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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1939
Page
2
The Pecos Enterprise and Gusher provides publication details and lineage. It notes origins as Pecos Valley News 1887 and Reeves County Record 1910, with consolidations in 1917 and 1925. It states weekly Friday publication and post office entry dates.
Analysis shows pedestrians killed in September collisions on Texas highways. Despite rights of way, negligence persists. Night travel is most hazardous with twilight hours 7 to 8 pm especially deadly. Driving under liquor increases risk, underscoring need for extra caution.
The Taxpayers Digest notes Texans paid a minimum $545 million in taxes for the year ending June 30 1938. It compares this to $452.2 million in crops wool mohair and cattle cash income, and details state local and federal tax totals. The piece contrasts tax burden with agricultural values and ends with a quip about ants and Picnics.
Farmers and ranchers embrace trench silos as a cheap low labor alternative to sky scrapers. Texas alone reports 260 miles of trenches this year with thousands more dug to store early feed. Enslage guides detail trench dimensions and packing for 120 days storage and the use of water for sealing.
Warner Baxter and Mickey Rooney star in Slave Ship which will be shown today at the Grand Theatre. Filming spanned over two years with spectacular sea sequences shot by three separate companies across the country.
English women claim new places in war effort with Miss Elspeth Ironside driving her general staff father’s official car while actress Elizabeth Allen serves tea at a canteen somewhere in England.
The screening features Lynne Overman as Oliver Quade the encyclopedic amateur sleuth supported by Susan Palley in a romantic role and Donald O Conner as the detective’s assistant. The film debuts Tuesday at the Grand Theatre.
The article notes that gravity on the Moon is only one sixth as strong as on Earth, affecting weight and motion in lunar conditions. It highlights the impact on landing, jumping, and vehicle operation in lunar environments.
Reeves County filings from October 10 to 18 1939 list assignments of oil and gas leases. Names include Floyd C. Dodson Christine V. Granger Eilen E Anderson Miss Grace Conklin Miss Anna L Eibe R V Westwood Margaret Holland Ethel D Blaney Keye Lake Henry Young GH and SA Ry Co Mary Martin Northup Roy L Swavely and public school land parcels across sections in blocks C-16 and 11 with five to twenty acre tracts.
Dust Be My Destiny stars Priscilla Lane and John Coty in a dramatic romance at the Grand Theatre. The storyline follows a young couple on a road to a risky reunion as officers chase them over a murder suspicion. Alan Hale Fran Halop Bobby directs through a 1940 era film listing with supporting cast.
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