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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1939
Page
4
One year subscription priced at two dollars with four months outside county at one dollar twenty five cents. Printed in Alpine Texas under the 1879 Congressional act and mailed from the local post office.
Fire prevention engineers warn that many buildings with many exits still risk deadly smoke. Open stairs shafts and light courts aid rapid fire spread, endangering occupants in apartments hotels and schools. Modern codes must be enforced and revised to meet current conditions and save lives.
Chicago Association of Commerce launches a new drive to expand the city’s greatness. A nine leader committee will survey needs and craft a program to extend trade, grow industry, and improve municipal facilities, emphasizing Chicago’s many strengths.
The forest service estimates the average American family uses about a thousand pounds of paper annually. About three quarters are produced in the United States with the rest largely imported from Canada. Roughly half of the paper made domestically in 1937 came from wood or pulp sourced abroad.
A provocative remark urges asking a wife to list desires for herself children and home to gauge national wants. The suggestion frames domestic needs as a proxy for broader consumer ambitions and policy implications.
An American journalist credits two spontaneous acts with deepening U S Japan understanding. President Roosevelt ordered a cruiser to return Ambassador Saito’s ashes to Japan, prompting Japanese gratitude. A Japanese courier then delivered the flame of Izumo at the New York World’s Fair, aiming to kindle mutual goodwill and smoother future relations.
An initial order of 65000 Legion badges for the 21st annual convention in Chicago next September was placed, with more to follow as plans develop. The badge features a Pershing bust, Legion emblem, oak and laurel leaves, and Chicago skyline, designed by John Doctoroff. Pershing is anticipated to attend, likely drawing the largest Legion gathering since the group’s founding 21 years ago.
The Railway Employees Association executive committee in Birmingham adopts resolutions opposing a proposed 8 million dollar canal linking the Tennessee river to the Gulf via the Tombigbee river. They argue the project is unnecessary, would cut railroad employment, and burden taxpayers while harming public carriers. Representatives from 21 organizations totaling about 6,000 Birmingham-area members attend.
The 27,000,000th Ford passes through Texas on a cross country tour en route to the Golden Gate Exposition. Lasso girls of Jefferson High School San Antonio led by drum major Mary Eanes Brophy join the welcome at the Ford Rotunda Dearborn. Mayor Carey congratulates Miss Brophy as the car heads toward Dallas Fort Worth Abilene Sweetwater Pecos and El Paso with a Fort Worth stop planned for July Fourth weekend. The vehicle aims for San Francisco July 14.
A wry exchange mocks wartime rhetoric as a Nai victim jokes about Hitler targeting malaria while a companion laments the Malarians. The quip reflects social humor amid public health concerns and political tensions.
Dialogue shows a hurried plan to wire Sally and Deddy, with urgency over elopement and communication to stabilize the situation. The scene centers on a fixer called Sally and a partner named John arranging an urgent telegram or message.
A new recruit passes an officer without saluting. The officer commands attention and points to his uniform while the recruit shows the item issued to him. The exchange ends with a brief display of assignation to duty.
A customer asks for hog shorts and the clerk quips about brassieres for cows, delivering a rural humor moment in a feed store.
A garment firm's customer writes that she will pay when possible and apologizes for ordering the bras noting she is flat broke after placing the order last month.
Two women sit at an open window. One hears a church choir practicing nearby. The other notices the crickets chirping loudly and jokes they do it with their hind legs.
A dinner guest tale recounts a maid tasting mushroom sauce with a dog that died after eating it. The hostess learns the dog was hit by a car and later found under the porch, prompting a dangerous hospital rush and eight dinners discarded.
Chevrolet dealers report 20 day June deliveries totaling 46 111 units up 65 1 percent from 1938 2nd 10 days sales reach 22 458 a 68 3 percent gain with track sales rising 1 687 units to 4 692 Used car volume for 10 days reaches 46 866 20 day total 94 108 up about 20 000 from a year earlier Total 140 219 for the month to date versus 103 420 in 1938 up 35 6 percent across new and used cars through June 20.
William G. Morgan of Lockport New York was awarded his college let ter for athletics forty five years after graduating from the YMCA College in Springfield Massachusetts. The award honors his invention of the game of volleyball and his lasting contribution to sport.
A powder horn linked to colonial warfare is valued by collectors with attention on its provenance. The item is noted as owned by Jason Humiston, with interest in its historical significance and potential exhibition.
Real estate and loan listing offering a 9000 acre ranch in the northern part of the county with fencing water wells and improvements plus a 14 section ranch with running water and wells priced attractively for quick sale Also available for lease 26 sections of good grass land with improvements to fit tenant and a three year term.
Humiston relates a powder horn passed down from ancestor John Hitchcock who, in 1685, dueled an Indian to the death. The horn bears an S and is said to have belonged to a white man slain by an Indian. Hitchcock later married into the Humiston line and the horn’s history continues through generations.
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