California News Of The Week Shows Big Public Works Plans
Alameda acreage to become a Navy seaplane port at five million dollars. Roosevelt approves California public works funds with county allocations. California health officials report 800 pounds of arsenic tainted baking soda sold commercially, causing deaths. Sacramento receives first 25 million liquor stamps amid a court challenge. Walker mine in Plumas county expands crew and ore capacity. Relief rolls shrink by 51,000 in six weeks with 35,000 moving to regular work. Capone at Alcatraz denied special privileges amid rumor of silk underwear.
California Grange backs tax on chains and one house legislature
The California State Grange adopted resolutions in Sacramento urging a state tax on chain stores and a one house legislature. Other actions included opposing gold dredging to protect farmlands and criticizing PG&E in the municipal district power fight connected to Kennet Dam plans.
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Kennet Dam
California State Grange
Sacramento
Wine use grows in California reports rise in wine taxes
Sacramento notes a rise in wine consumption as the Board of Equalization reports October wine tax receipts totaling 2,001,921 gallons, up from September's 1,656,570 gallons. Beer, which accounts for 79 percent of taxed beverages, shows a seasonal dip from September.
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Sacramento
California
Board of Equalization
Fort Thomas Cowboy Bowman Named World Champion
Everett Bowman of Fort Thomas Arizona was named all round cowboy champion of the world by the Rodeo Association of America after scores from official rodeos across the United States and Canada were tabulated. Clay Carr of Visalia was the only California cowboy to place, ranking fourth.
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Salinas
Everett Bowman
Fort Thomas
Ariz
The
Rodeo Association of America
United States
Canada
Clay Carr
Visalia
California
Will Rogers Jr. Becomes Beverly Hills Paper Publisher
Will Rogers Jr. Bill, age 23, is among the nation's youngest publishers after buying the Beverly Hills Citizen. He edited Beverly Hills High School and Stanford University papers.
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Beverly Hills Citizen
Will Rogers, Jr
Bill
Beverly Hills High School
Stanford University
Boardman Seeks Higher Child Support In Court
Eleanor Boardman former film actress asks a court for more money from ex husband King Victor motion picture director for support of their two daughters Antonia eight Belinda five. She says the girls need nine hundred forty three dollars a month for living expenses, an increase of four hundred thirty three dollars from her current support.
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Eleanor Boardman
King Victor
Miss Boardman
Antonia
Belinda
New Army blimp TC-13 bases at Sunnyvale air field
After 60 hours of flight from the Atlantic Coast the Army blimp TC-13 moored at the Sunnyvale hangar now its permanent base. The site, formerly home to the Navy dirigible Macon, is operated by the Army with a ground crew of 118.
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Sunnyvale
Atlantic
Macon
Army
Jobs but no jobless in Santa Maria
Fifteen workers were requisitioned by the Federal re employment agency but none could be supplied. Work on four relief projects is stalled due to a shortage of unemployed men available to fill the jobs.
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Santa Maria
Federal
H. Fulkin Snev
Doctor Snev
Snew
Ent
Stoats
Mr. Squameyer
Mr. Schiess
Mr. Fulton
Protecting the Human Ear From Listeners' Disease Satire
A humorous piece credits Dr. H Falkin Snew with curing listeners' disease, a spoof ailment from contact with talkative carriers. It satirically discusses entangled phone chats, gambits to interrupt talk, and extreme remedies, ending with a playful self-promotional note by the doctor.
Tuncheon Crochet and Starch Set by Grandmother Clark
Grandmother Clark outlines a tuncheon crochet and starch set with four pieces: center 28 inches, plate doily 14 inches, salad doily 10 inches, tumbler doily 5 1/2 inches. Starching preserves shape and tinting in pastel greens pinks and yellows enhances the set. Packages No 743 supply crochet cotton for seven pieces. order includes thread and instructions for 40 cents, or instructions alone for 10 cents.
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Address Home Craft Co
Dept. B
Nineteenth
St. Louis Ave
St. Louis
Falling Shapes a Man's Resolve, Not His Fate
Quote from T. C. Cuyler notes that habitual falling dulls resolve, suggesting repeated failures ruin a man’s steadiness rather than his underlying character. The line frames resilience as a choice beyond mere circumstance.
Ringworm on Head Relief After Cuticura Use
A Baltimore mother describes a yearlong ringworm outbreak on her son’s scalp and persistent itching until Cuticura Soap and Ointment brought relief. She endorses the products and provides pricing and address details for Cuticura Laboratories in Malden, Massachusetts.
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Margaret Carter
Greenmount Ave
Baltimore
Cutle Cura Laboratories
Dept. R
Malden
Mass
Ady
False Teeth Cleanser Discovery Promises Clean Teeth
Marvelous new discovery promises clean teeth or money back. Mail 65c for a large tube, N DENT mailed from Los Angeles California Station 8.
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Los Angeles
Cali
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