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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1918
Page
2
Community service groups rally four hundred draft age workers for war work at home and abroad. The Jewish Welfare Fund and Salvation Army support the effort as soldiers contribute to the front lines and home front needs through war camps and organized labor programs.
Marfa Red Cross thanks Alpine for prompt help during influenza outbreak at Blase Hospital. Notable mentions include Mrs Warren Miss English and Mrs D B Turner aiding in Marfa, with Turner returning home after illness. Also notes peach shipment and Christmas boxes for overseas, plus a nominating committee for chapter officers and executive committee elections.
Early returns from Tuesday elections show a strong Democratic win in Ewster County. At the courthouse box 76 votes were polled and 30 south of the track, with results expected to favor Democratic nominees by a wide margin.
Mrs Oscar Anderson received word on November 2 of the death of her husband who died overseas on September 30 from pneumonia. He was a former worker at a training camp. he had been married since June 26, 1918 and was a father.
A store owned by Ces was burglarized Tuesday night when assailants broke a front window and looted nearly all stock. Police found the plunder Wednesday morning in the east part of town. A suspect was arrested and held in the county jail awaiting judgment.
The Salvation Army introduces pie alongside coffee and doughnuts near the front as part of its American soldier support effort. The institution remains a longstanding American aid organization for servicemen.
Social welfare huts have been established in France by the Y. MLC. A. for women munition workers. The facilities aim to provide rest, meals, and support as the war effort intensifies.
Salvation Army workers operate at 831 units gland and im reporting on their ongoing service to soldiers.
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