World News Roundup from The Week in 1940s Era
Japan cancels 1940 Tokyo Olympics. Loyalists prepare to meet Nationalist drive on Valencia. Bombs kill 150 in Canton and injure 500 near Hankow. Pan American crash injures hospital patients in Buenos Aires. Arabs killed in Jerusalem market bombing. Aviation advances and royal sightings feature among global updates. Senatorial and industrial news thread through to war fronts and diplomacy.
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Findland
Valencia
Canton
Hankow
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Southhampton
Newfoundland
Pan- American Airways
Buenos Aires
Jerusalem
Sweden
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Italy
London
Avi Hashopet
Spain
Samuel Insull
Paris
India
Ipi
Maria
Romania
Douglas Corrigan
Los Angeles
Dublin
Hitler
Sapin
Moscow
Soviet Russia
Manchukuo
Bering Strait
Roses, Promises, and a Greenhouse Standstill
Alec resists selling two red roses to John Lambert to honor a promise to Betty. Lambert presses for the cut blooms to impress Betty and upset the budding horticultural venture. Alec keeps the roses, wraps them, and Betty reacts with tears as she receives them, underscoring the gamble between dream and practicality.
Wasco Utility District Fined in PWA Lobbying Case
The Wasco Utility District was fined 900 by Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes for alleged lobbying tied to a PWA grant for a sewage system. Glenn E. Miller of Hollywood allegedly received 900 from the district for lobbying, while officials say he was paid to sell bonds to fund the district’s share. Eight California public works approvals are tied to the ongoing probe.
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Wasco Utility District
Secretary of Interior
Harold L. Ickes
PWA
Tehachapi
Glenn E. Miller
Hollywood
Miller
California
First Roses Bring Hope as Alec Prepares Flowers
In a greenhouse room Alec sorts bulbs and tends sweet peas pansies and red rosebuds while winter winds blow outside. John Lambert enters with a demand for a bouquet and a swaggering, expensive coat as Alec greets him and works to fill the order for Betty.
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Lec
Alec
Betty
John Lambert
Lambert
The Church with Message and Melody Services Sunday
William J. Bestwater minister announces July 24 services at 9 15 a m Sunday School in two departments with H A Janzen Abe Isaac as superintendents 10 15 morning service theme Clay in the Potter s Hand 6 30 p m Christian Fellowship in basement exhibition of James 5 in the Auditorium 7 30 p m program by Jugendverin All invited Tuesday teacher training class Lesson 3 on SS Pedagogy The Teacher s Aim Wednesday prayer meeting all ages urged to attend
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Soaring Association of Southern
Kern County Pilots’ Association
Douglas Corrigan
Silver Queen
Mojave Desert
Buttonwillow
Kernville
Kern
Tehachapi
Clyde Brite
Eshachapi
Albert White
Monolith
Bakersfield
Central
Kern County
Wm. J. Bestwater
H. A. Janzen
Abe -Isaac
Christain Fellowship
Jugendverin
Church School And Youth Panel Discuss Tonight
At 9 50 a m the church holds school with Alfred T Chandler in charge all welcome. At 6 30 p m the Christian Youth meet for a panel discussion inviting participation.
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Alfred T. Chandler
All Welcome
Wheat allotment set at 55 million acres for 1939
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace fixes the 1939 wheat allotment at 55,000,000 acres the legal minimum under the new farm law. The comparison shows 81,000,000 seeded acres in 1937 and 80,000,000 for the current harvest year with a forecast yield of 967,412,000 bushels.
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Wallace
Half-way Mark Reached In Scout Y M C A Drive
The drive in Shafter for Boy Scout and Y M C A funds reached the halfway point. Treasurer L H McGrane said the campaign will continue until the $700 budget is met. Committee members include A W Eckmann and Glenn O Nay.
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Boy Scout
Shafter
L. H. McGrane
A. W. Eckmann
Glenn O. Nay
Notable names listed for historical record
The fragment cites individuals J. E. Unruh Dr. A. W. Gaede H. Midgley W. H. Hitchcock and P. Janes along with Dr. L. H. McGrane as named persons in the article segment.
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J. E. Unruh
A. W. Gaede
H. Midgley
W. H. Hitchcock
P. Janes
L. H. McGrane
Volume describes citrus insects and control methods
Dr Henry J Quayle a UCLA entomology professor has published a 600 page volume detailing citrus orchard pests and their control. The work aims to preserve knowledge of the state's growers and their pests in print.
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Henry J. Quayle
University of California At
Los Angeles
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