Special Features Of Your Local Paper
The Barstow Printer highlights weekly features including Arthur Brisbane and Elmo Scott Watson columns, Nellie Maxwell’s Kitchen Cabinet, and two National Geographic Society columns. It notes readers value short locals and the Kitchen Cabinet, plus California news items, geography notes, and dairy orchard items, inviting reader comments.
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Arthur Brisbane
Elmo Scott Watson
Nellie Maxwell
National Geographic Society
Washington
Bao Ak
Four Pages Of Comic Section Next Issue
The Barstow Printer announces a four page colored comic supplement added to the next issue at no extra cost to subscribers. The paper credits advertiser support for continued features and notes the new section will present concise, concrete weekly reading material.
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Barstow
Time
China envoy and wife sentenced in opium smuggling case
Kao Ying former San Francisco vice consul and his wife received prison terms for smuggling opium into the United States. Kao Ying drew seven years for the opium charge and sixteen months more for transporting laborers. his wife was sentenced to four years and fined about 2250 dollars. Suen Foon, long San Francisco consulate chancellor, was cited in the case.
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Nanking
China
United States
Kao Ying
San Francisco
America
Kao
Suen Foon
Wras
Fifth District 20 30 Convention Riverside gathering notice
Out of town guests attended Tuesday night’s 20 30 Club meeting. Las Vegas representatives Joe Dayton and I A Parkee invited Barstow youths to the Fifth District Convention in Riverside on Saturday, November 23. Riverside members Karl Jansen Doc Tibbitt Conrad Bower Ben Doss Russ Charline Emerson Pann will attend. event at the Mission Inn includes dancing after the meeting. Herbert Gouldin and Carl Jordan were absent but later joined five San Bernardino 49 80 Club members and one Riverside member in Pieterville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Joe Dayton
I. A. Parkee
Riverside Club
Barstow
Riverside
Karl Jansen
Doc Tibbitt
Conrad Bower
Ben Doss
Russ Charline
Emerson Pann
Mission Innifter
Herbert Gouldin
Carl Jordan
Pieterville
San Bernardino
Officer Harris Recovers Kidnapped Baby
Constable Harris and Officer Jasey arrest Ted Donner on the Santa Fe limited train en route to New York. Donner, an actor, and wife live in Hollywood with their children Rose Donner and a seven year old son, as police guard the infant before custody by the mother.
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2A Harris
Traegar
Los Angeles
Ted Donner
Harris
Jasey
Donner
New York
Hollywood
Roses Donner
Special Agents
J. W. Hanley R. A. Cook
Arived
Barstow Library Receives 14th Britannica Volumes
Barstow Branch of the County Free Library has new 24 volume 1929 Encyclopaedia Britannica edition. The edition offers largely a new encyclopedia with rich illustrations. November 17 marks the start of Children's Book Week with a library display and posters to promote reading for kids. books displayed circulate starting November 25.
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Barstow
County Free Library
Hart
San Bernardino County
State Considers Building Sites for Prisons and Hospital
A committee from the State Surveyor and State Architect offices surveys about sixty proposed sites for the first offenders' prisons and a new State hospital for Southern California. Alexander B. Heron, State Director of Finance, notes the search extends from San Diego to Los Angeles. Heron has discussed progress with the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on a site at Broadway and 1st for the proposed State office building.
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State Hospital
California
State Surveyornd
Accordin
Alexander B. Heron
State Directo Finance
San Diego
Los Angele
Heron
Los Ange
Io. Angeles . County Board of
Statfice
Broadway
1St Bi
Harvey Houses Superintendent Flies From Winslow To Glendale
Mr R Heneforth head of the Arizona Harvey Houses division flew from Winslow Arizona to his home in Glendale California. He was in Barstow today and said the trip was very enjoyable.
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R. Heneforth
Harvey Houses
Arizona
Winslow
Ariz
Glendale
California
Henneforth
Barstow
Dance Night At Yermo Athletic Club Wednesdays
The Yermo Athletic Club will host a dance every Wednesday night as listed on window cards printed for the club by Secretary Bob Greer.
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Yermo Athletic Club
Bob Greer
Demand for Improved Highway Between Lucerne Valley and Barstow
Supervisor Doran targets desert district road upgrades as residents of Lucerne Valley and Barstow press for a highway as good as the Lucerne Valley to Victorville route. The sought connection would link Needles Barstow Trona with Big Bear Valley resorts under his jurisdiction.
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Lucerne Valley
Desert
Doran
Barstow
Victorville
Needles
Trona
Big Bear Valley
Women Help Make Legion Meeting A Success
The Barstow American Legion auxiliary hosted a dinner that boosted attendance at the county council meeting. Plans for a county service officer to handle veteran claims were discussed and endorsed, with San Bernardino post handling over 100000 dollars in annual claims. Delegations from Chino Upland Fontana Colton and others praised membership prospects for 1980 as Barstow Victorville and Barstow vie for top per capita gains. Next meeting slated for Upland in December.
