World News Roundup Includes War, Politics and Trade
Russia reports paroled troops killed by Finns while raids near Ladoga fail. Germany presses Romania for oil, Japan faces domestic uproar as troops may withdraw from China. British Columbia declares war on Germany. Italians ship planes to Finland. India and Linlithgow fail to agree on independence. Roosevelt supports 900m agricultural aid. Sweden buys 144 American planes. Dewey tours for 1940 bid. Dies cleared of Silver Shirt ties. Welfare cuts and gas waste probes dominate state and county notes.
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Germany
China
British Columbia
Rumania
Lake Ladoga
Mohandas K. Gandihi
India
Lord Linlithgow
France
Finland
Japan
Yangtze River
United States
England
Irish Republican Army
Roosevelt
House Appropriations Committee
Sweden
Haifong-Yunnan
Petitio
Illinois
Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
Portland
Oregon
Duwamish Tribe of Indians
Seattle
Martin Dies
Silver Shirt Legion
Car Fire Damages Bank’s Store Area North of Town
A car caught fire just north of town at the Banks store causing minor damage. The blaze was extinguished before the forestry truck arrived at the scene.
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Banks
African Adventures Recounted By Judge Manuel
Judge F E Manuel recalled his African travels at a Shafter Rotary meeting held at Cafe Neuman. He described leaving San Jose in 1896 and journeys through England Europe and Africa including diamond mines at Kimberley and a six month trek beyond Fort Salisbury in search of ivory. A highlight was a bicycle versus horse relay at Cape Town with Texas Jack, where horses beat the cyclist in the first race and again in the runoff. The program will continue next week. An On To Santa Barbara committee was appointed to promote a coast district conference in April. Visiting Rotarians included George W Kunst Emmett Hays Bob Ford and John B Simmons of Bakersfield.
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F. E. Manuel
Shafter Rotary Club
Cafe Neuman
Manuel
San Jose
England
Europe
Scandinavian
South Africa
Kimberley
Africa
Fort Salisbury
Texas Jack
Capetown
Texas
Jack
E. B. Stringham
Orvin Mettler
Santa Barbara
Karl Wells
Frank Shaw
Fresno
Rotary
George W. Kunst
Emmett Hays
Bob Ford
John B. Simmons
Bakersfield
Shafter High School Team Pictures Taken Tuesday
Photographs of Shafter high school boys and girls basketball teams were captured Tuesday morning at the school for The Laurion annual student publication.
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Shafter High School
Laurion
Republicans To Honor Lincoln At Gatherings Monday
Republicans across Southern California plan Lincoln Day dinners Monday with local speakers and radio addresses from national leaders including Herbert Hoover and John Hamilton. Hoover appears from Omaha on NBC Blue and Barton from Buffalo on Mutual, with Dewey from Portland airing on CBS and Martin Jr from Washington on NBC Blue. A Bakersfield debate will ask if federal government should own and operate railroads with Shafter and Bakersfield competitors.
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California
Abraham Lincoln
Republican Assembly
Herbert Hoover
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Bruce Barton
John Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Lincoln Day
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
CBS
Omaha
NBC Blue
Buffalo
Mutual Network
John Hamlton
New York City
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Washington
KECA
Los Angeles
Portland
Ore
East Bakersfield High School
Bakersfield
Shafter
Calvin Gaede
Ruben Mettler
Patty Stringham
Merton Wiedmann
Louella Johnson
Kelly Grant
Letha Bartel
Kathleen Janzen
J. H. Walters
Bakersfield High
McFarland
Delano
Shafter Debaters Enter Sierra League Tournament
Two Shafter High School debate teams will compete in a Sierra league tournament on Saturday. The event showcases regional junior competitors and honors dueling teams from the district.
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Shafter
Shafter High School
Adult night classes discontinued at Shafter High
Shafter High School ends all adult evening classes for the year after a Tuesday review shows enrollment failing to meet the required minimum of 15 per night. Principal Eugene Ford cites insufficient interest as the reason for the cutoff.
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Shafter High School
Eugene Ford
Scho
Ford
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Culbert Olson
State Senate
Phillips
Lawrence M. Allen
Hollywood
Olson
Yorty State Assembly
Los Angeles County
SRA
Lockheed Aircraft Company
South African Airways
Taft
Baron Fitts
Pasadena
Tonopah Tidewater Railroad Company, Ltd
Death Valley
Ralph Lavin
Kern County
County Board of Supervisors
Florence Monahan
Tehachapi Women's Prison
Kern County Building and Construction Trades Council
WPA
Judge Manuel
Gealu
Innertaee- Seomsanioree Thern
California Gas Company
Lincoln
LTA Can
San Joaquin Valley
Alaska
Folger’s
Heinz Soup
Camay Soap
Libby
Welchs
Justesen
Nia
LUX
Lemons
Sunkist
Meat Department
Erry
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