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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1938
Page
2
Local Pecos newspapers trace origins from Pecos Valley News 1887 and Pecos Weekly Times 1897 with Reeves County Record 1910. Consolidation dates listed include March 14, 1917 and May 16, 1925, with postal details and publication deadlines noted.
The White House and Congress redirect attention to causes of the recovery reversal. Roosevelt holds talks with business leaders and plans a national economic council including diverse groups. The approach signals concern for conditions, with uncertain practical success and timelines.
Sheriff E B Kiser reported the capture of Jack Padgett alias Jesse Padgett alias Wm Padgett alias Leroy Dunn for cattle theft in Garza County this week. Earl Easterbrook said seventy percent of the poll tax list had been collected with penalties due after February 15 if unpaid.
Gov Miriam A Ferguson keeps Reeves county relief committee as agents for federal relief funds from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Senator K M Regan seeks 12500 dollars to fund Texas suit against New Mexico over Pecos River water division and damages. Pecos federal building site selection likely next week. Chamber of Commerce and city council adopt a resolution opposing high utility charges and calling for an investigating committee. Walter Kinnemer, 30, was dragged to death when his horse bolted at Crystal Water ranch near Duncan Oklahoma.
Grisham and Hunter restarted drilling on their wildcat test well located one and a half miles northeast of Toyah Wednesday. Artesian water removal caused a temporary hold as cementing resumed. Reeves County residents filled the courthouse last Saturday to pay poll tax, reaching 890 for the year. The Hardin-Simmons Cowboy Band plans a Pecos concert on February 17 after a road trip. Snow blanketed the area past midnight Monday, about four inches deep. The Patterson building on Second Street was leased to house county offices during courthouse razing and new courthouse construction.
The Sunday Lesson-Sermon for February 6 in all Christ ian Science churches centers on Spirit. The Golden Text from Ephesians 4 30 urges reverence for the holy Spirit and redemption. John 4 24 highlights worship in Spirit and truth. The Science and Health excerpts affirm Spirit as the sole infinite God and substance.
Margaret Markley an airline stewardess on the El Paso Los Angeles run earned a film contract after a pleasant flight. A few days later she learned the passenger who offered the opportunity was Frank McDonald motion picture director.
Ralph Williams Jr. spent the past week visiting his parents and was exempt from mid term housing duties at the University of Texas.
More than 23 000 farmers ginners merchants bankers and others in the Texas cotton trade attended 1190 county meetings in 1937. Extension Service of Texas A and M College coordinated with agronomists and ginning specialists. officials from Experiment Station and Greenville station joined discussions on improving cotton quality and market prospects. Efforts included forming one variety cotton communities and better harvesting and ginning methods.
Texas postal receipts rose in December to 1,739,006 dollars across 24 cities cited by University of Texas Bay and Business Research. The figure marks a 79 percent rise from November and a 37.5 percent jump from December 1936. For 1937 total receipts across the cities reached 15,146,000 dollars, up 7.3 percent from 1936.
W L Kingston Sr arrived from his Balmorhea home early in the week to handle business matters in town.
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