Alpine Avalanche County News and Local Notices
Alpine based publication serving Brewster County and the Davis Mountains Big Bend area reports local and state news. Includes correction policy, notices, society pages, advertisements, and postal information with annual and six month subscription rates.
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Priscims
Brewster
Alpine
Davis Mountains
Big Bend
Cd. ‘Society Bai'or Aln
Alkire Fort Davis
Marie. Simpson
Marathon
Tption Price
Monmataide County
Texas
Women and War Duty Shape Postwar Home Life
A reflection on how women stepping into production and WAAC service may alter home life after the war. It questions whether women will relinquish wartime roles for domestic duties and how returning soldiers and finances will reshape households, urging focus on home morale as the nation’s fiber in peace and war.
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Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
WAAC
We Might Lose This War An Opinion On War Realities
The author warns against denial of war risks and urges acceptance of a long conflict. He notes current shortages are distant, grain remains plentiful, and orange prices rise, yet stresses the need to confront potential hardship without glorifying the war. The piece cautions against belief in inevitable victory.
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Middle West
Scrap Iron and Steel for Victory and Reconstruction
A wartime call urges Americans to collect scrap iron and steel as a key factor in producing finished war materials. Salvage saves time in manufacturing, aids farmers by preserving equipment, and supports rebuilding after the war. Citizens are asked to salvage scrap from fields, yards, and junk yards to bolster armed services and victory efforts.
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America
Literature and war influence on future writing
Analysis argues war shaped writing yet warns against sentimentality and mythmaking. It predicts poetry and fiction will rise from real experiences and newspapers, stressing realism, constructiveness, and genuine world values over romanticized patriotism.
The Miracle of Music Wonders in Sensations and Mood
The article describes how music soothing nerves eases tension and stimulates health. It notes responses range from calm to patriotic and joyful feelings, linking melodies to relaxation, laughter, reverence, and sadness through various tones and instruments.
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Liong
Sunday Morning Mystery Punchlines and Puzzled Gossip
A shuffled trio of quirky snippets unfolds from a Sunday morning scene with a surprised ice man kiss reaction and a telegraph office debate. The jokes hinge on misheard phrases and misattributed conclusions, ending with a playful jab at sending an umbrella by telegraph.
One-Legged I Scent: Shark Grabs War Survivor
A humorous tale from a Spanish American War memory. An old man jokes he was grabbed by a shark while swimming ashore with a line. He quips he let the shark have it and never argues with sharks.
Questions and Answers From an Old Inquiry List
A quiz style list asks about Canada’s top coal region, Baltic ports, Argentina’s seating, Civil War surrender, John Alcock knighted flight, Hopi weaving, Navajo weaving, birthplace of man, weight of the atmosphere, early inventors, and the author of An American Tragedy.
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Canada
Baltic Sea
Argentina
John Alcock
War bonds urged by mother of soldier son
Mrs Jennie B Franklin, mother of a serviceman, insists that devoting 100 percent of her income to the war effort is insufficient. While her husband supports the family, she works full time in a clothing factory bound for Army needs and all her wages go to war bonds.
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Denver
Jennie B. Franklin
Solitier
Game Wardens As Detectives
In Texas a long running effort uses investigation rather than overt enforcement. A El Paso county warden once borrowed a saddle to ride a rodeo and spotted antelope hairs on it revealing an antelope hunt. In South Texas night deer hunting led wardens to boot leather at a home, linking two brothers to illegal activity and fining them $36 each.
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Austin
el Paso County
Texas
Not Your Own We Belong to Others in God’s Plan
Rev Karl O Bayer discusses ownership of life from 1 Cor 6 19 urging readers to reject self made man myths. He cites examples from history of serving others and finds life abundant when individuals acknowledge they are not their own and belong to God and others.
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Karl O. Bayer
Spair
Defeat
General Boothe
Sir Wilfred Grentel
Labrador
Albert Sweizer
Jesus
God
Parking Pays SAN DIEGO Council Debate Taxes On Parking
Vice Mayor Fred Simpson criticized state sales tax on parking men as city councilmembers weighed a $4 008 25 state tax bill. City Manager Walter Cooper echoed the sentiment and the council voted to pay while noting a need for a law.
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San Diego
Fred Simpson
Walter Cooper
Buy War Bonds in a Nation at War
A wartime appeal urges citizens to support the war effort by buying War Bonds and War Stamps. It frames the conflict as a turning point for civilization and personal liberty, urging immediate action to fund defense and demonstrate confidence in the country. The message equates bonds with essential weapons alongside tanks and guns.
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Ourself
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Sarah
Game Wardens
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Louis Bromfield
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