Alpine Avalanche Publication Details and Rates Note
Alpine Avalanche notes publication details including editors and correspondents for Brewster County and Big Bend, with pricing and notice rates. It lists Bennett as publisher and Mrs. C D Wood as society editor, plus Fort Davis and Marathon correspondents, and specifies postage and legal notice charges.
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Brewster County
Ted
Alpine
Davis
Big Bend
Bennett
Ana
C.D. Wood Society
Alkire
Fort Davis
Frank Wedin
Safeguarding Military Information in Wartime Faith and Deception
A War Department release discusses protecting military information from enemy influence. It warns faith misplaced can harm war efforts and explains how spies exploit trust, sympathy, and relatives to extract secrets. Emphasizes prudent restraint, courage, and courtesy to prevent disclosures.
Dead Era Reply Sparks Price Control Debate in 1942 Food Trade
In a critique of OPA policy retailers argue that ceilings force sales below cost and threaten industry stability. They claim 1942 conditions are long gone, profits vary by Washington edicts, and merchants remain powerless without meaningful price adjustments. The note warns that clothing distributors may follow if corrections are not made.
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OPA
Washington
Ces
End of freedom abuse must be stopped after war
A speaker denounces postwar selfishness as workers strike for higher pay and government handouts while soldiers fight abroad. He warns that freedom is being used to justify public pressure on private enterprise and urges a return to private employment for returning veterans. The piece frames patriotism and duties amid wartime sacrifice.
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Europe
What Is A Boy Affects Future Policy And Power
A fragmented opinion urges that a boy will later carry on governance and institutions, from Senate desks to Supreme Court benches, cities, and schools. It warns of future control and demands leadership, with references to dairy industry concerns and policy impacts on prices, subsidies, and supplies.
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Senate
Supreme
Bhen
Nexaver
Unusual Bracelet Read Brings Interlude At USO Dance
At a USO dance a girl noticed a sailor with an engraved bracelet warning Hands off He's mine Margaret. Meanwhile a family joke in a separate scene sees a daughter tease about a forthcoming event. A mother reflects on orders and a baby joke about triplets.
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Margaret
Soldier Replies He Is Not Married In Letter Visit
An exchange recalls a colonel urging a soldier to hurry home for spring cleaning. The colonel quotes a wife’s letter saying the man is no use around the house. The soldier jokes that two in the regiment handle the truth loosely and he is not married.
Honest Answer Interview Test for Wallet Case
An applicant answers an executive interview question about honesty. When asked what he would do if entering an office tomorrow found a wallet with 100000 dollars, he replies he would do nothing and live on his income. The exchange showcases a test of integrity and ethical stance in hiring.
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Ctor
Axis
Abe Lincoln
Nin
Brooklyn Dodgers
Masses sign infamous pact in Berlin headquarters
In Berlin crowds gathered to witness a propaganda moment as Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini and the Japanese ambassador prepared to sign a controversial document. A cockroach crossed the table startling the leaders and triggering an angry outburst from Hitler who shouted to restore order and line up for photographs.
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Berlin
Adolf
Benito
Hitler
Tenant refuses rent at Memphis housing office
A Memphis area rent control office confronted a Black tenant who admitted he has never paid rent for nine years. He claimed a landlord found him a vacant house and allowed him to stay rent-free. The clerk noted there was no formal complaint, but the tenant warned he would move if the roof isn’t fixed.
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Area Rent Control Administrator
Memphis
Fawn Rescued After Slip on Boise River Ice
At Boise Idaho a wild fawn wandered onto the slick Boise river ice and suffered frostbite and bruises before sheriff Don Headrick administered treatment and arranged care.
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Boise
Idaho
Boise River
Don Headrick
Homer the goat's bold blitz shocks shipyard workers
Homer the goat charged through a wire fence at the shipyard, injuring six workers and knocking down Patrolman Larry O Connell who temporarily restrained him. The incident stunned workers gathered at the corner for their car.
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Homer
Larry O'Connell
Livestock Prices in Los Angeles Market Report
June market notes show 71 strong cattle dwindling as quality cattle become scarcer. Only a few loads of cod quality fed steers reached Los Angeles, selling $1838 to $1878, with cows, bulls, vealers, calves and spring lambs priced across the range.
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Los Angeles
Police recover 3400 pounds of hoax meat in theft
Los Angeles police report recovery of 3400 pounds of hijacked meat but call it all bologna. The genuine beef part remains missing with 2600 pounds of roasts and steaks still unaccounted for. They found the truck lard and the bologna, while the beef was kept by the hijacker.
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Los Angeles
Aged Pine Tree Timbered in Coconino National Forest
Chief Ranger Homer E. German estimated a giant old growth ora pine in Coconino National Forest was about 500 years old after loggers cut it down in the woods.
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Coconimo National Forest
Aziz
Homer E. German
Ordinary gift feeds the crowd at Jesus sermon
In a desert place Jesus uses a boy’s five barley loaves and two small fishes to feed five thousand, showing that ordinary gifts given to Christ become powerful. The lesson urges believers to commit their talents to God and trust in spiritual provision over worldly measures.
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Jesus
Philip
Andrew
Christ
Public Urged Self-Rationing Travel Amid War Time
A Defence Transportation official urged the American public to self ration travel and stay at home for vacations. The appeal came on a public radio program Washington Reports on Rationing sponsored by a Washington organization and backed by the National Confectioners Association.
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Public Service
Washington
National Confectionere” Association
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War Department Bureau of Public Relations
Advanced Flying School
Thacke
New York
New Vont
Massachusetts
Fred H. Sexauer
Dairymen's League Cooperative Association
Corres
Mple
ST. Peter
Minnesota
Gustavus Adolphus College
Joan
Hutters
Rev
Gordon Alexander
God
Marfa National Farm Loan Association
J.C. Fuller
Sec
Treas
Marfa
Texas
Tire & Rubber Company
Akron
Obi
Arigong
Eoth Ates
Reacwor
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