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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1938
Page
2
Publication note details the consolidation of The Pecos Enterprise and Gusher on May 16, 1925. It lists publishers editors and historical lineage including Pecos Valley News Reeves County Record and related titles. Subscription rates shown and deadlines for copy submission noted.
The piece argues that the Pecos valley needs forward movement in agriculture supported by FHA and land bank loans. It cites Red Bluff irrigation as a base for growth and contrasts past ill advised loans with current potential. County Agent Joe Matthews says many would buy land but lack credit for improvements, urging a new fair appraisal and an end to discrimination.
Reeves County receives nine NYA School Aid positions for the 1938-39 program to offer part time work for students unable to stay in school. An advisory committee of local school officials will distribute jobs by need and facilities, with eligibility and selection handled by school officials.
Malayan jungle setting for Paramounts Booloo filmed with cast and crew traveling ten thousand miles to a wilderness area north of Singapore. Colin Tapley stars as a young English adventurer seeking a legendary white tiger as the drama builds to a rite of sacrifice.
Mantan Moreland appears as the comic in the all colored western Two Gun Man From Harlem at the Grand Theatre Tuesday. Cast includes Herbert Jeffrey and Margaret Whitten as leads along with Clarence Brooks Spencer Williams Tom Southern Mae Turner Rosalie Lincoln Jesse Lee Brooks.
Midland announces its annual rodeo for September 3 to 5 with Beutler Brothers stock from Elk City Oklahoma and more than 5000 in purses. Oil Men’s Day on September 3 and Everybody’s Day on September 4 and 5 will feature top rodeo events, cowgirls roping, oil men calf roping and junior roping with age based calf bell requirements.
County Agent Joe Matthews reports Barstow area farmers are continuing alfalfa seed harvests into the week while Imperial valley farmers finished most harvesting last week. Seed yields remain above 500 pounds per acre on average.
The film Cow boy from Brooklyn starring Dick Powell Pat O'Brien and Priscilla Lane comes to the Grand Theatre Sunday and Monday. Powell plays a Brooklyn musician who travels west with friends and becomes a rodeo act in Madison Square Garden staged by Pat O'Brien as a Broadway producer.
Mr and Mrs J B ed home Monday in Greenville for a family reunion. Mrs strong returned with CN rat cl Night at Lenda. Hope visited friends in Haskell during the stay.
Philadelphia features the country’s largest park, highlighting a major urban green space centerpiece amid city landscapes and civic planning.
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