Hoover Looms as Doubtful Rebuilder in New York Speech
Former President Herbert C Hoover criticizes current government actions as futile and hindering recovery. He claims no improvement since his era and argues that recovery required his leadership, while contrasting today’s gains in stock markets, electricity output, and lower bank failures with his tenure. Agricultural cash income is projected to rise from 3.5 to 6.8 billion dollars.
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Hoover
White House
Herbert C. Hoover
United States
Advertising Picks Dig For Hidden Gold In Business
A retail survey shows that persistent advertising helped many firms advance during downturns. The piece urges using advertising tools, warns against cheap imitations, and notes observers joke about political and social ironies while stressing the value of strategic promo efforts.
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Department of Commerce
Ukiah
All Potato Growers Urged to Apply for 1950s Quotas
Growers planning to sell potatoes in 1936 must apply now for their 1950s quotas to obtain tax exemption stamps under the Potato Act for potatoes harvested after December 1, 1935. Applications go to R. D. Foote in Ukiah with sales records. County allotments are set by grower committees, with adjustments to fit the statewide limit of 7,017,000 bushels for California from a national 226,000,000 bushel allotment based on 1929–1933 averages.
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R. D. Foote
Ukiah
California
Governor Is Asked To Give Influence Waldo Approach
The board of supervisors in special session directed the clerk to forward a message to Governor Merriam urging immediate financing and construction of the Waldo approach to the Golden Gate bridge with personal charge by the governor. They urged financing without using other highway funds and petitioned for a Redwood Empire highway commissioner to fill Ingels vacancy. The board urged the Redwood Empire association to continue the Waldo approach campaign and to appoint the highway commissioner from the territory.
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Board of Supervisors
Merriam
Waldo
Golden Gate Bridge
Redwood Empire
North Coast Oil to Drill Third Well in Humboldt County
The North Coast Oil company will start drilling its third well in the Upper Mattole area Humboldt county about December 1. The site lies midway between wells No 1 and No 2 at an expected depth of 1800 feet. Oil in commercial quantities was found in the first two wells at about the same depth. Ample finances are available and an experienced crew is engaged for the drilling.
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The
North Coast Oil Company
Mattole
Humboldt County
Public Invited to Rummage Sale at Cecille Hotel Lobby
The Saturday Afternoon Club announces a rummage sale in the Cecille hotel lobby next week. It opens tomorrow morning with a large assortment of clothing shoes and bric-brac including items of notable value. Public inspection and purchase encouraged. Sale ends Saturday evening December 7.
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Cecille Hotel
Card of Thanks for James R Thomas family grief
To friends who offered encouragement kind acts and sympathy during the illness and death of our husband father and brother James R Thomas we express deep gratitude. Mrs Lillian Thomas Mrs Lucille Lange Mrs Mary Todd Mrs Catherine Johnson M A Thomas Miss Ruth Thomas
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James Robherd Thomas
Lillian Thomas
Lucille Lange
Mary Todd
Catherine Johnson
M. A. Thomas
Ruth Thomas
Tibet the Highest Country and Most Religious Land
A New York Herald Tribune writer declares Tibet the highest country in the world and among the most religious, yet also the poorest due to a priesthood-dominated manpower. It sits on the Central Asian plateau, is largely inaccessible, and governed by the Dalai Lama with reincarnation lore guiding succession.
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Tibet
Mt. Everest
New York Herald Tribune
Central Asia
Himalayas
India
China
Mongolia
Turkestan
Mackerel Reproduce Flood of Eggs Each Year
Mackerel spawn at night producing about half a million eggs yearly. Eggs are buoyant and drift with currents. Larvae hatch in five days at tiny sizes and dark pigment marks develop into blue adult markings. Young feed on plankton and grow to maturity in about two years reaching thirteen inches. Adults feed on shrimp, small fish, and young crabs that float with currents.
Nighthawk Description With Forked Tail And White Band
The gaping mouth of the Nighthawk scoops up insects as it soars above buildings. Gray-tan background shows reddish brown on head and lower throat with dusky brown markings. Wings and tail are black. a white band appears on the tail tips and throat.
