Alaskan Gold Rush Tales From a Seafaring Patrol Captain
Interview with Highway Patrol Captain Bike recounts early life in Usal and Mendocino County then sea days aboard The Newsboy and Grace Dollar Line. He describes teed risky voyages to Alaska gold fields, ice jams, near collisions, and a ship ashore mishap that led to crew dismissal in Seattle.
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Nome
Alaska
Hayward
Ief Chronitie
Grace Dollar Line
Helpfl
Robert Dullar
Alaska Gold
Askan
Seattle
Squike
Oakland to San Francisco trek of a 15 year old laborer
A late 19th or early 20th century account follows Mike, a boy who left school at 15 to hire labor with a $1 a day wage, later working in Oakland shipyards, divers’ air pumping, and driller helper roles. He also ran a milk wagon, bicycled in San Francisco, and started motorcycle shops after an earthquake. He later joined district attorney offices and reportedly patented a police siren. By 1923 he became a state administrative officer.
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San Franccis
Plorigs
Averett
Wash
Usal
Mendaocing
Qukland
Harrison School
Hac
Mike
Tie
Oakland
Moore's
Ha Inter
United Finc
San Francisco
Divtriel
Bey Sears
Independent Improvement Club meeting names new officers
The Tayward Acres Sunset Improvement Club held a Friday meeting in the Sunset school auditorium with President Peter DeBernardi presiding. Officers elected include president John Bulick and vice president Mrs with Tony Rose and Joseph D. Lewis under state law. installation planned for January.
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Hele S. Brown
George Reisman
L. N. McKennah
A. Jankey
Joe Freitas
John Bulick
Bob Boyd
Alan Ruiz
Frank Rose
Hayward Acres
Irma Barbier
Bessie Janker
Helen Brown
Mayme Neil
Barmettler
May Boyd
Belly Stricker
Florrie Theobald
Rita Bubeck
Delores’ Eklund
Viole Friend
Greta Bell
Lenita del
Laura Sellers
P. J. DeBernardi
F. J. Jablonski
H. W. Bangle
William Theobald
J. Janker
Frank Rase
Farmers of State Protest Tax Plan
Farmers from California protest the federal tax on transportation, arguing unfairness to state growers due to distance to markets. California Farm Bureau urges Congress to repeal or lower the tax, as Alameda County Farm Bureau executive secretary H C Underwood announced. The Revenue Act of 1940 is criticized for not ending transportation taxes, which are seen as discriminatory to areas with major long port facilities. Congress’ fiscal committees are drafting a permanent revenue act to set a future tax pattern.
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California
California Farm Bureau Federation
Congress
H.C. Underwood
Alameda County
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Les Kent
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Joseph D. Lewis
Eucalyptus Lodge
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Ery Ward
Pennsylvania Oil
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