McDonald Family and the Founding of Big McDonald Observatory
William Johnson McDonald of Paris Texas born December 21 1844 grew from farmer’s son to banker and financier. He funded an estate that culminated in a Texas observatory built with over 800000 dollars after a will contest, establishing a major science monument.
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Bill McDonald
East Texas
Big McDonald
Texas
William Johnson McDonald
Paris
Lamar County
University of Texas
We Are Not Alone at Grand Theatre with Muni and Bryan
Paul Muni and Jane Bryan headline Warner Brothers production We Are Not Alone showing Thursday and Friday at the Grand Theatre. The 1914 parallel tale follows a country doctor whose world is unsettled by the governess Leni and a growing village scandal directed by Edmund Goulding, known for Dark Victory and The Old Maid.
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Paul Muni
Jane Bryan
Warner Brothers
Grand Theatre
Muni
Edmund Goulding
Correction to Pecos building cost figures
The Enterprise corrects a misimpression from last week’s Pecos building story. It notes an omission in the Higginbotham Bartlett total, where material for the new Safeway project pushed the yard’s total beyond the $15,000 mark.
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Pecos
botham-Bartlett
Safeway
Alpine Park Ranked Big Attraction by Congressman
Congressman R. E. Thomason praised Big Bend National Park as a major Texas landmark and forecast a strong tourist year in 1940. In Fort Stockton a four person San Antonio party suffered a car overturn on the Old Spanish Trail when steering failed. Pat Dwyer was injured but not seriously.
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Big Bend National Park
Texas
Southwest
R. E. Thomason
Fort Stockton
San Antonio
Pat Dwyer
Bexar County
Alpine cattle win top honors at Chicago Livestock Expo
West Highlands cattle led by Hereford yearling steers from W. B. Mitchell and Sons of Marfa captured first and third places in feeder cattle carloads at the Chicago International Livestock, Hay and Grain Exposition, according to news dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayfield Rothmann
Mason County
Texas
Chicago
S. G. McAllister
International Harvester Company
Gertrude L. Warren
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C
Young Rothmann
Mr. McAllister
Miss Warren
United States
West Highlands
Alpine Christmas lights turn on downtown for holidays
Downtown Alpine glowed with a newly lit decorative system as the Christmas display began this week. The lights will stay illuminated every night through January 1, 1940.
Work halted on Phillips gasoline plant near Jal
Last week construction stopped on the Phillips gasoline plant near Jal New Mexico amid reports of a deal with El Paso Natural Gas Co that also plans a nearby large pipeline project within half a mile of the site.
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Jal
N. M
Phillips
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Phillips Co
Grandfalls Builds Royalty to Standard Camp Road
Construction on the new road from Royalty to Standard Camp began Saturday with dump trucks hauling caliche and laying the base for a black-top surface. The project is funded by bonds totaling 97,000 dollars recently approved by the district.
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Grandfalls
Royalty
Standard Camp
District Court Awards Cummings $5000 for Post Office Fall
A district court jury found in favor of Mrs. Montia Cummings awarding $5000 damages for a March fall in the Odessa post office. The verdict holds the accident was not unavoidable and that building owner and postmaster Mr. Henderson failed to exercise ordinary care.
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Odessa
Montia Cummings
Henderson
Enrollment gains push Odessa school numbers higher
Odessa school enrollment rose by 25 pupils this week. High school total reached 1230, elementary 1287, and junior high 1230, reflecting continued growth across all divisions.
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Odessa
Deer Kill Report in Culberson County Season
A report states 75 to 100 deer were killed in Culberson County this season. Damp weather aided the deer by masking scents that hunters used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Horn
Culberson County
Marfa Directors to Review Year Ahead and Plan Meeting
Marfa Production Credit Association directors are called to a special session this week to review the year and set plans for the stockholders annual meeting. Roadside development on 12.6 miles of U S Highway 90 west of Marfa and a roadside park for Presidio County travelers are expected to begin early in 1940. Over 550 residents of Presidio and Jeff Davis counties are believed to join the American Red Cross for the 1940 membership year.
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Marfa
Marfa Production Credit Association
Presidio County
Presidio and
Jeff Davis Counties
American Red Cross
Presidio-Jeff Davis Counties
Pecos County Receives 1940 Cotton Base Quotas
Fort Stockton reports Pecos County has a cotton base quota under AAA for 1940 not to exceed 5 745 acres. Area A is allotted 24.73 percent of total tilled acreage and Area B is allotted 36.9 percent of tilled acreage.
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Fort Stockton
Pecos County
Farrell Stewart gets new trial after Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversal
Farrell Stewart who received a 20 year murder sentence in this district court was granted a new trial this week when the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the case. The state has two weeks to file a motion for a rehearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wink
Farrell Stewart
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Wink Wildcats Football Banquet Honors Team Members
Coach Bell of SMU Coach Pete Cawthon and Texas Tech with Blondy Cross, San Angelo sports writer, were to be guests of honor Wednesday at a Wink Wildcat football team banquet honoring the players.
