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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1935
Page
4
California Frontline in Presidential Campaign Push
California becomes a early battleground as Republican leaders launch a statewide tour led by Angeles County group. Notable figures including Col Knox and Hamilton Fish Jr planAugust addresses while a broad roster of national names is invited to meetings. Democrats will also mobilize as the contest heats up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Califoria
California
J Aneles County
Southland
Nice
Maryland
Anggel
Col. Plank.Knox
Cineaze
Hamilton
Fish, Jr
New York
Badera
Henry Justine
Alien
Kansas
Chester
Salton Ohio
Styles” Bridges
New Hampshire
Robert D. Carey
Alfred M
London
Charlies __Lrégon
Ogden Mills
Gerald Nye
North Dakota
David A. Reed
Pennsylvania
Bertrand H. Sneil
Harlan Fiske Stone
Surpeme Court
A. Taft
Chicago
Arthur H. Vanden
Michigan
Willis van Devanter
Supreme Court
James W.wadsworth, Jr
John G. Winant
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Golden State
Grove Wilson Named Editor of The Tehachapi News
Grove Wilson has purchased The Tehachapi News and becomes editor and publisher succeeding George Burris who retires due to health. Wilson brings eastern metropolitan and magazine experience and aims to guide the paper as Tehachapi district readers continue loyal support and local development. The piece recalls the historic Tomahawk era and hints at humorous vintage ads to be revived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern County
Grove Wilson
Tehachapi
Tehacha2pi
California
Wilson
Tomahawk editor Wilson seeks success in new field
The passage recalls the old Tomahawk full of quirky items and criticizes its unworkmanlike look while wishing Editor Wilson success in his new field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Horse and Bugey Days Recalled in President's Remarks
An NBC press conference recounts the era of horse and buggy days. The speaker notes a boy quit school to pursue crafts or study law or medicine. He imagines a future in business and a life with a banker’s daughter before a stately home and hitching post autos. The scene evokes simple, peaceful, prosperous America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reese
Wes
Man Ying
Pankers
Uriel
Murphys
Daily Independent
America
Sparta
Til
Pianealer
Names That Haunt a Family Never Fail and Will Fail
A humorous tale from an Oklahoma City laundry about parents naming their two sons Never Fail and Will Fail. Both brothers rise in life, while the joke continues as Never Fail’s son is named Never Fail Jr. The Santa Maria Free Advertiser notes the irony and suggests ambition mattered more than the names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ever Fatl
Oklahoma City
Will
Santa Maria
Inheritance Tax Totals By County And State
Kern county contributed 5122.69 in inheritance taxes to the state general fund for the year ending June 30 1934 compared with 3058.57 the prior year statewide 58 counties contributed 4135771.58 for mid 1934 down 1 515 000 from the previous year due to low market values and economics the controller notes estate values fell 45 percent from 1931 to 1934 and collection costs rose to 3 9 percent in 1934 with higher revenue not expected until markets improve
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County
State General Fund
Ray L. Riley
Riley
Peanuts Rise From Garden Curiosities to Large Scale Crop
A short history traces peanuts in America from early garden use in Virginia and the Carolinas before the Civil War to wartime food value for soldiers. Postwar expansion followed, accelerating with the peanut thresher and mechanical picker and new shelters enabling large scale cultivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Virginia
Carolinas
Hartz Mountain Canaries Resuming Song On Stranger Approach
Bird fanciers report Hartz Mountain canaries often stop singing when strangers are near but resume as the observer draws closer, suggesting a startle response followed by acclimation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartz Mountain Canaries
Officiers Named for Consolidated Special Election Precincts
County wide consolidation reduces voting precincts to Consolidated Precinct No 5 and Precinct No 2018. Officials named include inspector Juanita Bubst and judge Opal Renfic at Fruitvale Fairhaven Rio Bravo and Rosedale polling sites. Ellen Auizer inspector at Fruitys school. clerks Mie Clara-Beooth and Beatrice Vea. Buttonwillow hosts Brattonwillow precinct. inspector Sara bk W.615 and judge Anne hee Sawtery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
South
Shafter West
Juanita
Potter
American Legion Halk
San. Joaquin Light. and Power Corporation
Buttonwillow
Tottowaie
Ae Velenton
Mire
Sara
Oddities and Local Oddities From Around Towns
A compilation of quirky brief items from Inglewood San Diego Los Angeles Tahoe City and others. Topics include a two-foot baby born last week a bandit chase ending with a fine and release a collie’s tail injury and a tank exhibit of unusual albino Siamese trout and twisted-neck fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aps
Ernest Evans
Inglewood
Haydény Smail
San Diego
de Uty Sneriff
Parker
John Dillingier
Constable Speaks
Mild C.C. Myrick
Arizona
Myrick
U. S. District
Los Angeles
Tahoe City
First U S Citizen Training Camp Opens In Clyde California
The Clyde California site hosts the nation’s first concentration school camp to train American youth in citizenship and a trade. 205 cadets aged 16 to 17 from federal transit camps study four branches five days a week, with six months of citizenship and occupational training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde
California
George.o. Smith
The
SERA
Frai. Y. McLaughlin
Joseph B. Strauss
Golden Gate Bridge
Oldest Example of Man Nomination Stirs Debate
The Advance of Science reports the skull found in London in 1925 known as Lady of Lloyds has been proposed as the oldest known example of modern man. A British anthropologist concludes she lived in the early days of Neanderthal and modern human development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Shafter Man’s EEG Bill Over $1000 Sparks Hatchery Notes
The article notes a Shafter man spending over $1000 on eggs from a hatchery near Shafter. It details hatchery capacity of 1,000 eggs and a weekly hatch near 5,000 birds, with Reds Rocks and White Leghorns among breeds. The hatchery, all electric, will reopen after a pause as hatching resumes in five months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PhD
Yrekel
Ehrnest
Would You Marry the Same Mate New Study Says
A Journal of Social Psychology article reports on a survey of 300 couples divided into happily married, married, and divorced groups. When asked if they would marry the same person again, most said yes, with fewer willing to remarry identical partners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cone
Gaid Weld
President Invited to Sacramento State Fair Visit
1925 California State Fair board asks Governor Merriam to extend an invitation to the President to visit the Pacific Coast this summer and attend the San Diego Exposition among other stops. If he comes to the State Fair at Sacramento it would mark the first presidential appearance at the festival since 1878.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank F. Merriam
California
Pacific Coast
San Diego
Sacramento
Bernani Morrison
Cold Breeze Sparks Tenant Janitor Dispute
A heated exchange centers on heating and furnace habits as tenants accuse the janitor of extra duties while management pushes back. The dialogue hints at ongoing housing friction and a request for better temperature control.
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