Permanent Chairman to preside over GOP convention at Philadelphia
The Republican Leader of the House of Representatives will preside over the delegates at the Republican National Convention opening in Philadelphia on June 24. He will oversee ballots for President and Vice President as House Leader and enjoys the confidence of Republican elements and candidates. In 1938 he chaired the National Republican Congressional Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Philadelphia
House
Martin
National Republican Congressional Committee
Rio Bravo Farm Center Meet Held In Primary Room
The Farm Center meeting at Rio Bravo school Thursday evening, led by Albert Lane, featured reports from Alfalfa Paul Wilson on cattle and poultry Walter Haag on cotton and F J Schierlmann. 4 H Carl Haag and Dorothy Wilkinson demonstrated kitchen storage ideas with a post program musicale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Bravo
Albert Lane
Paul Wilson
Walter Haag
F. J. Schierlmann
J. E. Haag
Davis
Carl Haag
Dorothy Wilkinson
California Beef Production Circular Available
The University of California Agricultural Extension Service has published a new Beef Production Circular covering every phase of beef production in California and it is now available to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
University of California Agricultural Extension Service
Refugees flee Nazi terror on De Grasse voyage to New York
Franz Flatz his wife and two sons nine year old Kuno and eight year old Walter fled Germany by river and land after his arrest for anti Hitler remarks. They swam the Rhine to Switzerland then hid in Austria and Switzerland before heading to the United States on a migrant voyage.
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New York
Europe
Franz
Josephine Flatz
Kuno
Walter
de Grasse
Herr Flatz
Dornberg
Austria
Hitler
Innsbruck
Munich
Hoechst
Err Flatz
Rhine
Switzerland
Rohrsbach
Frau Flatz
United States
New Zealand
Barbershop Visit Sparks Unexpected Engagement
Don Baxter, visited by relatives at Ventrey's children's store, becomes an unwitting chaperone for Maybelle during haircuts. A near sighted aunt arranges altered plans and introductions, leading to a tea meeting with Mrs. Talbot. Six weeks later they announce their engagement, with the aunt claiming credit for the match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice
Jerry
Maybelle
Don
Baxter
Don Baxter
the Biltmore
Washington
the Washington
Mrs. Talbot
Helen Talbot
Tulsa Policemen Chalk Up Wild West Records
Tulsa reflects a bold day as N C Shorty Williams, a motorcycle patrolman, outshot six FBI agents and multiple sheriffs to score 94, earning the title best pistol shot in Oklahoma. On the same day Grady Porter, famed for catching bootleggers, hunted rabbits and bagged 72 in 73 tries, with one escape noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
N. C
Shorty
Williams
FBI
Oklahoma
Grady Porter
Porter
Detective Fiction Fails as Real Life Scheme
A man named Blaine R. Richard devised a plan from a detective story to defraud a wealthy hotel guest. He sent a scrap paper package claiming a bill, aiming to let the hotel pay. The hotel misread the package, opened it, and Richard was arrested after the hoax was discovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blaine R. Richard
Richard
Margaret Emerson
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Floating Weather Bases Big Success
Washington officials hailed the government two floating Weather bureaus as a clear success advancing forecasting science. Sea patrol experts after 21 days at sea said mid ocean stations comfort pilots and transatlantic Clipper passengers while loneliness grew aboard two Atlantic coast guard cutters between Bermuda and the Azores. Radiosondes released daily rise to about fifty thousand feet on helium balloons, sending data to Washington and to Clipper planes and ships of all nations.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Atlantic
Bermuda
Azores
Audible Picture Book Aids Blind Children Begins Field Test
The American Foundation for the Blind launches an audible picture book program in about a quarter of the nation’s schools for the young blind. Phonographic discs present lessons or stories with sound effects, followed by silent gaps for instructor questions and quick comparison of blind and sighted responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert B. Irwin
American Foundation For the Blind, Inc
New York City
Foundation
Isle family quits isolated Lake Erie island Utopia
Melvin Zelms and his wife and four children left Johnson's Island after four years, claiming life on the 450acre island was deadly isolating with no entertainment or conveniences. They note the site as burial ground for Confederate officers.
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Sandusky
Ohio
Melvin Zelms
Lake Erie
Zelms
Johnson's Island
Holstein Cow Victoria Marks 29th Birthday In Will
Miss Idah M. W. Van Housen of Bath New York celebrates her Holstein cow Victoria turning 29 years old. She believes Victoria is a record holder for longevity and states in her will that if the cow outlives her the executors must insure a home and continue the same care on the farm.
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Bath
N. Y
Horseman Invades Wollongong Bar in Bushranger Style
In Wollongong during a patriotic celebration a local character named Barney rode a horse into a crowded hotel bar in Ned Kelly attire. He brandished a rod shaped like a pistol, circled the bar, and escaped before police arrived while the bartender served the patrons.