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WINK
Kermit Moves Toward Real Water System
After more than a year of planning and approval from the PWA a 300000 gallon reservoir project begins. Engineer Gene Scott notes work will commence soon signaling the new water system for Kermit.
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Kermit
PWA
Gene Scott
WPA sewing project resumes in Fort Stockton
After a shutdown since July the Pecos County WPA sewing room program in Fort Stockton restarts providing employment at better pay for 16 local women workers.
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Fort Stockton
WPA
Pecos County
Kermit Lions Organize Burlesque Charity Basketball Game
Kermit high school gym hosts annual burlesque basketball game between picked teams from the Kermit Lions for charity. Funds support Lions Club Christmas charity work and community service.
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Kermit
Kermit Lions
Kermit High School
Lions Club
Santa arrives in Kermit aboard fire truck with firefighters
Forsaking his sleigh and reindeer Santa Claus rode into Kermit on a fire truck last week escorted by members of the local fire department.
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Kermit
Santa Claus
Monahans approves Ward County courthouse bond issue
Ward County's $160,000 courthouse and jail bond issue was approved by the attorney general, sold to the First State Bank of Monahans, and the sale ratified by the commissioners in a special session.
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Monahans
Ward County
First State Bank of
Monahans Awaits Start Signal for $50 000 WPA Project
Mayor Elmer Hill said Monahans could receive the official go ahead for the 50000 dollar WPA sidewalk and curb project before year end. The move would greenlight a major municipal improvement program in the Texas town.
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Monahans
Elmer Hill
Balmorhea Cotton Crop Moves As Weather Clears
Balmorhea reports a resumed cotton harvest after weather delays with ginning advancing and most of the crop sold. Prices run about 9.25 per unit with strong demand and buyers nearby.
Cotton committees seek acreage boost for four Texas counties
Representatives from Ward, Loving, Reeves and Pecos counties met in Dallas with I W Duggan, director of the AAA southern division, to win official support for increasing cotton acreage allotments in their four counties.
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Barstow
Ward
Loving
Reeves
Pecos
I. W. Duggan
AAA
Dallas
Fort Davis road bids set for December 19 opening
The Texas highway department seeks bids for the Fort Davis road segment from 1080 fruit Foveauvate to the Jeff Davis County line. Bids will be opened in Austin on December 19.
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Fort Davis Road
Texas Highway Department
Jeff Davis County
Austin
Sale of Elite Truck Line Properties Announced
Balmorhea report states the Elite Truck Line assets serving Bal morhea Alpine Marfa and Alpine Del Rio routes were sold to Alamo Freight Lines in a decision announced last week.
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Balmorhea
Elite Truck Line
Alpine
Marfa
del Rio
Alamo Freight Lines
Sanderson Band adds uniforms bringing total to 48
The Sanderson school band received 19 new uniforms last week increasing school-owned suits to 48. Each suit cost about 15 dollars and matches the band’s existing attire.
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Sanderson
Rotary visitor from Laredo attends local meeting
Joseph C. Netzer district governor of the International Rotary Clubs of Laredo visited the local Rotary Club at its regular meeting last week.
Van Horn Trucker Buck McCain Dies From Ranch Hand Shooting
Buck McCain died in Marfa on Friday due to injuries from a shooting by a Mexican ranch hand. The incident occurred as McCain was involved in an altercation at a local ranch.
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van Horn
Buck McCain
Marfa
Oldsmobile
Lansing
Mich
Car Illustrated
General Motors
Americans Own Vast Majority Of World's Bath Tubs
A sweeping claim states that 95 percent of bath tubs worldwide are owned by Americans. The figure highlights American consumption patterns and global manufacturing reach, suggesting a notable dominance in home fixtures and domestic markets.
Smashing Of Money Ring On Tuesday at Grand Theatre
Continuing the adventures of Brass Bancroft a U S government operative Smashing the Money Ring will show Tuesday at the Grand Theatre Ronald Reagan stars with Margot Stevenson Eddie Foy Jr and others in the cast
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Bancroft
U. S
Grand Theatre
Ronald Reagan
Margot Stevenson
Eddie Foy, Jr
cotton buyer to pay penalties to federal treasury
Federal Judge James V. Allred ordered Lavaca County cotton buyer to repay 693.34 dollars to the federal treasury. The amount covers penalties for cotton purchased from several producers that exceeded their marketing quotas.
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Lavaca County
Federal
Treasury
James V. Allred
Leading agricultural states listed by name
The report ranks five top farming states in order: California, Texas, Illinois, Iowa and North Carolina.
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California
Texas
Ilinois
Iowa
North Carolina
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Peron Funeral Home
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Downs-Sullivan Motor CO
Pecos Texas
Pecos Battery CO
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Olds
America
Downs-Sullivan Motor Company
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