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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1939
Page
11
Mrs. Bella Futterman of the Bronx revived after five minutes without a heartbeat. Dr. Maurice Roy Goodwin and nurse Mathilda Pina used adrenalin, artificial respiration, and inhalators to restore circulation. She described the experience as a beautiful sleep and plans dry climate treatment to regain health.
In Decatur Alabama seven year old Jimmie Peeples from Hillsboro reads upside down, revealing vision confusion. An optometrist notes normal vision for his age after testing with a comic page. His teacher identifies the habit when she sees him holding his reader inverted.
Winthrop resident Joseph Fraser, veteran of the Ish and World wars, has spent 17 years living alone on a compact 30 by 10 foot houseboat anchored at the shore dividing his town from Boston. His sea life inspires a plan to run a local bait business. His quarters include a bedroom, living room, kitchen, porch and workroom, and at high tide the home sits at sea.
Mrs. Etta McDonald seeks insight as her cat again shoves its head into a salmon can. The animal persists on its preferred diet, demonstrating staunch perseverance over mere intelligence.
An elderly man climbed through a bedroom window waking a resident who asked what he wanted. The intruder paused, tilted his hat, and spoke in a calm, polite manner as the scene unfolded.
An annual Bel gium event in Beaussines invites marriageable bachelors to a Whit Monday banquet where hosts and guests mingle over elaborate dishes and entertainments. The festival aims to match worthy suitors with local maidens as both parties seek lasting ties.
The article argues that true strength comes from reinforcement rather than streamlining. It notes smooth lines do little to reduce air resistance except at high speeds, while reducing weight boosts efficiency and economy across all speeds, implying stronger, lighter builds are preferable to mere sleekness.
The late eighteenth century English furniture master George Hepplewhite refined the shield-back chair using graceful curved outlines and mahogany. His backs featured oval and heart shapes, some echoing Grecian vases or lyres, with wheat-ear carvings and the Prince of Wales Feathers as a decorative motif likely created for the future King George IV.
French Kayak, Canoe, and Canoes Federations publish multilingual guides with 32 maps on each river. Guides are free from the government tourist bureau or Touring Club of France. Foreign memberships are available at a reasonable fee. Folding kayaks with canvas decks and roomy compartments are the most practical touring boats, with open canoes and easy sail rigs also popular.
Fragmentary text notes people walking on foot and signs found among trees. The passage hints at a rustic or survival setting with sparse details about routes or landmarks. It reads like a brief travel or field note highlighting nature and navigation cues.
The English Derby at Epsom Downs draws half a million holiday makers for a day of racing and festivity. Knights, gentry, and families join gypsy fortune tellers, side shows, and refreshment stalls while many place a small bet. the winner is paraded before the grandstand, as in 1909 when King Edward owned the victor.
The piece contrasts British car language with American jargon. It explains phrases like bonnet hood top up rev up fuel gas saloon sedan flat out wings mudguards luggage boot windscre en windshield and notes the British approach to driving and terminology.
The term Lindberghs refers to shaved ice fruit ices sold in wagons across Puerto Rico. Named in honor of Col Charles A Lindbergh after his trans Atlantic flight, these treats use fruit nectar from California. The cry Fresa Cerez y Pina signals strawberry, cherry and pineapple flavors and ties to California nectar production.
The buffalo, once nearly extinct, is now popular in Canada as a novel meal. Parks in Buffalo and Elk Island maintain herds and conduct periodic slaughters under government supervision to keep populations within park pasture limits.
Jacques Cazotte, a French journalist, predicted the French Revolution at a 1788 dinner in a Paris mansion. He warned friends of their fates, and all who laughed died as foretold during the terror era.
Lead was a common constituent in prehistoric and early modern paints. It served as a paint medium in England since the early 1600s, if not earlier, and was used by the Dutch and Venetians in pigment production and art making.
An Northwestern National Life Insurance analysis shows wage earners and low income groups would bear a larger share of war costs if the United States enters a conflict. It traces federal tax levels from 1916 through 1938, noting taxes rose during wars and peaked in 1920 then again in 1938 at 9.7 percent of national income, while federal expenditures climbed to 12 percent.
Psychologists and child welfare authorities warn that early cleanliness habits support self adjustment in children. J Mace Andress notes many maladjustment cases relate to poor hygiene and that teaching cleanliness promotes mental health even as research continues.
A naval trainee, young George V, miscomputes the ship's position with a sextant. The captain interrupts with a joke declaring that the reckoning shows they are about to sail into Westminster Abbey, revealing the future king's humorous error.
The note recalls that sky writing emerged during World War I as a signaling method. It highlights early aviation use and the development of aerial messaging techniques in military communication.
Statement to Russia declares no need for naval or air bases on Finnish soil to defend the Baltic. Report notes 102 vessels lost since war began and cites various geopolitical tensions including Germany, Italy, Britain, and Romania Bulgaria.
The document lists officers and directors including George Peters as a director, Wilbur Wyatt as president, W. H. Hitchcock as vice president, and Dana Bing as a director.
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