Auto Races Planned at Odessa for September Meet
Odessa prepares to host professional auto racing September 3-4 with a track modeled on northern and midwestern venues. Promoters John Middah of Odessa and John Crow of Monahans have pushed the project under the Odessa American Legion auspices. American and regional drivers from Oklahoma Kansas Colorado and Texas are expected to compete in fast cars with seasoned drivers known for pushing limits.
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Odessa
John Middah
Middah Machine Co
John Crow
Crow Bros. Chevrolet Co
Monahans
Crow
John
Texas
New Mexico
American Legion of
Southwest
Oklahoma
Kansas
Colorado
Fort Davis Rodeo Set for September 1 and 2 in Texas
Fort Davis announces a two day rodeo with calf roping goat roping horse racing wild horse riding breakaway bell calf roping a baseball game boxing and a big dance each evening. John G Prude and J M Fowles the local organizers oversee the event.
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Fort Davis
Mile High
John G. Prude
J. M. Fowlkes
Firestone Gum-Dipped Tires sold at today’s low prices
Buy Wow. Firestone Gum-Dipped Tires offered at current low prices while stock lasts. The ad claims Gum-Dipping and extra cord plies provide greater blowout protection for Labor Day trips and urges inspection and trade-in to reduce risk.
NRA Backers Hopeful as Crucial Test Nears
As the NRA campaign enters its third week enthusiasm remains high despite trouble signals. The lumber code is approved with minimum wages 23–40 cents and a 40 hour week, plus a Lumber Code Authority to fix prices and quotas. Government pressure, potential penalties for code violations, and Buy Now campaigns mark a hardline approach. Two major agencies died, the Shipping Board and the Prohibition Bureau, with shifts of functions to the Commerce Department and ongoing crop forecasts showing grain shortfalls and rising prices.
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NRA
North
West
Beauchamp Junior Returns After Illness at Home
H Beauchamp Jr. who was confined to his home with illness last Saturday and Sunday is able to be up and about again this week.
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H. Beauchamp Jr
Capt Bloom and family move to North Dakota
Captain A F Bloom and his wife and children left this week to establish a home in North Dakota. For more than a year he operated the Pecos Saddle Shop.
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A. F. Bloom
North Dakota
Captain Bloom
Pecos
Balmorhea visitor and Oklahoma guest greet Pecos week
Lawrence of Balmorhea visited Pecos earlier this week. Houston Snider of Castle, Oklahoma, was the weekend guest of Miss Dorothy Nabers.
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Lawrence of
Balmorhea
Pecos
Houston Snider
Castle, Oklahoma
Dorothy Nabers
Texas Architect Tells of Soviet Work Abroad
Melvin M. Rotsch of Austin, after eighteen months in Russia and six more in Central Europe, worked as a city planning and housing architect for the Soviet government in Moscow. He earned UT and Harvard degrees, was paid 600 rubles monthly, and warned young men against seeking Russia's employment conditions. He also visited Samarkand, Turkestan, noting limited Russian influence there.
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Austin
Melvin M. Rotsch
Russia
Europe
America
Rotsch
University of Texas
Harvard
Germany
Moscow
United States
Turkestan
Samarkand
Tzer
Real Estate Transfers In Original Pecos Area Listings
QCD H F Collier et ux transfer to Mrs Ilda F McCarthy lot 12 block 42 Original Pecos. WL Ida F McCarthy to Young Bell et ux five lot 32 Original Pecos. QCI Mattie H Prewit to KD C Constus 40A Survey 37 block 4 H&GN WD Mrs M L Gray et vir to Nonie O'Brien 40A out Sec 36 block 5 PSL.
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H. F. Collier
Ilda F. McCarthy
Ida F. McCarthy
Young Bell
Mattie Hail Prewit
KD. C. Constus
Sur
M. L. Gray
Nonie O’brien
Property transfer notice for multiple parcels and owners
Public records show A M Prewitt and others transferring land to C Richards in Section 7 Township 1 Range 4 with parcel details. Additional transfers include WI Corbett Avary and spouse to F R Baird in Mona Hanson Block 20 and other lot 3 and 4 blocks named.
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F. R. Baird
Monahans News and Local Updates From W H Guy Ward County
W H Guy from Monahans attends to business. Mervin Whalen has recovered enough to return home from Bryan Weave hospital after appendicitis surgery. Tom and Brawley King returned from Fort Worth. A B Bryant and wife plan six weeks in Mineral Wells for mineral baths. Mrs Bluford Thornton and son Bluford Jr. reside on Thornton ranch south of Pyote. Ford Chapman resides in Monahans working with Eppenauer and Connypany, briefly in town to discuss hog tax removal. A large pork removal from markets is needed to meet demand. A 16.561 bale South cotton crop is forecast, likely reduced to 12.514 million bales after destruction of 10.5 million acres under contract with the Adjustment Administration.
Balance shows a death notice amid confusing figures
Fragmentary OCR reads like a balance sheet notice with amounts and a death reference. The legible bits mention a balance of 4 214.02 and stray digits 1 and 7, but no clear names, dates, or offices are identifiable.
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Firestone
Roarsree
Firestone Batteries
Cys
Ford Chevrolet
Nash Essex
Auburn Studdeb
Firestone Sentinel
Plymouth
Rockne
Firestone Courier
Ford
Chevrolet
Plymo
Century of Progress
Chicago
THE
Leader Grocery
Pecos, Texas
Roosevelt
White House
Hyde Park
N. Y
C.C.C
Robert Fechner
Victoria Tower
W. A. Fisher
Fisher Body Corporation
Tarrytown
Buffalo
Detroit
Flint
Pontiac
Lansing
Cleveland
Norwood
St. Louis
Kansas City
Oakland
Seattle
Memphis
Edwin C. Hill
Ace
Singin
Sam
Basso
Cuba
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Gerardo Machado
Congress
Lumber Code Authority, Inc
Edison Institute
Johnson
Farley
Eaus
Shipping Board
Department of Com
Merce
Prohibition Bureau
Reeves County
Young
Ward County
A. M. Prewitt
C. Richards
Hans
W. H. Guy
Ward
Busi
Ness
Mervin Whalen
Tom and
Brawley King
Fort Worth
Mrs
A. B. Bryant
Mr. Bryant
Bluford Thornton
Bluford
Drs. Camp
Camp Hortal
Thornton Ranch
Pyote
Ford Chapman
Eppenauer and
Connypany
Adjustient Adinistration
Detroit Soda Products Company
Wyandotte, Michigan
J. B. Hudson
Road and Bridge Fund
General County Fund
Highway 17
Road Dist
Rae
Road & Bridge
Road & Bridge No
General County
Secos, Texas
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