Alpine Boy Completes 20 Weeks In Air Corps Training
Lavell L. Sharp 23 of Alpine Texas is among 120 men who have finished 20 weeks of Army Air Corps flight training at Moffett Field California and advance to a ten week period at Stockton for additional instruction. He attended Sanderson High School and Sul Ross state college and was a flying cadet at Fort Sam Houston. Upon completion he will receive a second lieutenant commission and Air Corps wings.
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Moffett Field
Calif
Stockton
Cal
Sahrp
Harry Sharp
Alpine
Sanderson High School
Sul Ross State College
Delta Phi Fraternity
Fort Sam Houston
Air Corps Reserve
Air Corps
Notaries Public Stamp Law Prompts Avalanche Ad
A Texas law requires notaries public to stamp or print their name under their signature on all acknowledgments. The Avalanche offers rubber stamps with the notary’s name for 40 cents each, with prompt delivery and more details available.
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Texas
Penny Serenade Stars Irene Dunne and Cary Grant
Irene Dunne and Cary Grant reunite in Penny Serenade a George Stevens drama about a newspaperman and his wife based on Martha Cheavens novel. The film follows a hopeful romance through love and hardship as they navigate family and heartbreak.
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Irene Dunne
Cary Grant
Hollywood
Granada
Columbia
George Stevens
Penny
Martha Cheavens
Jand
Mortrie Ryskind
Penny Serenade
Gas Tax Revenue Rises Across United States in 1940
Gasoline tax revenue for 48 states reached a record 866,472,000 in 1940 per U S Public Roads Administration. Total rose by 4,000,000 from the prior year. New York led with 73,085,000, followed by Pennsylvania 62,487,000, California 51,960,000, and Ohio 50,720,000. Texas ranked fifth with 47,318,000. Government bonds and stamps deemed safest investments as Granada theatre booked for Sunday and Monday.
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U. S Public Roads Administration
Texas
New York
Pennsylvania
California
Ohio
Interesting Life of Draftee in Army Related by Fort Davis Boy
Barry Scobee recounts Myril McBride a Fort Davis High School graduate who describes his induction into the U S Army in New Mexico and Texas. He details the March 16 to 21 process the reception center Fort Bliss training at Mt Franklin and his first weeks as a corporal trainee with the 200th Coast Artillery learning drills meals and mail calls while adjusting to army life including interactions with Indian and Spanish peers and a baker ami and the challenges of antiaircraft gunnery
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Fort Davis
Barry Scobee
Myril McBride
Sul Ross College
Alpine
University of New Mexico At
Albuquerque
Myrrl
United States
Myril W. McBride
Belen
N. M
New Mexico
Santa Fe
National Guard
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Albu
Georgia
North Carolina
California
200Th Coast Artillery
Mt. Franklin
Thces
Asona
Tara
Notice of Sheriff’s Sale in Brewster County Texas
The sheriff of Brewster County Texas announces a sheriff's sale authorized by the Supreme Court of Texas, case Tri-State Ass'n of Credit Men vs W P Hinson No 7461. The property described includes: east 31 feet of lot 4 block 6 Alpine original townsite. lots 4 and 5 block 31 Alpine City. Section 16 Block 6-12 G C & SY abstract 303 certificate 3159 comprising 640 acres more or less in Brewster County. Sale set for first Tuesday in August 1941 before the courthouse door in Alpine. Property levied to satisfy costs of $76.22. Sheriff Clarence Hord signs and notes to buy stamps and bonds for hotel savings.
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Honosable
Supreme Court
State of Texas
Tri-State Ass'n. of Credit Men
A Corp
W. P.hinson
Brewster County
Alpine
W. P. Hinson
Texas
Tex
Corp
Clarence Hord
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L Central Power and Light Company
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Casner Motor Company
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