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Alpine Avalanche

Location

Alpine, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 28, 1946

Page

7

Los Angeles Livestock Market Faces OPA Uncertainty

Week of June 24 saw totals near last week but below year ago as Congress stalls on OPA. Beef cattle demand stayed strong with prices rising, Idaho steers at 18.60 and California grassers at 17.68, cows mostly 12 to 15, heifers 16 to 17, calves to 17.50, stockers 14.5 to 15.5, and lambs peaking at 16.75 marking season highs since 2029.

Congress OPA Los Angeles Idaho Calif

Political Calendar for June 27 and Election Dates

June 27 marks the first filing day for campaign expense statements in the first primary with last day set for July 2. Key dates follow for second primary, county conventions, state and district conventions, and final deadlines through August 24, culminating in the November 8 general election. The text also notes the regular army retirement program offering half pay after 20 years and three quarters pay after 80 years of service.

Fist Regular Army

Range Pow Wow Through West Texas Countryside Notes

A travel piece from last Sunday reports a cool partly cloudy day across West Texas from Fort Davis to Hobbs and Pecos. It highlights oil activity around Kermit, growing cattle and sheep, new deep oil wells, Hobbs as a thriving town, and a scenic bus ride by a Davidson Alpine driver. The author visits Balmorhea stock pens, Pecos rodeo promoters, and Pyote’s war‑surplus scenery, reflecting on air power and peace prospects while urging enjoyment of Texas countryside.

N. M Fort Davis Pecos Hobbs Kermit Edwards Davidson Baggertt West Texas Bist Mountains Pyote Old West Texas

47 Students To Receive Degrees at S. R. College

Forty seven students will receive degrees at Sul Ross College at the end of the short term. The list includes graduates earning Master of Arts, Bachelor of Arts, and Bachelor of Science degrees with names such as Armin W Aufderhaar Ralph Ashton Barker Jesse Bell and many others. The ceremony honors graduates across arts sciences and teacher training with permanent state certificates noted for several candidates.

S. R. College Rowe State College Taeda Scone Anna D. Inn T. H. Ruesdoe Armin W. Aufderhaar Ralph ‘Ashton Barker Jesse Thomas Bell Erline Bennett Olive Caldwell Blucher Arthur Clinton Carroll Robert Enoch Darnell Philip Hardin Davidson Gordon Grigas Berta Clark Lassiter Harvey Leon Lovell Nina Nunn McCarter Mary I McDonough Charles A Reynolds Amold Rignards Deane Dickey Schloemer Vera Bess Holmes Walker Patsy Hushes Webb Lola Cotter White

Sul Ross expects little change in summer and fall enrollment

Reservations for the second six weeks of the summer term are only slightly down while dormitory shifts will show the largest changes as undergraduates reduce required hours. Lawrence Hall holds about 16 reservations with similar intent to vacation. Hancock Hall shows a slight drop and many fall term reservations have already been made through the business office.

Lawrence Hall Hancock Hall

It's Dangerous To Use Old Medicine

AUSTIN warns against hoarding leftovers from medicines as a fire and poisoning risk. Dr. Geo W Cox urges destroying unused drugs after they serve their purpose and not storing them for future use. Self-medication with leftover drugs can turn minor illness into serious poisoning. Sul Ross enrollment is over four hundred, doubling last summer per Henry Key.

Austin Geo. W. Cox Dr. Cox Henry Key Sul Ross

Valuable Mammoth Collection Donated to Sul Ross Museum

Dr J C Pope of Alpine has donated bones teeth and tusks from a prehistoric mammoth to Sul Ross College Museum. The curator Smith announced the two collections, collected over years in the area, are being prepared with preservative treatment before permanent display.

Sul Ross College Smith J. C. Pope

Huge prehistoric fossil finds on display in Texas museums

A giant tusk tooth and fossil bone from Elephas imperator be unearthed in Big Bend country with specimens from Crossern ranch Erwester county. Collector T C Davis of Marfa adds items. Similar items shown at Field Museum of Chicago. The museum opens daily 2 to 5 PM.

Elephas Big Bend Country T. C. Davis Marfa Crossen Ranch Erwester County Field Museum of Chicago

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