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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1937
Page
4
A poem-like tribute portrays Abraham Lincoln as wise and steadfast from rail splitter to president. It credits him with guiding the nation through civil strife and implies Reconstruction fears would persist without his assassination setting back his program.
Twenty seven years ago this week Daniel E Beard known as Uncle Dan launched in the national Boy Scout movement. The article notes a commemorative week honoring the founder and his lasting impact on scouting programs nationwide.
Historians clash over who founded the Boy Scouts in America with Baden Powell credited by some and Dan Beard a key mover in the United States. The latest enrollment figures amid National Boy Scout Week show over a million and a half participants in anniversary events, underscoring Beard's influence and his belief that there are no fundamentally bad boys.
Mrs Barbara Ss Aldrich presents The Man Who Caught the Weather a collection of short stories praised for living with American life qualities. Phyllis Bottome Levelsing is called intensely dramatic about kidnapping and young lovers facing crises. both titles are on the Shafter Kern County library shelves.
Archaeologists note ancient Americans used facial and body pigments in multiple hues. While often seen as decoration, color choices may primarily shield skin from intense sunlight and UV exposure.
The pedestals supporting the Theodore Roosevelt memorial in New York City are adorned with bas-relief figures of animals native to America and Africa, highlighting native fauna in the monument’s design.
A collage of brief items notes Col Charles Lindberghs birthday exchange with Gen Italo Balbo in Rome, mutinies in Nan king, 33,000,000 electors in India voting by Feb 20, Peters retirement in Montreal, French plans on Devil's Island, Pope Pius XII marking 15 years, and various American notes on elections, weather, strikes, calamities, and local dispatches from California and Nevada.
Preparations for the New World's Fair at Flushing Meadow accelerate as grading proceeds, 300 structures are planned, and the $900000 Administration building moves toward completion. Exposition leadership reports steady progress, with site work converting marsh into parkland and lagoons being prepared for the 1939 event.
Scotland Yard governs London and surrounding areas, covering London county and adjacent lands to about 700 square miles, shaping policing across the metropolitan region.
Miss Liberty of the New York Harbor already appears in her latest role. An artist's impression graces the official seal of the 1939 World’s Fair, inviting the world and every American home to the event through news columns and decorative mail stickers.
Chinatown sage Hi Ho warns that a man who loudly offers instruction to others often hides his own lack of knowledge. The aphorism underscores how confidence can mask ignorance.
California Water Project Authority director Earl L. Kelly told Sacramento representatives that the agency will safeguard all land and water rights in the San Joaquin Valley as the Central Valley Project advances. He cited Kennett dam site approval, Contra Costa conduit bids, and John C. Page as new Bureau of Reclamation commissioner, while promising no interregional water diversions harming upper valley owners.
The Temple of Ammon in Karnak Egypt is described as the largest temple ever. Built about 4000 years ago it still stands in ruins with many columns remaining to offer top platform space for around 90 people.
It is estimated that only a third of the Carlsbad Caverns have been explored with some authorities suggesting the caverns extend up to 60 miles. Mail boats on the Ohio carried cannons muskets and ammunition to defend against outlaw gangs hiding in caves along the river.
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