchman sacrifices himself shouting Viva la France and leaps overboard. An Englishman follows with God save the King. A Nazi then yells Heil Hitler and pushes an Italian overboard.
A returning soldier warns his father to prepare for his homecoming after Uncle Sam calls him up. He humorously suggests buying two tough mules named Corporal and Sergeant to mock his wartime misgivings and his decision to join the Army instead of the Navy. He signs as Private Jasper Higgs.
In a Pacific war zone about 4000 miles away Ensign Lewis Blackman spoke with his wife as their first child was born. He could barely utter a word from excitement during the three minute call while the infant cried on the line.
Aziz reports Newt Wells files four mining claims in the Santa Catalina mountains named Gen MacArthur Bataan Corregidor and Pearl Harbor reflecting wartime memory as he begins work on the sites.
The June 29 market shows stable demand across all stock classes. Fed steers fetch 13 to 18.50 dollars with top offerings qualifying above 13.75. Vealers bring 12 to 14, high as 15, while hogs weigh 180 to 240 pounds largely earn 19 to 15.35, with heavier varieties around 14.
Absentee voting starts July 5 and ends July 22. July 13 first filing day for campaign and expense accounts for first primary and July 17 last filing day. July 21 residency changes within city require tax collector notice before election. July 22 last absentee voting day for first Democratic primary. July 25 Democratic primary polls open dawn to dusk. County officials report unofficial results to secretary of state by phone or telegraph within 24 hours after ballots counted. July 28 last day to file first primary second expense accounts. August 1 county committees canvass results and hold conventions to select delegates. August 2 first day for absentee voting for second primary. August 19 last day. August 4 last day for filing final first primary expense accounts. expenses filed with county judge within 10 days. August 10 state and district canvass results. first second campaign expense accounts due. August 14 last day for filing for second primary. August 18 last absentee voting day for second Democratic primary. August 22 second Democratic primary election. unofficial results reported to secretary of state within 24 hours. September 1 last day for third campaign expense accounts. lamb prices listed. September 1 state Democratic convention. September 7 state executive canvasses second primary results. October 14 absentee voting for general election begins. October 31 last absentee voting day. November 3 general election. unofficial results reported. November 9 county canvass and certification. November 18 state election board canvasses and declares. January 1 county judge prepares certificates of election and qualifications for all officers. one dollar per commission with certificate. January 12 fortieth-eighth Legislature convenes. January 19 governor and lieutenant inaugurated.
A Friday Granada engagement features Joan Blondell Binnie Barnes and Janet Blair in The Girls About Town a Columbia hijinks farce praised for its delirious danger and wide laughs. Robert Benchley and John Moward also appear in supporting turns.
In Denver a three year old, David Curtis, hooked his suspenders to a car’s rear license plate holder and rode seated until nearby neighbors and his mother, Mrs. Francis Curtis, alerted the driver. He was unharmed except for missing seat fabric and skin in spots from the ride.
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