Barrows plots delay to derail Union Pacific expansion
In a sectional scheme, Barrows hopes to delay the Union Pacific line to profit from shorting its securities, while Campeau weighs a plan to bankroll work crews and supply diversions as the ambitious transcontinental railroad effort unfolds with Central Pacific advancing from San Francisco toward the California line. Barrows pressed Campeau on control of profits and possible partnerships as Campeau and the others move west for “excitement and profit.”
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Abraham Lincoln
Congress
Central Pacific
San Francisco
California State Line
Union Pacific
Omaha
Barrows
Chicago
Ames
Salt Lake Valley
Union Pacific Securities
Campeau
Union Pacific Railroad
Gambler Sid Campeau Encounters Barrows at Bijou
In a St. Louis Bijou parlor Sid Campeau, half owner and casino host, greets Barrows who arrives with a card. Campeau dismisses Rose to keep business discreet as he orders a bottle of extra dry champagne and surveys the crowd amid poor takings in both rooms.
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Chicago
Campeau
Barrows
Sid Campeau
Rose
St. Louis
Turkish Trade Pact Lowers Fig and Raisin Tariffs
The United States and Turkey completed a reciprocal trade agreement cutting fig tariffs from five to three cents and raisin tariffs from two to one and a half cents. San Joaquin valley growers fear impacts as figs and grapes occupy large local acreages. Turkey harvests 50 000 to 90 000 tons of raisins annually with Britain and Germany as main markets. Turkish raisins imported in 1938 valued at $21 000. Only top quality figs and raisins will enter the United States under the pact.
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United States
Turkey
Washington
San Joaquin Valley
Great Britain
Germany
Floor Is Poured At Gymnasium In Shafter
Construction on the new Shafter high school gymnasium continues as the floor is poured this week. Sidewalks are being laid to the front entrance and to the dressing room areas. Finishing cement goes on the exterior while scaffolding prepares interior plaster work, showing the building’s size and future look.
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Shafter High School
Forensic League Contest Set for Shafter Tuesday
Shafter high school hosts Sierra Forensic League oratorical contest Tuesday at 7 pm with five schools represented. Participants include Hattie Mecham, Marlien Neufeld, Ruben Mettler, Amanda Johnson, Merton Wiedman, Donna Gorsching, Elmer Unruh, and James Livers. Refreshments served by home economics students.
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Hattie Mecham
Maerlien Neufeld
Ruben Mettler
Shafter High School
Lawrence Magee
East Bakersfield
Delano
McFarland
Bakersfield High School
Marlien Neufeld
Amanda Johnson
James Livers
Shafter
Merton Wiedman
Donna Gorsching
Elmer Unruh
Katherine Goode
Local Youths Escape Serious Injury In Car Crash
Walter Kirschenmann and Milton Koop of Shafter escaped serious injury when their cars collided at Santa Fe Way and Tulare Avenues around 7 15 Friday evening. Kirschenmann, traveling south, hit Koop, turning left onto Tulare, injuring Kirschenmann's knee cap while Koop had minor cuts. Both drivers were treated on scene. neither was hospitalized.
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Walter Kirschenmann
Milton Koop
Koop
Kirschenmann
Women carry sedan chairs up Soochow hills in China
The article notes that many chair coolies who haul sedan chairs into the hills from Soochow, a celebrated beauty spot in China, are women.
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Soochow
China
Heavy Traffic Monday Leads to City Court Cases
Heavy traffic through Shafter Monday due to Highway 99 flooding caused a busy day for local police with nine cases filed in Judge F. E. Manuel’s city court. Eight offenses involved failure to stop at boulevard signs and one driver faced speeding charges. minimum fine set at five dollars.
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Shafter
Shafter Highway
Lerdo Road
Lerdo
F. E. Manuel
Spring Cleanup at Shafter Farm Workers Camp
Manager Charles Barry oversees a week of cleanup at the Shafter Farm Workers camp where residents compete for a small prize for the best showing in the effort.
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Shafter Farm Workers
Charles Barry
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Shafter Mercantile Co
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Sudden Money
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Santa Fe Depot
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