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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1938
Page
2
A columnist urges state highway departments and telephone companies to install emergency telephones at intervals along busy highways like Highway 99 between McFarland and Bakersfield. The goal is to cut response time for accidents and bring medical aid sooner, potentially saving lives.
Graduation at Richland school set for tonight at the Women's Club hall with L. E. Chenoweth presiding. Other items note Maple School bond plans, plums from Shafter to New York, and community notices across Shafter and Wasco with various local leaders, clubs, and events.
The piece argues a hard no on a third term for Franklin Roosevelt, noting historical caution toward concentrated power and urging citizens to defend constitutional tradition. It also criticizes James Roosevelt’s call to spend freely, warning that money alone cannot create real prosperity and risks inflation and bankruptcy.
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