Eight Million Tourists Seen in Texas Trade
Denver based Conoco Travel Bureau predicts 866000 visitors to Texas in 1938 spending about 37 million dollars. Joe H Thompson notes rising tourist activity and favorable comparisons to prior years. Estimated expenditures include 9 million in retail stores 8 million in restaurants 7.5 million on fuel and transit 3 million on amusements and 2 million on souvenirs. Clyde Barber of Hobbs New Mexico visits to improve his farm west of town and subscribes to The Enterprise, though plans to remain in Hobbs while working for an oil company.
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Denver
Texas
Conoco Travel Bureau
Continental Oil Company
Joe H.thompson
Eeelf
Thompson
Clyde Barber
Hobbs
New Mexico
Barber
Blackwell News Corner Highlights Town Activities
Community fund drive planned in Nolan County with a mass meeting in Sweetwater to raise relief funds. Methodist Missionary Society met. 14 attendees discussed rebuilding Rural America. Local families hosted out of town guests over weekend. Whitley family reunion held at Trampar State Park with several visitors from nearby towns. Mrs Ellis travels to Austin to visit son. Jack Frost arrives at White Hat ranch in a new airplane. Children urged to attend Bible Class as Elwin McRorey party visits Carrizo Springs. Sidney Evans’s son Sidney Jr. undergoes appendix surgery in Sweetwater Hospital.
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T. A. Carlisle
Robt, Jordan
F. D. Willis
Geo. Hartin
Methodist Missionary ‘Society
Methodist
Ahk
Youree
W. W. Youneb
America
Whitley
Trambaur State Park
J. F. Campbell
O'Donnell
Frank Hargraves
Hale Center
Effie
Wichita Falls
Lawn Whitley
Merkel
W. A. Whitley
Vesta Chapman
Decker
Walter DeShazo
San Angelo
Baptist Ladies Host Afternoon Party at Mrs Reynolds Home
Baptist ladies held a Friday gathering at the home of Mrs. J. W. Reynolds with 28 guests. They played games for diversion and were served cake and punch.
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J. W. Reynolds
Through the Alleghenies to Washington and Mt. Vernon
A travelogue recounts a trip from Austin to Washington DC visiting the Senate and House chambers, the Smithsonian, the White House, the Washington Monument, and the Lincoln Memorial. The author tours Arlington Cemetery and Mt. Vernon, reflecting on Washington and the Unknown Soldier, with storm delays and a Sunday church speech at Lott Carey’s former church.
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Austin
America
Senate
Morris Shepherd
Representative Hall
Wilson
Franklin Roosevelt
Washington
Smithsonian Institute
Franklin
Smith
White House
Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
Lincoln
Hig
Virginia
Arlington Cemetery
Mt. Vernon
Potomac
Congress
Martha
George Washingon
George Washington
Lott Carey
Africa
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Great River
Tela Funeral Home
Eighth ST
Ballinger
Conoco Bureau
Blackwell News Corner
Mrs
Chas. Ragsdale
Methodist ‘Ladies
Roy Hamilton
Larry Scott
Laredo
Watson Hamilton
Pauline
Harold ‘Hamilton
Joy. Williams
Everett Ellis
David
Jack Frost
Dallas
White Hat Ranch
Sid Evans
Sidney, Jr
Sweetwater Hospital
Baptist Ladies
THE
Alleghanies
Twine
Conaco
Merchant's Station
Conoco
Continental Oil Co
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