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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1924
Page
5
The Railroad Commission issued an order authorizing a 40 cent per ton reduction in cement rates for car loads. Moving cement from Mills at Ore carriers is cutting prices due to heavy movement through the Port of Los Angeles reaching construction jobs by auto trucks.
The advisory pardoning board has ceased functioning and its secretary Frank I. Fenton, a San Francisco lawyer, was dismissed. Governor Richardson took responsibility for future pardons. Other items note convict labor camps expanding, a National Guard artillery battery planned, and potential venue shifts for a mining congress. Also cited are appeals from Siskiyou County murder case, a Grass Valley mining strike, diploma mill probes, and UC physical standards with three men declared fit.
The attorney general ruled against Placer County supervisors purchasing an interest in buildings to host veterans organizations. Counties can only obtain space by leasing private property to accommodate patriotic orders, not by ownership.
Motley H. Flint of Pacific Southwest Trust and Savings to regional conference in Los Angeles urged stamped appropriations for advertising under the title investment. He argued people now scrutinize ads before buying and pressed for media with price and space, placing newspapers first to reach the inner circle of modern civilization.
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