Oakland Builds Vocational High Schools for Industrial Education
Oakland, California adopts a dual policy to grow prosperous cities by payroll industries and stronger industrial education in public schools. Three high schools now feature electrical, cabinet, sheet metal, forging and motor vehicle repair shops serving about 15,000 pupils. This practical approach aims to channel male students into skilled trades, reduce crime, and promote home building and stable family life.
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Oakland
California
Notice of Thirteenth Assessment on Western Pacific Oil Co
Board of Directors levies a thirteenth assessment of three cents per share on the capital stock of Western Pacific Oil Company. Payment is due by May 20, 1926 to the Secretary at 413 Hollingsworth Building Los Angeles. Unpaid shares after May 20 will be delinquent and sold at public auction on June 10, 1926 to cover the delinquent assessment and sale costs. Frank W. Clark, Secretary.
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Board of Directors
Hollingsworth Building
Los Angeles
California
Kramer Consolidated Oil Company
H. W. Hellman
South Spring Street
Los Angeles City
Los Angeles County
State ofCalifornia
Hawes
San Bernardino County
J. J. Morris
The Hidden Cost of Telephone Service in 1926
Provisional 1926 expenditures for Southwestern Bell and related Bell systems reveal a vast investment in poles wire and underground wiring. The district plans 61 000 new telephones costing over 20 million dollars with nine million for poles and cables and more than three million for underground work.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone System
Bell Companies
Southwestern
Missouri
Arkansas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Radio on the Farm Survey Highlights Utility and Preferences
A recent survey shows one fifth of US farm homes have radios. Farmers favor music and weather reports, farm women lean to home maker programs, and small percentages listen to lectures church services and garden talks. Ninety five percent see radio as utility as well as amusement, with market reports arriving 24 to 48 hours earlier than other sources.
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United States
Newspaper Subscription Rates Listed for 191? Edition
The notice details subscription pricing with options for one year at $2.00, six months at $1.25, and three months at 75 cents, all strictly in advance.
Communist failure cited by Zinovieff weakens American party
Gregory Zinovieff warns the American Communist Party is fading as radicalism loses traction in the United States. He notes wage earners at Standard Oil of New Jersey have become stockowners, illustrating a move toward employee ownership while decrying the supposed pawns of Communist doctrine. He argues Americans’ independent thinking undermines Soviet influence.
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Gregory Zinovieff
Russia
Communist International
Communist Party
United States
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
America
American Railroad Service Leads the World
Regular telegraphic stock quotations will be provided on Union Pacific limited trains serving Barstow. Travelers may receive stock reports the same day as from their home office. The text praises rail service and efficiency, notes potential legislative changes, and argues regulation should not hinder railway progress and cost reduction.
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Union Pacific
Barstow
Sealed bids invited for Barstow lighting project
County of San Bernardino calls for sealed proposals by May 24 1926 for a street lighting improvement on South Street Barstow involving nineteen concrete ornamental posts with Westinghouse Paragon Junior units. Plans and specifications detail installation of globe holders and electrical gear. Includes bid bond requirements and public bid opening.
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Board of Supervisors
San Bernardino
State of California
County of San Bernardino
County of
Barstow
Westinghouse
Paragon
Mazda
State of
California
Harry L. Allison
Board of Supervisrs
San Bernardino County
F. J. Atkinson
Secretary Location of H Snt Office Room 414
A note records the secretary's address at the H W Hellman Building room 414 located at 356 South Spring Street in Los Angeles California for official correspondence and file routing.
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Geo. W. Stewart
Visalia
California
Independence Land District
H. W. Hellman
South Spring Snt
Los Angeles
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Pete
A. P. Ring
Wycotts
Hurtis Floral Pisces
Larsen Dye Works
Cal
Western Pacific Oil Company
Frank W. Clark
San Bernardino Co
Western Representative
Western Press Association
Sutter St
San Francisco
Lloyd E. Tiernan
Eastern Representative
American Press Association
St. New York, N. Y
American Railroad Service
Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Karl Dalcroze Diehl
Newberry
Range
S. B. Meridian
Register
Los
Angeles
Jyne
P. V. Wadleigh
Hans von Lankin
Douglas Sayer
Karl D. Diehl
B. B. Smith
Floyd Marvin
Cheese City Meat Market
A. H. Pendleton
Prop
Calif
Dr. L. B. Curtis
White and Platt Building
S. L. Benson, M. D
White & Platt
B. C. Anderson
de Lautour
Henderson & Nicklin
Atwater Kent
B. Wollman
Sunset Boulevard
Minorcas
R. I
Enoch Crews
Seabright
Chas. R. Jones
Dillingham Apts
Roger C. Griffin
Henderson & Nicklin Barstow
Harvey House
Lillian Jones
Dix van Dyke Daggett
James TF. McKinley
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