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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1943
Page
4
Editorial notes from the War Department Public Relations Office urge soldiers and workers to avoid disclosing locations, movements, or equipment. It contrasts duty with home ties, urging Texans and others to remember fallen comrades and keep wartime information secure.
The article cites Appliance Electric & Mfg. Co. manager Newcomb on postwar production, noting inevitable demand and the need to preserve know-how for wiring and tools. It argues profits may take years, with rapid recovery possible to meet pent-up demand and high employment. Quotes from T. V. Moreau and D. G. Mitchell stress charity and energy as lasting, constructive forces.
Humorous city items include a doctor coaxing a child, a church visitor with an ear trumpet asked to leave, an usher shooing a disorderly guest, and soldiers joking about camouflaged equipment after a misadventure in the bushes.
Notice states the partnership between James H. Logan and Dan H. Ritter of Alpine Brewster County Texas under Alpine Wool and Mohair Company dissolved by mutual consent on June 17 1943. Debts to the partnership to be received by Dan H. Ritter and all claims to be presented to him for payment. Witnessed and signed June 17 1943 by Ritter and Logan.
In a strained ceremony the bridegroom, described as excitable, whispered to the chaplain for calm as the service neared its end. The chaplain responded, noting the customary reactions and offering guidance amid the tension.
A man buys a canary and asks if it can sing, then a tenant in a depressed area watches a landlord drown. The man shouts his address to the drowning tenant and the landlord responds by noting the tenant’s residence before the landlord is pushed into the river and the landlord rents the house to the man responsible.
Report from New Brunswick New Jersey describes an attempted sale of tuna cans at five cents by two youths aged 11 and 12. Officers quickly detained the pair after they were found selling goods from a pantry and accepting rewards. Later, the piece notes the Statue of Liberty unveiling on Bedloe’s Island in New York harbor on October 26 1886.
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