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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1939
Page
2
The Pecos Valea Weekly Record in Pecos Texas announces barney Hubbs as publisher and Vestel H Lott as editor. Subscriptions run two dollars yearly and six months two dollars. The paper notes late copy policy and postal entry details from 1915.
Midland businessman James H Goodman seeks an amendment to safety laws to raise the Texas speed limit from 45 to 60 miles per hour on open highways while preserving 45 mph limits on danger spots. He argues higher limits with strict enforcement would improve law respect and enable patrols to target reckless drivers.
The United States Civil Service Commission announced application deadlines for positions in the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils and Agriculture. East of Colorado’s region must apply by March 27, west of Colorado by March 30. Open posts include Senior Pharmacologist, Pharmacologist, Associate Pharmacologist, and Assistant Pharmacologist with various pay scales. Eligibility requires progression through prior grades and age limits, though the wording is garbled in parts.
Franchot Tone stars with Franciska Gaal in The Girl Downstairs at the Grand Theatre today only. Tone plays a cosmopolitan architect who falls for Rita Johnston then the scullery maid, with a light romantic plot set in a lively city.
Mrs Ace Ramsay outlines a rosy Pecos future at the Business and Professional Women's Club address Pecos Ten Years From Now detailing agricultural expansion red bluff dam cantaloupe industry oil fields and new housing and school developments with a vision of Pecos as a regional hub and growing urban center.
Air Chronicle presents Fred MacMurray Ray Milland and Louise Campbell in Men With Wings a Technicolor air cavalcade. MacMurray is the adventurous flyer while Milland builds and flies better planes. Campbell joins Hollywood’s leading ladies as the romantic lead with Willam A Wellman producing directing and a strong supporting cast.
Farmers advised that dairy cattle perform better when their diet includes ample salt and calcium. Proper mineral balance supports milk production and overall herd health.
The court commands Sheriff or Constable to summon Willie Halliburton by publication for four consecutive weeks in Reeves County or nearest newspaper. He must appear at the Reeves County Court in Pecos on the first Monday in April 1939 to answer a suit by The Leader Grocery Company led by Keith Camp S. M. Prewit Charlie Fitzgerald and Jim Camp alleging a debt of $230.67 plus interest and costs.
Warner Brothers presents Off the Record featuring Pat O'Brien and Joan Blondell as newspaper reporters. The comedy follows their whirlwind marriage and clashes after the ceremony, focusing on marriage ups and downs and Hollywood charm.
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