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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1936
Page
3
A historic extract recounts the Texas struggle for independence from Mexico, highlighting the 1836 San Jacinto victory, the March 2 declaration, and Texas congress actions. It contrasts Texan nationhood with Mexican chaos and notes international recognition and population growth in Texas.
Buck Jones leads a serial backed by scenic California locations and a large cast in The Roaring West. Ray Taylor directs the Grand Theatre run with weekly chapters starting Saturday and continues with further installments.
Coronado centers on youth as a high school girl from Los Angeles earns a screen debut opposite Johnny Powns who returns as a star in a new Paramount musical romance. Eddy Duchin makes his film debut with his orchestra joining the cast.
Henry Benham of Balmeorhea was badly injured when a billboard fell on him last week. He was taken to Pecos, then placed on a train to Kansas for treatment, under the care of a Christian charity group.
Mrs Heckles of Baio Nebraska returns to her home after a long journey described in the torn OCR fragment. The passage mentions months and dash of travel but lacks clear dates or destinations.
The 10 000 ton German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee was commissioned at Wilhelmshaven. It is likely the last vessel of this type the Reich will build, with two other ships already in service.
Charles Bickford stars as Red Bowers in East of Java a tale of treachery romance and danger. Front page excitement follows Bickford nearly killed by a 400 pound lion during production with battles between man and wild beasts. The film features peril aboard a cargo schooner a typhoon wreck and survivors fighting for life.
A note to readers that Jane Ekdith Prickett of Lubbock enjoyed a rare honor last week when she rode in the car with Admiral Richard E. Bard to the Auditorium in Lubbock for his lecture on explorations. Dave Sudderturn of Monahans spent Monday afternoon in Pecos on business.
The York Rite Masonic organization added a new scholarship unit at the University of Texas Dallas by boosting the endowment to total 435,000. Proceeds support graduates of the Masonic Home and School at Fort Worth enrolled or entering UT. Four York Rite Trustees oversee appointments through the LL A Pires Endowment Corporation.
The Livestock Sanitary Commission of Texas imposes quarantine along the border after discovering tick and scabies infections among cattle near Sierra Blanca on the Texas side, marking a departure from years of no tick or scabies presence in the region.
The seventh annual Texas Cowboy Reunion will run July 2 and 3 as part of the Texas Centennial observance. Stamford expects crowds surpassing last year’s 8 000 and plans several improvements including a larger dance floor and a new entrance building for the rodeo arena. A campaign to fund the cowboy bunkhouse is planned.
Texas cattle country readies a series of Western rodeos and pioneer roundups as part of Centennial year events.ivals include Western Rodeo at Midha vid in June Cowboy reunion at Stamford Wild West Rodeo at Pecos and other shows in July and August Visitors from outside the state expected to attend plus local residents Mrs. Ken Bowser traveled to Paue for medical treatment last week.
The Williams-Kerr Chevrolet Co. relocated its used car lot this week from the adjoining lot to the corner of Third and Oak streets near Highway SQ Reports. The former site, adjacent to the building, was considered for expansion but no new business buildings are planned.
Mrs John Thomas came back to her residence in Longview after spending several days visiting family and friends.
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