Alpine Canyon News Punches Through Alpine Texas Classified Rates
Local Alpine paper notes fifty first year in Brewster County with upbuilding aims for Alpine and Davis Mountains area. Publisher Bennett, editor Wood, and staff report corrections policy and charges for notices and cards of thanks. Subscriptions priced at two dollars yearly. Fort Davis and Marathon correspondents listed.
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Ome
Brewster County
Alpine
Davis Mountains
Bennett Yaiter
War Priorities Strain Small Business and Economy
A 1940s analysis warns that defense needs are dislocating peacetime economy as auto production drops and layoffs rise among nondefense workers. Chicago meeting attendees urge larger defense portion and policy overhaul to aid small firms while sustaining the arms drive. Defense leaders are criticized for favoring big industry, prompting calls for corrective actions and public support via Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps.
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Washington
Chicago
Congress
Simons
The Marks of Leadership
A reflective piece on leadership emphasizing observing gathering facts thinking planning deciding and acting. It argues that few can consistently observe think plan and decide and then act with decisive force, contrasting passive obedience with dynamic leadership. The Silver Lining
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Francis Ba‘can
German Losses in Russia Pateh and Hamburg Death Toll
Reports in the Congo Daily News and other papers claim Hamburg’s population exceeds a million, about one eighth of the modern Reich. If true elsewhere, death notices imply roughly 6,500 weekly deaths, 89,000 in 19 weeks of fighting Russia. Reich losses cited as 86,000 weekly for 13 weeks, about 1,100,000 in the eastern campaign three months. Bitter remarks appear as notices mention deaths “as his father in 1916.”
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Russia
Pateh
Congo
Daily News
Fro Ope
Aburg
Hamburg
Urg
Reich
Atention
Oil firms follow government policy on Japan shipments
The oil industry has been criticized for exporting to Japan but officials say shipments aligned with US policy. The President previously supported sending oil to Japan to keep the war away from the South and defend freedom of the seas. Now policy has changed and oil companies are cooperating with state and executive directions.
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Tunkel Instrument Company
Japan
State Department
Executive Branch
Fragmented humor and dialogue snippets from a 19th century column
A series of disjointed lines feature a cautious driver near a railroad, a gas tank crash, a grocer named George, a youth boasting in a seasoned campaign, a marriage license remark, a boxing foot ball game scene, and a minister sermon about wifely duties. The jumbled items resemble a quirky, dated humor page.
Beotch Prises A Scotchman Gift Prompted Crowd
A shopkeeper named Beotch Prises A Scotchman ran a store that had faded in business. On a designated day he promised a free coat hanger and car lighter with each purchase, placing a window sign to attract customers. Instead, customers received a nail and a match, drawing a swarm of shoppers to the store.
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Beotch Prises
An Irish priest transferred between parishes
A parish priest moved from one church to another prompts an old flock member to remark he is a fine man yet bellicose. The speaker recalls the prior priest as thin as a rake, noting the contrast in temperament.
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Nis
Investment Sport: Dickinson and Hankinson Men Play 400th Checkers Game
L. H. Nichols of Dickinson and A. P. Jones of Hankinson began playing checkers by postal card in 1914 and have now played over 400 games. The note mentions a safety push amid government bans and stamps, with references to New York Express and local farm life, reflecting a historical snapshot.
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L. H. Nichols
Dickinson, N. D
A. P. Jones
Hankinson, N. D
Drivers Poised To Set Record In Fatalities In Texas
Austin Oct 14 Texas traffic deaths may hit a new high says State Police director Homer Garrison after nine months showing an alarming rise. He cites an estimated 13 percent gain year to date and a potential 20 percent rise by year end, about 2100 deaths, with new patrolmen to aid enforcement and winter months posing a challenge to the trend.
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Homer. Garricon
Garrison
Park Board Faces Tough Job Mapping Big Bend Lands
Texas State Parks board administrator Frank D. Quinn leads a massive 778000 acre land purchase for Big Bend National Park in Brewster County. The effort requires detailed sheets on each parcel, with vague Spanish grant directions and a flexible pricing scale conditioned on improvements. The process includes court injunctions and county involvement before final transfers.
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Bernice Strawn
Texas
Frank D. Quinn
Texas State Parks Board
Brewster County
Big Bend National Park
Parks Board
Big Bend
San Antonio
Biz Bend
Alpine
Apo
Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps Availability
The government aims to broaden participation in the National Defense Program by offering Defense Bonds and Stamps at many locations. Buy at post offices banks or savings loan associations or write to the Treasurer of the United States in Washington D C Stamps are now sold at retail stores and other outlets.
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Defense
Treasury
Savings Loan Association
United States
Washington, D. C
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