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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1941
Page
4
Local notes list Mrs D Jeter’s 8 day trip to Athens and H R Row of Nashville visiting family. Several residents travel to Corpus Christi El Paso and Beeville while others welcome guests from Sanderson Sweetwater and Graham. A sale advertises $22.50 and $25 living room suites at The Upholstery Shop. Also mentions a car trade, a small ranch purchase, and various community visits and hospital stays.
The Mes Wad firm rewards employees for service improvement ideas, averaging 25 new proposals a week over the past year and paying as much as 750 dollars for a single suggestion.
Senator Tom Connally of Texas will deliver the principal Movens tor National Defense address in Dallas on Sunday October 12. He will fly from Washington to attend the Treat ceremony and speak at 2 pm in the Cotton Bowl before more than 80 000 attendees. The event will feature patriotic music and participation from American Legion and Veterans groups, with plans to bar representatives from some state organizations.
Sen ator H L Winfield of Fort Stockton becomes acting governor after Coke Stevenson leaves for Washington. Winfield named president pro tem of the Senate, will hold duties of lieutenant governor until next legislative session. He is a quiet, influential stockman and banker, with a popular wife and daughter in capital society.
Fort Worth reports expansion activities of the Texas Big Bend Park Association and the State Parks board acquisition program. Appointment of county chairmen is announced by Amon Carter, with regions including Hudspeth, Brewster, and nearby counties. A plan to coordinate to the Fifteenth Congressional district is noted alongside other local officials.
Paving work on U S 67 from Alpine to the Brewster county line advances with about nine and a half miles completed. The first 10 miles are finished except small gaps. base is laid and ready for topping. Weather favorable, completion expected soon. Also Sul Ross College invites sealed bids for reroofing the Library Building and Girls Cooperative Home with standard roof and gravel, bond terms, bid opening October 31, plans available locally.
AUSTIN September 30 Acting governor H L Winfield elevates a circus executive and a seven month old boy to colonels on the governor's staff John Ringling North and Bob Barker 3rd are named with J E Casner of Alpine also appointed. Germany spent 22500000 on film production in 1937 while France invested 11125000 and Italy 8250000.
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