Tailless two passenger plane dazzles crowd in LA
A tailless pusher two passenger aircraft by Waldo Waterman, tested at Los Angeles Municipal Airport, claims simple controls and quick learning. It features a combined aileron elevator, two directional controls, 95 hp engine, 350 mile range, 1900 pound takeoff weight, 700 feet per second climb, and a 15 000 foot ceiling. The craft awaits commerce department delivery with a low price planned.
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Los Angeles
United States Partment of Commerce
Waldo Waterman
Monica
Plae
Waterman
L.A
Gemini
Department of
Oddities in the News Sen Jose Curiosity and a Tree Hideout
A man Henry Shelton allegedly beat Ed Hodges then hid in a tree where passersby spotted him via a horse staring at the tree. Other items include Jose hineau suing for housekeeping services in Butte County. Patsy the dog uprooted a garden causing aviary losses. and Mrs John A. Heaton dying at age 70 in Gridley.
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Sen Jose
Henry Shelton
Ed. Hodges
Shelton
Court test of expense limit bill to be made
The State Chamber of Commerce notes Attorney General Webb views Assembly Bill 834 unconstitutional, negating 5 percent expenditure limits since 1935. If upheld, counties and cities lose general state law protection against overspending as officials face pressure for higher budgets. Taxpayer groups urged to back officials to curb waste and unwise spending amid shifts in local costs.
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U.S. Webb Assembly
Riley-Stewart
State Chamber of Commerce
State Chamber
Tax Referendums Target Chain Store Tax and Margarine Excise
Petition drives seek voter signatures to repeal two laws from the recent legislature. One would fix chain store license fees from $1 per store up to $500 for ten or more. the other would repeal the 10 cents per pound excise tax on oleo margarine.
Relatives and Friends Visit in Fresno and California Trips
Local notices recount visits from Mr. and Mrs. Hansen in Fresno, Mrs. Warkentin of Santa Maria visiting the Schultz home, and other travels including trips to San Diego Pismo Beach Yosemite Long Beach and Yuma. Families from Los Angeles South Dakota Lodi and elsewhere are also noted with reunions and vacations.
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J. P. Hansen
Fresno
Walter Warkentinf
Santa Maria
John Schultz
Warkentin
Mr. Schultz
Stanley Gilwitz
Los Angeles
Karl Malofy
Gilwitz
Malofy
Yuma
Mary .E. Bell
Novella Stewart
Yuma, Ariz
Clyde Bell
Mary Bell
Miss Stewart
Pismo
Yosemite
Lodi
Walter Lachenmaier
Wittenbergs Visit San Diego Fair During California Trip
To Southern California Mr and Mrs P Wittenberg and their children have gone on a vacation trip to Southern California. They expect to visit the big fair at San Diego before returning. Mr and Mrs S P Schultz and their mother Mrs Pete Schultz returned Wednesday from a several days stay at Pismo Beach.
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LeRoy Levi
Emma Schmidt
Irs Unruh
San Diego
Emil Stoller
Pismo Beach
Mr. Stoller
Mrs
Henry Stoller
Southern California
P. Wittenberg
California
S. P. Schultz
Pete Schultz
Buttonwillow Social Roundup Features Parties and Visits
Buttonwillow residents held a Bridge club gathering on Thursday afternoon with Mekdames John Morgan and others attending. News notes include local trips, family visits, a horse accident involving Arthur Ghilarducci, staff changes at Union Oil, and a four table benefit Bridge party aiding the PTA.
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Clay Teel
San Joaquin
Craig
Buttonwillow
Herb
Stone
Winifred Creig
Mamie Stone
Dick Sawyer
Highland
Minnie Sawyer
Rush
Arthur Ghilarducci
Joe Ghilarducci
Mercy Hospital
Tom Smith
Union Oil Station
Dewey Whitton
Meadowwater
Caroline Tolin
P.T. A
Dan Slocum
California
Oregon
Local Notes From Wildwood District Update
Wildwood notes show fertilizer transport for cotton near Cranda increases farm activity. A Shafter resident, Mr Shannon, searched for a missing yearling heifer west of town. Albert Duran, injured July 13 in a truck accident, shows some recovery though surgery not yet performed. Carl Jackson and Cecil Tracy visited Sanders family. Paul Sanders helped surface the Wildwood school playground. Vincent Masch and wife from Los Angeles visited Carl Jackson’s family during their coast home trip. Masch previously dairied for Jackson.
