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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1943
Page
1
The column shares light notes from San Francisco and Paris papers, praises local journalism figures, and jokes about train robbers and Hearst comparisons. It reports recent heavy rain between Pecos and Fort Stockton providing drought relief, mentions fighting families, and urges readers to meet May bond quotas while keeping a grounded tone.
Major Daniel R. Webster will deliver the commencement address at Alpine High School tonight at 8 45. Nineteen students will receive diplomas including valedictorian Hal Smith and salutatorian Alice Cook. The program features processional invocation salutatory class history and diplomas presentation followed by awards and benediction.
General Holdridge inaugurates Unit No. 7 and starts an eight week class on Army administrative detail. He warns that women in the army face heightened scrutiny and that paperwork affects morale. He calls the war an episode in democracy and urges harmony and cooperation with colleges. President Morelock hopes the war will unite efforts and bring coordination.
Price panel assistants visit Brewster county retail food stores to help operators understand community ceiling price regulations. Chairman C W Davis says assistants will classify stores post prices on flat priced goods and ensure compliance with national dollar and seat ceilings especially on meats to curb inflation.
A local WAACs event drew elders and attendees to a lively program. Performances featured musical numbers and dance acts that energized the crowd, with participants praising the show’s organization and entertainment value.
Gideon minis try members from Marfa will conduct the service at the Methodist church Sunday evening with Lieut H Wade Seaford of the air base delivering the main address. Rev Ray B McGrew said the Gideons aim to place New Testaments and Psalms in the hands of armed forces as part of evangelistic work. The public is invited.
The OPA extended blue stamps G, H and J in War Ration Book No 2 to June 1 to prevent end of month rush. The next stamps K, L and M become valid May 24 and run through July 7. Sugar and coffee stamps still expire May 30 and 31.
Richard R. Lee of Fort Worth Texas son of Maj Robert E Lee received wings and a lieutenant's commission from Col Gerald Hoyle at the last class of twin engine pilots to graduate from the AAF Advanced Flying school at Municipal Airport Des Moines Iowa The ceremony honored a lineage tracing to Thomas Lee and Robert E Lee with Maj and Mrs Lee and daughter Anne present.
The War Price and Rationing board announces stamps Nos. 15 16 and 18 in Book 11 are valid for five pounds of sugar each through Oct 31. Sugar will be obtained from retailers and not local boards. Individuals may request exact amounts from local boards if needing between five and ten pounds.
Pvt. E G Rivera of the Pampa RAF is home on a 10 day furlough after basic mechanic training at Randolph Field. Pvt. William H Sloan sails for duty with his wife Miss Mary Besse Hamton noted. Cpl. Howard A Sonnier arrives at Angle to install a radio station with 30 crew. Randall Fry moves from Shepard Field to Tempe for pre flight at Arizona State Teachers College. Harold Fry at Texas A M begins preflight at Kelly Field. Lt Alfred Neal Brown moved from Stringtown to Fort Riley then to Denver after an appendectomy. James Parker of Alpine transfers from air leave to Bradley Field in Connecticut. Fritz Bil Weyerts, bombardier graduate, heads to Salt Lake City. Cadet Grady M Nelon completes San Antonio Cadet Center training and goes to Muskogee for advanced training. Lt Ford B Racksey sent to Hobbs Army Airfield to train as bomber pilot. James L Crawford of Aldine at Navy Training Station San Diego. Pvt Crispin Ortis returns to Camp Van Dorn after furlough. Seaman Gas Lines at home on short leave with George Lines. Billy Jack Burcham leaves for Army Air Corps Engineers training at Lubbock and Boca Raton assignment.
AFS graduate Ford Bell Rackley, son of Mr and Mrs Price Rackley of Al Dine, earned his wings and was commissioned a second lieutenant at the AF Advances Flying school last Thursday. He trained in twin engine planes and comes from Marana Basic Flying school Tucson Ariz. Rackley is a Sul Ross college and Alpine flight school graduate.
General T Simms, a colored Dallas native who entered the army as General and is now stationed at the advanced flying school, is promoted to corporal. He graduated from Booker T. Washington high school and attended Prairie View college.
The article describes Class 435 at a West Coast training center graduating under bitter winds and cold. Lt Yeager, Gen Rain, and commanding officers attended the ceremony with awards and remarks on aviation training and future service. The piece mentions Hoover, Benin, and other names, noting the ceremonial day extended outdoors with a continuation teased for the next page.
Wide rains across West Texas from Alpine to Presidio brought 1 to 3 inches in many spots with isolated heavier falls. Varying amounts touched ranches near Alpine, Marathon, and the Rio Grande, lifting the Sanita Fe line river at a three foot rise. A hailstorm at the flying school caused plane damage but training continued. Alpine reports 4+ inches on Vie Pierce ranch and Sul Ross gauge shows 4.2 inches since Thursday.
The Alpine high school senior play The Tin Hero was presented to a large audience in the school auditorium Monday evening. The event raised $80 net for the class and the play was well received prompting requests to perform at the college auditorium for service members and at the flying school later. Directed by Mrs Iwalda Allen Freshman.
Janie Lee Ezekiel daughter of Mrs Eugenia Rowland of Alpine appears in Collier s magazine article on the WAAC training center at Daytona Beach Florida. She has been promoted to the rank of Leader, equivalent to sergeant, and is stationed at Indianapolis. She will depart for home on June 2 on furlough.
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