California News Briefs Highlights From August Reports
California agencies report August building permits in San Rafael totaled 35600 dollars, a grand jury orders county audit in San Jose, and a 188000 dollar Sausalito telephone project. Navy base site talks near Susanville and rail, road, and school insurance moves appear amid state wide economic data and enrollment gains.
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San Rafael
S. W. Straus & Company
San Jose
Grand Jury
Sausalito
Yuba County Grand Jury
Marysville
Napa Board of Supervisors
Yountville
Vallejo
Mare Island Navy Yard
Chicago
Chicago Ways
Department of Criminology
California
James A. Johnson
Samuel C. May
University of California, Berkeley
Kettleman Hills
Milham Discovery
Leon J. Richardson
University of California Extension Division
State Board of Equalization
Vierling Kersey
State Board of Education
Eleanor Miller
Pasadena
Young
San Luis Obispo County
San Juan
Salinas
State Department of Professional and
James F. Collins
Sierra County
Mines Operating Corporation
P. M. Longan
San Franisco Capitalist
Robert L. Hanley
Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce
O. K. Smith
Municipal Pier
Hanford
Perris Holding Company
C. Ray Gilliland
Arthur S. Whiteney
Lemore Gilliland
State Railroad Commission
Southern California Edison Company
Long Beach
Department of Education
Fresno
Santa Barbara
San Diego
Humboldt
San Francisco
Chico
Yuba City
Feather River
J. Allen Jackson
State Reclamation Board
Folsom
San Quentin
T. C. Peckman
Benjamin Chambers
Fred B. Hollis
E. P. Jones
Merced Irrigation District
Heaney
Denver S. Church
Jones
Exchequer Dam
Grandma Consolidated Mining Company
Goldfield
Nev
Princess Magalia Company
Magalia
Mendocino
State Hospital
Talmage
Bert B. Meek
State Department of Public Works
J. S. Hanna
Nottingham Heating and Ventilating Company
Oakland
Collins Electrical Company
Stockton
Vierling S. Kersey
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Kersey
Santa Monica
Hal Justice Finds His Base In Courage And Pride
Twelve year old Hal, sidelined by vision problems, adores baseball and idolizes his father, Lou Justice. After a risky rescue at an elevator shaft, Hal earns pride and acceptance from his father and fellow boys. A night meeting with Lou confirms Hal’s worth beyond appearances, as he learns to be seen.
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AL Justice
Hal
Bayshore Cubs
Val
Lou Justice
Justice
Beany
Cubs
Bradenford Blues
Mommer
Claybourne
Lau
No Military Lodges In American Masonry no organized military lodges now exist
The grand secretary of the Masonic temple in Washington DC states that American Masonry does not follow the English Grand Lodge policy allowing military lodges within regiments or naval units. During the Civil War a few were formed with troops but none remain today.
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Masonic Temple
Washington, D. C
Grand Lodge of
England
Ministers' wives place in heaven joke note
A brief quip about ministers' wives reflects sympathy for their hard lot. A friend says there should be a special place in heaven for ministers' wives, and the minister's wife replies she would rather go with her husband. The remark appears in The Christian Register.
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The
Christian Register
Formal Adjournment Sine Die Defined in Law and Usage
The term sine die means without a day and is used in law to indicate no date is set to reconvene. When Congress adjourns sine die no meeting date is appointed as the session ends.
Chemical treatment to kill borers in peach trees
North Carolina extension entomologist W Bruce Mabee urges using paradichlorobenzene from September 25 to October 15 to control borers in peach trees. Sprinkle 0.5 to 2 ounces around the base, mound soil to trap fumes, and avoid treating trees under three years old.
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W. Bruce Mabee
North Carolina State College of Agriculture
Practical Suggestions for Apple Growers
Dr. William A. Taylor chief of the U S bureau of plant industry outlined key steps to stabilize output and raise quality in a radio address. He urged pruning pest control and better culture, eliminating inferior varieties, avoiding new plantings except on good sites, and strict handling packing storage and selling. He noted production has concentrated in favored districts since 1910 while bearing trees receive better care.
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William A. Taylor
United States Bureau of Plant Industry
Taylor
Market Apples Should Be Picked Hard Ripe
The guidance explains picking apples when hard ripe to ensure they mature to eating ripe off the tree. If picked too late they soften too soon and decay, while picking too early yields poor color and eating quality and increases disease risk in transit and storage.