World News Roundup Reflects Early World Tensions
Republican forces in Madrid push to crush a communist revolt as fighting intensifies. Stalin claims the Allies have ceased resisting aggression. France sets April 5 for a presidential vote while Italy claims Djibouti in French Somaliland and routes to Addis Ababa. Pope Pius XII expands peace efforts and coronation plans unfold.
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Republican Regiment
Madrid
Japan
Russia
Britain
China
Italy
France
Djibouti
French Somaliland
Addis Ababa
Tunis
Joseph Stalin
England
United States
Pius XII
Luigi Cardinal Maglione
Shanghai
Slovakia
Adolph Hitler
Chamberlain
Great Britain
Dionne
Canada
Primio Carnera
Pope Pius XII
Jerusalem
Hupeh
Indian Wars Depopulated Ohio Population Loss 300 Years Ago
Dr. Beverly W. Bond of the University of Cincinnati notes Ohio became a no man’s land after mid seventeenth century wars between New York Iroquois and the Ohio Erie nation. The Eries were defeated and nearly wiped out, then more tribes moved in around 1680 seeking hunting grounds.
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Ohio
Ohio Country
Beverly W. Bond
University of Cincinnati
No Man’s Land
New York State
Doctor Bond
Amerigo Vespucci Named Venezuela
Amerigo Vespucci, who made his first voyage in 1497, is credited with naming Venezuela. The early explorer is believed to have landed in Honduras and is regarded as the first white man to set foot on the mainland of the western hemisphere. The name Venezuela means Little Venice.
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Venezuela
Americus Vespucius
Amerigo Vespucci
Honduras
Venice
Isle of Dogs Not Island in London District
The Isle of Dogs in London is a Poplar district bordered by the Thames and dominated by docks. Historians debate its name origin with theories that it reflects royal docks or a corruption of “dogs” from “docks.”
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Isle of Dogs
London
Poplar
Thames
London Answers Magazine
Dogs
Docks
Calf Skin for Drum Heads In Ancient Kings’ Craft
The drum head uses a calf skin cured and dried as in ancient Egypt Assyria India and Persia. The article notes the high priests of Cybele and traditional drum making methods as the basis for preparing the hide for the snare and cylinder ends.
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Egypt
Assyria
India
Persia
Cybele I
Boxing Finals Shake Shafter High School Ring
Leather filled the air as Shafter high school hosts boxing finals sponsored by the local FFA and Eugene Ford classes. Art Annis and Rudy Paloma win bouts in the 110 to 134 pound divisions. Comedy bouts also featured, with Harold Carter and others. Also listed are Sunday services and Christian Science notices from Wasco.
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Shafter High School
Manly Art of
Shafter Branch
Future Farmers of America
Eugene Ford
Murray Arnold
Bill White
Arthur Johnson
Annis
Art Annis
Eddie Hall
Joe Rodriguez
Ralph Aguilar
Paul Baker
Ellis Hamilton
Rudy Paloma
Durwood Conard
Conrad
Paloma
Powel McCoy
Bil Hildebrand
Harold Carter
Victor McCaig
Charles Harris
Louis Wade
Stove Black
Jungle versus peace shadows a vagabond's long quest
Howard M. Rinehart, the 20th century Marco Polo who chased gold in the Amazon and flew with Pancho Villa, now longs for jungle peace after years of perilous travel. He recalls old cities, his aviation crash, and a life spent digging for riches before returning to the United States.
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New Orleans
Howard M. Rinehart
Marco Polo
Amazon
Pancho Villa
Rinehart
United States
South American
Dayton
Rio de Janeiro
New York
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Villa
France
South America
Mendel’s Discovery of Heredity in 19th Century Science
An Austrian monk named Mendel studied garden peas in the 1800s uncovering key heredity laws later termed Mendelian theory. His pioneering papers on heredity were misplaced and rediscovered around 1900, reshaping biology across plant and animal kingdoms.
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Mendel
Church News and Services This Week
Alfred T. Chandler leads Sunday school with Junior choir at 10 a.m. Church services at 1 p.m. feature a sermon titled Enriching the Inner Life II Through the Cross. A wooden cross will be used. Christian Youth meet at 6 30 p.m. led by Miss Patty Stringham in Chandler's study behind the Hitchcock hotel.
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Alfred T. Chandler
Patty Stringham
The Three Pious Monkeys In Moral Debate
The three pious monkey figurines of Japan that "speak no evil, see no evil and hear no evil" are questioned as moral exemplars. The article notes their role in cultural discourse and suggests skepticism about their advocacy of virtue.
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Japan
Mennonite Brethren Church Sunday Schedule
The Church With Message and Melody lists Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. led by H. A. Janzen and Abe Isaac as superintendents. Morning service at 10:30 a.m. with a sermon by Rev. J. P. Siemens from Dinuba. Christian Fellowship service follows at 6:30 p.m.
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Mennonite Brethren Church
Wm. J. Bestwater
H. A. Janzen
Abe Isaac
J. P. Siemens
Dinuba
Christian Fellowship
First Baptist Church Services and Schedule
Edgar H. McAllister pastors the First Baptist Church at 289 East Lerdo Highway. Bible school at 10 a.m. with P. A. Schmidt as superintendent. Morning service at 11 o'clock with sermon to be announced. Young People and Prayer League meet at 6:30 p.m. Evening service at 7:30 with sermon to be announced. Wednesday prayer and Bible study at 7:30 p.m.
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George Sehlmeyer
California State Grange
Buttonwillow Grange Hall
Delano
Igor Gorin
Fox Theatre
Bakersfield
Railroad Commission
Maricopa
Kern County
Wasco Rebekahs
Bakersfield Police Force
St. Patrick's Kern River High School Association
Kern River Valley
Wasco
Taft
Bakersfield Legion
Post
R. W. Loudon
Panama
California Congress of Parents and Teachers
Coordinating Council
Mojave
East Bakersfield High School
Kern County Council of Boy Scouts
Scouts Reservation
Christian Science Society
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Massachusetts
Sixth
E Streets
First Baptist Church
East Lerdo Highway
Edgar H. McAllister
A. Schmidt
Young People’s Societies
Prayer League
First Mennonite Church and Orthodox Missionary Services
Gustav Frey serves as minister at First Mennonite Church with a schedule including Sunday school at 9 30 a m and English service at 11 a m English service at 11 a m. Orthodox Missionary in Shafter California led by Pastor Wilcoxon lists weekly services for March 19 1939.
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First Mennonite Church
Gustav Frey
Christian Fellowship
the Orthodox Missionary Church
North Kern St. Shafter
Calif
Wilcoxon
Words of the Psalmist and Science and Health Passages
The Lesson-Sermon cites Psalm verses praising God’s law and mercy, asking for insight and guidance through statutes and judgments. It contrasts mortal belief with divine Mind law, stating sickness results from mortal belief, and that governed by divine Mind, man aligns with Life Truth and Love.
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Tures
Mary Baker Eddy
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