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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1936
Page
3
Observers link President Roosevelts plan for historic talks with efforts to outshine the Republican convention in Washington and Texas. The dispute deepens splits in the Democratic Party over TVA policy and national spending, while previews of foreign devaluation and electoral maneuvers color the political outlook.
William Woodfield of San Francisco rose from Imperial Outer Guard candidate to Imperial Captain after Hugh Caldwell declined to serve, amid a shift in Imperial officers. In San Francisco, police warn of a fortune telling fraud wave that cost locals about 100000 in six months, naming victims Dollie Martin, Elda Del Bino, and Daisy Jeffrey.
George B. Renfrow of Rosemead, 93, who voted for Lincoln in 1864, receives renewal of his California wheat crop authorization as the state reports a crop area of 827,000 acres and an estimated production of about 471,390 tons for the year.
The story traces Charles Goodnight born in Illinois in 1836 who rode bareback to Texas at nine, guided Texas Rangers at twenty four and blazed three major cattle trails across the West. It notes his role as a scientific cattle breeder, his travels with frontier icons, and his lasting influence on the Goodnight-Loving and Palo Duro trails until his death in 1929.
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