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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1936
Page
8
A plan proposes expelling waste and cutting taxes through consolidation of overlapping county agencies. It calls for eliminating the General District Road Foreman position and assigning work to local foremen under direct supervision.
Sacramento reports state and federal agents cooperate with the board of medical examiners in a search for members of a coast-wide ring of fake eye doctors.
Sacramento reports the Amicable Corporation is incorporated as a $30 million firm, the largest chartered in California since 1929, with authorization to operate a real estate business and headquarters in Los Angeles.
Excerpts from Representative Bertrand H. Snell’s address to Governor Alf M. Landon praise his selection as the Republican presidential nominee. Snell commends Landon for keeping government books honestly and standing against New Deal excesses while urging unity and national perseverance.
California missions history details Santa Clara’s agricultural wealth and thriving neophyte population, from late 18th century growth to decline under Mexican rule. It coversFr. Vinder’s era, Indian uprisings, end of mission control, and Santa Clara College origins.
Mrs. Leland Scott was guest of honor at a layette shower hosted by Mrs. Katherine Hubbard and Wasco Eastern Star officers at the U S Experimental Farm. The honored guest is part of Wasco chapter's official family and local members attended.
The article reports that many goods imported into the United States under New Deal programs were processed abroad by coolies and peasant labor, highlighting harsh working conditions and exploitation in foreign factories and supply chains.
Sacramento official George Stout states that in the first six months of drunk driving arrests about nine per day were recorded, outlining early enforcement trends.
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