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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1942
Page
3
Alpine Avalanche publishes local and state news for Brewster County and the Davis Mountains region. Editor Bennett leads, with Mrs C D Wood society editor and Barry Scobee Fort Davis correspondent. Marie Simpson Marathon correspondent. subscription rates $2 per year, outside county $1.25.
New Orleans officials warn that defense related population surges may require 60,000 extra students. Permanent buildings could cost 24 million, with temporary options about one-sixth. Priorities and rapid growth in Washington complicate expansion, prompting cautions against premature conclusions.
Support for a sales tax grows in Congressional circles as doubts rise that higher individual and corporate taxes can cover the war budget. Bonds and other securities could fund only a small part, and a sales tax might yield three to four billion annually without overburdening the public. A quote notes courage follows danger.
Reflects on postwar planning as nations push to win the war and envision a peaceful future. Industry foresees prefabricated homes costing about 3000 dollars, luxury liners, and vast employment, arguing wartime innovations prevent a renewed slump.
A reflection on six months of major life readjustments in the United States including more cars on roads fewer meetings and tighter finances. It urges churches to rethink programs hours budgets and outreach while noting broader social shifts in transit consumption and spending.
A gas company tester greets a resident with a curious line and mentions an upstairs issue as decades of history echo in Lohrville. Volunteers once rushed to the scene chasing a glow that turned out to be sunlight, recalling a fifteenth mile per hour pace that sparked a sensation twenty years ago.
The article urges American women to collect scrap rubber to fuel military needs. It details widespread household sources from gloves to bath caps, baby items, and old tires, highlighting naval and air force demands and urging children and families to participate in this national salvage push during wartime.
Warning explains greater risk of food contamination in warm months and outlines dysentery types, transmission by fingers and flies, and prevention steps. Emphasizes hand washing, proper garbage disposal, fly control, and sewage use to keep flies from human excreta.
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