Investment in the future urged by Richland board
The Richland school board bought 10 acres adjoining Shafter Elementary on Lerdo road, a move the editor calls wise for future expansion. The piece argues for planned parks and growth in Shafter, noting rising enrollments and land values, and criticizes sensational war and cat politics dominating headlines.
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Richland School Board
Shafter School
Lerdo Road
Adeuate
Shafter
Richland Board
Kansas official ends cat hunting prize after protests
Kansas fish and game commissioner Guy Josserand offered 200 pheasants to the county sportsman who killed the most cats and crows to curb egg and gamebird losses. Telephone calls and letters surged. cat clubs and farm women opposed the hunt and posted No Hunting signs in protest.
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America
Guy Josserand
Fish and Game
State of
Kansas
Kansas County
Josserand
Ohio Persian Cat Club
Patent Office 150 Years Seen With 2 206 923rd Idea
The article notes the US Patent Office reached 150 years and issued its 2 206 923rd patent to Otto Hammer for a watertight well-pipe joint. It lists historic inventors and recent patents including glow-light bulbs, blood transfusion methods, and a film-based phonograph. It also cites a New York Times figure estimating 9.5 billion dollars to deploy a million-man army in Europe, with home defense, training, guns, motors, planes, fuel, and incidentals.
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United States Patent Office
Otto Hammer
Whittier
California
United States
John Ruggles
Maine
Patent Office
Whitney
Morse
Bell
McCormick
Howe
Goodyear
Hall
Wright Brothers
DeForest
West Television
George Barrett
New York Times
New Deal aviation changes spark old regulatory battles
The piece surveys the Roosevelt administration’s aviation policy shifts highlighting the Civil Aeronautics Authority and the Air Safety Board, their independence from the Commerce Department, and past moves like air mail contracts. It criticizes frequent regulatory reversals and questions motives behind the Fourth Reorganization Order. It recalls prior aviation clashes and fatal accidents tied to government oversight.
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New Deal- Federal Communications _Commission
Roosevelt
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Secretary of Commerce
Air Safety Board
Commerce Department
Bronsom Castling
New Mexico
Congress
Roosevelt policy questioned by pilots and press groups
The piece argues that air pilots associations and much of the American press oppose President Roosevelt’s push to change the airline system, claiming it risked accidents. It contends the New Deal’s pattern is to act when things work and questions the rationale behind the policy shift.
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Roosevelt
Reeps
Association of Air Pilots
Canyon highway plan gains WPA support in Kern County
The Progressive chub on the county chamber’s highway committee backs a WPA project to widen and straighten Kern canyon road, promising major local development and tourism gains. The Exeter Sun notes the census can be answered in writing to avoid oral questions and keep family matters private.
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Kern Herald
Chub
The
County Chamber of Commerce
Kern River Chamber of Commerce
Kern Canyon
Kern County
Kerryville
South Fork
Exeter Sun
Census Bureau
H. G. Hull
Wasco
Kern River Water Storage District
McFarland Farm Center
Hull
Kern River
Alaska Purchase From Russia in 1867
The United States bought Alaska including the Aleutian Islands from Russia in 1867 for 7.2 million dollars. The acquisition expanded U S territory and set the stage for later economic and strategic opportunities in the northern Pacific.
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Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Russia
Shafter High School Site Chosen and Bids Opened
The Shafter high school site on a 15 acre northeast Central avenue parcel purchased from W. B. Camp for 5625 will host construction as architects Symmes and Cullimore of Bakersfield receive bids. The project aims for fall readiness and reflects the school board’s vision for adequate facilities.
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Shafter High School
Symmes and Cullimore
Bakersfield
Central Avenue
W. B. Camp
High School Board
California figures weigh in on daylight saving and taxes
SPONHEIM jokes about daylight saving as tax collectors resist saving. TAYLOR argues farmers should spend more time farming rather than government reporting to ease unemployment. HAIDEN at 100 credits two causes for long life: knitting and being born in 1840. BENNETT and ROGERS offer reflections on people and dancing.
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O. C. Sponheim
San Mateo
Ralph H. Taylor
Agricultural Council of California
Barbara Haiden
Oakland
Joan Bennett
Ginger
Rogers
Cultural aging cited by American Philosophical Society
The Fresno Bee notes the American Philosophical Society asserts America has come of age culturally yet critiques art displays questioning whether certain paintings or painters should have been hung.
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Fresno Bee
America
American Philosophical Society
New York City Claims Largest Public Park Acreage
The Terra Bella News reports New York City may hold the nation’s largest total park acreage, highlighting vast green spaces amid urban density. Chicago figures are also noted in comparison as context.
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Terra Bella News
New York City
Chicago
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National Labor Relations Board
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Carlisle
Des Moines Register
Farm Bureau
Wasco and
Pond
Chris Handel
Handel
J. W. Nickel
Nickel
Richland Grammar
Richland
Standard
Ralph Gribble
Women’s Auxiliary
Frank S. Reynolds
American Legion
Bakeld
Flandersfield
National Legion and Auxiliary
Sawtelle
Federal Exploration Company
Fresno
Delano
Chensler-Canfield Midway
Company
Darrell Janzen
H. J. D. Janzen
Janzen
A. R. Duehren
Acton
R. E. Nickel
Jack Zimmerman
California Hot Springs
Anne Pace
George Lemmon
Leland
Niels Pedersen
Earl Rose
Bulb
Hugh Skaggs
Walter Zimmerman
A. B. McKinley
J. B. McKinley
A. Garrison
Long Beach
E. B. Stringham
Mojave
Randsburg
Circle No. 4
A. W. Sargent
San Joaquin Valley
California Federation of Women’s Clubs
San Diego
Wek
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