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American Legion
Barstow
American Legion Auxiliary
San Bernardino—Upland
Board of Supervisors
C. H. Smith
Fontana
San Bernardino Post
San Bernardino County
San Bernardino
County Council
Chino
Upland
Colton
Victorville
Riverside
Barstow Visit by Redland Facts Publisher in Transit
Mr and Mrs Paul W Moore of the Redland Facts were Barstow visitors en route to the Boulder Dam site Publisher Moore stopped at the Printer office to say hello during the travel pause
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Paul W. Moore
The
Redland Facts
Barstow
Boulder Dam
Moore
Power Company challenges Railroad Commission ruling on rates
Southern Sierras Power Company petitions for rehearing over the Nov 4 decision claiming to regulate rates beyond California and alleging retroactive effect for meter readings in December. It argues insufficient findings on valuations depreciation new property and prior rate changes, and asserts no demonstrated discrimination or compensation for public use.
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Southern Sierras Power Company
State Railroad Commission
California
Commission
Andance
Longest Span Of Viaduct At Barstow Given 172 Feet
Barstow construction advances on a fire reinforced concrete piers for a steel viaduct across the freight and passenger yards at First Street. The longest span will exceed 170 feet over the passenger tracks. Superintendent W. E. Sait reports rapid progress with piers and plans to double the work crew when steel arrives from Roanoke Virginia. An additional crew will handle a northern end fishing area near the Harvey house. The bridge is expected to be travel ready before spring.
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First Street
Barstow
W. E. Sait
Roanoke
Regwar
Harvey House
Salt
Barstow Woman's Club Holds Meeting in New Boy Scout Building
The Barstow Woman's Club met last Tuesday in the new Boy Scout building. The room showed chrysanthemums and a fire. Mrs Meserve of San Bernardino spoke on the Junior Club work. Mrs Stanley of Redlands discussed Billboards and Mrs Bunnell from Redlands gave a talk on an eastern trip. The Sischo sisters from Newberry performed a cello and piano duet. A business meeting followed and it was decided to curtain the windows. Refreshments of pumpkin pie and coffee were served.
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Barstow
Boy Scout
Meserve
San Bernardino
Stanley
Redlands
Bunnell
Sischo Sisters
Newberry
Woman's Club
Home Missionary Work Inspires Local Help
Two weeks after a fire destroyed the Leonard home contributions arrived from readers. Amounts range from 1.00 to 36.00 with a Los Angeles donor sending 1.00 and wishing to give more. The community shows continued generosity and one man even offered two days of carpentry work.
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Jim Leonard
Los Angeles
U S Senate Try To Cut Tungsten Tariff Falls To Tie
A Senate vote on reducing tungsten ore and concentrate duty to forty five cents per pound tied, halting the move. Supporters argued for fifty cents, citing rising tungsten prices spurring Nevada development projects. The Las Vegas Age notes historic tungsten fields near Barstow and current Mills City production shipping concentrates east for reduction.
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United States Senate
Tasker L. Oddie
State Bureau of Mines
Nevada
Mira
Pioche
United States
Mill City
Pershing County
Niagara Falls
Las Vegas
Barstow
Atolia
P. T. A. Social Meeting Set At Grammar School
The P. T. A. will hold its social meeting next Tuesday evening at eight o'clock in the Grammar school auditorium.
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Grammar School
Company Seeks Fair Valuation and Rates to Avoid Confiscation
The filing argues operating costs taxes depreciation and a fair valuation of hydro power and water rights materials and working capital justify higher rates. It claims evidence shows the rates are not compensatory or reasonable and that omissions in property appraisal would yield a 4329 percent return. Officials warn new rates would hamper improvements and extensions and could be confiscatory.
Barstow May Be An Industrial Center
Barstow could become a key industrial hub due to two railways, cheap electricity, abundant water, and accessible highways. A smelter site on the river east of town is under survey for a Santa Fe spur track. The area attracts mine owners with strong transport links and a modern air depot nearby.
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America
Barstow
Pew
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Transcontinental Air Transport
Maddux Air Lines
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Ramsey couple travels to San Francisco and back
Mr and Mrs Ira Ramsey spent Sunday to Tuesday in San Francisco visiting a daughter and friends. They report beautiful weather in the bay cities.
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Ira Ramsey
San Francisco
Bay Cities
Geologist Finds Asbestos Deposit Near Baker Calif
A. B. McAntire, a geologist and owner with Abe Shapiro and Elmo Proctor of near Baker claims, reports discovery of chrysolite asbestos in Southern California ten miles south of Baker. He notes the deposit requires four claims and calls it the first commercial find in the region, with ideal access near Soda Lake, the Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad, and major highways. He also mentions gem-stone deposits supplied to Europe and the Orient.
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Abe Shapiro
Los Angeles
Barstow
Baker
Shapiro
A. MecAntire
McAntire
Baker District
A. B. McAntire
Elmo Proctor
Denver
Mr. McAntire
California
Calif
Tonopah & Tidewater
Raser
Soda Lake
Boulder Dam
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Convention
Legion
Power Company Claims Commission
Barstow Woman’s Club
U. S. Senate
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