Alpine Avalanche notices and rates from Brewster County
The Alpine Avalanche presents rates for notices and readings, listing prices per line for personal notices, acknowledgments, and reading notices. It notes Alpine Texas post office mailing details and publishing terms for Brewster County correspondents and society pages.
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Brewster County
Alpine
Davishina Hig Bend
Bny
M Bennett Tabor
C.D. Wood Society
Eai
Alkine
Fort Davis
Simpson
Marathon
Wash Pom Price
Mos
Wutaide County
Texas
Procrastination warned as thief of youth and success
A speaker urges young readers to abandon procrastination, arguing it robs youth, work, and future prospects. He warns of old age regret, stresses taking action now, and dismisses luck and remote fortunes as unlikely paths to wealth. Opportunities exist, but only effort with hands or brain will seize them.
Cargo Planes Questioned After Kaiser Approval
A reader urges clarity on the Kaiser approved Kaiser construction of a large airship or cargo vessel and its link to a planned cargo plane program. The letter questions Washington reporting, public confidence, and whether officials truly support the plan for wartime air transport of tanks and equipment.
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WPB
Kaiser
Washington
Donald M. Nel
Mr. Kaiser
Mr. Nelson
United States
Cone
United Nations
Nelson
Possible Meat Rationing Hints at Wartime Controls
The writer argues that meat shortages and rising wages could drive rationing, with possible orders on when and how much producers must sell. It discusses national food needs, potential mandates on livestock output, and the unsettling prospect of government-directed sale timing, urging preparedness and individual responsibility.
What is fair criticism in wartime a citizen’s dilemma
A wartime essay debates the balance between liberty to criticize and responsible discourse. It cites Jefferson and Milton to argue that freedom of opinion safeguards democracy but must be justifiable to protect liberties, urging educated restraint in critical times.
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Thomas Jefferson
John Milton
What Price War Peace
A reflection on war costs versus peace costs from the Office of War Information reports. The piece questions how to quantify peace and war costs, noting vast monetary sums and human lives, urging consideration of moral and physical sacrifices.
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United Eater
Office of War Information
United States
Dust Storm and Mammon Maid: War Camp Humor Amid Hardship
A garbled wartime humor piece features a recruit seeking shelter in a cook’s tent during a dust storm. Punchlines joke about dust in soup and patriotic duty, with exchanges about wages, meals, and cheeky comments between soldiers, cooks, and farmhands.
Take a Letter Darling a Fun Romantic Film at Granada
Rosalind Russell stars as a businesswoman who hires Fred MacMurray as her secretary in Take a Letter Darling a witty romance. The two grand leads provide fast humor as expectations flip with Russell in command and MacMurray reluctantly playing along. The film promises brisk entertainment.
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Rosalind Russell
Fred MacMurray
Granada Theatre
MacMurray
Miss " Russell
Miss Russell
Russell
Memorial Window Sparks Father’s Silent Condemnation
Mrs Woor has died and the father plans a church memorial. A stained glass window featuring an angel is placed, but when the minister shows it to him the old man, in a rare moment of excitement, deems it unsatisfactory saying it does not resemble the departed.
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Dad
Deaf mute brothers charged after warehouse burglary
In Wilkes-Barre two deaf mute brothers were arrested after police surprised them during a burglary in a warehouse. Officers, including two patrolmen and a sergeant, spent 43 minutes booking the pair on burglary charges despite their inability to hear.
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Wilkes-Barre
Desert Area of Sonora Becomes World Capital for Lost Mines
Desert area of Sonora Mexico draws adventurers seeking quick riches with legends of buried treasure and famed mines. Narrates rumored sites from Toyopa and Naranjal to Death Valley Scotty in California and Cortez era gold stories, noting Civil War era diggings and ongoing search efforts across the Southwest.
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Sonora
Mexico
Sam Jackson
Nogales
Toyopa
Naranjal
Big Bend
Phoenix
California
Death Valley
Buy War Bonds Now Averted from World’s Fate and Freedom
In a forceful call to duty, the piece argues bonds offer a vote of confidence in self and nation. It frames bonds as investment, anti inflation shield, and a means to fund freedom against tyranny, urging immediate purchase to prevent a future of half-freedom. Correlates global battles from Dunkirk to Pearl Harbor as urgency.
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Stuart Cloete
France
Poland
Norway
Europe
Corregidor
Pearl Harbor
Singapore
Dunkirk
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