Alpine Avalanche Local paper and notices description
The Alpine Avalanche serves Brewster County with city and county news in Alpine and the Davis Mountains Big Bend area. Notices include resolutions cards of thanks and reading notices with rates, editorial credentials, and subscription details for Fort Davis and Marathon correspondents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewster County
Alpine
Davis Mountains
Big Bend
Prase
Dom. Bennett
B. Woop
Strike Threat Poses Nationwide Labor Crisis
The nation faces a labor crisis as strikes threaten safety and military readiness. Advocates urge National Defense Mediation Board intervention, a 30 day notice for pay changes, and penalties for defiant strikes to curb disruption. Moderates warn that mass picketing and violence threaten public order and recovery.
Early American Iron Industry and Virginia Furnace History
Colonial iron exports to England grew before the Revolution as early furnaces developed in Virginia and Pennsylvania. Virginia’s Spotswood furnace near Fredericksburg began in 1716 with 20 tons weekly capacity, Augustine Washington funded a Stafford County operation in 1726, and by 1750 colonies shipped about 9 000 tons annually while total output surpassed 10 000 tons. This trade contrasted with the vast future US iron production.
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England
Falling Creek
Pennsylvania
Spotswood
Virginia
Fredericksburg
Augustine Washington
George Washington
Stafford County
Washington
American
United States
France Surrenders to Axis Pressure in World War II Context
The text notes that France has bowed to Axis demands, shocking London and Washington. It mentions Vichy collaboration, potential fighting in North Africa, and concern over German troop aid and supplies. It also references Roosevelt donating a lucky hat from campaign to a relief fund auction and a postal mishap involving 61,190 undelivered letters with $43,926.60 largely returned.
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France
London
Washington
Hitler
Africa
England
Roosevelt
Fire prevention and the cost of delay in the United States
A public safety message urges simple steps to prevent fires that destroy property and risk lives. It cites the 245 value per half minute and notes fire’s impact on homes, stores, factories, and defense efforts, calling for individual action and a national campaign led by the National Board of Fire Underwriters. It mentions ongoing support to navy and army camps and references a sewing needlepoint hobby of Congressman Bodine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
National Board of Fire Underwriters
National Board
Navy
The Value of a Smile in Psychology
A psychologist asserts a smile from healthy young women can aid longevity and lift waning spirits. The piece muses that sunshine and kindness are freely given, not bought or borrowed, and that those with little to give need smiles most to brighten discouraging days.
Fragmented humor notes and stray anecdotes in local column
A collage of jokes and brief scenes: a middle aged woman falls from a window into a garbage can, a passerby comments on Americans wastefulness, a clock delays a near miss with the mother, a son faces an insurance form about parental death, a preacher and organist exchange about mortgage fund raising, and a Chinese laundry remark triggers curiosity about characters on a package.
The Fat Drummer Chases a Train at the Station
A very hot day features a fat drummer who aims for the 12:20 train and arrives at 12:21. The scene unfolds with a patient man, a weary return trip, and a porter asking if the chase was to catch the train, prompting a calm denial that he was simply chasing it out of the yard.
The Comanches Were Not So Tough If You Knew How to Handle Them
Christian H. Brooks, 60, of Lancaster, Pa, made a visit to the courthouse and obtained a marriage license, a fishing license and four dog licenses. Mrs Rachel Plummer’s frontier tale, as preserved in the Texas collection at the University of Texas, chronicles her capture by Comanches and the hard lessons that led to her eventual ransom and acceptance within the tribe.
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Charles 0
Hucker
University of Texas Library
Texas
Barger
Rachel Plummer
Requi
Wilbarger
Christian H. Brooks
Lancaster
Kinney, Maloney throw no hitters in Allen game win
In Allen Michigan a high school baseball game featured Art Kinney and Tim Maloney tossing no hitters Kinney earned the win 1 to 0 on a scoring play after he walked and later scored on an error, giving Kinney the victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen, Mich
Art Kinney
Tim Maloney
Kinney
Also Mentioned on This Page
New York Times
National Defense Mediation Board
Secretary of Labor
Congress
Ind
Pew
Thes
Ironmakers
Terial
John W. Bodine, Jr
Evansville
Shot
Vey
His
John
Mrs. Brown
Alpine Drug Store
Fos
Toner
National Defense
Industriel Research
BY Bob Dart
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