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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1938
Page
6
A religious lesson condemns adultery as a grievous sin and defends marriage as a divine, permanent bond. It cautions against divorce except on adultery, warns of its ruinous social and family effects, and extols children as gifts that complete the home.
A sweeping era of turmoil unfolds as a massive Pacific quake rocks Alaskan towns and Hawaii is threatened by a small tsunami. Meanwhile Vatican protests amid Italian race-mixing laws strain Holy See relations with fascist regimes. Across the globe Ismet Inonu is elected Turkey president, Franco claims victory in Spain, and Chile teeters toward civil strife.
This note explains the saying a little bird told me as not a direct quotation but drawn from Ecclesiastes 10 29 where a bird of the air shall carry the voice and that which hath wings shall tell the matter. The phrase signals a private informer without naming sources.
Bill White from the high school faculty served as a judge at the Pacific Coast Speech conference in Bakersfield on Saturday. Competitors included representatives from leading California universities and other western states. The group also included Mrs. H. H. Neufeld B. B. Brown Sam Shultz and the Janzens who reported back from trips to Nebraska and Oklahoma. Ernest Panero manager of the Shafter Theatre reported hunting in Lost Hills and a morning pheasant and quail bag. Kiwanis club meeting attendance exceeded 200 in Lecb tonight.
The seven principal virtues are purity obedience benevolence faith hope love and humility in medieval Christian ethics highlighting moral ideals for conduct and spiritual growth.
Mrs. Kenneth Crow of Smith Corners said she did not know how to drive well when she tried to park on Central avenue Sunday morning. She jumped the curb and smashed into a show window at the Shafter Mercantile building. The car’s bumper protruded into the window space amid broken glass but no one was injured and the front wheels later rolled onto the sidewalk. A crowd gathered as the car was moved back.
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