Research Promises Food Improvement For Homemakers
The article reports on efforts to improve food, from converting waste butter components into edibles to methods to keep foods fresh longer with ultraviolet light and specialized refrigeration ideas. Innovations include milk processing to keep fat from rising and a ready to serve canned coffee, hinting at easier, tastier, and safer eating in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. C. Atwood
Atlantic Research Association
Atwood
United States
Crossing signals urged at Shafter Lerdo crossing
The Shafter community urges installation of safety signals at the Shafter highway Lerdo road railroad crossing after observers note high train speeds and obstructed views. Santa Fe officials and state railroad inspectors visited the site seeking precautions to prevent future accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Highway
Lerdo Road
Hiall
Shafter
Santa Fe
Santa Fe Company
State Railroad Commission
No Home Safe From Tuberculosis In Kern County
The Kern County Tuberculosis association urges purchase of Christmas seals to fund early case detection via X ray work, private physician cooperation, and rehabilitation efforts. In 1939 the group spent 1500 on X ray film 1000 for case finding 1000 for a vocational counselor and patient education materials. No home is safe from tuberculosis until all homes are safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Kern County Tuberculosis Association
Stony Brook
County Association
Shafter Post American Legion
Legion Hall
A. J. Seiler
Jerry Scott
Wasco
Seiler
Scott
Richard Pedersen
Lawrence Annis
Herbert Midgley
Shafter Post
Alice Jones
Loretta McFee
Channing Crandall
Pete Epp
Milton Essay
Walter Heath
Harold Voth
Levi Wall
Carl Steele
Ervin Neufeld
Louise Gaede
Margaret Noble
Edna Schultz
Fern Wendland
Jessie Grant
Luella Becker
Otto Handel
Darrell J Midgley
Helen Rikoff
Olive Sly
Edwin Hein
Johnnie Schultz
Cecil Steele
Hettie Pedersen
Pansy Baxter
Sarah Scott
Rosie Vanzanasky
Maple School
Susie Dueck
Laura Franz
Elizabeth Koop
Reva Schultz
Leonard Gaede
Davie Wittenberg
Ruth Wiebe
Frank Whalen
Edward Schellenberg
Edwin Neufeld
Harry Koop
Ernest Neufeld
Blondina Klassen
Fern
Marie Henderson
C. L. Henderson
State tavern operators warned on drunken driving
Commissioner George Reily of the State Board of Equalization warned tavern operators from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco that they must be prepared to assume responsibility for motorists they send out of their places in a drunken condition to deal death, injury and destruction along the highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Reily
State Board of Equalization
San Luis Obispo
San Francisco
Longest furrows plowed by John Young Doak in 1879
The two furrows, 200 miles each, served as fire guards along the Kansas rail line from Wilson, Kansas to Denver, Colorado. Doak, then 91, is credited with driving them in 1879.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Young Doak
Wilson
Kansas
Denver
Colorado
Roosevelt Budget Echoes Across Decades of Deficits
A historical reflection notes President Roosevelt's annual push for federal economy paired with calls for higher taxes to fund defense. It traces repeated patterns of promising balance, expanding debt, and critics doubting meaningful cuts, citing quotes from 1932 through 1938 about deficits and unemployment relief. The piece cites Scripps-Howard observers and assigns a cynical view of budget pledges versus outcomes.
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Roosevelt
Congress
J. Roosevelt
Scripps-Howard
Washington
Pittsburgh
Roosevelt Deficits Highlight False Budget Claims
The piece accuses Franklin D. Roosevelt of promising a balanced budget while running deficits reaching 20 billion dollars across several years. It cites 1939 and current year projections of three to three and a half billion dollars and argues for political deception and arithmetic juggling in fiscal policy.
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Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
White House
Promised Land Slogan Aids Olson Ventures in Nevada Mining Plan
A trio of California papers mock the era's reform slogans and outline Governor Olson’s plan to give land to the poor for gold mining in Nevada. They discuss initiative limits, pensions, and the cost of elderly support while weighing state policy and political maneuvering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenteria Herald
NRA
AAA
PWA
WPA
Olson
Nevada
T.P.L
T.R.E
Fillmore Herald
California
Shafter Lettuce Shipments Rise as Farms Prepare for Season
Shafter plans 50 to 70 carloads of lettuce to ship by rail starting December 10, with three weeks of activity. Growers W H Hitchcock P J Klassen Frank Janzen Henry Janzen and others cultivate acres ready for market while Shafter Produce Company President Pete Klassen touts strong quality and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
W. H. Hitchcock
P. J. Klassen
Frank Janzen
Henry Janzen
Henry Gaede
Ernest Schultz
Ralph Partridge
Shafter Produce Company
Pete Klassen
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H. G. Comfort
Clara Bell Thompson
Margaret Lukes Wise
Independent Woman
National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Mesdames Thompson
Ome Roosevelt
Allone
A Franklyn Waltman
Oakdale
San Jose
Santa Clara County
C. P. Morgan
Kern County Farm Bureau
Bakersfield
Maple District
Maple P.T. A
Zeda McNeil
A. Combs
Thornburg
D. R. Gwin
Suderman
Frank Wiebe
Ladies Auxiliary
Shafter Post, American Legion
John P. Fast
Corn
Oklahoma
Rosedale
Edna Prieve
David Weigum
Walter Lachenmaier
Gus Mayer
Lodi
Shafter Harmonica Band
A. B. McKinley
Lulu Baker
Los Angeles
Harry Gray
Sam Lachenmaier
Tom Peters
M ‘Ren
Sheriff's Office
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