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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1933
Page
4
A mosaic of quick sketches and quips from downtown life. A rain of punchlines features a dancing girl at dawn, a policing exchange about real names, a geography lesson with a wart joke, a weather convo in a barber shop, and a wagging dog life cartoon. Numerous characters and local situations pop with brisk, era-tinged humor.
Carveth Wells of Continental Oil Company will host a Yellowstone National Park broadcast on May 17 at 8 20 pm over NBC. He urges listeners to step off the beaten paths to enjoy the park’s wildlife plant life and high mountain beauty. The program will be carried by WOAL San Antonio KOA Denver WPAA Dallas and others.
A corps of women volunteers organized with army efficiency will carry poppies to Alpine on Saturday May 21 to honor World War dead and raise funds. The national effort aims to place poppies on ten million coats and support the American Legion Auxiliary welfare work for disabled veterans and families next year. Poppies are made by hundreds of disabled veterans who are paid, while other volunteers donate their labor. Contributions beyond production costs fund relief and rehabilitation programs.
Hundreds of applicants compete for rental farms in Texas South Plains districts including Hockley Cochran Howard Borden Terry Yoakum Gaines Batley counties. Landowners subdivide tracts for multiple tenants while some farms are sold. Dealers note former farmers make good tenants as land prices fall but improved farms remain valuable. Alpine Lumber Co advertises tools.
Hints for Homemak ing Jane Rogers explains keeping produce fresh by covering the refrigerator to prevent odors and moisture loss. It highlights transparent cellophane bags that are grease and odor resistant, allowing vegetables and fruit to be stored side by side without contamination. It also notes brushing crusts with egg white before cooling for shine and improved appearance.
Central Power and Light promotes the new Westinghouse model now on display at the local CP and L store. The company touts its modern design, metal clad interior, chromium hardware, and energy efficient features while noting no wood in construction. George Kedzie of Palatine, after three auto smashups, walks three miles to the railway.
Jane Rogers offers versatile uses for corn flakes as a base for quick meals and desserts. She describes a corn flake waffle cookie recipe, a layered corn flake and apple pudding, and other apple flavored desserts with cinnamon and sugar.
Hundreds of deer in the Jenow covered upper Lewis Valley within Columbia National Park are starving as heavy snow and cold strain their weakened condition. Forestry officials led by J. R. Bruckert say relief attempts with hay and feed arrived, but many animals were beyond help. Several deer were moved to the Cougar ranger station, yet their deteriorating state led to fatalities.
San Angelo report describes a ranchman Arthur Henderson discovering a live deer appa rently starved with a dead deer whose antlers were interlocked. The sighting suggests recent local instances of deer bodies locked by horns and dragged over several days.
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