Farm Homes Offer Rehabilition for Jobless Miners
Brownsville Pennsylvania hosts a new program to aid unemployed coal miners through subsistence farming trades education and new industries. Fifty homes will be built for Fayette County miners families financed by the American Friends Service Committee with long term loans. The soft coal project attracts support from industry labor government and philanthropy including Mellon Taylor Baker Weir Earle and John L. Lewis.
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Brownsville
Pennsylvania
Fayette County
American Friends Service Committee
Hoover
Andrew W. Mellon
the Treasury
Myron C. Taylor
U. S. Steel Corporation
Newton D. Baker
Ernest T. Weir
National Steel Corporation
George H. Earle
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Frugal Veteran Tempted by Oil Fortune and Reemployment
Tucson resident Cicero A. Burgess says his $30,000 oil-field windfall from Carthage Texas will fund his two children's education and government bonds. He remains employed at the U S Veterans Hospital with an $87 monthly job, despite a $3,400 annual income, after losing 16 pounds from high living temptations. He describes a desire for a decent job with less hard labor and recalls an army era overcoat bought by Uncle Sam.
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Tucson
Ariz
Cicero A. Burgess
United States Veterans’ Hospital
Burgess
Carthage
Tex
Sam
Government Dreams Sea Themed Fish Markets
Washington reports that federal fisheries specialists envision sea food markets modeled with marine scenery and aquaria. Window displays would feature ocean life while customers watch fish prepared behind screens, with fans to reduce odors and spray, aiming to boost business.
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Washington
Moat Lines Sought for Oldest Fortification at St Augustine
National Park Service approves locating lines of a historic moat from the city gates of St Augustine to Castle San Marcos now Fort Marion, then west to Sebastian River. The project is led by the agency’s team in charge of the survey.
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St. Augustine
Fla
National Park Service
Castle San Marcos
Fort Marion
Sebastian River
Hibiscus Grown on Marigold Plant in Nassau
A scarlet hibiscus flower grows on a marigold plant in Nassau, British West Indies. The technique was originated by six year old Stephen O'Day who says his father taught him the delicate transfer.
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Nassau
British West Indies
Stephen O'Day
Shafter Runs Away Late To Beat Bakersfield 10 3
In a see-saw game through five and a half innings Shafter surged in the sixth with six runs and Campbell added a homer in the seventh to defeat Bakersfield 10 to 3. Drake homered for Bakersfield. Gaede turned a key double play to stifle a rally. Nikkel cleared bases with a double in the sixth as Shafter pulled away.
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Shafter
Bakersfield
Campbell
Drake
Gaede
Trent
Unruh
Father E. S. Perdue of Newberg Indiana Dies at 72
Reverend E S Perdue, 72, father of Mrs. Oliver Sly and Mrs. Harry Helsley of Shafter, died Friday at his Indiana home. A native of Newburg, he was visiting his daughters in Shafter last winter. He reportedly died in his yard after resting under his favorite tree while retrieving mail.
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Perdue
Newberg
Indiana
Oliver Sly
Harry Helsley
Shafter
Newburg
Perdue Family Remains Survive Elderly Sly Helsley
The obituary notes the death of a man with survivors including Mrs. Sly Mrs. Helsley and seven other children named Mrs. Thomas Frisbee Mrs. Oliver Wilson Mrs. Enid Eschie Mrs. Marie Bestfall Simon Perdue George Perdue and Pyeatt Perdue. They live in scattered eastern locations. Eleven grandchildren and two great grandchildren reside in Shafter along with twenty eight other grandchildren in the east.
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Sly
Helsley
Perdue
Thomas Frisbee
Oliver Wilson
Enid Eschie
Marie Bestfall
Simon Perdue
George Perdue
Pyeatt Perdue
East
Shafter
Last Rites for Bobbie Davis
Funeral services for one and a half year old Bobbie Neal Davis were held at Janzen Funeral Home at 12:30 p m. The Rev Wm J Bestwater of the Mennonite Brethren church officiated and interment followed at Greenlawn cemetery. He died Friday July 20 and is survived by his parents grandparents and other relatives. A trio consisting of Evelyn Unruh Rosie Unruh and Grace Weyand sang two hymns during the rites.
