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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1942
Page
6
The Alpine Avalanche area publication details including policy on corrections and notices. It lists staff such as Walter Hennett publisher and editors, and correspondence from Fort Davis Marathon and other locales. Subscription rates are provided and the paper notes its second class status with post office details.
A discussion on mobilizing manpower across war industries and the armed forces, arguing mobilization should have begun after World War I and emphasizing the need to regulate and distribute skilled civilian labor. The piece warns of insufficient preparation, calls for rapid action, and stresses national resolve in wartime allocation of talent.
The author urges immediate sustained war effort from Washington to defeat Germany. Emphasizing aluminum, tin, and iron shipments, they condemn political delays and profiteering at home. They call on the common people to demand decisive action to end the conflict promptly.
The text muses on tolerance when life goes wrong, suggesting gratitude as the outlet for selfish motives. It explores how denial may turn sacrifice into pleasure, urging rediscovery of daily life, family ties, and neighborly bonds to endure hardship and aim for grace, decency, and freedom.
Ranchers in Brewster County are urged to collect every ounce of scrap rubber on their ranches and turn it in at the nearest filling station as part of the nationwide scrap rubber collection campaign. The war effort hinges on this, with farms holding a large share of the nation's scrap rubber and families asked to ensure discarded rubber toys are included.
A meditation on religion as a constant companion guiding vision and self discovery. It stands with man in exaltation and peril, lighting nobility and scourging baseness, and it remains when others cry of defeat to proclaim victory over mortality.
James Bryce praised America as the land of realized impossibilities, a notion explored here as a reflection on Americans' knack for turning setbacks into new ideas. The piece notes national paradoxes the poke and praise, self mockery, and resilient optimism in American character.
The passage argues power by individuals and nations persists despite restraint, questioning civilization when one man or nation uses force. It asserts value in cooperative effort, deliberation, and measured labor leading to peace, freedom, and progress, contrasting impulse to flex power with the rewards of shared effort and rest.
In a humorous exchange a youth essay mocks the giraffe as mute due to a long neck. Sheik and Sheba respond with sharp comments about love and a doctor’s diagnosis of paralysis, framing a quirky domestic banter.
A humorous notice recalls a stingy suitor who bought his bride a nickel worth of peppermint lozenges and took her on a trolley honeymoon. On alighting the car he jokes about saving the rest of the candy for their children.
A traveling salesman seeks help after a flood overwhelms a farmer’s yard. He notices a derby hat floating by the house and fears a drowning. The farmer’s daughter quips that the hat belongs to Grandpa, who yesterday vowed to mow the grass despite imminent rain.
Ney ssewball cavalry rookies were assigned horses and debated how to tell them apart. After trimming mane and tail, both grew back. They measured the horses and found the white horse stood two inches taller than the black one.
Duncan famed for nimbleness writes Shaw suggesting that if they bore a child together the offspring would be superhuman Shaw replies that combining his brains with her body would still yield a remarkable child.
A fragmented OCR passage notes the resignation of the county prosecutor to take a job in California. Court appoints a new prosecutor as the county faces talent shortages and impending legal matters. The text suggests a notable impact on Maskell County’s pursuit of legal cases with reduced staff.
A historical safety note explains stopping distances at 35 mph, citing averages of 102 to 115 feet on dry roads with good to average brakes and tires. It warns weather and wear increase stopping distance and notes accident severity drops with lower speeds, asking if 35 mph is safe.
Fort Davis alumni Ruth Clark Hall and James Hall, now in Ketchikan Alaska, share impressions of Alaska. Ruth and James married in 1941 and began missionary work among Indians under the Presbyterian Board. Their stories describe salmon cannery work, boating trips around Revillagigedo Island, and the Alaska scenery from Tongass Narrows to Walker’s Cove, highlighting the vivid climate and natural beauty.
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