New approach to traffic safety urges car redesign
Killick of the California DMV argues drivers cannot be reformed, so cars should be redesigned to reduce deaths. He imagines a tear shaped car with rear motor, front driver behind glass, top headlights, electric signals, and a 45 mph governor to cut highway fatalities by about 60 percent, noting costs and practicality prevent immediate adoption.
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Victor W. Killick
California Department of Motor Vehicles
Sacramento
Killick
Knucks Down Its Spring Again and Mischief Abroad
Vivid reminiscence of kids playing marbles across town with circles drawn in damp ground and rules changing as sun returns. A North Carolina tale speaks of a talking crow near Lakeview who loves the word whoa and now curses rise from farmers’ insults. A San Diego jaywalking arrest ends with a shouted warning about unfair tickets from a crowdlined scene.
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Walker Street
Lakeview
North Carolina
San Diego
Claude L. Pickering
Pickering
Egyptian Tomb Reveals Treasure and History
The tomb of Piou Sennes in Egypt yielded gold and jewels after 3,600 years. Pierre Montet, the French Egyptologist, uncovered the royal burial in Tanis dating to the second king of the twenty first dynasty. The mask and silver gilt body, bracelets, necklaces, rubies, scarabs, and gold vases accompany the remarkable find, offering new insights into ancient life 1,100 years before Christ.
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Rama
Egypt
Piou Sennes
Pierre Montet
Tannis
Public Speaking Nerves Across Famous Names
A historical note recalls that even famed figures like George Washington Eva n Le Gallienne Boris Karloff Maurice Chevalier and Madamme Schumann Heink experience dry throats shaky knees and cold sweats before public appearances.
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George Washington
Evan le Gallienne
Boris Karloff
Maurice Chevalier
Madamme Schumann- Heink
New Deal Bank Deposit Insurance Debate Turns Sharp
The piece argues the New Deal did not establish bank deposit insurance and cites Roosevelt’s prior opposition. It notes Senate commentary crediting Senator Vandenberg for FDIC creation, with quotes from Roosevelt and FDIC officials. The tone supports Republican critique of the Roosevelt administration’s banking policy.
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Vandenberg
Toto
Senate
Roosevelt
Glass
Insurance of Deposits Fund
The
United States
Treasury
Mr. Woodin
Michigan banker praises Senator Vandenberg for deposit insurance act
Grand Rapids speech in June 1934 by Franklyn Wultman praises Senator Vandenberg for pushing the Banking Act of 1933 and its deposit insurance provisions. He rebuts Democratic propagandists who claim the New Deal created bank deposit insurance. The Fresno Bee notes critics often are the ones in a stew.
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Republican Program Committee
Roosevelt
Democratic National Committee
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
New Deal
Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Federal
Vandenberg
Associated Press
Senate
Senator Vandenberg
Leo T. Crowley
F.d.sc
Federal Deposit Insurance Act
L. F. Birdzell
F. D. I. C General
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Michigan Bankers Convention
Women who insist on talking volumes find themselves on the shelf
A Fresno Bee item notes that outspoken women who speak freely risk social sidelining and marginalization, reflecting a cultural tendency to undervalue strong female voices in public discourse.
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The
Fresno Bee
Walker on Hatred and Reason Sparks Debate
DeLoss Walker argues that a man cannot hate and reason at once, a claim that fuels local discussion. Critics challenge the simplicity of the assertion while supporters say it clarifies moral choices in public life.
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Terra Bella News
DeLoss Walker
Stabbing near Shafter ties to Mexican boy clash
The report recalls a Tuesday evening stabbing after a theatre showing in Shafter. Le Roy Thomas was wounded in the shoulder and arm by a Mexican youth, who objected to insults. Thomas, not involved in teasing, was treated by Dr. M M Kay. The item also notes oil well operations planned on Schmidt ranch west of town with 18 workers expected.
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le Roy Thomas
Shafter
Thomas
M. M. Kay
Schnidt Ranch
Wm. Handel
McVey
Leslie L. Robinson
Farley Gantt
Hugh Skaggs
Paul Quillian
Bill Lachen Duke Blackshear
Frisco
Geoman
Hezekiah Bugg
Cleve Ska
Kee
Walter Zimmerman
Big Elk
Richard Pedersen
Grizzly Grimm
Joe Henderson
Marguerite Moore
Wilma Mammon
Petunia Bugg
Old Indiana
Mary Beitz
Coralie Blackshear
Duke
Doris Blackstein
Fawn Afraid
Edna Annis
Yung ’UN
Alma Zimmerman
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
W. B. Simpson
Wasco
Frank Whalen Lary
American Legion
Leslie Leroy Robinson
U.S. Army
Co. L
364Th Infantry
Belgium
Flanders
364Th
Liberty Plot
Bakersfield
California
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H. G. ,Comfort
Central Avenue
Kern County
Sates
Marbles
Franklyn Waltman
Duffy
Baltimore Sun
Memory Lane
A. C. Coolbaugh
Railroad Commission
Ira H. Rowell
Rio Bravo P.T. A
Rafe Martin
Rosedale Fruitvale Orchestra
Whiting Martin
Pauline Washburn
Verdl Wilson
Shafter Farm Home Department
J. H. Peterson
M. J. Lohr
Home Department
Adolph Kirschenmann
Emil Kirschenmann
Lucile Kelch
Eva These
Los Angeles
E. M. Stafford
Santa Fe
R. B. Tucker
Glendale
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