Leila Aims To Help Bandit Escape In Sleekport Tale
Leila dreams of a perfect home funded by a catalog haul when a $1,000 reward poster for a train robber shocks her. She shelters the hunted man and devises a plan to help him reach the Canadian border using a Saturday night moving truck and a disguise as Canada harvests begin.
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Leila
Fifth Avenue
Searles Gordon Company
Lyle Dinsmore
Nion
Morning Mail
Searles
Gordon
Sleekport
Keller's
St. Albans
Lone Girl Visits in Head Hunters Village 8 Days
Bernice Goetz a 28 year old Cleveland insurance worker recounts a solo eight day trek through Ecuadorian jungles. She rode from Quito to Tena and into Paramos, endured deserted porters and hostile jungle locals, aided women with medicine, then escaped with an English explorer guiding their canoe journey toward Arapicos.
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Cleveland
Bernice Goetz
Quito
Miss Goetz
New York
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Andes
Luis
Jivaro
Paramos
Tena
Napo
Amazon
Catalina Island Quail Hunters Strike On Unique Pacific Birds
In Sacramento California reports reveal Santa Catalina quail, a species found only on the island, offers hunters a daily bag limit of tasty birds. The Catalina quail is 7 percent larger than mainland birds with distinctive broader streaks and heavier scaling.
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Sacramento
Calif
Pacific Coast
Santa Catalina Island
State Fish and Game Division
Santa Catalina
Island
Cleveland Driver Wields Bar Over Erring Fender
Louis Koszta, under the influence, was found with a crow bar raised at his car fender after it repeatedly hit other vehicles. Officer Lad Rousal intervened as the incident unfolded in Cleveland. Koszta received a suspended $50 sentence.
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Cleveland
Louis Koszta
Louis
Lad Rousal
Pigeon Loft Contest Shown Over North Hollywood
Roller pigeons perform acrobatics above North Hollywood likely from Jack Seetiara’s lofts. Birds execute rapid spins in a 45 minute flight as prize winners from Birmingham Rollers. Parlor rollers and other varieties also observed amid quirky antique references.
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North Hollywood
California
Jack Seetiara
Senay Planes
Growers Urged Not To Increase Planting Here
Kern county wheat growers are advised against expanding plantings due to war speculation. A U S Bureau report says the national wheat allotment of 62 million acres this year can meet domestic and export needs, leaving a large carryover. World wheat acreage stands around 287 million acres, about 17 million above necessary to yield the five year average. T M Martin, chairman of the Kern County Agricultural Association, notes July 1 1940 carryover estimates of 190 million bushels in the United States and about 1.4 billion bushels world wide.
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Kern County
Kern County Agricultural Association
United States Bureau of Agriculture
T. M. Martin
Average Perspiration Rates in Healthy Persons
The amount of perspiration normally discharged by a healthy person varies from about 1 to 5 pints a day, increasing with exercise and high temperature.
Shafter Generals Face East Bakersfield in Sierra League Opener
Shafter High travels to Griffith Stadium tomorrow for the Sierra league opener against East Bakersfield Blades. The Generals, defending champions, beat Lancaster 13 0 last Saturday while East Bakersfield won 18 0 over Maricopa and 20 0 over Lone Pine.
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Shafter High School Generals
Bakersfield
East Bakersfield High School Blades
Griffith’ Stadium
Shafter Colonels
Generals
Blades
Don Shoups
East Bakersfield
Bill White
Merwin Olson
Omer Evans
Bill Barbee
Calvin Newton
White
Combs
Witcher
Ogden
Levi Gaskins
Phil Haag
Johnnie Channeson
Bill Hildebrand
Pierce
Enns
Shoup
Shafter
Legion Post 213 Holds Monday Meeting
Members of Leslie L. Robinson Post No. 213 American Legion met at the Legion hall Monday evening for routine business. Attendance was reported exceptional.
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Leslie L. Robinson
American Legion
Legion Hall
City Council to Meet Monday at City Hall
Regular meeting of the Shaf day council is scheduled Monday evening at 8 o'clock at the city hall. City Clerk Frank Shaw says various items of business are slated for discussion.
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The
Shaf
Ness
Frank Shaw
Wheat Shower Over Andalusia Sparks Historic Skyfall
In 1804 a strange event occurred when a shower of wheat fell from the sky across Andalusia Spain. Residents described a rare atmospheric phenomenon as kernels rained down over several towns.
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Andalusia
Spain
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Ofvoice Secretary
Catalina Island
Bob Crosby
Mosul
Flashy
Jack Salcido
Salvador Valdez
Jack Reed
Legion
Mollie Herman
Wasco
Council
Ter
Mta
Ny Adlerika
Retief
Fleen Hett Shafter Drug Store
McClure Store
Toy
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company Telephone
Pacific Street
Ted
Wedgewood CP
Integirl
Broiler
Wasco Hardware CO
Bakersfies
D Hardware Co
Chester Ave
Frontier Days
R. A. A. Rodeo
Foley and Burk
Fair Grounds
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