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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1944
Page
6
A Brewster regional section notes community updates and small notices. The column mentions editorial policy for corrections and classifies resolutions and cards of thanks with rates per line, reflecting local newspaper practice.
Army Air Forces seized mail routes after private carriers were dropped. Army pilots faced dangers in early trials, some killed. Navy and Office of War Information later assessed airline roles in wartime logistics and continental defense.
The article condemns the Wagner Murray Dingell Bill S 1161 for expanding national social insurance and federal control over employment and medical care. It argues higher costs, compulsory contributions, and loss of individual choice, comparing to German national socialism and warning voters against supporting the measure.
Robert M. Gay urges practical postwar policy balancing dreams with fundamentals. He argues for continued effort to provide homes clothing and food through work and production. He warns against idle dreaming and stresses vigilance to expand factories and maintain civil and economic freedoms.
Wartime message notes that V-Dollars, formed as blood and bandages, serve as weapons of aid for prisoners of war. They support morale on the home front and reinforce the army, promising continued fighting spirit until victory.
A reader argues for brands and trademarks as guides to quality and taste, insisting on recognizable names like Campbell’s tomato soup and automobiles. The piece contrasts market signals with government controls and quotes Patrick Henry to warn against surrender of liberty for cheap goods.
A humorous fragment shows a traveling evangelist asking residents if they have religion. An old man on the hill supposedly had faith, but the speaker jokes that he is nearly out of it, reflecting playful local dialogue.
A couple recalls canceling Niagara Falls travel for their wedding week while a newsreel played, and a tired businessman faces a bad day ending with a farewell note from his wife. The distressed scene escalates as he contemplates a drastic act.
U S Department of Agriculture Jan 1 1944 livestock estimates show cattle at 2 19 000 up about 4 percent from last year and 18 percent above the ten year average though sheep and lamb numbers fall about 7 percent from a year ago in western states. Meetings planned with Vestel Askew and H V Buzzie Stokes coordinating arrangements in Sonora.
A partial roster of names including Mrs. E M Billett Los Angeles Mrs Chas Lee Beck Elgin Tex J M Floyd Alpine Pte D A Edwards APO Mrs D A Edwards W A Glasscock Marathon Howard Hatch Marathon Mrs J J Miller Marathon Dr G W Worthington Marathon Mrs Jim Worthington Ashland Or Mrs Wm Burnside Chula Vista Cal by Roy Stillwell ALN Southall Jr U S Navy by A N Southall Mrs F E Gillett El Paso Geo F Noonan Kansas City Mo Mailer U S Navy hne Te Gann Lande Tex Fe Falter Camp dai Ove by ite Dey Ade ou Ue Mangrave U S evry Sock by serch suns Woodrow Lautin hie Mir Raymond Barwon Cline Mies IB Lowery We Breck Smit Carmen Ga by Baton Sith 18 Carmen Alpine 1 Gardy Alpine 16 Bledsoe Buena Suerte etc.
Mechanics at a RAF pilot school have devised an engine control cable cleaner that saves over an hour in cleaning AT-17 cables. The device uses a carbon tetrachloride solvent pumped into cables while on the engine, with drainage by gravity, demonstrated by Major DePalo and Captain Chaudron.
Directors of the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association will hold their quarterly meeting in Sonora on March 4. Marsh Lee, the newly elected president, will preside. Discussions cover wool promotion, the 1940 wool purchase program, and the foreign stockpile issue. Members plan a noon session at the Sonora Lions Club followed by steak dinner at Sonora Wool & Mohair Co. The meeting will feature a social event with a dance on sight.
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