Shafter Poultry Show Impresses Nation and City
The first annual Shafter Central Valley Poultry Rabbit and Small Stock show closed after five days, drawing high quality birds and rabbits, champions from other fairs, and visitors astonished by the variety. Local exhibitors praised progress while noting weather and logistics issues. The piece also critiques state relief reforms, urging sensible aid and opposing vote buying with relief checks.
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Shafter-Central Valley
San Joaquin Valley
Shafter
California
California relief changes cut Kern County costs
A new relief setup in California took effect Monday, enabling Kern County to save about four thousand dollars monthly and promising eventual tax relief. The piece argues against a welfare-as-right stance, urging contribution to society and noting past burdens from SRA and WPA programs.
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FSA
California
Kern County
SRA
WPA
Flogging condemned as disgrace to American civilization
The piece denounces the flogging of eight men in Delaware's New Castle county workhouse, each given ten lashes under a time-honored method. It laments the ceremony amid a sleet and snow storm, notes convictions for robbery and holdup, and criticizes the punishment as barbaric while contrasting American progress with such acts.
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America
New Castle County
Delaware
Elwood H. Wilson
Thomas Wheatley
Wheatley
New Deal Unemployment Figures and Economic Outlook
The piece argues unemployment numbers show a grim reality with about 10,000,000 jobless in the nation. It critiques the Roosevelt administration's handling of recovery and outlines steps to restore work through a changed Washington leadership and renewed business confidence.
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Roosevelt
Carrington Gill
WPA
Gill
Prrsident
New Deal
Mr. Gill
United States
Washington
America
American Initiative Promises Housing Utilities and Railroads Growth
Franklyn Waltman outlines a plan where housing programs are boosted, public utilities expand capacity, railroads gain stability and equipment, small businesses start new ventures, and big firms试to explore dormant patents. He emphasizes America advancing through free enterprise rather than socialist experiments.
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America
California Speaks Californians Weigh Views On Neutrality
A collection of quotes from Ruth Close Dr. Von Klein Smid George Dunn C H Alexander and Patricia Hill reflects California perspectives on politics youth morals and beauty standards. Each statement offers a window into public opinion from San Mateo to Half Moon Bay and San Diego State College.
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C. H. Alexander
Sec. S. F. Mutual Business Club
Patricia Hill
San Diego State College
California Barley Yield and Area Report
California's barley crop last year averaged 25 bushels per acre and totaled about 740000 tons from 1234000 acres.
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California
Progress and paving plans for Kern county roads
Shafter Progress reports paving from 99 highway through Shafter to Buttonwillow and south to Rio Bravo and Bakersfield. A test oil well northwest of Shafter advances with a 120 ft derrick. gas and oil likely across Kern county. Subdivision sales around Sugar Loaf mount aim to lure summer homes, while local events include a pound party and an operetta at Richland school.
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Lerdo
Shatter
Buttonwillow
Taft-Bakersfield
Rio Bravo
Bakersfield
Shafter
Wasco
Pond
Delano
West Side
Kern County
Lake View
Santa Fe Springs
North American Royalties Co
M. W. McVey
A. S. Edelman
F. W. Handel
August Bender
E.S. Wallace
High Sierra
Uncle Sam
Walter G. Brooks
European leaders and a dice of tyranny’s fate
The article quotes Collier’s European manager William Hillman warning that removing a dozen statesmen could briefly bring peace, a chilling view of world tyranny tied to random chance. It contrasts humanity’s suffering with the notion of a world ruled by dice. It notes Britain’s pound falling to 3.72 dollars amid war concerns.
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New York Times
William Hillman
Collier’s Weekly
Terra Bella
Britain
California Unveils Longest Conveyor Belt System
California opens what officials claim is the world’s longest conveyor belt, spanning a total length of nine tenths of a mile to move aggregates from gravel deposits through the processing area.
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California
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