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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1943
Page
3
Local notes record visits and departures across Marathon and nearby towns. Messages from soldiers abroad describe censorship and awaiting letters. Community announcements include moves, visits, health, and a new Marathon Methodist pastor delivering his first sermon titled Brotherly Love.
Guadalcanal scene in which Lt Henry Matson of Perry Ohio hangs from a parachute and imitates a Nip fighter to deceive attacking Japs after his plane is shot down. The article notes Santa Isabel as the first Solomon Island sighted by white men in 1568.
Cattle receipts at the Los Angeles Union Stock Yards remained robust with demand active and prices steady. Packers begin receiving government subsidy checks and adjust buying to Office of Price Administration orders while many cattlemen cull non producers to bolster herds. Strong Hereford cows fetch around 180 per head, subsidies favor higher grades, with price ranges for steers, heifers, cows, calves and lambs detailed.
The State of Texas directs Floyd Everett De Moss to appear in Brewster County at the Alpine court by 10 a m on the first Monday after 42 days from issuance. Marvel Agnes De Moss sues for divorce, cruelty, and custody of a minor child. case No. 2141 issued July 17, 1943.
The service advises that special handling letters from the department for Christmas parcels be used and senders are asked to mark their packages Christmas Parcel to ensure proper handling during the peak period.
Pestmaster Annie K. Tumey received instructions to end Christmas mail for service men overseas in Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. Mail should be sent within six weeks from Sept. 15 to Oct. 31. Arrangements arranged with Post Office Dept., A. D., 10943. Seahs J. W. Frazer, Clerk, District Court, Brewster County, Tex.
The document outlines packing rules for Christmas parcels to sailors with weight and size limits. It specifies acceptable box types and warns that only one parcel per week per addressee is allowed. It also notes sufficient food and clothing supplies for the men and mentions a notary print detail from colonial times.
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