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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1945
Page
2
Community newspaper listing its purpose and policy while outlining rates for public notices and cards of thanks. Mentions editorial stance, city and county scope, and filing details with the Alpine post office under postal regulations.
The editor reviews Truman’s wartime to peacetime policy plans, noting sound and unsound recommendations. It highlights proposed programs, military training expansion, unemployment benefits, public works, federal agency creation, and lend lease shifts, while weighing political motives ahead of elections and the risk of continued deficit financing.
Department guidance advises relatives to stay home to see returning service members. Sailors will be demobilized at separation centers within their naval districts, not coastal ports, making visits unlikely. Dependents traveling would burden transport and strain already limited coastal housing and facilities.
A discussion argues against enforcing a guaranteed full employment clause in union contracts. It notes that capital and labor share responsibility, jobs should be stabilized, but that government agencies cannot compel employers to guarantee work for set numbers of workers. The piece critiques the practical and economic implications for production and costs.
An article argues veterans, especially younger ones, delay job hunting after war. It cites 50,000 unemployed and 21,000 unemployment payments, plus 10,000 unfilled jobs. It warns against protracted vacations and strikes, urging displaced workers to accept and hold jobs to boost postwar economic revival.
Within twenty years many Indians have turned to Washington for support, with white allies joining in. The shift marks a departure from older generations who believed in self reliance, sparking reflection on changing attitudes toward government aid and personal responsibility.
A jumble of comic dialogues and vignettes from a late era paper include a cannibal cook joke about boi ing the assisonary and a friar, a prank about fainting girls and boys, and a thief plan to jump from a 13th floor window. Also features a college chemistry universal solvent gag, a fault confession scene, a southern revival grand jury anecdote, and a note about oil on electrical parts causing trouble.
UT physics professor Dr. M. Y. Colby notes that basic nuclear physics concepts appeared in textbooks by 1940, meaning new works need not rewrite core material. He stresses physics study will be vital for national safety as the nation rises as a world power, and urges buying Victory Bonds.
General Motors User's Guide notes draining the crankcase should occur after the engine reaches normal operating temperature. Cold oil resists flow, reducing impurity removal during draining.
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