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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1938
Page
4
A legal notice lists a one year subscription price of 1.25 dollars for outside county readers, filed under second class matter at the post office in Alpine. The notice references the act of March 9, 189, and relates to postal regulations for the publication.
A Commerce Department study of many failed small businesses shows about 23 percent kept no books, half had inadequate systems, and one third of insolvents never inventoryed stock. Despite weak bookkeeping, the overall domestic economy hints at slow but steady recovery amid mixed industrial data.
In Washington the White House grounds host trees planted by past presidents and spouses, including an ancient elm from Adams and oaks linked to McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. The Roosevelt oak grows from an acorn tied to a Roman palace tree, with a Mount Vernon origin lineage via Sumner.
Networks prepare for fall lineup with Fibber McGee and Molly and Burns and Allen returning to NBC and The First Nighter moving to CBS. Eddie Cantor, Jolson, Robinson, and Bing Crosby also slated to resume spots, with Fred Waring, Job Hope, Don Ameche, and Benny Goodman among new or returning features. Also notes a new airport terminal at New York World’s Fair site.
Humorous snippets from a busy evening, including a radio line about striking the moon and a playful exchange about lodging with a stranger who offers the name William Shakespeare. A police sergeant jokes with a man trying to bluff with a famous alias.
A witness testifies about resisting a claim of a damaged reputation and asserts prior encounters with the plaintiff in disreputable places. The exchange questions the reasons for making a statement and the witness’s familiarity with the plaintiff.
A wood tick embedded in a man’s arm becomes a comic anecdote cited by a Texas observer. Enlarge Mines Stadium with 2400 new tents at College of Mines and Metallurgy El Paso, funded by Public Recession There Tes. A antique chair once owned by Louis XVI sparks a price dispute. An army general consults an engineer on bridge completion time.
Readers report relief from constipation using Black-Draught and prefer it to other laxatives. They urge friends to try the tonic as well. The product is described as made from the leaves of a medicinal plant.
A Works Administration grant of 15000 will raise the sect ing capacity of the concrete stadium to 8400 and is due for completion early in November. Medical posts are being established every 50 miles with doctors every to dle apart in South Ai.
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