U S selects Victoria area for Texas cotton export program
The U S Department of Agriculture designates Victoria region as the Texas source for a 30 000 bale export run in its second year. Bales will be picked ginned bagged and samples taken for grade variety staple and production point data for foreign buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Victoria
Texas
Department
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
E. A. Miller
Texas A. and
M. College Extension Service
Miller
USDA
AAA
Haynes Sees New Farmall Family
A. D. Haynes reports from a International Harvester dealer meeting about the Farmall family now in production. Three sizes Farmall A H and M introduce features like Culti-Vision and Lift-All hydraulic power with quick-attachable options for efficient farming tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Haynes
Haynes Motor and Inclement Co
International Harvester
Farmall
Harvester Engineers
Harvester
Pluto Makes Its Annual Distant Circuit
The passage notes Pluto completes its orbit around the sun once each year at a great distance, described as 248 Fars from Earth. The statement emphasizes the planet's remoteness in the solar system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pluto
Early English Long-Distance Roads Built By Traders
The earliest long distance routes in England were laid out by traders who gathered amber along their journeys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Drinking Driver Blame Assigned In Texas Highway Toll
State police report six month Texas traffic survey placing chief blame on drinking drivers for 394 of 699 highway deaths in early 1939. Pedestrian fatalities and head on collisions cited. excessive speed and fatigue also noted as major causes in both highway and urban traffic contexts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
McCamey Returns Eleven Lettermen for Football Season
McCamey Badger football opens practice on September 1 with eleven returning lettermen from the 1938 district championship. Coaches Hayhurst and Carroll will field players including Butch Smith Dick Bowlen and Dave Jones along with a first line of Choate Jones Woodward Daulton Tinney Williamson and Griffin. The schedule features Fort Stockton Eldorado Big Lake Pecos Wink Kermit Crane Grandfalls and McCamey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCamey Badger
Badger
Marlin Hayhurst
Cuthbert Carroll
Butch Smith
Dick Bowlen
Dave Jones
Wilber Hemperley
Roger Choate
Howard Lee Jones
Luis Woodward
Murrell Daulton
Leon Tinney
Harry Williamson
George Griffin
McCamey
Fort Stockton
Eldorado
Big Lake
Pecos
Wink
Kermit
Crane
Grandfalls
Second Fiddle at Grand Theatre with Stars and Berlin Tunes
A star studded revue featuring Sonja Heinie Tyrone Power Rudy Vallee Mary Healy and Edna Mae Oliver with new Irving Berlin songs. Screenplay by Harry Tugend follows film fame hunting a heroine as Mary Healy debuts opposite Rudy Vallee. Includes tango on ice rhumbas ice ballets and Back to Back ballroom craze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Berlin
Sonja Heinie
Tyrone Power
Rudy Vallee
Mary Healy
Edna Mae Oliver
Grand Theatre
Berlin
Harry Tugend
Miss Heinie
Stewart Reburn
Tarver Among Grads At Sul Ross
James L. Tarver of Pecos is among Sul Ross State College's summer graduating class of 80. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree at a Wednesday evening ceremony in the college auditorium. Other Pecos students at Sul Ross include Sara Patricia Green Sister Francis Johnston Sister Aloysius Wagner and Mrs. Mary Katherine Tarver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Tarver
Sul Ross
James L. Tarver
Pecos
Sul Ross State College
State College
Tarver
Sul Ress
Sara Patricia Green
Francis Johnston
Aloysius Wagner
Mary Katherine Tarver
Prairie chickens save cotton and block hunting in Wheeler County
Texas Game Warden P D Moseley notes Lesser Prairie Chickens protected crops by predating army worms, saving farmers like T D Key up to five bales of cotton. Neighbors praise the birds and plan food plots while a five year closed season remains in effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Panhandle
Wheeler County
P. D. Moseley
T. D. Key
Mr. Key
Texas
Surprise Lake
Chambers County
Galveston
Delbert Conner
Lone Star State
Miss Marion Cooper Visits Then Moves to Pipeline Station
Miss Marion Cooper of Mentone spent a weekend visiting Miss Millie Knox. She and her parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cooper moved early this week to the Pasotex Pipeline Station at Guadalupe Peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Cooper
Mentone
Millie Knox
Frank Cooper
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Haynes
Pecos Bowling Club
Safeway Store
Galaxy of Stars
F.C. Cole
Earl Watley
Trinity River
Paradise
Lloyd Proskitt
Bridgeport
Harley Borg
Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Tucker
Hal. C. Peck
Game Commission
Odessa
MO. J. Ivy
Real Estate & Insurance
Pecos, Texas
Elliott & Waldron Abstract Co
R. C.brewster
Brandon
Star Tires
Ragsdale
W. W. Dean
Mgr
Pecos Abstract Co
General Insurance
Collie Electric Shop
Bill Collie
Mer
J. L. Kincannon
E. L. Stratton
Hubbard & Kerr
Attorneys-At-Law
H. F. Anthony
Lands and Real Estate
Bell & Regan
West Texas
A. E. Pye
Collings-Wilson CO
Rufus A. Roberts
Bryan-Bozeman
Lewis Sheet Metal
J.B. Cotten
Crane, Texas
KINS
J. R. Watkins
Iowa
H. M. Coulter
Memphis, Tennessee
General Tires
ALS
Jim Durnal
General Tire
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