Patriot Letters From Alpine Homelinked Servicemen
Readers share notes from service members including Ernest S. Gallego stationed at Lockheed Vega School in California and his family’s bond with the local column. Frank L. Anderson, a Larchmont executive, writes of reader devotion to the Alpine paper while others at Fort Bliss and in New Mexico report Army life. Floyd N. Walser plans to visit Texas and New Mexico, expressing West Texas flavor in a distant newspaper.
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Uncle Sam
Pie
Ernest S. Gallego
Lincoln, Neb
Bur-bank
Calif
Ernest
America
Raul Sotelo
van Horn
Crabtree
Joe Mosley
Oscar Hale
Sam Maddox
Sotelo
E Nest
M. P
Army
Fort Bliss
Signal Corps
California
Alpine
Alan L. Poage
Alan
Sul Ross
Poage
Lordsburg
N. M
Piney
Colyum
Tus
Frank L. Anderson
Frank
Larchmont
N. Y
Floyd N. Walser
Framington
Mase
Boston
West Texas
New Mexico
New England
yGlobe
New York Times
Big Bend Park Dream Nears Realization in 700000 Acres Plan
Raymond L. Dillard told Mexia club members that the Big Bend park project will become hard reality by month’s end as the 1.8 million dollar land acquisition, involving about 5000 landowners, is turned over to the National Park Service. He traced the project’s 1933 starts, noted National Park Service commitment, and featured a Fort Worth Star Telegram photographer’s film of the area from Marathon southward. Also noted: Edwin H. Todd Jr earned commission as a second lieutenant in the Medical Administrative Corps after training at Camp Barkley.
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MEXIA
Big Bend Park
Raymond L. Dillard
Texas State Parks Board
Dillard
National Park Service
Southwest
Texas
Texas Canyon Park
Big Bend National Park
Paul McAllister
Statf
Fort Worth
Edwin H. Todd Jr
Edwin H. Todd
Marathon
Center
Medical Replacement ‘Training
Camp Barkley
Medical Adinistrative Corps
Lieut
Todd
Marathon High School
Texas Cafe Reopens Under New Management
The Texas Cafe on West Main Ave reopens this week under Felix and Mrs. Ramsel who also run The Grill cafe nearby. They lease the business from J. Y. Walker and wife, who operated it for several years before Walker’s induction into the army. The piece notes Walker’s absence and includes brief community letters and a change of address joke from Sgt Clint Fulcher.
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Texas Cafe
West Main ‘Ave
Felix Ramsel
Ramsels
J. Y. Walker
Walker
Army and Navy Training Program For Senior Boys At Sul Ross
Senior high school boys in Alpine and nearby areas are invited to take qualifying tests for a new Navy and Army College training program at Sul Ross on Friday April 2 at 9 am. Applicants must be 17 to 19, have completed high school or graduate by July 1, and exams may lead to college training on active duty with pay and eventual commissions. Fifty percent of those chosen enter college in July, the rest in November.
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Alpine
E. Sperry
Sul Ross College
Navy
Marines
Army
Coast Guard
Sheriff's Posse Dance at Courthouse Saturday Night in March
The Sheriff's Posse will sponsor a dance at the courthouse Saturday night March 27. Music will be furnished by a Balmorsea band.
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Sheriff's Posse
Balmorsea
Scrap Metal Drive Urgently Seeks Submissions
Local waste program calls for immediate metal donations, urging residents to sort and deliver scrap steel and aluminum to designated recycling centers. City officials emphasize safe handling and prompt drop offs to support ongoing infrastructure maintenance.
Canuck Deserter Held In Marfa By U S Immigration
Jack Wesley Gould, a 16 year old deserter said to have served with a Canadian paratroop unit, was arrested in Marfa and taken into U S custody awaiting deportation. He used forged papers to join the army and claimed home in Harrisburg Ontario. He entered the United States at Niagara Falls February 16 and rode with Rev Noel Keith of the Maria Christian church from Fort Worth to Marfa.
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Jack Wesley Gould
Marfa
U. S
Gould
Camp Orilla
Ontario
Harrisburg
United States
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Fort Worth
Noel Keith
Fort Davis Boy Leads Company in North Africa Action
Dallas-born Captain Alfred H. McCutcheon commanded a reconnaissance platoon in a Tunisian front engagement where American forces seized enemy equipment and captured prisoners without loss to United States troops. The report notes his wife Dorotheree Knighton and details his background from Alpine and San Marcos Military Academy to A&M College and service at Fort Knox and Fort Dix.
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Fort Davis
Dallas News
Alfred H. McCutcheon
United States
McCutcheon
Alfred McCutcheon
Dallas
Dorotheree Knighton
Lves
South Marlborough
Alpine
Callie Holt
W. W. McCutcheon
Jett Davis County
Sul Ross to Crown 1943 Queen at March 26 Coronation
Alpine residents attend Sul Ross College coronation as the Brand selects the Queen from five candidates with a campus vote naming the most beautiful. Jean Engle will present winners including most beautiful, most popular and most studious at 8 p.m. in the editorium. Admission 28 seats. a 9:80 p.m. dance for students in the spys' dormitory costs 75 cents per couple.
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Sul Ross College
Sul Ross
Spencer Tracy
Jean Engle
Alpine
Academy Records
Dr Smith Speaks At Alpine PTA Big Bend Unit Meet
Dr Smith a University of Chicago philosophy professor spoke at the Alpine High school 3pm PTA program in reg ular session. He discussed living with ideals amid war and urged hard effort humor to avoid worry with ideals living in the mind. Mrs Vie's first grade room won the $5 room award.