Ancient Remedies From An Eighteenth Century Village
A village doctor prescribed soap for gout two ounces daily over three months and shell powder for gout. For smallpox a bezoick powder from burnt toads was used. A half pint of aquor made by boiling mistletoe in ale was claimed effective for tits.
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Montreal Herald
Claims Prehistoric Lake Nevada Geographic Wonders
The article discusses Lahontan a prehistoric lake in western Nevada, describing geologic uves on the Nevada plateau and palisades along the Humboldt River formed by lava flows. It notes fossil finds of mastodon and camel in river terraces and foothills, and mentions hot springs valued by Indigenous peoples.
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Nevada
Lahonton
Uves
Nevada Plateau
Humboldt River
Hudson
The Chualdean sages and the rise of astrology
The Chualdean sages studied the heavens to reveal how celestial movements influence human affairs. They believed the future lay in the stars and that the mind could decipher the heavenly scroll, giving birth to astronomy and the astrologer as the next oracle.
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Astranginer
Auxiliary Meeting Reviews Activity and Future Plans
The Lewis White Unit No 75 of the American Legion Auxiliary held a regular social night with guest Catherine Dutton of Greenwood. The group outlined plans for a December 19 high school musical comedy The Rose Dawn, plus Christmas and welfare efforts for veterans, with fundraising events and an evening of cards.
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Lewis White
American Legion Auxiliary
Alta Dillingham
Catherine Dutton
Greenwood
Ethel Marsh
Margaret Morley
Mendocino State Hospital
Community Service
Bernice Faas
Ireland
al Hicks
Goldberg
Maude Roberts
Joe Figone
Paul Mathews
Pedro
Herman Runkel
Humboldt To Begin Restoration Of Fort Humboldt
Restoration of Fort Humboldt, a landmark and potential north state meeting place and relics museum, advances with an estimated cost of 2600. Sponsors and federal government share the funding 50 50. Eureka Inn meeting set the plan to secure federal funds and ensure post restoration care and a two room original building with fireplaces a kitchen restrooms a caretaker cabin and a surrounding fence.
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Fort Humboldt
Humboldt
Eureka Inn
Opening Games of League Basketball on Monday Night
The City League begins December 2 with two divisions. Division B already includes Calpella Twenty- Thirty DeMolays and Rotary, while Division A lists Redwood Valley Native Sons and Lions with one team to be formed. Six week schedule, two games each Monday, playoffs at season end, 10 cent admission after high school freshman age, games at the high school gym.
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Calpella
Rotary
Redwood Valley
Native Sons
Lions
Thanksgiving Visitors In Oakland At Deacon Home
Mr and Mrs Frank Wilson are in Oakland for Thanksgiving at the home of Mr and Mrs Alvin Deacon. Georgiana Wenglein is with her parents for the holiday arriving from San Francisco yesterday.
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Mrs
Frank Wilson
Oakland
Alvin Deacon
Georgiana Wenglein
San Francisco
Charles A English Native of Valley Dies in San Jose
Charles A English born October 24 1862 in Redwood Valley died at his San Jose home on Monday November 18 He was a fruit rancher and active in Mason and Odd Fellows lodges He served as inspector for the Fifty fourth Masonic district and was Santa Clara County jury commissioner from 1929 until his death He is survived by wife Mary Catherine two children Floyd and Verna and several siblings with two grandchildren named Catherine and Redfern English
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Charles A. English
Redwood Valley
San Jose
Charles English
William P. English
Pacific Methodist College
Santa Rosa
Mary Catherine Graves
Santa Clara
Santa Clara Valley
Mr. English
Verna English
William E. English
Betteravia
Mary Gordon
F. G. Havens
Cupertino
R. 8. Stewart
Eva Stock
Hayward
Catherine English
Redfern English
Oakland
Thanksgiving Visit By Vassar Daughters In California
Ardis Vassar stays with Mrs. James Vassar in San Francisco for Thanksgiving. Bernice Vassar travels from San Francisco State College to spend the holiday with grandmother Mrs. C. M. Wood. Both are daughters of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Redemeyer of Laytonville.
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Ardis Vassar
James Vassar
San Francisco
Bernice Vassar
San Francisco State College
C. M. Wood
A. F. Redemeyer
Laytonville
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