Good Loser Club backs Ickes resignation shift
Editorial in the San Jose News praises a California group of Shafter business men who urge President Roosevelt to accept Harold Ickes resignation to heal campaign rifts. The piece notes Ickes as a source of discord and mocks his views on press freedom and radio control while defending unity and balanced coverage of Roosevelt and Willkie. Public health advice on cold avoidance follows.
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Shaf‘Mier
Franklin Roosevelt
Interior
Harold Ickes
San Jose News
New York
Roosevelt and
Willkie
Shafter
California
Ickes
Mme. Perkins
Wendell Willkie
Federal Communications Commission
Shafter Prepares for Christmas Spirit on Central Avenue
Shafter streets glow with holiday decorations on Central Avenue as stores trim windows and shelves. Frosty mornings boost shopping bustle while residents plan to help the less fortunate with baskets and cheer. The season’s spirit grows as days speed toward Christmas.
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Shafter
Central Avenue
Women Lawgivers Hold Eight Seats In Congress
An analysis notes eight women currently hold congressional seats with five up for re election this year, five winning. It highlights Jeannette Rankin and others like Mary Norton Caroline ODay Edith Rogers Hattie Caraway Frances Bolton and discusses their roles, influence and proposals in labor pensions and foreign affairs. A patent for a transformable women’s hat is mentioned with a humorous remark on style.
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Jeannette Rankin
Montana
Mary T. Norton
New Jersey
Congress
House Labor Committee
Caroline O’day
New York
Edith Nourse Rogers
Massachusetts
Veteran's Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Roosevelt
Hattie Caraway
Arkansas
Senate
Frances Bolton
Ohio
Stifle Those Sniffles Says County Health Officer
Kern County faces a cold and flu surge with Dr. Joe Smith urging bed rest at first sign, continued bed rest two days after fever ends for flu patients, fluids, and physician prescribed meds. He warns influenza weakens resistance to pneumonia and stresses preventive measures to avoid a repeat epidemic.
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Shafter
Kern County
Joe Smith
Shafter Community Honors New High School With Dinner and Dedication
The Shafter Business Men's association sponsors an appreciation dinner at the Women’s club building on Wednesday at 7 pm for the new high school. Dedication exercises follow at 8 pm in the new school, with music by the high school orchestra and glee club. Tickets available at the drug store.
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Shafter Business Men's Association
Shafter
H. Midgley
F. C.mannel
Fred Herbert
Ruth Voth
F. W. Herbert
Isaac Brothers
Miss Voth
High School
Glee Club
Boyce Fitzgerald
H. A. Spindt
Alfred Harrell
Business Men's Association
Shafter Farm Center
Women’s’ Club
J. J. Siemens
Farm Bureau
Bureau
D. W. Gloeckler
Siemens
Gloeckler
Kern
Big Nations Pull Strings and the Puppets Dance
National voices lampoon government over Indian population growth and defense spending. Frank Reed critiques civic reliability while J Parnell Thomas blasts power plant blasts and calls for tougher labor and court action. He warns of a court packed with one president’s appointees and questions Justice F Furter’s legal mastery.
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Fresno Bee
Terra Bella News
J. Parnell Thomas
New Jersey
National Labor Relations Board
Hoover ABA Warn of Patriotism Excess in Wartime
The Wasco News notes J. Edgar Hoover joined by the American Bar Association to urge citizens to curb hyper patriotic fervor and seek fifth columnists within lawful bounds. It stresses emergency periods must respect government structure and constitutional guarantees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasco News
J. Edgar Hoover
American Bar Association
Public indifference to highway deaths in California
The Exeter Sun laments that Californians tolerate continual traffic fatalities. It notes twenty two people killed in the San Joaquin valley weekend, arguing if such losses occurred at sea public outrage would ignite war, yet highway deaths remain unaddressed.
