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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1941
Page
6
A heated piece condemns Hitler as a demon and tyrant, arguing his war aims threaten the world. It stresses national awakening, the need for health, nutrition, and manpower, and calls officials to act in the interest of the public health and the nation’s survival amid wartime pressures.
A fragmented pamphlet argues against non defense spending and urges prudent debt management. It warns of indifference to debt threatening democracy and promotes Defense Savings Bonds as a saver’s plan.
Dr. G. B. Wakerlin describes major gains in Illinois medicine noting child deaths under ten have fallen to one tenth of 1910 levels. Diarrhea and other eight major killers have been substantially reduced due to lab research, better understanding of the digestive tract, and broader medical advances nationwide.
In Fountainbleau workers dismantle two large statues including Lafayette and John J. Pershing as critics warn the act signals France's alignment with Germany under the Vichy regime. Observers note widespread anti Hitler sentiment yet fear a pro German stance until Weygand and Admin rise.
The Office of Emergency Management calls on American industry to use transportation facilities efficiently. Sixteen suggestions stress advance notice, proper packing, unitized shipments, and routing to maximize capacity. It rebuts the so called railroad failure as due to delayed unloading by freight receivers and urges carrier and shipper cooperation.
Unclear OCR reads quoted line about a girl boarding with bystanders watching. No further readable context or names to confirm event or location.
New York reports Mr and Mrs L R Robertson sail toward British Guiana to find a legendary tribe of white Indians in the Essequibo region. They pack two rifles shotguns automatics and 1000 rounds per gun amid perilous jungle travel awaiting them in Trinidad Georgetown and remote river basins.
A colonial type joke notes a mule braying during a sermon prompting a joke about tying a stone to the mule’s tail. It also mentions naval destroyers named after heroes and a San Antonio theft complaint about stolen linens and phone calls doubling a bill.
Texas lore centers on the mustang as a symbol of early state history. The piece recounts Philip Nolan around 1800 and Zebulon Pike’s 1807–1811 journeys, noting mustang abundance, scenes of theft by tribes and Spaniards, and the Spanish method of breaking horses.
KERA, Once World's Most DEL RIO, Sept. 8. The sun shine station between nations known as XERA, once the voice heard around the world, has fallen apart under Mexican government action. Equipment, once the largest in the world, is being dismantled after expropriation last year following a 95000 peso fine for a Brinkley speech. Initial construction cost was 350000 dollars with further money spent afterward.
Red Bluff reservoir topped spillway level again as water released from the Carlsbad area began about 10 days ago. Levels rose from three inches below to ten inches above spillway, then fell to six inches over by Thursday as spillway discharge halted in New Mexico and the lake is expected to decline slowly.
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