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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1940
Page
2
The Shafter Public Utility district considers meter use but avoids domestic versus commercial water meters for now to prevent yard deterioration. Local citizens are urged to respect private property and curb vandalism to keep the town’s yards and spring beauty intact for visitors and residents alike.
Residents and visitors plan picnics and flower viewing while obeying rules to protect fields and cattle range. Do not damage fences or pick prohibited flowers. stay on established roads to avoid harming the landscape and livestock.
The piece argues the Democratic Party panics over 1940 prospects as 40 senators attack the Hatch Act while Republicans gain in Ohio and Iowa special elections. It notes Roosevelt’s third-term silence, Donahey’s Ohio withdrawal, and Farley’s plan to shake down corporations via the Democratic Convention book.
In a charged critique Franklyn Waltman argues the New Dealers abandon moral standards and decency in government, exposing self serving motives and a hunger for spoils rather than public service.
Professor Frederick P. Woellner of the University of California at Los Angeles argues against corporal punishment stating that spanking children is undemocratic and that guiding behavior with ideas is preferable to physical force.
A Yalo State Senator remarks during a legislative inquiry into horse racing noting the Governor roared like a lion and was mad as a hornet. The quotation highlights heated tone in the proceedings and reflects the political clash over the matter.
A Los Angeles housewife comments on bonnet shopping, noting that a husband's protests are silenced by social custom in this lighthearted remark.
Robert Findley Paine, 84, dean of American newspapermen, says he amuses himself by repenting for sins and wishing for youth to commit new ones. Joseph A. Addleman, San Francisco businessman, argues the extra hour of daylight would boost family life and outings.
L. E. Chenoweth named city superintendent of Bakersfield schools after a Saturday conference with the city board. The appointment creates a vacancy on the county board of education, to be filled by the county supervisors for the unexpired term.
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