New Deal Plans Spark Shafter Sewer Debate and Traffic Card Trial
The Shafter community watches as WPA backed sewer plans evolve from a $25 000 to $80 000 funding mix and bond votes, while California Highway Patrol launches a Ridge Route card index system to curb reckless driving, issuing warnings and possible license actions. The piece ties reform programs to safety and development aims amid shifting timetables and public funding debates.
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California Highway Patrol
Los Angeles
Bakersfield
E. Raymond Cato
Highway Patrol
Golden Opportunity for New Shafter Fire Station
The town faces a rare chance to secure a complete modern fire fighting unit and a dedicated fire house with a full time firefighter to train volunteers. County and state will cover equipment and salary, while Shafter must provide suitable land. Community funding may be needed to purchase the lot, justified by anticipated savings in vice and improved protection.
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Shafter
Designed for Living Man Faces Death Trials
A fragment indicates researchers and specialists in laboratories pursue medical breakthroughs to counter death. The text hints at ongoing experimental approaches and efforts aimed at extending life through scientific study.
Courts urged to be tougher on traffic violators in California
Director Ray Ingels of the motor vehicles department cited Kern county figures showing 968 arrests and 23 dismissals in four months, urging scrutiny of court handling. He named San Mateo and other counties with high dismissal rates and pressed judges to impose harsher penalties to curb reckless driving.
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Ray Ingels
Motor Vehicles Department
Kern County
California Highway Patrol
Ingels
Shafter
San Mateo
Peninsula
Fresno
Marin
Sacramento
Merced
San Bernardino
Department of Motor Vehicles
California
Maxie Baer Leads Orchestra Role Report
Detroit News notes Maxie Baer has taken on leadership of an orchestra. The piece references a lyric line about meeting someone who impacted you, but the focus remains Baer’s new musical role.
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Maxie Baer
Detroit News
War outcome uncertainty in China Japan conflict noted
The Wichita Eagle asserts a clear war outcome between Japan and China, while poking at China’s lack of a rainy season to rely on for defense or strategy.
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Japan
China
Wichita Eagle
What Contemporary Civilization Course Location Asked
The Boston Herald notes praise for a college offering a course titled What Contemporary Civilization Is but requests clarification on its location to help readers.
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Boston Herald
Policeman Testifies to Grand Jury on Saving 800000
A San Francisco police officer told a grand jury how he saved 800000 dollars on a 2400 salary. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports the remarkable claim as part of the inquiry into government efficiency.
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Geeffl
San Francisco
Grand Jury
Philadelphia Inquirer
Roller skates for House pages and members
Reports from the Ohio State Journal note plans to outfit House pages with roller skates and suggest broader ideas to equip many members with skids in November. The story frames the proposal as a partisan or humorous topic in congressional life.
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U.S. House of Representatives
Ohio State Journal
Capitol Commentatute and Pension Lottery Debate
A state official plans to seek Governor Merriam's view on financing old age pensions via government lottery. Critics fear county relief costs shift to the state, while others push Townsend-inspired ballot amendments taxing merchants to fund pensions.Observers note county delays reflect power over relief funds as Sacramento prepares for July 11 talks on administration. The piece also notes staff changes and rumors around Kersey and education leadership.
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Merriam
California
Oldsters
Stout gains centralized liquor control amid license changes
George M. Stout’s powers rise as the board centralizes liquor administration with the alcoholic beverage control unit handling all license matters. The move shifts action from members to administrative channels, while the menacing recall efforts against Merriam are dismissed as tactics by Olson Cotton and Jergins.
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George
Stout
Alcoholic Beverage Control Unit
George M. Stout
Los Angeles
William H. Neblett
William G. McAdoo
Culbert Olson
Hamilton H. Cotton
California
A. T. Jergins
Long Beach
Capitol
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XYZ
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WPA
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Schottland
Harmony
Kersey
Christian
Brown
Riley
Vierling Kersey
State Department of Education
Donahue
DR. Taylor Tabe
Duehren
Battelle, Dwyer & Company
West Sixth St
Los Angeles, Calif
West Sixth Street
Alifornia
U.S
Federal Reserve Bank
THE
Anglo California National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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