Rate fight praised as West Texas rate overhaul urged
West Texas Chamber of Commerce reports broad backing for a Freight rate study. H S Hilburn says demand for copies is high as editors back the plan. The report shows West Texas pays 72 percent higher rates than Official Territory and urges I C C Act amendments for zonal rate equality. D A Baden says equalization ends regional discrimination.
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Abilene
West Texas
Southwest
Hilburn
Ing
Por
Interstate Commerce Commission
Texas
D. A. Bandeen
WTCC
Ohio-Indiana
Better Business Conditions Shown in Texas Savings
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Little Rock reports improved business conditions in Texas with October gains in home financing loans and investor savings. Savings funds totaled 1.2 million for October, raising annual totals to a record 12.6 million since January 1, aided by insured accounts up to 5 000 per holder. The Pecos Federal Savings and Loan Association is included in the figures.
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Little Rock
Ark
Texas
Federal Home Loan Bank of
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Pecos Federal Savings and Loan Association
Paris Observatorys Talking Clock Heard by Millions
The Paris observatory announced time via its talking clock which broadcasts the correct time every ten seconds and was consulted by phone 5.6 million times in the past year.
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Paris’ Observatory
Improvement Noted In Cotton Grades Across Regions
Arizona cotton from November 1 to 13 shows 80.8 percent Extra White and higher grades with 6 percent Spotted. New Mexico ginning yields 12 percent White Strict Middling and better, 5 percent White Middling, 7 percent Spotted, 76 percent Extra White. Texas District 6 reports 13 percent White Good Middling, 52.9 percent White Strict Middling, 4 percent White Middling, 25 percent Extra White, 5 percent Spotted. Staple lengths span 31/32 to 1-3/16 inches with notable shares at 1-1/32, 1-1/16, and 1-3/32 inches. All cotton tenderable except in Arizona and New Mexico.
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Arizona
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
New Mexico
Texas
Study Club Discusses Government and Fascism in America
The Modern Study Club of Pecos held a semi monthly meeting to discuss women and government with papers on Can Fascism Come to America by Mrs. Ben Smith and Fascism Conquers Liberty in America by Mrs. J. Y. Crum. Members planned a Dec 16 book review and approved assisting the W C T U to sponsor an improved roadside park on the Carlsbad Highway. Attendees included Miss Georgia Faye Duncan and many members.
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Modern Study Club
America
Ben Smith
Jimmy Caroline
J. Y. Crum
Bill Cummings
Pecos
Carlsbad
Georgia Faye Duncan
Mmes. Fenton Alley
Bond Bradford
Ben Colwell
C. A. Daniel
Milford Howard
Ted Johnston
L. H. Nutt Jr
Harry Pryor
Bill Sherrod
Hollis Smith
H. E. Tips
Truett Peer
John Wallace
Tom Frieze
J. D. Tom
Horse And Mule Prices Higher In 1938 Outlook
Prices for horses and mules rose above 1916 levels for the first eight months of 1938, despite a 10 to 15 percent drop from 1937 highs later in 1937 and into 1938. Texas A and M Extension notes continued demand for work stock and potential colt production over the next two years.
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College Station
U. S. Department of Agriculture Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Jack Shelton
Texas A. and M. College Extension Service
Judges To Be Named For West Texas Conservation Contest
Abilene November 23 The West Texas Chamber of Commerce Soil and Water Utilization contest plans to name its judging committee soon. The contest spans 108 counties with 70 000 000 acres and offers 500 to the first place county 300 to second and 200 to third. Winners will be announced at the WTCC convention in Abilene next May. The judge panel will include representatives from the Extension Service Experiment Station Texas Tech Texas farm press Vocational Agriculture Soil Conservation Service and related groups.
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Abilene
United States
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Clifford B. Jones
Spur
Wtcc Agricultural Board
West Texas
WTCC
Texas Extension Service
Texas Experiment Station
Texas Technological College
Texas Farm Press
West Texas Press Association
State Department of Vocational Agriculture
The
Soil Conservation Service
Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs
Washington AAA Man Visits Pecos
Washington AAA field man Carl Peterson visited the office of County Agent Ted Johnston this week. Peterson works in the AAA planning division. The notes include a fact about DC steam roller permits and traffic regulation exemptions, plus a statistic on the Ohio River flow of 158000 cubic feet per second.
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Carl Peterson
Agricultural Administration
Washington
Ted Johnston
Mr. Peterson
AAA Office
Ohio River
United States
Range program is discussion topic in West Texas
Discussion of the 1938 range program and its results and benefits in West Texas was held in Fort Stockton last weekend. County agents and county committeemen met with Texas Extension Service officials from College Station. County Agent Ted Johnston and his secretary Miss Winifred Dyer of Pecos attended the meeting. Possible improvements and changes to the present setup were suggested and discussed.
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West Texas
Fort Stockton
Texas Extension Service
College Station
Ted Johnston
Winifred Dyer
Pecos
Pecos High School Band Orders New Uniforms and Flag
Seven new band uniforms and a silk purple and gold flag were ordered this week for Pecos High School. Funds for the uniforms and colors came after more than a thousand dollars in instruments were purchased, with forty metal collapsible music stands bought from money donated by Pecos business and professional men.
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Pecos
Red Flag Signals Meat Sold by Storekeeper in Guatemala
In Guatemala a red flag over a shop door marks meat sold by the storekeeper. The indicator signals the vendor is the sole seller, guiding customers to the counter and confirming direct supply.
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Guatemala
Savings upturn noted in Texas insured associations data
Washington reports an uptick in savings at 122 insured savings and loan associations in Texas. Nugent Fallon of the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation stated Texans increasingly use thrift facilities. The note accompanies local church announcements and community worship details.
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Washington
Texas
Nugent Fallon
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
B. H. Wooten
Federal Home _ Loan Bank of
Little Rock
Mr. Fallon
Aged Pecos Woman Dies Of Pneumonia
Mrs. Lizzie Beth Morrison, 74, died at her Pecos home last Thursday after weeks of bronchial pneumonia and years of poor health. Funeral services were held Friday by Rev. H. A. Baird, with burial in Fairview Cemetery.
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Lizzie Beth Morrison
H. A. Baird
Fairview Cemetery
New York Judge Fines Youth Over Subway One Man Football Game
A New York judge fined a youth 15 dollars for staging a one man football game in a subway. The incident drew attention to safety and conduct in transit spaces and highlights municipal responses to disruptive behavior.
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New York
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