World News Roundup From The Week
Poland rejects bloc against Hitler as Britain ships record gold to the United States. German Romanian pact hailed as setback for Britain. Bergdoll agrees to return to jail. Japanese Chinese fighting along 70 mile front with casualties reported. Swiss border reserves called as tensions rise. Continental politics and floods fill the weekly docket.
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Poland
Hitler
United States
Spain
Francisco Franco
Great Britain
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Berlin
Adolph Hitler
Italy
Suching
Wuning
Shanghai
Switzerland
Germany
France
Dawson Creek
British Columbia
Nachang
Raisin prorate vote tally in San Joaquin valley towns
A San Joaquin valley survey shows 2211 growers favor and 75 oppose continuing the state prorate law for raisins. Attendance across 10 meetings totaling 2473 people weighed the issue.
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San Joaquin Valley
Mothers organize aid group at Shafter nursery school
Mothers of children at the Shafter Farm Workers camp nursery school have formed a society to assist with school work. Thirty two children are enrolled, according to Mrs. P. J. Gaede, the school head.
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Shafter Farm Workers’ Camp
P. J. Gaede
Funeral Service Held Yesterday For D H Page
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at the Janz en Funeral Home for Daniel Hale Page 62 who died Saturday at Kern General hospital in Bakersfield. The Rev M W Walker of the Pentecostal Church of God officiated. Interment was in Shafter cemetery. Page born in Texas resided at Smith's Corner and had been in the Shafter district nine years.
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Janzen
Daniel Hale Page
Kern General Hospital
Bakersfield
M. W. Walker
Pentecostal Church of God
Shafter Cemetery
Page
Texas
Smith’s Corner
Shafter District
Truck Avoids Injury After Wild City Drive
In Cleveland E H Shelton, a truck driver, blew a tire, swerved, snapped a telephone pole, rolled through a hedge and flower beds, and stopped before a black cat with minor damage. In Pittsburgh a stray pup fled rain and jumped into a dog catcher's truck, ending fatally.
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Cleveland
E. H. Shelton
Pittsburgh
Factors Governing Pearl Value in Pearls Text
Wade describes pearl valuation by orient or luster color skin texture shape and size with weight in pearl grains. One pearl grain equals one quarter of a diamond carat. Value rises with the square of weight, all factors considered.
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Wade
Paper Wail Hangings Substituted for Brocades
Wall hangings were originally used as inexpensive substitutes for costly brocades and tapestries, reflecting the material culture of the era.
Enriching the Inner Life and Holy City Service at Union Church
Alfred T. Chandler leads Sunday school at 9 50 a m with Junior choir and a 11 a m service featuring a sermon Why Jesus Wept on His Triumphal Entry. Baptism of children planned. Candlelight Choral at 7 30 p m with A R Gaul's oratorio The Holy City. Marie Cakin directs.
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Alfred T. Chandler
Jesus
Mr. Chandler
Marie Cakin
James Livers
Ministry of Music
Christian Youth Meeting
A. R. Gaul
the Holy City
Union Congregational Church
First Baptist Church Palm Sunday Schedule
First Baptist Church at 289 East Lerdo Highway presents a Palm Sunday message with sermons on "The Death of the Lord Jesus Christ" and "The Lord Hath Need of Him." Bible school at 10 a.m. and evening service at 7:30 p.m. A Palm Sunday fellowship dinner and annual business meeting follow Wednesday at 7 p.m.
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First Baptist Church
East Lerdo Highway
Edgar H. McAllister
Bible School
A. Schmidt
Lord Jesus Christ
Young People’s Societies
Prayer League
Reformed Church Announces Sunday Schedule and Program
Pastor R Klaudt invites attendance at German language worship 11 o clock and 10 o clock Sunday school. A 7 30 pm choir and men's quartet concert follows, with BY P A at 7 pm and an 8 pm evangelistic service. Mid week prayer is Wednesday 7 30 pm. All are welcome.
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R. Klaudt
Reformed Church
Orthodox Missionary Baptist Church Service Schedule
Northern St Shafter California hosts the Orthodox Missionary Baptist Church with Pastor Sam Wilcoxon. Sunday school begins at 9 45 a m led by superintendent Donald Graves. The preaching service follows at 11 a m.
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the Orthodox Missionary Baptist Church
Northern St. Shafter
Calif
Sam Wilcoxon
Donald Graves
St. John’s Catholic Church services listed in Wasco
St John s Catholic Church at 9th and Broadway Wasco shows Sunday masses at 8 and 10 a m with holy hour at 7 30 p m Rev Owen McMullen as pastor and service notices for the parish.
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ST. John’s Catholic Church
9Th and
Broadway
Wasco
Owen McMullen
Lent Devotions and Way of the Cross Schedule
During Lent the church offers Wednesday devotions at 7 30 p m and Friday Way of the Cross also at 7 30 p m. The notices emphasize regular parish worship and Lenten observances.
Christian Science services in Wasco church details
The Christian Science Society branch in Wasco lists Sunday services at 11 a m and Sunday school at 10 a m. The Bible lesson topic for the Sunday service is Unreality. Subscribers are urged to read The Press.
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Christian. Science Society
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Massachusetts
Sixth
E Streets
Wasco
Artesian Wells Known at Thebes 2000 Years Ago
The article notes artesian wells were known at Thebes two thousand years before the Christian era. It adds a brief science aside declaring fatigue first affects the brain then the nerves and finally the muscles.
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Thebes
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