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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1944
Page
1
A hometown soldier, M-Sgt Gabriel Armiro, earned rapid promotions from private to master sergeant at Camp Kohler, Calif. Readers celebrate his service, while the piece notes wartime staffing strains and the authors’ resolve to endure extra duties without striking.
Ray Ogle was nominated for commissioner of precinct 4 in the run off, defeating Louis Lewenthal 22 to 19 after 237 county ballots were cast. Terlingua box backed Ogle 22 to 17 while San Vicente gave Lewenthal 2 votes. County results show Sellers ahead for attorney general 120 to 107 and Simpson leading for supreme court justice 167 to 69.
Triniana Cordova of Alpine received a card from her son Pvt. Hilario Cordova, prisoner of the Japs for 28 months. The form lists him at Philippine Military Prison Camp No. 4. He wrote a cheerful message urging faith, with four Cordova brothers serving in the U S Army in England, Goodfellow Field, Hondo, and Camp Robinson.
A dance will be held at the courthouse tomorrow night with Serenaders providing music. The public is invited to attend.
Mrs. Fannie Etheridge Baylor aged 79 died at the Alpine home of her son George W. Baylor Jr. last Thursday. She had lived in Alpine for about three months after coming from Carrizo Springs. Surviving are her husband George W. Baylor five sons James E. and George W. Jr. Alpine Robert E. in Chile John G. Dallas and Thomas P. Mexico, sisters Mrs G A Davis Mrs Lou Burk and Miss Celeste Etheridge San Antonio. Funeral services were held in Uvalde with interment in Montell cemetery.
First Lieutenant William W. Hargus of Marathon, 23, now serves as an instructor at a P-47 Thunderbolt training station in the European Theatre. He has flown fighter sweeps and bomber escort missions, earned the Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf cluster and the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf clusters, and rose from aviation cadet in 1942 to lieutenant in 1943. He arrived overseas last January and was promoted to captain this May.
Reports list Brewster area men and women in the service, with transfers, promotions, and overseas assignments. Capt. Felix P. McGaughy moves from provost marshal duty in Houston to Beaumont, while his son Phil stays with relatives in San Antonio. Lt. E. H. Todd Jr. moves to Camp San Luis Obispo and is promoted to captain. Alpine residents Filomeno Bustamente Jr. and Joe Page gain basic training and a sergeant promotion respectively, with family ties noted. Additional notes cover Lt. Claude R. Garer Jr. learning to fly C47s at Bergstrom and paratroop tow, Sgt. Willett overseas in England, Lt. Ramon H. Newman earning an Air Medal device, Lt. John Young III visiting relatives, Lt. Allan L. Poage renewing his Avalanche subscription, and Captain Chas. B. Adams transferring between fields. An invitation to families to read more on Page Two.
The Alpine Music Club announces a community chorus directed by W C Friesen, ex Westminster Choir member and North Texas State Teachers College voice instructor. Open to all, it plans to meet Mondays at 7 30 pm starting September 4 at the Methodist Church, with hope for a mixed chorus as men join later. Friesen will lead the women's group initially. Visitors in Miss Frances Cushman’s home include her sister Mrs R Gracey and Mr Gracey of Memphis.
Capt. Alan R. Fraser former district attorney and Allied Military Government officer in Europe writes home that he and others were briefly prisoners of the enemy. He recounts a held conference, a hasty retreat, rationing to avoid death, and a later turn of battle leading to safety. He praises British grit and reserve but notes their annoying stiffness.
An Air Force report says a bombing mission craft failed to return over Czechoslovakia near Bratislava on July 7. Four parachutes were seen, and the airman, Henry Waller, is reported missing with honors noted for meritorious combat service.
Keesey numba, president of the Texas Association of FFA, and Joe Lane, president of Area II organization, travel to Ruidosa New Mexico for a three day district training school. The Rocky Mountain District FPA hosts the camp for El Paso area chapters with Kimball and Lane on the program to discuss Future Farmer work.
A 26 year old man named Preston Sneed, of Troy Alabama, was held for questioning after being found wandering on the V I Pierce ranch near Alpine, 17 miles northeast. He boarded a westbound S P passenger train last Saturday and has been seen in the area since. Classified 4F by the Selective Service, he carried a San Francisco shipyard ticket and said he planned to work there. He was found in only a shirt, trousers, light underwear and shoes, hungry and exposed, with officers finding it hard to obtain information.
The El Paso Reception Center recorded August 22 that Brewster County men including Francisco Garcia Marcello Visa Billy West Pedro Villalba Lorenzo Valenzuela Ramon V Martinez all of Alpine David R Garcia Marathon passed their pre induction physical examinations.
Cpl. Harold J Sonnier of Alpine, a 12th AAF B 26 engineer turret gunner, survived 60 bombing missions over Italy and the Mediterranean. He recalls his biggest scare when another B 26 flight nearly collided during a sharp bank away from a German troop target near Anzio. He also endured single engine flights, a Po Valley rail bridge attack with a broken plexiglass nose and cut control wires, and a nose wheel collapse on landing without injuries. He was raised in Alpine, son of Mr and Mrs Joe Sonnier.
Mrs Grady M Nelon received a missing crew report from the 15th air force commanding general for Lt Grady Nelon a Liberator bomber pilot who failed to return from a high altitude bombing mission over Bucharest Romania on July 3 The report said his plane left the formation due to mechanical difficulties and remained in the field of vision briefly no parachutes were seen Lt Nelon had been overseas only 19 days stationed in Italy when he was reported missing.
Pictures of service men to be shown at the Granada theatre next Wednesday Thursday will feature Cpl D R Hornback R V Coleman Navy C F Burling Navy Pvt M R Gonzales Pte G Cobos Lt Harold Nichols Sgt Russell Nutt Cpl L V Uranga Ensign J F Bo Bowers Pvt P Uranga Pvt R L Hamilton A Maruffo Navy Lt F B Weyerts prisoner of Germans Pvt John Weyerts Pfc Lynn Matthews S Sgt M P Slover Jr
Chilly fall weather brings scattered moisture from Alpine to the Rio Grande. Davis mountains report heavy rainfall with up to 3.39 inches at Bloys encampment and 2.41 at McDonald Observatory. A flash flood north of Shafter damages highways and the Shafter bridge. Presidio area suffers washouts and Candetilla plant damage amid ongoing moisture readings.
Aug 30 tornado like winds from Gene Sprout land to W. G. Patton damaged several properties. Mrs. C. H. Bird chimney and C. R. Fryar chicken house roof were torn off. Patton garden reportedly worst hit with hailstones large as a hen. Bloys camp grounds had rain 3.30 inches. Merrill ranch 2.30 inches. Isleys camp 62F, Merrill 60F. McDonald observatory 82/50. Town precipitation 1.42 inches for the week. Fort Davis weather observer H. A. King notes.
The Avalanche regrets omitting the names of Mr. and Mrs. Bird Babsock who attended the funeral of Mrs. W. Bobb in San Antonio. Mrs. Bobb was Bird Bobb’s aunt. The paper apologizes for the oversight and correction.
Jesse B. Gilmer, son of Mr and Mrs J W Gilmer of Alpine, formerly regional director for the FSA, has been appointed to a key post in Washington. He will oversee irrigation and water conservation programs for 17 western states. They give their lives you can send your money buy war bonds and stamps.
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