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Alpine P.T.A
Afternon
Alpine High School
Tri County
Texas State Teachers Assn
Leon Hinckey
Marfa
Brewster
Jeff Davis
Pre‘dio
E. B. Tanacks
E. C. Coleman
Pota
R. M. Bankead
Alpine
T. V. Smith
Smith
University of Chicago
Hogs
University of Texas
Vie
Cadet Proves Minimal Education Needed to Pilot in AAF
AAAF cadet demonstrates that extensive schooling is not required to become a pilot. The article notes training, merit, and practical flight skills as key factors, detailing the cadet’s journey from enlistment to earning flight status. It references a cadet from a local school and a monument setting, highlighting the path to success without prolonged formal schooling.
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AAF
Slow Response Reported In County Campaign To Raise Red Cross War Fund Quota
A district conference on the High School Victory Corps and war problems in public schools will be held tomorrow morning in the Sul Ross auditorium. District Deputy School Superintendent S M Melton announced the program will include speakers State Superintendent L A Woods and First Assistant T N Frimble. Officials from across the district are expected.
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Victory Corps
Sul Ross
S. M. Melton
L.A. Woods
T. N. Frimble
Victory Garden Course To Begin Monday Night
A 20 hour Victory Gardens course will be offered in Alpine if enough people enroll. The free program covers seedbed prep, seed selection, planting, cultivation, insect and disease control, and related topics. Mrs. J C Colnan will teach. Meet 7 p m Monday at the Vocational Agricultural building at the high school to form the group and set weekly meeting times.
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Victory Gardens
Alpine
J.C. Col Nan
P. m
Vocational Agricultural
Coffee ration boosted 20 percent by OPA order
Federal Price Administrator Brown on March 15 raised the nation’s core coffee ration by 20 percent. The next rationing period drops from six to five weeks. Stamp No. 26 from War Ration Book 1 allows one pound of coffee to be purchased between March 22 and April 28. Brown cited February imports exceeding estimates by over 20 percent and said relaxing limits reflects OPA policy to ease rationing when feasible.
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Washington
Maroh
Srown
OPA
Brown
Meat Rationing Starts March 29 Under New Plan
Washington reports the government will begin meat cheese butter and oils rationing on March 29 with no sales freeze. Bouillon cubes and beet extracts are currently not rationed, while Swiss and American cheese will be rationed and certain soft cheeses like cream cottage Camembert may be exempt. Canned fish will be rationed. fresh frozen smoked nicked fish not. No poultry or game will be rationed.
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Washington
Arrives Overseas Son Sends Cablegram Home
Mr and Mrs E E Johnson received a cablegram Wednesday from their son Sgt Roy F Johnson stating he had arrived safely overseas. No further word has been received.
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E. E. Johnson
Sgt
Roy F. Johnson
Brewster County Red Cross Fund Drive Lags Behind Quota
response in the Red Cross Fund drive has been slow the past week as Brewster County only about 2800 of a 3600 quota is raised. Don Littleton urged citizens to contribute and volunteers to report to him or Mrs. Homer Graham. In Marathon, Mt Wednesday 409 was raised with about 300 more needed to meet the area quota. No report yet from the river area.
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Red Cross
Don Littleton
Brewster County
Brewser
Litc Hleton
Volc Anteer
Homer Graham
Drive
Waller Diggs
Marathon
Liteton
New Naval V-5 Class Begins Training at Sul Ross
A group of 10 Naval V-5 Reservists arrive at Sul Ross for eight weeks of training in math, meteorology, navigation, physics, and physical conditioning, with flight practice to earn wings. The student pilots include Luther James Anne of Osseo Wisconsin. Charles William Bartley of Rockford Iowa. Marcellus F. Brownlee of Arcadia Wisconsin. Robert Everett Hagen of Avoca Wisconsin. Robert John Maki of Virginia Minnesota. Wayne Alden Peplinski of Winona Minnesota. and George Jerry Williams of Midland South Dakota.
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Big Bend
Navy
Luther James Anne
Osseo
Wiseconsin
Charles William Bartley
Rockford
Towa
Marcellus F. Brownlee
Arcadie
Wiscons
Robert Everett Hagen
Avoca
Wisconsin
Robert John Maki
Virginia
Minnesota
Wayne Alden Peplinski
Lt Brooks Husband Of Alpine Girl Dies In Crash
Lieut James Brooks husband of former Miss Louise Adele Perkins of Alpine was killed in a Colorado Springs crash last week. Burial followed in Muskogee Alabama with Mrs Perkins traveling from Charlottesville Virginia for the funeral and returning with her daughter.
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Brooks
James Brooks
Louise Adele Perkins
Alpine
Colorado Springs
Colo
Muscogee
Alabama
WAAC Recruiting Team to Visit Alpine March 22 23
WAAC recruiting unit will be in Alpine March 22 and 23 to interview and examine applicants for the branch. Lt. Margaret C. Brace and Auxiliary Webb will be available at the Selective Service board fire in the Holland Hotel or at Sul Ross College on those days.
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WAAC
Alpine
Margaret C. Brace
Webb
Selective Service Board
Holland Hotel
Sul Ross College
New Postoffice Planned Near Terlingua Mining Area
Harris S. Smith, manager of Fresno Mines near Terlingua, said a new postoffice will open in the Lea Buena Suerte area within days with Mrs. Smith named postmaster.
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Nthe Terlingua
Harris S. Smith
Fresno
Terlingua
Lea Buena Suerte
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Sheemes
Mr. Walker
F.C
Clint) Fulcher
Camp White
Oregon
Yakima
Wash
Bud
Army and Navy
Guadalcanal
Marine Corps
South Pacific
Davis Boy
North Africa
A. Fambre
Ted Aera
Victory Garden
Naval V-5
NEW Postoffice
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