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Sydney
Wollongong
Australia
Barney
Ned Kelly
Mary Rings the Bell But It's Fire Alarm
Natick Massachusetts twelve year old Mary Eldridge rang a school bell by pulling a hook. Six fire engines and an emergency wagon arrived, leading to the principal ordering her to ring only the recess bell from the office.
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Natick
Mass
Mary Eldridge
Baby Reunited After Red Haired Nurse Borrows Infant
In Portland Oregon Barbara La Grange a blue eyed ten month old, was accidentally borrowed by a nurse who forgot her identity. Barbara’s parents Mrs Mary Miller and Cornelius reported the incident. Police aided a street by street search until Miller recognized the correct house in the northeastern section.
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Portland
Obe
Barbara
la Grange
Mary Miller
Cornelius
Miller
Damage to Standpipe Repaired by Woodpecker
In West Chicago a standpipe leak that fed the city water supply was halted by a woodpecker hole stopper. Superintendent F E Schacht explained the bird, a rare Phloetomus Pilea tus with a wedge shaped bill, plugged the opening, stopping the leak. City officials questioned the certainty, but Schacht said the bird’s bill matched the blockage.
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Chicago
Ill
Public Works
F. E. Schacht
R. M. White
Schacht
Dog in Water Barrel Surfaces After Nine Hours
TYRONE New York DeForrest Van Liew a produce dealer found his dog Mitzie trapped in a rain barrel after a lengthy search. While en route to Binghamton with a load Van Liew recalled an overlooked spot and told his hired man to check the rain barrel. Mitzie had been in the water nearly nine hours before rescue.
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Tyrone
N. Y
VanLiew
Mitzie
Binghamton
Foxhound Gets Artificial Foot After Paw Loss
Delmar New York George W Taylor plans to run his foxhound again using a shoe like a child’s high boot without a heel. An orthopedic doctor designed the prosthetic with a springy toe to cushion each step. Taylor believes the dog can run as fast as before once more.
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Delmar
N. Y
George W. Taylor
Taylor
Impatient Cat Forces Warfield to Drive Home
Charlemont Massachusetts selectman Horace E. Warfield brought his Persian cat to a night meeting. The cat slept in the car until waking, then repeatedly blew the horn for an hour until neighbors roused Warfield and he drove the cat home.
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Charlemont
Mass
Horace E. Warfield
Selectman
Warfield
Stassen Named Keynoter for Republican Convention in Philadelphia
Governor Stassen, age 83, will serve as temporary chairman at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia on June 24. He is noted as the youngest governor in U.S. history and the youngest ever chosen as a major party keynoter, tasked with outlining campaign issues for the Presidential and Vice Presidential contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stassen
Philadelphia
Union
Kiwanis Club Names Program Chairman for Summer
A wire from Dr. Carl Duffy attending an international convention in Minneapolis was read at the Shafter Kiwanis meeting yesterday. A Anderson was named program chairman for the summer months.
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Carl Duffy
Minneapolis
Shafter Kiwanis Club
A? Anderson
Goggin Given Ninety Day Road Camp Term
Coy Goggin of Buttonwillow received ninety days in the road camp after appearing in Justice Court before Judge H A Rightmire. He was arrested by local officers on Lerdo road near the Sill ranch following a chase from town.
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Goggin
Buttonwillow
Justice Court
H. A. Rightmire
Lerdo Road
Sill Ranch
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Massachusetts
Rio Bravo — Farm Center
Jeannnie
Haar
Lois Lane
Marjorie Calder
Bobby Devlin
Riverside
Shafter
Dodge
Yates Turkey Ranch
Lerdo
J. F. Penner
Marengo St
D. A. Flaming
H. P
Smith Corners
Rt. 1
McFarland
John Schumacher
Pacific Avenue
Ash Street
Sierra Vista Tract
Five Corners
Beth Eden Street
Aaron J. Thiesen
Sam Spurgen
Smith Corner
Harder Stock & Feed Co., Inc
Santa Fe
Spoetas
KIGER
Rock and Hampshire
Kiger Poultry Ranch
Terra Bella
W. Minner
Norris To
Bakersfield
Shafter Business Men's Association
H. J. Harder
Business Credit Service Bureau
Ari
Germany
France
Mexico City
Baltimore & Ohio
Maurice Ansel
Helsinki
Ingrid Roters
Paris
Reich
Boguta
Colombia
Grandpa Baxter
Ventrey’s Children’s Store
Chalk Up
Wild West Records
Audible
Horseman
Bar
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Post
Tion
Los Angeles
Hayward
Bie
IM. C. Fryman
Proprietor
Russell H. Wagener
Moneyer
Jotel
Sixth Streets
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