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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1939
Page
8
An American woman claims she was refused audience with the Duke of Marlborough in London because she was busy. She told the butler to announce that she is the daughter of America's greatest general, Robert E. Lee. The duke responded, Aurt Miss Grant at once.
A fragment hints at a conductor cautioning a child named Ric about his future. The digressive exchange suggests themes of honesty versus deception as the child grows. Named person Ric is referenced with a looming moral judgment.
In a brief exchange the speakers acknowledge Woodbe Swelles for arranging a fine setting at table. The dialogue touches on domestic duties including a baker and a grocer in the surroundings.
A little girl asks for liquorice. the candy shopkeeper has none and mouths the idea that the canary is dead and she is in mourning. The exchange ends with a grim joke about debt and a hat paid for.
A breezy exchange references Miss Jones age and past teaching Caesar. A waiter jokes about a paper weight as a sandwich blows away. The punchline claims she eloped with a chauffeur to avoid marrying a man without a car. A quip about dancing mocks light feet as light in the head.
A collection of short humorous exchanges from various papers featuring soldiers letters marriage misreads weather gags and courtroom quips. The bits mix wit about love post abroad fashion rain work and aspiring pills with light legal banter and everyday misunderstandings.
Epitome of The Week reports Vyacheslaff Molotoff attacks repeal of US arms embargo. Norway frees City of Flint. Germany faces blamed unemployment and trade losses. Italy Greece exchange notes. Goering praises US air force weakness. peace mediation urged by Belgium leaders. Roosevelt signs neutrality act 1939. labor disputes and pension votes noted.
A forecast that Congress in 1940 will authorize economic pressure against Japan appears in early reports. Bruce Crozier, seven, was found alive in the Arizona mountains after six days lost. The Federal Reserve Board says industry is moving at its fastest pace since 1929. A federal grand jury indicts 72 individuals and two corporations in a $20 million lottery fraud spanning 16 states over ten years. A strike of 5,000 longshoremen could halt New York harbor and East coast shipping. State Department officials say lifting the arms embargo will not affect the moral...
San Quentin labeled a menace as state prison board scrutiny begins. Dock workers threaten strike near San Francisco but mediation eases tensions. John Anson Ford contemplates a congressional bid after five years on the Los Angeles County Board. San Francisco businessmen organize a 1940 reopening campaign. Woodlake votes for incorporation into San Joaquin Valley. DA Baron Fitts signals an upcoming probe into an LA sales tax racket. State unemployment payments total 2 495 781 for September. Liquor pay‑off racket probe in LA may broaden statewide. Coast longshoremen and dockers contracts at San Francisco under negotiation.
The first community forest in the United States began in Newington New Hampshire in 1710. The initiative established collective woodland ownership for local residents and set a precedent for communal land use.
W. H. Zuber's Pacific Motor Museum will visit Shafter high school tomorrow. Between 8 and noon students will tour the mobile unit. The exhibit claims to be the only one of its kind with animals such as the sloth Koala bear Gila monster penguins and more along with moths butterflies and other insects.
At month end, Miss Marshall's fourth grade posted 98.06 attendance to lead Richland schools while Mr Gribble's room held the September top mark. The note adds that press advertising pays.
The oldest university in Spain is the University of Salamanca, established in 1239, noted as the oldest in the country. It holds historic status as a leading educational institution dating to the 13th century.
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