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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1939
Page
4
Resolutions and cards of thanks priced per line with a city editor and managers listed. Fort Davis and Marathon correspondents noted. Subscription price shown as two dollars for one year and five months for outside county.
National fire officials warn conflagrations loom in cities and towns due to outmoded codes poor fire protection and weak water supply. Layton cites Chicago Sandusky Halifax losses and urges stronger prevention measures nationwide. Railroads pledge expanded equipment and capacity with Illinois Central buying 1500 coal cars 1000 boxcars and 10 diesel locomotives. Industry leader NA Manufacturers urges peace and cautions against profiteering while democracy requires unity. General Lee noted as prisoner of war at his death in 1870 and his postwar career at Washington College
Government records show Kansas farm deaths dropped from 3 17 to 57 in 1998 as safety programs reduced machine, animal and heat related fatalities. Experts urge ongoing precautions and broader farm safety education statewide.
The pink bollworm is described as a new and severe threat entering Texas in 1996 and likely to spread across the cotton belt if unchecked. It is noted as more destructive than prior pests like the boll weevil and bollworm, with current control efforts deemed inadequate and requiring higher funding for the next fiscal year to support eradication programs urged by the National Cotton Council and other groups.
A collage of humorous asides and racial caricatures travels through quick vignettes about a salesman, a commuter, a lawyer and a box of punchlines. A Texas liquor quest and a paroled prisoner note close this uneven page of oddities and fragments.
Notarized affidavit from editor-manager D M Bennett for Alpine Avalanche dated October 2 1990 in Brewster County Texas. States publisher editor and business manager address Alpine Texas and owners Alpine Publishing Company D M Bennett Gladys S Bennett. Identifies mortgagee EE Townsend of Alpine as security holder.
A snow white albino skunk has been seen by several people in Crockett County. The game warden notes the animal lacks any black hair. No one has yet tried to capture the unusual creature.
Producer Joe Pasternak debunks the idea of Hollywood discovery, saying talent is proven by public reception. Scranton newcomer Gloria Jean stars in Universal's The Under-Pup, directed by Richard Wallace, with a cast including Robert Cummings Nan Gray Beulah Bondi and others, opening Sunday at Granada Theatre.
The notice states Malone v Hill MD will be away from Alpine from tet 12 to Oct 30. It asks if your subscription is paid and omits further details.
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