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R. L. Cranda
Shannon
Shafter
Albert Duran
Carl Jackson
Cecil Tracy
Sanders
Paul Sanders
Wildwood
Vincent Masch
Los Angeles
Jackson
Cen Re
Masch
Wildwood Notes on Families and a Kittens Tale
The Wildwood correspondent reports Ada Rigdon and family moving away, grand father admonitions over five rescued kittens, and Gregory Duran's illness after a Bakersfield dinner. A Sanders family reunion north of Wildwood school brings multiple relatives from Oakland Los Angeles Taft and Sacrament o, with Mrs Finneran planning future Shafter visits and photos taken in the afternoon sun.
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Ada Rigdon
Albert Duran, Jr
J. H. Sanders
Grandfather
Wildwood
Gregory Duran
Dr. Kay
Shafter
Bakersfield
Albert Uran
Sanders
Wildwood School
Thomas J.inneran
Oakland
Homer O. Sanders
Los Angeles
Robert Sanders
Taft
Paul Sanders
San Joaquin Valley
Homer Sanders
Finneran
Angeles
Kern County Leads California Crop Center Revenue Ranking
Kern County has received 271 019 dollars so far this year under the government crop center, the third highest total among California counties. Yolo and Santa Clara surpassed Kern in the ranking.
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Bakersfield
Kern County
California
Kern
Governor Merriam Announces Key Administrative Appointments
Governor Merriam cleared his desk to announce new state personnel. Ingels named director of the State Department of Motor Vehicles will start August 1 at a 6000 dollar salary. Roche and Sperk replaced by George Payne and Mrs Louise Ayer on the Athletic Commission and Santa Clara County post. Hamilton joins State Highway Commission succeeding Tetley.
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Frank Merriam
Ingel
State Department of Motorhides
Ingels
State Highway Commission
Techodore Roche
San Francisco
George H. Payne
San Jose
Harry Sperk
Los Angeles
Aer
State Athletic Commission
Merriam
Louise Ayer
Henry Ayer
Santa Clara County
Charles D. Hamilton
Riverside County
Frank Tetley
Riverside
Camp Meetings Grow in Rio Bravo Grove Attendance
The Rev. E. T. ac pee pastor of the Pentecostal Gospel Mission reports large crowds at old fashioned camp meetings in the Rio Bravo school grove. Attendance and campers rise nightly with meetings running through August 10 and welcoming all denominations or none.
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E. T. Ac Pee
Pentecostalospel Mission
Rio Bravo School
Edwards
Sunnyvale Repair Projects Move Forward At Airbase
Repairs and improvements to the airbase total 84100 and will begin within a week awaiting Washington approval for extensions to the airplane landing field. Sacramento notes revised veterans home loan timelines cut from 120 days to about one month. Redding reports net earnings of 52381 for the municipal electrical department for the year ended June 30, 1935.
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Sunnyvale
Washinton
Sacramento
Thomas M. Foley
State Veterans Welfare Board
Redding
Municipal Electrical Department
Liquor Revenue for State Increases in Six Months
State liquor regulation returns more than 4 million dollars to treasury and local governments in six months. License fees from manufacturers wholesalers and retailers total 3,881,174 with fines small. State raids yield 2,964 arrests including 46 still operators and 313 bootleggers. 89 jailed for selling to minors.
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M. Stout
Fragmentary notes on federation and rights debate
The readable fragment discusses central versus provincial power and a citizen's view on ratifying a political system. It mentions fear of fevered loyalties and loyalty to the constitution and government structure. The text is damaged with unclear references.
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San Juan
Istrano
Anon
United States
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Butte County
Josehineau
Joe King, Jr
James Conroy
Marysville
Patsy
Aviary Foundation
Gridley
John A. Heaton
O LA
Ket
Malory and Family Motorato
Hans. Thiel
Mercy. Hospital
Siemens
Pete Siemens
Jimmie
Long Beach
H. P., Midiey
The
Shafter Mercantile Co
Ed. Rueb
Beach
South Dakota
Adolph Reich
Milbert
Theatter
Shafter Furniture Co
Daniel Wendland
Opal Fry
L. A
C.L. Delmar
Jessie MecChain
W. T. McClain
C. G. McClain
Governo
Sen Dieg Roy
Spider” Haines
Alexander Troyanovsky
Moscow
North Pole
Lick Observatory
Dupont Kalsomine
Kalsomine
Duehren’s
West & Lowe Ginning Company
Wasco
McFarland
Rosedale
White's Grocery Shafter
Bergen
J. R. Bergen
Prop
Cee EY
Philco
Philo
Mae Ag
Philcos
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