Shafter Visitors Reach From Waco and Kentucky
Mr and Mrs William Reed and daughter Lulu Ruth of Waco Texas arrived in Shafter to visit the R G Sanderson home and plan to leave today for San Francisco to attend the fair Goldie Martin and Jewell Kidd returned from a six week trip to Kentucky with time spent visiting relatives in Kansas They saw the highest bridge in the world at Royal Gorge Colorado
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William Reed
Lulu Ruth
Waco
Texas
Shafter
R. G. Sanderson
San Francisco
Goldie Martin
Jewell Kidd
Kentucky
Kansas
Gambler Relief Recipient Sells Half Interest in Lottery Ticket
Vancouver man Frank Toole, a relief recipient, gambled £5 with his dole money and won a £100 to 7 draw. After drawing two weeks wages, he sold a half interest in his Irish sweepstakes ticket for $5,650.
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Vancouver
B. C
Frank Toole
O’toole
Quick Thinking Clerk Inherits 2 Million Fortune
Sidney Swart a Brooklyn clerk aged 18 saved an elderly man in traffic. The man, Carl Anderson, later sent a $20,000 Europe trip gift and arranged a life in Sweden. After years abroad Swart, now 22, inherits Anderson's estate totaling about $2,000,000 and plans radio work and motion picture ventures.
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New York
Broadway
Forty-third Street
Sidney Swart
Swart
Waldorf-Astoria
Carl Anderson
Jean
Brooklyn
Anderson
Gertrude Anderson
Sweden
Europe
Stewart
James
Hunters Escape After Bear Turns on Them in Kelso
Clyde Mellitt and Joseph St Onge fled a large black bear after it charged and wounded the animal lunged toward Mellitt. St Onge fired to scare the bear away, and the pair abandoned pursuit, ending the hunt.
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Kelso
Wash
Clyde Mellitt
Joseph St. Onge
St. Onge
Mellitt
Connecticut Man Sports Third Set of Teeth at 19
Vincent G. Kochunas, 19, 6 feet, 225 pounds, reported at the Hartford army recruiting station. He is noted for his third complete set of natural teeth, replacing the second at age 15. Sgt. Stanley Kuczewski found the third edition in perfect condition during a routine physical.
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Hartford
Conn
Vincent G. Kochunas
United States
Vincent
Army
Stanley Kuczewski
Man Shoots at Pheasant and Finds Head on Stick
In Turlock California Bob Ferrier and A H Hansen hunted without success. On a canal bank Ferrier fired at a bird only to find a severed pheasant head mounted on a stick in the grass, not the game he sought.
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Man
Turlock
Calif
Bob Ferrier
A. H. Hansen
Oakland Tribune
Ferrier
Hansen
Mind Over Matter and the Temptation to Deceive
Sam Williams warns that mindset shapes health and behavior. A young merchant Brown sells falsely to boost profits, tricks Wilson into a loan and sale, but Brown or his wife ends up with fatal tuberculosis as a consequence of his fixation on deceit.
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Sam Williams
Sam
Brown
Bolton
Wilson
Mr. Brown
Mr. Wilson
West
Vultures Tear Cow Apart Near Coligny South Africa
A flock of 29 vultures attacked a cow grazing in a pasture near Coligny South Africa. They pulled out the animal's eyes and tongue and tore the body to pieces as they fed. Local observers report the brutal scene and quantity of birds involved.
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Coligny
South Africa
Local residents visit Treasure Island and Bay Area events
Rio Bravo residents Mrs. Whiting Martin and daughter join Mrs. Frank Munsey and Lincoln Goddard for several days at Treasure Island and bay region fairs. Others, including Mrs. Rubydell Phillips of Chico and families of Rice and Calder, plan trips to the fair and San Francisco. Lois Lane recovers in Mercy hospital after an operation. Kenneth Gross of Los Angeles visited friends here last weekend.
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Whiting Martin
Frank Munsey
Lincoln Goddard
Treasure Island
Bay Region
Rubydell Phillips
Chico
W. Lloyd
Tom Devlin
San Francisco
Lois Lane
Mercy Hospital
Kenneth Gross
Los Angeles
Oscar Rice
Pismo
Elnar Schierlmann
Lena Schultz
Bay
Ida
Clara
Rosie Emming
Laurence Emming
Lyle Dunnwoody Jr
Coffeyvillle
Kansas
F. J. Schierlmann
Earl Calder
H D Fasts On Vacation Tour to Oregon and Washington
Mr and Mrs H D Fast and Richard Fast planned a two week vacation departing Shafter for Salem and Portland Oregon with possible travel into Washington state.
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H. D
Regulations Cut Ducks Season Dates For 1939 Migration
Secretary Ickes announced a 45 day duck season for the 1939 migratory birds. The intermediate zone from California to New Jersey opens October 22 instead of October 15 with a daily goose bag limit reduced from five to four.
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Ickes
California
New Jersey
United States lead among nations in tech and industry
The Mariposa Gazette argues the United States ranks highest worldwide in automobiles radios and communications while controlling large shares of global resources. The Exeter Sun reports a Coast counties hunting season fatality after a man is mistaken for a deer prompting calls for firearm care.
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Mariposa . Gazette
United States
France
England
Germany
Italy
Exeter Sun
Latta Speaks on Coffeyville Holdup at Rotary Meet
Shafter Rotary heard historian F. F. Latta recount the Coffeyville Kansas train robbery staged by the Dalton gang. Latta, a Shafter high school faculty member, spoke at a noon meeting attended by visiting Rotarian Mark Woodley of Marion Illinois and guests including August Panero.
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Coffeyville
Kansas
Dalton Gang
San Joaquin Valley
Shafter Rotary Club
F. F. Latta
Shafter High School
Mark Woodley
Marion
Illinois
California
Bob Zenk
Orvin Mettler
August Panero
Rotarians Attend Bakersfield Area Meeting
Delano member R A Roberts Bakersfield guest Charles Burns Shafter and visiting Rotarians Woodley Hugh S Jewett George Barnett Harry Thompson Bakersfield Clarence Wagner Delano attended the event with local hosts and speakers.
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Delano
R. A. Roberts
Bakersfield
Charles Burns
Shafter
Woodley
Hugh S. Jewett
George Barnett
Harry Thompson
Clarence Wagner
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Friant
Kern
Madera
Merced
Central Ave
Jake Neufeld
A. J
Jack” Zimmerman
Notary Public
Weighmaster Automobile
Richland School
H. C. von Speaker
Rosedale
Kernville Park
Kernville
Kern Tis ‘Shestel
the Valley Music Store
Tracy
Charles Tracy
Chestra
Tracy's
Ws Store
S. E. Steward
7Th St
Wasco
Kenneth F. Goodman
Poplar St
State Farm Insurance Co
Mollie Herman
Wasco, Calif
Line ‘Dellene
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