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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1940
Page
2
Publication details for Pecos Valley News and sister papers show Friday issues from HUBBS PRINTING COMPANY. Established dates for Pecos Weekly Times Reeves County Record and others. Note deadlines for office copy to insure publication in current issue.
The piece weighs U S sentiment on aiding Finland amid its war with Russia versus private relief options. It notes a split between loan advocates and opponents, cites China loans as precedent, and highlights recent moves including Welles’s European mission and Roosevelt’s Youth Congress speech denouncing the Soviet Union. It ends with broader questions on isolationism versus international involvement.
The Pecos Valley Water Users of Texas, led by president W H Browning Jr, push rapid progress on a Red Bluff reservoir project across the border in New Mexico. Local happenings include projected showings of The Birth of a Nation, and assorted notes on local weather, cattlemen, and community events.
M. T. Taylor and his hounds coursed four deer in Carteret County North Carolina with two bucks downed from a single shot at his stand. Oklahoma adopts a new split fine distribution to state and county game agencies. Fresh water fishing licenses reach 7,436,177 with saltwater anglers boosting participation toward 12 million nationwide. Mackerel spawn data show up to 500 million eggs per square mile and 160 trillion eggs in key grounds. Only four young mackerel survive 11 weeks after spawning in 1932.
Justice of the Peace B A Oden tallies six deaths in January including two violent fatalities and sixteen births. Deaths include Jessie Burleson Ramsey, Orrin Jefferson Camp, Willie Maye Moorhead Needles, Le roy L Lamum, John Howard Brown, and a Mexican child. Births list multiple families with Jan 3 to Jan 20 dates and names such as Mickey Alcorn, Peggy Hall, Michael Patrick, Barbara Hearne, Douglas Miller, Phyllis Simpson, Judith Kay, Timothy Woods, Jo Intyre, Preston Bell, and others. Oden serves as vital statistics keeper for the state health department.
Paryg J. Jeff Wood, office manager for Texas Cotton Industries, returned Monday from Paris to attend funeral services for his niece who died last Wednesday in San Marcos.
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