Sidewalk framing prompts Shafter beautification effort
A Shafter column urges civic groups to form a committee to study yard and planting schemes as sidewalks are installed. The piece envisions Yard framing to boost city beauty and suggests local advisory roles rather than mandates. It mentions the Byrd Antarctica expedition plans launching from Boston in October 1935 and future bases at Little America and Palmer Land with 22 men and one airplane at each camp.
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Shafter
Golden West Avenue
American Legion Auxiliary
Boston
Antarctic
Little America
Palmerland
Iun
Antartica
Shafter group considers fixes for Lerdo Road and 99 near rail line
The Shafter Business Men's association formed a committee Friday to study reducing traffic hazard at Lerdo road and 99 highway. A safer approach and possible underpass or overpass near the tracks could eliminate the danger, though progress will require time and local contacts before plans materialize.
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Shafter Business Men’s Association
Lerdo Road
99 Highway
Lerdo
Possibilities Seen for Antarctic Wastelands
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd announced plans for his third Antarctic expedition to establish American claims by survey and occupation. He noted the northern tip of Antarctica lies about 600 miles from South America making the region accessible by air and urged Western Hemisphere control under the Monroe Doctrine.
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Antarctic
United States
Richard E. Byrd
Byrd
Antartica
South America
Western Hemisphere
Air Defense Drills To Simulate Raids In California
US army and civilian volunteers will run air defense exercises August 1 2 and 3 in the southern California sector including Kern county and Shafter. Hostile planes will be simulated and warnings flashed to authorities then an all clear will be logged. The drills aim to test the warning system with no blackout required and provide a sober warning while avoiding real danger.
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America
Kern County
West Coast
United States Army
California
Pacific Coast Frontier
Sheriff's Departments
California Highway Patrol
Shafter
Pacific Coast
Protest Over Swinging Classical Tunes Puzzles Readers
A reader laments modern swing bands performing classical and semi classical pieces like Rachmaninoff and Beethoven and even Kipling’s The Road to Mandalay. The writer objects to the “jitterbug” swing style, calling it flat and tiresome and mocks the playful twist on revered melodies.
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Rachmaninoff
Kipling
Mandalay
Roosevelt repositions McNutt to shape next presidential race
The article analyzes President Roosevelt's appointment of Henry M. McNutt as head of the Federal Security Administration. It discusses aims to neutralize rivals, possibly prepare McNutt as a running mate, or secure a successor, while noting McNutt’s Indiana political machine history and the broader political calculations surrounding a potential third term.
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Roosevelt
Ul McNutt
Federal Security Administration
Sehen
Mr. Roosevelt
Indiana
Mr. McNutt
Democratic Menage
Hocervelt
Ister
Ted Men
Ian
Louisiana
Huey Long
McNutt
Vernor
Liberal supporters pivot on New Deal figures in city politics
The piece notes liberals across the country rally behind New Deal figures. Mayor Hague of Jersey City is seen as likely to back a term, while prospects of reformers in Kansas City are hinted at amid political tension and conservative constraints.
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C.C.C
Roosevelt
Frank
Picket era reflections and old bonds in a scrambled digest
A montage cites the Christian Science Monitor on labor pickets, Delano Record about government bonds from Washington's era, and Fresno Bee quip on glamour and grammar. It includes a reader’s civic devotion fragment from Constantine Advertiser and a jumbled note on hometown life and values.
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Delano
George Washington
Treasury
Ode to the Onion
A quirky poem fragment references food flavor and lingering dream images. Terms like Marie Schultz appear as a credited name amid surreal lines about onions and life.
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Marie Schultz
Petroleum Built Homes and Goods on Peaceful Road
Article discusses houses built from petroleum based materials and the use of oil derived fabrics and furniture. It highlights innovative construction and living in petroleum influenced products.
Petroleum miracles, daily life, and future fuels
A fragmented passage from a General Petroleum Mobil source imagines oil transforming civilization. It forecasts oil influencing clothing, food, and daily life and notes predictions that oil supplies may one day run low or vanish.
Grape Clearing House Aids Shafter Growers
Shafter's largest fruit growers and shippers sign onto the California Vineyard association offer to form a grape clearing house in Kern County. More than 500,000 lugs of grapes contracted to enter the system, with members not bound to ship or sell. Details cover other local shipments, seed potato projects near Lebec, school tax plans, and ongoing melon and sunflower productions amid a late season.
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Shafter
California Vineyard Association
Mettler Brothers
Kirschenmann Brothers
Handel and Bender
A. Wittenberg
C. P. Morgan
John J. Peters
Harry West
H. S. Hanzaton
Lebec
Kern County
California
Lebec Hotel
Peters
Wisconsin
Mr. Peters
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