Alpine Avalanche Weekly Publishes Local News in Alpine
The Alpine Avalanche is the town and county paper serving Alpine and the Davis Mountain Big Bend area in its thirty-ninth year. It lists rates for corrections, resolutions, cards of thanks, and reading notices, with subscription price set at 2.00 for one year.
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Alpine
Davis Mountain- Big Bend
Dieano
Matien
Hennett _ Falter
C.D. Wood Society
Barry Seabee
Ft Davin
Earl Clark
Congress
Prince Albert
P.A
P. Als
P. A
Medical advances and X ray aid surgery progress noted
A passage from an advance of medicine column quotes Dr. Charles H. Mayo highlighting major strides in medical knowledge over the past quarter century, with surgery advancing through X-ray use, better anesthetics, and infection control. It notes remaining challenges but hopes for progress in unresolved disease areas.
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Charles H. Mayo
Rochester
Min
Valentino Adored by Women Across Nations in 1980s Obsession
London critic notes Ralph Valentino admired by English women who formed a Valentino association. Admirers, many who never met him, sustain devotion with gifts, photos, and letters. The star’s biography recalls early life in Malta, rise in Hollywood, two marriages, and death from peritonitis after gastric issues. Fans keep memory alive with shrines and revived showings.
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London
Ralph Valentino
Talia Ora
Valentino Association
Mie Ainthood
Valentino
Maly
United States
San Prancisco
Hollywood
Wice
Owen
How Many Souls in the Universe Astronomer estimates
Prof Frederick H Bears of Mt Wilson Observatory offers grand scale figures on inhabited worlds. If every sun hosts one world with earthlike populations, billions of souls could exist now and across time. He suggests immortality complicates loneliness in the afterlife.
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Frederick H. Bears
Mt. Wilson’ Observatory
Fone
Earth
Cima
Enouh
Wide geographic sourcing of vegetables for major cities
A discussion notes how vegetables travel long distances to cities like Indianapolis Cleveland and Birmingham from up to 37 states. It cites specific origins for potatoes lettuce cantaloupes onions tomatoes peaches strawberries cabbage and more. The piece suggests a marketing system could cut transportation costs and shorten hauls.
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Indianapolis
Cleveland
Birmingham
Chicago
Paying the Price for War Readiness and a Royal Robe Theft
The piece contrasts military reluctance for large forces with a need for preparedness echoed by General Summerall. It cites public sentiment against a large army and notes the danger of overreliance on peace revenue. A Jugoslav cabinet minister wakes to missing clothes after a theft aboard a Delrade train, aided by brakemen.
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Congress
Charles P. Summerall
H. Angleovitch
Jugoslavia
Delrade
Brow
Great Interest In New Air Cooled Tire
W. P. Hinson, Alpine distributor for Seiberling tires, reports strong local interest in the Triple Tread Air Cooled Tire. The tire features transverse holes in the thick tread for air cooling, enabling three wear lifetimes and improved non skid mileage. Hinson credits Seiberling founder Frank A. Seiberling and notes Alpine motorists crowding in to see the revolutionary tire.
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W. P. Hinson
Seiberling Tires
Seiberling
Mr. Hinson
Frank A. Seiberling
Hinson
Selberling
Courthouse at Mentone Built in Loving County
The Loving County courthouse on Mentone square was finished this week per County Clerk John M. Green. The frame building features a brick vault for county records, which are being moved from Reeves County vaults after thirty years.
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Loving County
Mentone
John M. Green
Reeves County
Loving
Courthone
Texas
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Alpine Avalanche
Rarow
Verenan
Oten
Scheenr
St . Us
Valentino Worshi
New York
Cope
France
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Bolloré
OCR
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