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Little Bobbie
Neal Davis
Glenn Davis
Janzen
Wm. J. Bestwater
Mennonite Brethren Church
Greenlawn
Davis
Evelyn Unruh
Rosie Unruh
Grace Weyand
Epitome of the Week's News Highlights and Disasters
Eight killed eight seriously injured in derailment of a Canadian train near Sudbury Ontario. Seventeen dead fourteen injured when steamer Jose catches fire and sinks in the Amazon. Paris express wreck leaves twenty seven dead fifty injured. Navy efforts free cruiser Omaha from a reef after ten days. Fires at sea and multiple plane crashes cited with regional locations worldwide.
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Sudbury
Ontario
Farouk 1
Egypt
Claro
Jose
Amazon
Brazil
Villeneuve
France
Nimes
Parliment
London
Omaha
Bahama Islands
Anastasis
Hydra
Athens
Wadi Halfa
Sudan
John Monahan
John
Boston
Vanderbilt
Sopwith
Newport
Rhode Island
Florida
Miami
Baltimore
Harold S. Vanderbilt
Ranger
Coeur
D’alene
Idaho
Waynesburg
Pennsylvania
Bisbee
Arizona
Christopher D. Sullivan
Tammany Hall
James J. Dooling
New York
Yamsay Station
Oregon
Littlefield
Texas
Charles Yager
Long Island Sound
Regis Scower
CCC
Porter
San Francisco
Morgan Hill
Jack B. Ater
Los Angeles
I. M. Hyatt, Jr
San Jose
Santa Barbara
Belle Reynolds
United States Army
Betty Tighe
College Coed
Fresno
California
Camp Perry
San Luis Obispo
Coast
Pacific Fleet
Caroline Foote Griffin
Los Angels
Porterville
Youths Attend Bakersfield Camp At Breckenbridge
Several Shafter youths traveled Sunday to Breckenbridge for the annual summer camp sponsored by the Cigorian club of Bakersfield. The group joins arts and crafts, hikes, and nature studies under supervision in large army tents with adult counselors for boys and girls.
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Shafter
Breckenbridge
Cigorian Club of
Bakersfield
Art Penner
Ed Duerksen
Herbert Duerksen
Eddie Gaede
Charles Potter
Geneva McCoy
Marjorie McCoy
San Joaquin County Leads California in Cheese Output
San Joaquin county produced 2,102,075 pounds of cheese last year, leading the state in cheese production and ranking first among counties for this dairy commodity.
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San Joaquin County
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Nikkel
Schultz
Neufeld
Almond
Land
Laird
Smith
M. Whitaker
Rous
A. Whitaker
Carter
Bollinger
Bobbie Davis
Trotters
Goshen
N. Y
Freckles
Mr. Watts
Gunar
George Broadbridge
Beith
England
America
House of Bourbon
Prince Alvaro of
Bourbon
Orleans
Carlo Delfino Parodi
San Roberto Bellarmino
Rome
Alfonso
Victoria
Spain
Prince Bourbon-Orleans
THE
Smyrna
Turkey
Navy
Pan-American Grace Airways
Cristobal
Canal Zone
Butte
Montana
New Bern
North Carolina
United States
Finsler
Chicago
Merced
Philadelphia
Kern County
Stephen N. Carlile
Bee Farm
Kernville
Kern
Tehachapi
Edison Drive
Francis Gundry
Robert Gundry
Kathryn Remick
Bo Cannel
Christian Science Monitor
Monitor
Christian Science Publishing Society One
Ay Street
Massachusetc
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
Pacific Street
Philco
R. E. Zenk
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