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Exeter Sun
California
San Joaquin Valley
United States
Kent cites Roosevelt appointments to courts and predicts more
Frank Kent notes that in eight years Roosevelt named five of nine Supreme Court justices and 79 of 161 district judges and 36 of 56 circuit judges. He argues that in four years Roosevelt will likely name two more Supreme Court justices.
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Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Kent
Justice Frankfurter
Terra Bella News
Frank Kent
Mr. Roosevelt
Circuit Court of Appeals
Local Turkey Shoot Elevates Two Winners at Fruitvale
A Sunday shoot at Fruitvale rewarded two teams with turkeys to support the Legion and Auxiliary and their families. Guests at a Sunday dinner included Mr. and Mrs. Roy F. Jumper and children with Mr. and Mrs. A. B. McKinley at their new ranch home. Also visiting were Bert Carson and Mrs. A. Harris of Bakersfield. live geese arrived for Thanksgiving dinners for Mrs. H. C. Janzen of Shafter and Mrs. J. H. Stipp of Bakersfield, weighing 15 pounds. Mr. and Mrs. B B. Scott of Santa Monica visited the experiment farm with L. B. Scott.
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Fruitvale
Legion and Auxiliary
Roy F. Jumper
A. B. McKinley
Ranch
McKinley
Bert Carson
A. Harris
Bakersfield
H. C. Janzen
Shafter
J. H. Stipp
Nebraska
B B. Scott
Santa Monica
L. B. Scott
Notable California Leaders Speak On Public Life
Public figures including Dr Adam Benyon Randall Irwin Arthur Hornblow Chester Rowell Hans Lachmann Mosse and Dorothy Speckels Dupuy share views on public speaking labor shortages party systems and personal accountability in a California context. They address banks leadership industry careers and legal responsibilities.
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Adam Benyon
California Bankers Association
Randall Irwin
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Arthur Hornblow
Hollywood
Myrna Loy
Myrna
Chester H. Rowell
S. F
Commonwealth Club
America
Europe
Hans Lachmann - Mosse
California
Expected 1941 Farm Demand Shaped by War and Markets
Dr. S. W. Shear of the Gian nini foundation of agricultural economics at the University of California releases a forecast on 1941 demand. Domestic demand should rise with expanded defense programs and industrial exports, while European war and export losses pressure prices for cotton wheat tobacco and many fruits.
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S. W. Shear
Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics
University of California
Dr. Shear
United Kingdom
California
Mediterranean
Near East
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H. G. Comfort
Sepee
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Tion
Dai
William Lachenmaier
John Lachenmaier
Emil
Edward Kirschenmann
Emil Kirschenmann
Kirschenmann
Shafter Business Men’s Association
Legion Hall
E. B. Stringham
Jack Zimmerman
American Legion
Mr. Hertel
Farm Advisor
Shafter High School
Charles Sanders
Blanchard
The
Baptist Church
British Isles
Gertrude Mettler
Ida Schnaidt
Edna Wendland
Ethel Hammer
Anna Goertzen
Dorothy Engle
Alma Zimmerman
Verva Sherman
Flower Song
Nick Janzen
Earl Becker
Baldwin Handel
Ed. Hein
Gerald Bosserdet
Eddie Friesen
Louie Becker
Herbert Midgley
Johnny Kliewer
Luther Hansen
Julius Paulson
Adventist School
Paulson
Paradise Valley Hospital
San Diego
Mr. Paulson
Phil Wager
M. M. Kay
C. Wager
Lerdo Road
Golden State Highway
Young Wager
Wager
Shafterite
A. R. Duehren
Reynold
Boston
Panama Canal
Panama
New York City
P.T.A
Richland Schoo
J. B. Henderson
Dean H. Potter
Neils Pedersen
Treasury
W. Sa
Frank Reed
Alvin
Los Angeles Times
John Collier
Americas
Western Hemisphere
Clumbus
New World
Efornia
Dorothy Speckels Dupuy
San Jose
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