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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1940
Page
2
The 26,000,000th Ford bound on the United States Mexico and Canada tour was snapped at the Edgewater plant as the historic car left the assembly line. It was greeted Friday in Alpine by Mayor Starns and Judge Slight amid a group of notables marking the first leg of the tour.
Van Binion, local Goodyear dealer, unveils the All American tire priced to suit 70 percent of buyers. It fits sizes 6.00-16 to 4.75-19, using high carbon beads, Supertwist cord, and a double cord breaker for protection. New tread design offers long wear and economy without sacrificing safety.
UT professor J Frank Dobie urges Texans to study Southwestern literature and life. He criticizes New England preachers as dominating American literature and argues for a Southwest centered curriculum including Cabeza de Vaca and John C. Duval. Dobie supports Southwestern courses in Texas schools.
Malcolm Davis son of Mr and Mrs J F Davis of Sanderson will be salutatorian of his class in the commencement exercises of Sanderson High School May 20 having made an average of 903 His mother Mrs Davis was the sixth student to enroll in Sut Ross at its opening in 1920 and though she did not receive a degree she is the mother of six children all but the youngest of whom were honor students in school Also a mailed postcard from Chicago with a $1 bill pinned to it arrived safely in Tuckahoe New Jersey referencing mail carriers honesty.
A fragment describes serving suggestions with canned pineapple juice and related tropical flavors. It mentions paper thin cookies, frat cake, and festive winter gatherings. The text lists easy-to-make drinks and combinations featuring pineapple, sugar, and mixed fruit components for serving during holidays.
London reports that a 4000 year old axe head placed in a skull at Sedgwick Museum was a long running hoax. Major Gordon Fowler declares the item authentic separately found, suggesting a prank that fooled scientists students and the public for decades. The joker behind the ruse reportedly died five years after the act.
Archaeologists in the Ozarks probe a miles long stone wall nine feet high and thick, built of massive blocks possibly thousands of years old. It spans a ravine near a precipice with water erosion suggesting a breakwater use. A nearby apparent mine shaft yielded no valuable ore, leaving researchers baffled about the wall’s purpose and origin.
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