Alpine and El Paso Links in Local Notes
A stream of local residents are treated or traveling this week. Mrs. Jim P Wilson and Mrs. Lee Martin receive hospital care. many others visit El Paso, Dallas, and Mexico City. Several teachers and students prepare for new terms. a few relocate or join the Navy while family and friends visit across Alpine and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim P. Wilson
Lee Martin
Marathon
Alpine Hospital
R. J. Ratliff
EL Paso
Ratliff
Nettie Schultz
Gainesville
Ranch and Coleman county wholesale warehouse ad
Prominent local notices advertise bulk or sack delivery of ranch supplies at Geo. D. Rhone Warehouse Coleman Texas with prompt correspondence. Alpine Disposal Service offers dirt hauling for gardens and lawn in Alpine with a moving service at reasonable rates. A note mentions Paul Forchheimer visiting from Technical School Squadron Air Corps at Sheppard Field Wichita Falls and joining family on leave.
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Coleman County
Geo. D. Rhone
Coleman
Tex
Ft. Worth
Paul Forchheimer
Air Corps
Sheppard Field
Wichita Falls
Salt Lake City Sugar Ration Board Faces Quiet Week
Salt Lake City officials of Sugar Ration Board No. 172 remain on duty daily as their territory spans a large city area yet no customers have visited for a week. The lull hints at shifting demand or enforcement pauses in the local rationing regime.
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Salt Lake City
Sugar Rasoning Board No. 172
Wartell Home Reinstated After Roosevelt Referral
Mr and Mrs Carl Wartell learn that pet owners were barred from government project homes and appealed to President Roosevelt. He referred the case to Detroit Housing Commission director Charles F Edgecomb, who said the Wartells’ rejected application would be reinstated.
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Ferries
Roosevelt
Carl Wartell
Charles F. Edgecomb
Detroit Housing Commission
Edgecomb
Wartell
Jones signs up with Uncle Sam seeks air service
18 year old Jones from Chicago enters the Selective Service process but declines Navy interest and hopes for air branch. Ozarks Missouri reports one of the largest strawberry crops on record this year.
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Modern Jones
Chicago
John Paul Jones
Uncle Sam
Navy
Selec
Jones
Army
Ozarks
Missouri
Alpine Junior Firemen Assigned to Posts
Alpine Junior Fire department held a weekly meeting with 13 members present. Slue Robinson presided and assigned members to posts including Jack Bowman truck Odell Locke guard Robi Winkler hook and axe Donald Boyer messenger Doug Dorris messenger Frank Daugherty guard John D Harris ladder Wesley Jordan guard Jack Parker guard Jimmy Ely guard Billy Weston ladder man Edward King truck man Eugene Hunter truck man Nick Thee ladder Ottis Cozins messenger. The meeting adjourned and the department asked the public to avoid rushing the fire and to not park near the scene.
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Alpine Junior Fire Department
Reg.f
Slue Robinson
Jack Bowman
Odell Locke
Robi. Winkler
Donald Boyer
Doug Dorris
Messener
Frank Daugherty
John D. Harris
Wesley Jordan
Jack Parker
Jimmy Ely
Billy Weston
Edward King
Back to Fighting CHICAGO Alimony Row inmates freed for enlistment
Three prisoners from the Alimony Row section, men who failed to support their wives, were released after promising to enlist in the armed forces. Their former mates waived dependency fights. A fourth inmate, who opposed war, was returned to his cell.
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Chicago
Portland soldiers recount cigarette run during 1918
In a 24 year service note from Portland Oregon Lt E S Ott ordered Cpl Fred Angell to fetch cigarettes for Thim. Angell hiked five miles to a closed canteen and later learned Brig Gen Ott, then in Medford, would receive cigarettes from civilian Angell. The piece also notes how aluminum got its name from a salt phosphate origin.
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Portland
Ore
E. 5. Ott
Fred Angell
Angell
E. S. Ott
Medford
Dr. Lockhart's Father Dies in Fort Sill Leave
Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Lockhart Jr and children traveled to Fort Sill Oklahoma after Capt. W. E. Lockhart fell ill and died Sunday. Capt. Lockhart formerly led the business administration department at West Texas State College in Canyon and was on leave during the emergency serving in the army. Burial was planned at Canyon around the time of report.
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Lockhart
W. E. Lockhart Jr
Fort Sill
Oklo
W. E. Lockhart
Capt. Lockhart
West Texas State College
Canyon
Army
Texas Ships 6067 Cars of Livestock In July
Shipments of Texas livestock to market rose in July with 6 087 cars moved, up from 4 847 a year earlier. Cattle 3 314 cars, calves 782, hogs 942, and sheep 1 029. For the first seven months of 1942 totals reached 51 107 cars versus 41 029 in 1941.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Dover couple offers pennies to obtain license
River L. Doty of Fort Riley Kansas and Dorothy Kolb of Arthur Illinois applied for a marriage license. She brought 500 pennies saved to pay the $1 fee, leaving a nest of 400 coppers after the permit was issued.
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Tuscola
When
Beets Labor Shortage Draws Loveland High Girls
Eight Loveland High School girls volunteered in beet fields amid a labor shortage. They mailed the first day after touring and earned sunburns and blisters. Fearing another session would hinder a scheduled dance, none returned to work. They expect to be back Monday with five additional Feeruts.
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Loveland
Colo
Eight sisters inspire Navy enlistment in Philadelphia youth
In Philadelphia a young man named Samuel Paloi explains his eight sisters motivate his Navy recruitment. A recruiter notes Paloi’s gaze toward eight smiling girls in the hallway as he signs up, while Ohio’s symbols are referenced with the scarlet carnation as state flower and the cardinal as state bird.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelr Min
Samuel Paloi
Navy
Ohi
Sam the town’s famed orekeeper loses temper in store
Sam, known for few words, snaps when a stranger barges into the store during a discussion with Ben Ryder Homer Bentley and others about scrap collection. The scene erupts as the stranger provokes Sam, who leaps away in a quick exit, drawing comparisons to past incidents. Neighbors keep asking the same questions as the event unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Ryder
Homer Bentley
Seome
Granite and Marble Varieties Offered by Company
The firm also produces other kinds of granite and marble beyond its standard lines. It highlights diversification in stone finishes and custom fabrications for floors countertops and monuments.
Mushroom varieties and pension demographics noted
A historical snippet lists 180 edible mushroom types and England’s pensioners totaling 1 843 656 with 1 080 535 women. The figures illustrate demographic data values from the period.
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England
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