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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1939
Page
2
A historical notice details the consolidation of Pecos Valley News Pecos Weekly Times Reeves County Record The Enterprise and Gusher with dates of March 14 1917 and May 16 1925 and lists subscription terms and publication deadlines for Pecos Texas newspapers.
A cautious editorial argues the United States must resist propaganda and public pressure as Europe tears itself apart. It urges keeping calm, avoiding entanglement, and treating all reports with skepticism while hoping for peace and national security.
The Texas safety push warns that rising traffic deaths threaten lives and property more than European conflict. Officials report a 21 percent drop last year, then a spike as months of 1940s-style accidents return, with patrol cutbacks planned September 1 and extensive layoffs.
M W Collie returned from Toyah Valley Sulphur Co mines after preparing shipment of three carloads of sulphur fertilizer for two California firms. A test well plan in Loving county adjacent to Toyah Bell is outlined by J J Wheat, forming a stock pool of one thousand shares at one cent per foot for drilling. Drilling readied on the Laura well with Granger Drilling Co. rotary rig, and a repair to a packing ring at Bell well caused a brief delay before resumed drilling at 2840 feet. A gas-pressure issue and valve maintenance are noted. a small oil show was reported Friday morning.
Five years ago Pecos officials touted the Red Bluff announcement a large cotton oil mill would be built in Pecos. Reports note the Grisham Hunter oil well south of Pecos and a strong Delaware lime oil showing at 5200 feet, plus AAA hog-reduction payments to Reeves and Ward County farmers. Housing shortages loom as influx grows. a fatal highway crash near Balmorhea and Toyahvale claimed E. E. Crowe and W. E. Gray.
Public Works Administration gave final approval for the Pecos sewer project with a $44 454 grant and a $58 000 long term loan. Pecos will vote September 17 on bonds for the city share. A crowd of over 500 attended the dedication of the new Pecos elementary school as Rev W M Turner and others spoke. The Pecos Valley a farm group, demanded fairer irrigation loan terms at Barstow. With opening game a week away coaches Neill and Kotrola pushed the Pecos grid squad through grueling practice for peak condition.
A reader laments Europe at war and recalls a 20 year hope for peace. The piece questions Roosevelt's third term and weighs staying out of conflict versus national duty. It urges informed free thinking Americans to resist war and preserve youth and freedom.
The Gran Theatre will screen Winner Take All Tuesday featuring Tony Martin as a down on his luck cowboy who achieves pugilistic fame and Gloria Stewart as his girl manager.
The project plans a seventy five mile long telephone line in Mount McKinley National Park Alaska this year. Local officials say the route will connect remote stations and improve communications for park operations and visitors.
A World War era note remarks on sky writing as signaling method over Guam, which covers 206 square miles.
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