California News Briefs Highlights From 1928 State Pages
California oil output slipped by 500 barrels weekly to an average 642000 barrels per day for the week ending August 4. Claims for a 2500000 dollar Irish fund extend to year end. William Carey, famed California pioneer, dies at Paso Robles at 93. Mail totals top 70000 pounds on western air route with Chicago route second. State barbers renewals push past 19000 licenses in September prep. Forest fires mostly human caused with 626 fires this year. State banks taxed on net income around 4 percent in a proposed plan. California coroner reforms proposed to curb trial delays with trained investigators. Yosemite tourism rises per Great Northern Railway travel book. San Quentin parole calendar lists 133 inmates. Veterans bonds approval for 4.25 percent interest. Hickman sentenced to hang, appeal planned. Hoover leads Smith in scientific poll of California. Traffic control exhibit planned for State Fair. San Francisco area earthquakes reported with minor impact. New license plate holders to feature Ensuing 1929 plates. California Olympics bid push dominates 1932 planning, with $1,000,000 state support pending ratification.
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California Railroad Commission
Department of Finance
Commission
Sacramento
State Board of Barber Examiners
State Forester
M. B. Pratt
California
State Tax Commission
C. C. Young
Irving Martin
Young
United States
Will C. Wood
James R. Garlick
State Association of Coroners
State Fair Grounds
Frank G. Snook
State Division of Motor Vehicles
San Francisco
San Francisco Peninsula
San Francisco Bay
Mussel Rock
University of Santa Clara
California State Automobile Association
D. E. Watkins
Association
Clouds shaping earth through rain and energy
A National Geographic essay explains how clouds sculpt the continents by eroding mountains and forming rivers. It describes cloud birth from oceanic droplets, vapor rise, condensation on dust, and droplet growth, noting rainfall speeds and the balance of global water cycles that keep oceans replenished.
American Executive Earns Doctor Philosophiae Honoris Causa
The University of Cologne awarded Mr. Williams HE. Weiss of Wheeling West Virginia the title Doctor Philosophiae Honoris Causa. Weiss, founder and former General Manager of Sterling Products Incorporated and current Vice-President and General Manager of Drug Incorporated, is the first American so honored. The award recognizes his decade long efforts to strengthen industrial ties between German and American pharmaceutical firms, with Weiss serving as a key Euro-American link through frequent European visits and promotion of commercial friendship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Cologne
Germany
Williams HE. Weiss
Wheeling
W. Va
Sterling Products (Incorporated
Drug Incorporated
Weiss
Europe
Cologne
Is This Hotel Exclusive
A quip about hotel life suggesting exclusivity with social snubs. The joke implies a setting where being around others matters to avoid seeming overly aloof. No concrete people or places are named beyond the hotel context.
Castoria: A trusted remedy for infants and children
The advertisement touts Castoria as a widely used vegetable remedy for colic, constipation, and diarrhea in babies. It emphasizes safety for infants, urges buying it, and notes doctors commonly advise it for young children. Strong medicines are deemed dangerous for babies, making Castoria a dependable nightly choice.
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American Petroleum Institute
Liberty Street
New York
William Carey
Paso Robles
Chicago
Federal Post Office Department
New York-Chicago
Associated Press
Yosemite
Great Northern Railway
San Quentin Prison
Veteran's Welfare
Veteran’s Bond Commission
Walter G. Hansen
Alfred Gustafson
Kodiak District
Alaska
University of California
William Edward Hickman
the Fox
Marian Parker
Douglas Edmonds
Los Angeles
Hickman
William H. Waste
State Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Herbert Hoover
San Francisco Examiner
Los Angeles Examiner
Oakland Post-Enquirer
Hearst
Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
The
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Himalayas
Atlantic
Grand Canyon
Nature
Earth
German University
William E. Weiss
Carter
Oniente
Red Carter
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