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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1939
Page
2
Consolidation of The Pecos Enterprise and Gusher into a single paper noted. Publisher Barney Hubbs and Editor Vestel H. Lott listed with subscription terms and post office filing dates. Publication deadlines and office copy requirements also specified.
A military observer notes that both sides on the Western Front test lines to find weak points. Envelopment via flanks, shaped by Moltke era theory, emerges as the route to victory, with Pershing and French General staff favoring movement over direct frontal attacks amid rapid fire artillery and machine guns.
An unidentified Minnesota reader sends The Enter prise a marked Chicago Tribune from September 9. The piece cites a Stockholm Aftonbladet report claiming a Kremlin circular drafted in Moscow and attended by Stalin outlines Soviet aims to wage long war, spark world revolution, and influence Russo German and Allied actions. The piece warns neutrality should be taken with skepticism and passes the salt.
Cecilia Flores suffered a deep arm gash during a Sunday night altercation in Barstow as he raised his arm to shield his throat. Sanderson residents planned a mass meeting to discuss buying new fire fighting equipment and funding options.
A 24-hour test showed 390 gallons per minute flowing from the Underwood Sub division water well. Engineers predict possible production of 750 gallons per minute, supporting city officials in seeking PWA approval for the water supply.
Robbers broke into two Van Horn establishments last week stealing cash and goods worth about 75 dollars. The McWhorter Grocery and the Utley Service Station were burglarized in the incidents.
The Reeves County District Court will sell at public auction on the first Tuesday in December 1939 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the Reeves County courthouse all the defendants rights to 264.81 acres in Section 40 Block 57 Tsp 1 Certificate 5064 being part of the W 1/2 and excluding 40 acres NW corner and highway strips. Louis Roberson Sheriff Reeves County Texas. 11-31-c
In Big Bend National Park the federal government plans to establish a living shrine celebrating the Texas longhorn. The exhibit would honor the breed and the pioneers who used longhorns when opening the West about 75 years ago.
At the Alpine Chamber of Commerce meeting last week, two San Angelo leaders pledged help in establishing Big Bend National Park and completing U S Highway 67. Speaker E E Murphy, attorney, and J W Patterson, city commissioner, made the commitment.
Good rains swept Sierra Blanca and most of Hudspeth County last weekend starting Friday night. An estimated inch fell, steady enough to yield beneficial results for crops and pastures, with the rainfall lasting into Saturday.
The New Mexico Oil Scouts reported eighteen drilling wells three completions and three locations in the Jal area last week. Fourteen locations were listed in Lea County with most in the northern part of the county.
Upton County and McCamey reported two locations staked for field tests and two old wells deepening out of 30 tests. Across 12 West Texas counties, two wildcats and six tests are planned to be deepened in ongoing exploration efforts.
A freak cyclone lasting about ten minutes hit Crane on Sunday around 3 p.m. A cloudburst followed, delivering about three inches of rain in minutes, causing estimated damage near forty thousand dollars.
Marfa residents welcomed a rate cut from 47 cents to 34 cents on fire insurance as part of Fire Prevention Week national observance. The period focused on stressing fire prevention to reduce conflagrations.
Calves born in the Highland section were shipped by train late Friday after selling at a favorable price to feeders in eight states. The animals were bought at the ninth annual Feeder Sale, a feature of the Highland Fair which closed Saturday.
The National Youth Administration will begin a civic beautification and improvement program in Marfa, with a projected duration up to eight months and an expenditure of about $4,000. The federal agency aims to start the work on Monday.
The First Cavalry Brigade with headquarters at Fort Clark camped overnight in Fort Davis, brushing up on military maneuvers in the grounds adjacent to the ruins of the old fort.
Sheriff Tom J. Dean of Rogers County and Sheriff Dee T. Watters of Ottawa County took Robert Drake Taylor from Kermit to Oklahoma after his arrest in Wink following a fight. Fingerprints sent to Washington confirmed his identity and he will stand murder charges.
An applicant seeks renewal of a retail package store permit from the Texas Liquor Control Board. The renewal would allow Scott's Package Store to operate at U. S. Highway 80 in Toyah Reeves County Texas with applicant Joe Scott. Notice published under House Bill 77 provisions.
Harrell, adjutant of the 16th Quartermaster Squadron, received land use permission for a mission assigned by the Kingstons.
Barstow ginning output climbed to 2165 on Thursday, up from 1815 the same day last year, as three Barstow gins contributed to the count.
Rain last Saturday and damp weather through the week slowed cotton picking in Balmorhea. The weekly gin report failed to reach 1000 bales, as was expected.
City Engineer Buddy Lee says 34 blocks of pavement were built in Odessa over the last three months. Nine additional blocks will be ready for asphalt within a few weeks.
Walter P. Jordan about 35, of Grandfalls, died last week from a knife slash across the abdomen inflicted by a companion. The incident occurred in Monahans during a confrontation.
Miss Wilma Jacobson a 19 year old Wyoming girl spent three nights in southeastern Wyoming living in a makeshift camp She lights a fire to cook the rabbit she killed during the survival ordeal
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