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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1941
Page
8
An item notes GMC fuel tank trucks sustaining mobilization of the mechanized army. It highlights their role in keeping supply lines active and ensuring continuous operation of equipment and transport across conflict-driven theater.
Alamogordo New Mexico report details coroner inquest on William Bonney Billy the Kid at Fort Sumner July 15 1881. Pat Garrett killed Billy the Kid midnight July 14 1881 in Maxwell home as he asked Who is it. Inquest notes Garrett should receive community thanks alongside license schedule update for Alpine area with local renewal deadlines.
San Angelo and Houston areas, plus nearby Texas towns, are warned by George D. Clark of the Social Security office about traveling salesmen offering fictitious social security account number cards. The cards resemble genuine SS cards but lack the official seal and show the word Specimen. Serial number 676 386-1120.
Nathan Adams, chairman of United China Revolve, urged Texas to extend a fundraising drive to supply clothing and medical supplies for homeless Chinese children facing a harsh winter. He noted a $5,000,000 goal, with Texas to contribute $200,000, as urgency rose for aid to prevent widespread hardship.
Record shows heavyweight champion Joe Louis earned 122997 in 1940, the lowest year since 1934 when he began his ascent. Estimated current fortune for Louis places him between 300000 and 500000, signaling continuing financial rise for the star fighter.
Van Binion who operated a four man auto repair shop and service station in Alpine for years closed Modern Garage and announced he would leave soon to seek a lower altitude for Mrs. Binion. He will not know his new location until after surveying down state areas. The building is leased to H D L Hord Chrysler Plymouth dealer. plans for reopening remain unclear.
In Fort Davis on November 12 county commissioners set a county wide local option election for November 22. Beer is currently sold in two or three precincts as dry voters push to prohibit sales countywide.
Fort Davis received word from Clifton Rice, El Paso district engineer, that a $40,000 allocation will fund further construction on the Davis Mountains State Parks highway. The work aims to extend the road about 38 miles from the current near-finished point toward the Fort Davis Valentine road near the Kelly Ranch.
The Civil Service Commission announces examinations for Border Patrol and U S Immigration Service posts with closing date November 28. Applications are available at post offices or the Border Patrol office in 1 Alpine. Arkansas produces about 95 percent of U S bauxite with Saline and Pulaski counties yielding the largest quantities.
Hi M Wilson of Oak Canyon in the Chi sos Mountains holds 29 000 acres. Charles G Burnham Kennrick ranch has 14 000 acres. Roy Stillwell Stillwell ranch 12 800 acres. W M Oliver Oliver ranch 20 000 acres. Albert Chambers Chambers ranch 10 000 acres. A S Nail Nail ranch 20 000 acres. Otto Walker Sam Roberts ranch 20 200 acres. Louis Lewenthal Lewenthal ranch 5 000 acres.
Actors aged from five to four tease a bright season in Children’s Theatre with Anne Hall from Lorraine Texas and Lance Cunard from Ursinus among the featured performers. Dennis Allen and others train at dramatic schools and in college productions bringing experience from Hunter College to Claire Tree Major plays and regional stock.
Stoife Innes from Manchester New Hampshire studied at the local university and performed with the Manchester Repertory Players and a Shakespearean company. She later worked with Blanch Yurka Eugene Stucklary Nelles and attended the Pasadena Playhouse. She trained in ballet earning a Metropolitan Opera scholarship and appeared in musical comedies operas and repertory companies with Helen Morgan Eddie Douchin and Shep Fields.
A collection of curiosities notes the woodcock has a movable copper bill for probing food below ground, lists 110 US snakes with only four poisonous species, and notes fewer than 800 great white herons are worldwide and confined mainly to Southern Florida where no refuges exist. A Kentucky farmer found a bullfrog inside a rattling rock he cracked open.
Readable fragment notes washable paper options for high use areas like playrooms and stair dados. Mentions ease of washing and longevity, plus a stray line urging to buy government bonds.
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