Bombshell Speech by Al Smith at Washington Dinner
Advertising rates furnished on ap entered as second class matter August 1 1935 at Shafter California A Bombrushed by Al Smith at the Washington dinner of the American Liberty League delivered over national radio He denounced the administration for ignoring the 1932 Democratic platform and warned that if Roosevelt is renominated many Bourbons will walk Smith’s remarks pleased Republicans and old line Democrats but no formal report on reaction from the Brain Trust or Farleyites
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AL Smith
Washington
American Liberty League
Franklin Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Smith
Raskob
Shouse
Students elect spring team heads at Shafter High
At a weeklong meeting Shafter High School elected officers for the spring semester. Senior class leaders include Ernest Sienns as president and Irene Wilson as secretary.
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Clot Shafter High School
Ernest Siemens
Johnny Gaede
Irene Wilson
Dorothea Peak
Reba Evans
Tommy Dorris
Jack White
Rosie Unruh
Lewis- Edwards
Ralph Smith
Myron Janzen
Gregrey Malory
Woods Stone Named Director Kern Cow Testing Association
Woods Stone of Shafter was elected a member of the Kern County Cow Testing Association board at a meeting last week at Mountain View and ck Havenstrite Dairy. Dr K G McKay of UC extension spoke in the morning on Bangs disease in cattle.
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Woods Stone of
Shafter
Kern County
Mountain View
Ck & Havenstrite Dairy
K. G. McKay
Extension Service
University of California
Bang
At Home poem by Theodore F. Bayless
A reflective river journey poem by Theodore F Bayless celebrates nature’s gloom and glow. The speaker finds solace in wildwood waters rapids and campfire light, ending with a vow to rest forever at a new found home after roaming the world.
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Theodore F. Bayless
Our Miss Prosperity Around the Corner
A speaker waits for a elusive figure named Miss Prosperity who appears distant and unmoved. The narrator likens anticipation to unfulfilled spiritual yearning, describing her as calm and unattainable while he waits with growing longing.
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Pan
Miss Prosperity
Don't Send My Boy Where Your Girl Can't Go
A woman's voice denounces double standards in youth behavior. She argues both boys and girls share moral duties and warns against shielding boys while judging girls. The piece condemns segregation by gender and calls for equal standards in virtue.
Poso-Famosa Ditch Interests Shafter Society Members
Kern County Historical Society members attended a Bakersfield meeting at the Junior College gym where J B Newell of McFarland spoke on the old Poso irrigation ditch from Poso creek to Famosa, abandoned in 1893. Superior Judge Erwin W Owens spoke on The Spirit of the Pioneers.
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Kern County
Chisholm Trail
Shafter Plans Local Tank Storage Project
Kroeker stated in Shafter on Saturday that construction of local tank storage will begin as soon as feasible and property arrangements now under consideration are finalized.
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Shafter
Kroeker
Shafter Press
New License Plate Rule Triggers January Arrests
State highway officers in Shafter announce immediate enforcement for 1936 license plates. Owners without current plates will be arrested starting the last day of January, with no extension past February as in previous years. The legislature’s wording requires a special session to grant any two week grace period.
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Shafter
Hitchcock attacks Southern Pacific over Santa Fe bus plan
J. R. Hitchcock of the Santa Fe Transportation Company charges civic, commercial and political groups in California with being misinformed by Southern Pacific in an effort to defeat the Santa Fe bus proposals before the State Railroad Commission. He insists chambers of commerce are capable of judging transportation needs and notes the March 3 hearing in Los Angeles.
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California
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
State Railroad Commission
J. R. Hitchcock
Santa Fe Transportation Company
Railroad Commission
Santa Fe — Transportation Company
Pacific Greyhound Lines
Rai Commission
Hitchcock
Chambers of Commerce
Pacific Greyhound
Los Angeles
Kern County Board Reverses Relief Policy With State Aid
Kern county supervisors take control of SRA relief funds within 30 days, initiating a new ordinance. Kern will supervise relief administration in county hands, resuming the original method with state assistance and oversight.
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Kern County Board of Supervisors
SRA
Kern
California
Kern County
Bakersfield Veterinary Hospital Ad Names Contacts
Frank Edwards and D V M Price Edwards advertise Bakersfield Veterinary Hospital at 823 Chester Ave. The listing also notes Life Health and Accident coverage and places the Insurance Man next to the Baptist Church.
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Frank Edwards
D.V. M
Price R. Edwards
D. V. M. Bakersfield Veterinary Hospital
Chester Ave
Bakersfield
Baptist Church Life
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Central Avenue
County
AM. G. Comfort
Woods Stone
Orner
Patien
Redeemer
Poso-Famosa Ditch Interests
Shafter Society
Norwalk Company
Shafter Field
Santa FE States
T. V. Little Complete Machine’ Shop and Welding
A. W. Gaede
M. D
Duehren
J. A. Webber
Sunshine Garage
H. Mayfield
Frank Shaw
Walter Zimmerman
Standard Station
IL and
Auto Parts
West & Lowe Ginning Company
Wasco
McFarland
Rosedale
Shafter Dairy
P. Harris
Bakersheld Implement Co
L. A. Lugs
Philco Radios
Shafter Furniture Co
Emil Stoller
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