Alpine Alpine News Bulletin and Notices
Brewster County regional page highlights upbuilding efforts in Alpine and Big Bend, with local readings and corrections policy. Publisher Bennett Tabor and Mrs C D Wood oversee society and Fort Davis Marathon correspondents Marie Simpson. Subscription price listed at two dollars yearly, outside county one dollar twenty five cents.
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Peete
Brewster County
Alpine
Davis Mountaine
Big Bend
Hennett Tabor
C. D.gwood
Society
Faitor Vf
Fort Davis
Marie Simpson
Marathon
Iption
Texas
Congress
Bonds Fight the Axis and War Bond Campaigns
A wartime appeal outlines plans to require substantial bond purchases to fund the war effort. Secretary Morgenthau warns against financing via heavy bank bond purchases, noting inflation risk from creating deposits. Citizens are urged to sacrifice luxuries to boost bond buying for weapons production and Axis defeat.
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Morgenthau
England's Lesson On Resource Conservation For War Needs
The piece argues for wise use of natural resources especially soil and water as essential to food, clothing, and materials. It links conservation to war effort, noting healthy soldiers and workers boost morale and efficiency. It cites Fingland and Canada on outdoor spaces for play and rest.
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Fingland
Germany
Canada
Rubber on the Farm Drives Food Transport Urgency
The piece argues rubber is essential to farming and truck transport, equating trucks to plows and noting most farm produce relies on them. It warns that halting truck movement would cause a nationwide food shortage and urges rationing authorities to secure rubber for moving food from farms to markets.
Tuberculosis Battle Tapped In War On Industry
Industrial workers face longer hours crowded housing and emotional strain fueling tuberculosis. The 15th annual nationwide Early Diagnosis Campaign marks a key war measure against a disease pressing 18 to 43 year olds in wartime industry. Authorities note wartime strain and limited preventive use among workers hinder progress.
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Tw Association
No Bed of Roses for Those on Selective Service Boards
The piece argues Selective Service boards face harsh public criticism similar to World War I era, with accusations of unfairness and favoritism. It urges understanding that board members work with concerned parents focused on their children’s futures, and warns against believing unfounded rumors during troubled times.
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United States
The Farmer and His Car in Gas Priority Debate
The Dairymen's League News of New York argues passenger cars are not luxuries but essential for farmers far from town. Trucks waste fuel and rubber, while cars enable market access and delivery of food, urging government priority that includes farmers' transportation needs.
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Dairymen's League News of
New York
The Pastor Who Did Not Get The Call
A church family faced illness and notified employers doctors nurses and a newspaper but did not inform the pastor who relied on divination for word of events. The tale argues pastors deserve the same notification as others when news arises.
Jute Shortage May Prompt Revival of Pioneer Rugs
The Pacific war has cut off jute yarn supplies needed for wool rugs. Industry officials warn yarn allocations will end this month, forcing makers to halt many rugs underway and prompting a return to the renovated scrap-rug craft once common in homemaker homes.
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America
Pacific
Madcap wartime vignettes mix jokes and danger
A collage of wartime humor and mishaps unfolds from camouflaged homes and statue workers to classroom bean sentences and a sea voyage tale. An English magician aboard a sinking boat quips as torpedoes strike, leaving two men clinging to wreckage.
American garage owner breaks ground for new $10,000 shop
Henry Desouza of Hanford California, a garage proprietor undiscouraged by rationing and curtailment, broke ground last week for a $10,000 garage. He said he has faith in America's future despite industry cuts and auto production slowdowns.
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Henry Desouza
Hanford
Calif
America
Fort Stockton boys stage relic show for Navy Relief Fund
In Fort Stockton on May 25 1942 six boys ages 12 to 15 organized a relic show to raise funds for the Navy Relief Drive. They collected iron relics and nails, charged admission of three cents, and raised 22 dollars 67 cents after touring the Scudday home display and selling refreshments.
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Fort Stockton
Navy
George Baker
Pecos ‘County
James Scudday
Clayton Williams
David Ligon
Ben Gray
Howard Samuel
Scudday
Navy Relief Fund
Alpine FFA Chapter Year in Review Shows Progress
The Alpine FFA reports a year of activity with 90 percent of members completing wildlife conservation jobs and seven pursuing game improvement projects. A total of 450 supplementary farm and ranch tasks averaged 10 per member, with full home libraries and safety improvements. The group beautified school grounds, conducted parliamentary procedure training, and hosted assemblies and club talks, ending with regular meetings and official record keeping.
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Assembly
Pot.a
Rotary
FFA
Tire shortage winds help Fairview hockey kids
On April 29 in Fairview New Jersey children who enjoy hockey benefited as the rationing board denied Oscar Stoffel the town truancy officer a request for new tires. Iowa residents average 64.7 years while mountain states average 60 years the nation's lowest.
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Fairview
N. J
Oscar Stoffel
Towa
Iowa
Mountain States
Notable Verse Threat Message to Hitler from Hell
A stark poetic taunt warns Adolf Hitler that Uncle Sam will intensify the war effort, declaring the writer a worse devil yet promising to meet him “in Hell.” The verse frames a dramatic confrontation and signals wartime morale.
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Hitler
Sam
Hell
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Hell On Earth
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Long Hard
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