Alpine Avalanche page notice page billing and masthead
The Alpine Avalanche lists publication details for Brewster County Texas with rates for notices and corrections. It names staff positions, local correspondents, and the paper’s second class mailing status at Alpine Post Office under federal law.
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Brewster Connais
Finty
Sarin
Mrsc. D Wood Society
MNS
A. N. Aline
Yort Davis
Walker Marathon
Butaide
Alpine
Texas
Congress Huddles On Wasteful Spending And Debt
Tucker reports in the National Whirligig that daily huddles in Washington involve members of Congress and constituents with blueprints for numerous projects. The scenes resemble a gravy train with communities urged to fund ventures from their own money, risking more debt and financial strain.
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Ing. Com
Tucker
Washington
Congress
The CIO's Candidate Funds to Reelect Roosevelt
The Canyon Chronicle reports the CIO candidate claims five million dollars set aside to back Roosevelt's reelection. The piece criticizes war profiteers and officials who praise war gains while twenty million salaried workers and ten million servicemen struggle, noting even John L. Lewis remains loyal to the President after gains for miners.
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Canyon
Cho
Roosevelt
White House
John L. Lewis
John
Air Age Shifts Trade From Ports to Airports
The article argues that air travel will replace ships for inland commerce after the war. Airports will grow as vital business hubs, creating jobs for returning air force personnel and requiring long term planning, land acquisition, financing, utilities, and infrastructure to support expanding air commerce nationwide.
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Hitler
Sven
Don
Dneiper
Stalingrad
Kiev
St. Louis
New Orleans
Boston
New York
Seattle
San Francisco
Con
Letter Home From a Soldier's Family News
A personal note describes daily life and family updates including a sister in a new skating suit, English class on Shakespeare and the Supernatural, a brother in the army with prospects of a better job afterward, and cookies being mailed. The writer mentions waiting to join the WACs at 20 and notes the younger siblings arriving.
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Roger Barnes
Joe
Unife
WAC
Army
Senator Byrd Sees Shift in Federal Tax Burden
Virginia Senator Byrd argued the federal income tax has shifted from a rich man’s tax to a burden on lower income brackets. He warned that future expenditures will be traced to those taxpayers, estimating fifty million people affected as history shows the income tax becoming a broader levy.
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Byrd
Virginia
Treasury
Eastern OPA diploma honors Gest Givens for pricing scheme
A Home Front Award recognizes 4 Mel ington’s contribution to wartime labor. The Eastern OPA Diploma from Wash awards initiative and ingenuity in a direct war agency work. Givens earned it for proposing replacement of the Arabic numeral 2 with the Roman numeral LI in all regional price regulations.
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Melington
Vit
OPA
Wash
Chip Off the Old Block and a Witty Camp Quip
A collection of short quips and jokes from a 20th century issue. A father warns his son about being good for nothing to prove real sonship. A woman saving money to divorce but tolerating her husband. A Texan recruit steals a turkey, provoking a colonel’s wry remark that his men steal but do not lie.
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Texas
Dusty Roadtail Bank Visit Snags Farmer's Plan
A farmer and bank manager discuss an arranging loan as a dust cloud approaches. The farmer dismisses the bank stop, noting the dust cloud rolling in and signaling urgency. The bank manager offers to drive along for an appraisal, but the farmer suggests not to bother.
Farm cycle of debt echoes a wandering father tale
A fragment describes a farm debt merry-go-round where a father loses the farm to a hired man who then earns wages to buy it back, while the father works for the hired man until the cycle reverses and ownership shifts again.
Los Angeles Union Stock Yards Market Summary
Moderate cattle offerings at the Los Angeles Union Stock Yards saw demand for all killing classes remain active and prices advance 20 to 25 cents from the prior week. Calves and veal rose unevenly up to 75 cents to $1, stockers and feeders scarce with little price movement, while choice steers topped near $14 a hundredweight.
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Los Angeles Union Stock Yards
High Finance Army Demonstrates Pride With Jap Prisoners
In a wartime scene the Army officer rewards a private for bringing in a hundred prisoners, paying a dollar per man while the private explains they were bought for a nickel each from the Marines. A separate note mentions a scrambler device that reverses tones in trans oceanic calls and a corresponding uncrambler at reception.
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Corone
Breezland Chicks Promote American Poultry Varieties
Breezland Chicks of San Angelo Texas advertise U S approved heavy breeds and 12 varieties of White Leghorn and other birds. Descriptive price via mail order, prompt attention, postal request to Breezland Chicks.
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U. S
Breezland
San Angelo
Texas
Warning on kite flying near power lines by CP and L officials
CP and L officials warn youths about the dangers of flying kites near electric lines. Local manager Don Littleton urges choosing open spaces away from lines, avoiding metal or wire strings, and not attempting to disentangle a kite from lines. Wet kite strings and rain are also hazardous.
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Central Power and Light Co
Don Littleton
Tiger shark photo at Marine Studios St Augustine Fla
A photograph shows a tiger shark photographed underwater at Marine Studios in St Augustine Florida. The image captures the shark in a controlled underwater setting, illustrating marine life for news or exhibit purposes.
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The
Marine Studios
St. Augustine
Fla
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Atlantic
CIO
Tve
Ivorce
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Breezland Chicks
Cp&l
Storey- Whiteside Lumber Co
Merchant Marine
DY the Bears Brewery
Antonio
Eneites
Ritchey Brothers
Marathon
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