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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1940
Page
8
The state agricultural conservation committee says under the 1940 AAA program landlord and tenant share crop proceeds. Counties may block increases for landlords who altered farming arrangements to gain a larger 1940 payment share.
Pecos high school teams defeated Barstow Tuesday night in Barstow gym. The Pecos basketball squad won 28 to 20 led by nine points from Bill Burchard with contributions from Cole Armstrong Billy Bob Oglesby James Lucas and Billy Frank Davenport. The Pecos volleyball team lost the first game but rallied to win the second and third games behind Lucille Hamilton Quinnie Oden Edith Bull Iane Davis Earlene Kelley Isla Mae Piper and substitute Melba Kelton.
The Carlsbad Caverns drew a January record of 7 682 visitors, surpassing the previous high and boosting the year’s start. California led the states with 1113 visitors, followed by Texas 930 and Illinois 733, with visitors from many nations also represented.
The report notes Walter Branstetter spent the last weekend in Pyote visiting friends. It mentions Texas road and bridge construction and maintenance costs exceed 3.5 million dollars annually. It also describes a landlord replacing a tenant with wage labor to claim AAA payments for the farm.
20th Century Fox musical drama Swanee River starring Don Ameche as Stephen Foster with Andrea Leeds in the wife role screens at 11:30 prevue Saturday and Sunday plus Monday at the Grand Theatre. Zanuck directed the Technicolor production highlighting Foster melodies and his romance in American history.
Walter Pidgeon and Rita Johnson co star with Nick Carter in a Tuesday screening of Nick Carter Master Detective at the Grand Theatre. The famed sleuth tale brings suspenseful crime drama to local cinema.
Miss Julia Ward returned to Pecos last weekend from Denver City where she spent several days handling business matters.
A Cavalcade of Texas runs 50 minutes on Wednesday and Thursday featuring Jane Withers and the Girls Lasso Club of Thomas Jefferson High School San Antonio. The color film traces Texas from the Panhandle to the Rio Grande Valley with visits to Dallas San Antonio Houston Fort Worth Amarillo and El Paso among others and includes scenes of industry agriculture and the proposed Texas New Mexico international park in the Big Bend region.
Jane Withers brings her fresh style to High School at the Grand Theatre for Wednesday and Thursday. Filmed with Thomas Jefferson High School of San Antonio, the cast includes the Girls Lasso Club. Jane, from a Texas ranch, with Cliff Edwards, lands in trouble but saves the football hero at finale. Joe Brown Jr. stars opposite Jane.
Try outs were to be held Thursday night for roles in Here Comes Charlie the junior class presents March 8 under sponsor Miss Daisy Johnson with co sponsor Coach Clayton Hopkins.
The University of Texas, famed for vast oil wealth and a vast campus, spends less per student than most state universities. A 46 building campus replaces earlier shacks, funded by oil royalties, with a $27 million untouchable fund investing only interest for a decade awaiting a future role in national science leadership.
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