Jack Hall Pardoned After Four-Year Sentence
Crane county cow hand Jack Hall was granted a full pardon by Governor Ferguson after a Reeves county jury sentenced him in 1932. Hall had been on general parole since 1935 and earned time credits for appeal and good behavior, with most time spent in Huntsville. Attorneys Henry Russell and JPH Starley of Pecos represented him.
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Jack Hall
Crane County
Reeves County
M. A. Ferguson
Hall
Sterling
Huntsville
Henry Russell
J. PH. Starley
Pecos
Boiler Explosion Kills Oil Worker Russell Dixon Near Eunice
Russell Dixon about 30 was killed instantly at an oil well near Eunice New Mexico when his boiler exploded for unknown reasons. He left a wife of six months and their remains were sent to Hobbs for burial.
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Russell Dixon
Eunice
N. M
Dixon
Hobbs
Mrs Sudderth and companions visit Cloudcroft New Mexico
Mrs W W Dean Mrs Dave Sudderth of Monahans Mary Dean Sudderth and Jane Broughton spent two days at Cloudcroft New Mexico in the latter part of last week.
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W. W. Dean
Dave Sudderth
Monahans
Mary Dean Sudderth
Jane Broughton
Cloudcroft
N. M
Granddad Luke Woods Hooks Record Trout in New Mexico
Luke Wood claims a 19 inch mountain trout was caught on his vacation trip to northern New Mexico. He says several others over 16 inches followed, with many smaller fish. Mrs. Wood visits Santa Fe. family members include Mr. and Mrs. Wood, a brother, a daughter Mrs. Clare Anthony and child, and other relatives.
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Luke Woods
Woods
New Mexico
Luke
Burglars Active In Eastern Ward
Burglars robbed the Rinehart drug store in Grandfalls, taking cash from the register and two marble machines likely containing about $20. The same night in Monahans, Wayne Cook bakery was entered and two men identified as F C Cook and Merten Bush were found removing a safe and arrested by Deputy Sheriff Dick Lewis.
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Rinehart Drug Store
Grandfalls
Monahans
Wayne Cook
F.C. Cook
Merten Bush
Dick Lewis
Barstow
Six Texas gubernatorial candidates profiled
Brief bios of C C McDonald James V Allred Clint Small Tom Hunter Edgar Witt Maury Harges note all are lawyers and successful figures. The piece urges voters to study the candidates, go to the polls, and vote for the most qualified.
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State of
Texas
T N M Railroad Suffers First Wreck Near Monahans
The Texas New Mexico Railway Co reports its first-ever wreck, a mixed train of twelve empties and four loaded cars derailing twelve miles north of Monahans due to a lumber car collapse. No injuries, express and freight shipments only briefly delayed as crews move in replacements.
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Texas- New Mexico Railway Co
Monahans
Ford
Ralston Family Heads to Carlsbad Caverns
Mr and Mrs Grover Ralston and children Marvin and Rosemary of Lawton Oklahoma left Tuesday for the Carlsbad Caverns after a weekend with Mr and Mrs R Ek Whalen and family.
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Grover Ralston
Marvin
Rosemary
Lawton, Okla
Carlsbad Caverns
R. Ek. Whalen
Remember 16 years ago from Enterprise July 26, 1918
Sheriff Tom Harrison received a package of World War I souvenirs from his son Ray Harrison in France. The items included a German helmet a gas mask a trench knife and a haversack. Reeves county areas saw fine rains especially in the north and west. D W Bozeman was nominated enrolling agent for the U S Shipping Board to recruit 21 to 25 year olds for the Merchant Marine. Vernon L Sullivan visited from El Paso to Grandfalls to aid local interests and check the Red Bluff Reservoir site with Water Engineers.
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Tom Harrison
Ray Harrison
France
D. W. Bozeman
U. S. Shipping Board
U. S. Merchant Marine
Plane Crash Injures Tiger Flowers and Others Near Pecos Fort Stockton
July 26 1929 reports a crash near Fort Stockton critically injuring D K Thompson and seriously injuring Tiger Flowers and Harry Wilson while a USGS team led by Dr Kirk Bryan works 14 miles east of the line on Red Bluff Texas side. Road work begins Pecos to Fort Stockton toward a first class highway.
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Red Bluff
Kirk Bryan
U. S. Geology Survey Department
Texas
Tiger Flowers
Pyote
Harry Wilson
Los Angeles
D. K. Thompson
Fort Stockton
Pecos
Pecos Stores Begin Receiving Cauntaloupes
Pecos markets report early Cauntaloupes arriving with several stores already stocking the popular melon. Local grocers tout fresh fruit and steady demand as season picks up.
Fire tragedy near Grandfalls claims two lives
July 7s 65 fire near Grandfalls fatally burned Bb. G. Graham and Otto Kukuk. Report notes both men perished in the blaze as details remain incomplete and investigation ongoing.
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Bb. G. Graham
Otto Kukuk
Grandfalls
Pecos to Join NBA Next Monday Night
Rays Lewis president of the Chamber of Commerce announced Pecos will be organized under the NBA next Monday. Golfers from all West Texas compete Saturday and Sunday in Pecos invitation golf tournament marking the third annual event.
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Pecos
NBA
Rays
Stoeckl Honored by West Texas Builders Group
F. G. Stoeckl of Pecos was elected a director of the West Texas Big Builders association at its annual meeting in Midland held last week.
Hawkins Family Visit Near Fort Davis
Mr and Mrs Jack Hawkis Mrs W L Hawkins of Waco and Miss Laura Hawkins of Washington DC spent Sunday in the Davis mountains near Fort Davis.
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Mr. and
Mrs
Jack Hawkis
W. L. Hawkins
Waco
Laura Hawkins
Davis Mountains
Fort Davis
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Bik
Crys
Edgar K. Russell
C. C. McDonald
Wichita Falls
Denton State Teachers College
Austin
James V. Allred
Rice Institute
Cumberland Law School of Tennessee
Clint Small
Texas University
Amarillo
Tom Hunter
Fort Worth
Washington
Edgar Witt
Ave 54
State Senate
Maury Harghes
Austin College
Sherman
University of Virginian
Dallas
Democratic Executive Committee
Chicago
Christian Science Monitor
Veme
Childres
Cis
The
Christian Science Publishing Society
Norway Street
Boston
Massachusetts
Christian Science Period
Tor
Ness
T. & N. M. Railroad
Vernon L. Sullivan
el Paso
Red Bluff Reservoir
oOo Center
State Board ) of Water
Lewis
Chand
Stoeckl
F. G. Stoeckl
West Texas
Big Builders’ Association
Midland
Ton
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Hanson Womack
Upton County
Ford Deslers
Southwest
F.C
Detroit
Fury
Universal Credit Company
Ford Finance Plan
Waring
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