Alpine Avalanche Publication Notice and Rates
Alpine Avalanche, the Brewster County paper in its fifty third year, details editorial notes, rates for notices, and staff credits. It lists publication policies for corrections, notices, and classified items, with pricing and postal classification information for Alpine Texas and surrounding counties.
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Brewster County
Davis Mountain Fig Bend
Dennett
C.D. Wood Society Kaitor
Aln Alkene
Fort Davis
Mra CS Walker Marathon
Utaide County
Alpine
Texas
Who Dares Not To John Steinbeck Becomes War Echo
A fragmentary poem style passage recalls ships docking with supplies for Americans abroad, soldiers marching and lodging in foreign soils, and the grim toll of war. It contrasts frontline sacrifice with the question of value and purpose behind the costs endured by those at home and abroad.
My father the public enemy and the new deal creed
A harsh poem rails against the idea of welfare and government aid portraying a steadfast father as a victim of political change. It condemns the New Deal and warns that generous public assistance charters will destroy the work ethic and turn fathers into scapegoats. The verse blasts reliance on state relief and praises self-reliance.
What This War Means To Me Boots Drill A Newcomer’s View
A boot in training reflects on war meanings beyond boot camp hardships. He links bonds earned to upheaval at home and the threat of destruction, arguing the fight is about saving loved ones, future jobs, and human liberty as the Axis threat looms. Walter Richter notes in The Corpus Christi Naval Beacon.
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Hell On Earth
Nate
God
Walter Richter
Corpus Christi Naval
The Populous Indian in Dallas News Perspective
American Indians, once dwindling under epidemics and war, now grow faster than the U S population. Death rates dropped 53.8 percent in twelve years, with earlier declines traced to smallpox, tuberculosis, venereal disease, and famines. The Smithsonian notes a drastic population drop since Columbus, and the piece reflects on whites’ mixed marriages and a lost indigenous lifeways.
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United States
Americas
Smithsonian Institution
America
Christmas Duty and Support for Soldiers Overseas
A patriotic reflection urges the nation to honor Christmas and support troops abroad. It stresses faith, dedication to democracy, and the deadline for mailing soldiers’ Christmas packages by October 15, urging readers to send gifts to remind service members of home and belief in peace on earth.
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America
Mutiny and Cooties in Wartime Banter
A rocky wartime exchange explores insignias on a bomber and a commanding officer seen at a window. A soldier jokes about cooties, teasing a bath in sand and alcohol to rid them, while a speaker’s tale provokes wary laughter from the audience.
Old Guard Meets New Waitresses At Lunch
A veteran member arrives for lunch to question a cafe’s switch to young waitresses. He growls asking about the duck as the server replies cheerfully, joking about “the old pelican.” The exchange captures tension between tradition and newer staff.
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Cno Naa
Turn About At Sea Shocking Mosquito Tales
A fragment from a narrative describes guests noting the captain’s immunity to mosquitoes and a colored house servant explaining the scene in dialect. The night reveals the crew’s mosquitos appear intoxicated or indifferent to the captain as events unfold.
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Skeeters
Grandmother Joins the Army Amid Wartime Roles
Pvt. Mary Smart of Cleveland Ohio serves in the WAC and is a grandmother. Her three grandchildren Molly Polly and Dolly share her story as family members join or support military service. Her husband Clifford H Smart Sr serves in Alaska with Seabees while sons Clifford and Sheldon pursue Coast Guard training and duties. Her two daughters study in Lancaster Texas. She recalls Austria Yugoslavia and wartime upheavals near their village and notes fluency in Austrian dialect and German. Prior to service she worked as a drug clerk at Higbee Company Cleveland and as a store complaints clerk. She joined the WAC to help the girls away from home and aimed to be Chaplain's Assistant.
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Mary Smart
Cleveland
Ohio
WAC
Molly
Polly
Dolly
Pvt. Smart
Clifford H. Smart
Alaska
Seabees
Clifford
Quartermaster School
United States Coast Guard
Manhitan Beach
Brooklyn
New York
Sheldon
Aerograpphers School
New Jersey
Coast Guard
Pvt ‘Smart
Lancaster
Texas
Austria
Jugoslavi
Pvt
Smart
Higbee Company
Higbee’s
de Tod Willems
Barado
Bornier
San Antonio
San ‘Angelo
John Keys Finegan
del Ro
W. Crisale del Rio
Sx Ewes
W.E. Simpson
del Rio
John J. Madsen
Mt. Pleat
Utah
J.B. Ler
Roger Erroré
Senty
Bomino Thain
Ivey Hi Farm
Pores
Vas
Tutte
Pine Ranch
Dallas
J. D. Dada
Sn Antoni
Merton
Priest
Campbell
Ballinger
Campbel
San Angelo
B. Rose
Albuquerque
A. Wikenson
Zikle
Souk
Merount
North Tesay
Oklanome
West Texas
Round Plains
Goorse Jones
iAneio
West Texas ranchers eye cattle trades and labor shifts
The Corral notes Mallan moving to a Coleman area home after buying a 36 head foundation herd from M. K. Witt and reports widespread cattle purchases, sheep movements, and large scale remount stallion plans. It highlights beets and potatoes labor from San Angelo, potato harvests in Colorado and Wyoming, and cotton picker migration to Lamesa.
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Bill Gray
Weyward Ho BK
Mallan
G. A. Field Corporation
New York
New Jersey
Coleman
Henry Horne
M. K. Witt
West Texas
San Angelo
Solomon Jones
Ox‘ona
Brady
San Anelo
Joe Flores
Colorado
Wyoming
Lamesa
Flores
Reno
War Bond Appeal Urges Public Support and Donations
A wartime appeal emphasizes citizens to buy war bonds, urging personal sacrifice and financial backing to fund national efforts. The message frames contributions as honoring those who sacrifice their lives in service.
Museum Receives 17th Century Indian Campaign Archives
Paterson Leitch Co president C J Patterson sends a rare archive from Ft. Concho Texas dating to September 1680. Signed by the Acting Adjutant General it details General B Hi Grierson's 1878 West Texas army actions and U S Infantry campaigns with Mescalero Apache allies. Available to graduate history students. Patterson supported the museum during McDonald Observatory work.
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Sul Ross
C. J. Patterson
Paterson-Leitch Co
Cleveland
Ft. Concho
Texas
B. Hi. Grierson
West
U. S. Infantry
Victoria
Paterson
Museum
McDonald Observatory
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