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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1931
Page
2
A Brewster County weekly, Alpine Avalanche, reflects on aging crime tales and a humorous take on language lessons, contrasting old borderland legends with modern media. It recalls Pat Xavier Aubry’s 900 mile horseback ride era, Al Capone’s notoriety, and press attitudes toward notorious figures.
A penniless laborer’s daughter, Berafing di Leo, rises from poverty to win a five year Chicago Civic Opera contract at 19. Debuted at La Scala last February, she secures an American debut in November after European success. The piece notes ambition, perseverance and evolving social norms.
President Hoover, addressing a convention, urged fewer tributes to gangsters and more praise for lawmen. He warned that sensational depictions in newspapers and films glamourize criminals, who are in truth cowardly and deeply feared by rivals, with punishment often unlikely.
Horace Homer reports Pecos shipments of cantaloupes total about 118 artoads or roughly 34780 crates, with packed cars ongoing. He notes the money from melon trade flows through real channels and predicts the industry will surpass other industries in Pecos soon.
A Yale study compares a female chimpanzee raised with human babies under identical conditions to human infants. The chimpanzee accelerated physical growth in the first six months, doubling birth weight in three months, and surpassed human infants in motor, adaptive, and personal social behavior up to one year, though growth slowed after six months.
Shell plans to move about one million barrels of West Texas crude stored at its tank farm west of Monahans to a major Shell plant at Woodside, Texas, within the next few days as local activity in the sector appears set to brighten. Fort Worth building permits for 1934 reached $3,892,473 as of September 1.
In 1875 the Great Western Land and Immigration Company promoted Empire City a nonexisting town ten miles south of Brownwood. It offered 25 by 100 foot lots as gifts with deed and recording costs paid by buyers. A Brownwood notary and county clerk skimmed about four dollars per sale, while land cost five cents per acre. The scheme divided 4800 lots, yielding a tidy profit for promoters.
Washington reports Texas cities show Fort Worth has the highest share of married residents over 14, Dallas closely rivaling in male marriage rates, while San Antonio has fewer married women. Houston leads in widows by number, El Paso has the highest widow percentage, with Houston tallying 14,720 widows and a 1.32 percent ratio.
The report notes men remarry more after a spouse dies than women, with near identical ratios across all Dig five cities from Port Worth to Pa. Fort Worth leads in catching husbands as 21 percent of its marriageable women had not promised to love honor and obey by the census. Dallas follows with 21.8 percent. In a separate note, James Clarkson of Deal England told of poverty when sent to the poorhouse with a large family. Pecan growing is being promoted at Menard Texas.
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