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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1931
Page
3
Oliver honored 11 football players for season work with 4 wins and 4 losses after three credits were required for the squad list. The piece praises academic effort, notes tall players Stephens and Clayton, and highlights Alpine junior high in Marathon county tourney, plus local baseball chatter about Shaddix Rosette and Mullenix.
Logan County Sheriff L. B. McKean and deputy W. R. Bergman admitted to taking souvenir liquor from Mexico during a border trip. Authorities fined them five dollars for each bottle and released them. They described the incident as a costly lesson from their vacation romp to Monterrey.
A Carolina farmer argues the Hoover era strain on households with misfired purchases and debt. He cites buying a Ford over a farm, broke credit, and rising costs while seeking relief and noting a broken cotton mill and market glut. Also mentions Hollywood partners in a cosmetic line and a bandit robbery at an Atlanta crotnstore.
Renowned skeptic Robert Ripley plans a thorough tour of Africa to verify wonders and legends for his feature Believe It Or Not. Accompanied by a secretary and cameras, he will study geologic, physiological, and cultural oddities from Meknes to Tunis while clocking in notes for future cartoons.
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