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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1943
Page
4
The Alpine Avalanche outlines the building section and state news with notices charged at one dollar per line for the first insertion and fifty cents for subsequent insertions. Rates apply to notices longer than four lines with postal handling under federal act provisions.
A fragmented excerpt discusses local draft boards deciding essential status of farmers amid wartime production. It notes variability in eight unit farm production guidelines, potential bias between counties, and concerns over deferment decisions placing boards under pressure. Names and exact places are unclear due to distorted text.
A Washington dispute pits the Army Navy and rubber directors against farm producers over allocations and access to trucks fuel and machinery. The text argues that continued requisitioning and delays threaten food and munitions supply and urges officials to protect farm production and rubber allotment to avoid a collapse.
Wartime policy notes from WMC justify decisive action on labor allocation. Emphasizes shortages in industrial and farm sectors, arguing defense needs outweigh peacetime services. McNutt calls for cooperation. future manpower moves likely as global conflict persists.
Nonstandard OCR text discusses pay as you go tax schemes. It suggests the plans seem simple but may cause headaches for the economy and wage earnsers with uncertain details and effects on Treasury revenues.
A wartime piece argues the American woman sustains the home front by conserving sugar and meat, crafting substitutes, and elevating bread making. It praises Mrs Housewife for turning kitchen skill into wartime support while acknowledging debates on women’s roles beyond the home.
In a humorous exchange a customer doubts a hair growth product while the barber recalls a hair-brush used by Tam. The barber claims a spill last week turned the brush into evidence of the product's questionable quality, likening it to a ping pong paddle.
A California air corps camp bar sign jokes that no lieutenant colonels may drink without their parents. In a comic exchange, Fast Worker tells Jones about a divorce, while Tobe explains his wife returning to Alabama, and Mrs. Jones asks who will do washing, with Tobe responding he will continue sewing and courting.
Two travelers in Ireland stray at night in a cemetery and discover a gravestone. One lights a match and muses on the long life recorded, as the other asks to read the name and the moment ends with another match being struck.
Police in a California town seek a thief who took 30 swarms of bees along with their queens and hives. The hives reportedly contained $3 worth of colored wax each. The owner, R. B. Foss, appears the only party harmed, while the suspect is described as a man named Miles from Dublin who denies knowing Foss.
A railway claim agent questions a claimant about a mule killed by a train. The old black man insists the mule “done licked every other train on your road,” implying the mule caused a collision unacknowledged by the railway. The exchange highlights a humorous twist in a labor era setting.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions retained to hold up a group or event labeled as defeaters reppli. The readable bits point to an internal structural note rather than a named person or location. No clear date, organization, or outcome is discernible.
A farmer may deduct ordinary and necessary business expenses from gross income, excluding capital expenditures. Deductions include seeds, minor repairs, fuel, oil, and machinery upkeep, with depreciation allowed on capital items. Farm dwelling depreciation is limited, and mixed use vehicles require apportioned costs. Hired labor and board for workers are deductible, while some in-kind provisions are not. Planting and soil improvement costs are capital expenditures, while annual fertilizers and short term benefits are deductible. Breeding and dairy animals are capital investments unless inventoried.
On January 12 1883 the Sunset Route of the Southern Pacific was completed when the last spike was driven near the Pecos river Texas about 227 miles west of San Antonio. This transcontinental line created the first direct rail link between the Pacific Coast and the Gulf at New Orleans ending an era of stagecoaches and freighting teams in the Southwest.
Livestock markets open solidly with steady cattle demand and new high prices for fed steers. California fed steers hit $16.40, choice vealers up to $17.50, and weights around 978 to 1088 pounds. Hog demand softened late February as packers filled civilian meat quotas, contributing to a weaker hog market. Bulls and lambs show varied but steady quotes, with dairy and beef cattle prices noted across grade levels.
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