Public Sale At White House To Auction Odd Lot Of Policies
A spoof handbill from Shafter advertises a public sale at the White House in Washington on January 21 1941 at 10 oclock. The items mix political satire with paraphernalia including Democratic platforms a donkey and various faux assets while noting terms and a free lunch for attendees. The piece links to local Boy Scout activity and community leaders supporting Scouting in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Washington, D. C
AAA
New Deal
Japan
Brain Trust
Shafter
North Kern
Legion Hall
Boy Scout Movement Deserves Community Support
A call to local civic groups and public spirited individuals to back the Boy Scout movement in Shafter. The article highlights that participation correlates with fewer juvenile court cases and lawless behavior, stressing the aim to make boys physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight through Scout activities.
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BOY Scout Movement
Eee
Shafter
Know Yourself and Be a Smarter Driver Says Study
A New York university study led by Dr. Herbert J. Stack and Dr. Leon Brody argues that many drivers are unsafe due to misjudgments of their own physical and mental makeup. It cites vision defects, age-related risks, fatigue, and overtakings as factors and urges driver clinics to educate motorists. Also noted is Elizabeth MacGill designing the Maple Leaf Trainer 11 and flying it on its first test flight.
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America
Herbert J. Stack
Leon Brody
New York University
Canada
Elizabeth MacGill
Miss MacGill
No Third Term Week Warns of Concentrated Power
An essay argues that a third term for the US president would break 150 years of Republican tradition and risk one man rule. It links current politics to autocratic eras, warning of censorship, suppression of dissent, and threats to freedom if a third term gains traction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Willkie
Washington
Jefferson
George III
Russia
Germany
Japan
Congress
Naval Base
Democratic National Committee
Adolph Hitler
Europe
Roosevelt and Young Rally Against Indispensable Leaders
A November 3 1932 Metropolitan Opera House rally in New York featured Owen D Young author of the Young Reparations plan and former GE head alongside Franklin D Roosevelt then New York governor. Both urged that no single man is indispensable as Americans face wartime and economic challenges.
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Christian Science Monitor
Metropolitan Opera House
Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
White House
Owen D. Young
General Electric Company
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
First Automatic Gates Regulate Flow in Fresno County
Automatic control gates, the first of their kind, regulate the flow ae se Se head of the Consolidate ation District in Fresno County.
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Consolidate Ation
Fresno County
Shafter Oil Work Advances as Edelman Well Drills On
Don Menory Kane Drilling resumes at 2 550 feet on the Shafter well with a 15 man crew in three shifts. Earl Moore company now operates leases with Jerry Burns as GM and A Maize as superintendent, also drilling the Edelman well in Belridge and other wells. gas equipment costs 2000 in preparedness, and a possible gas or oil strike is anticipated within 90 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Earl Moore Company
Jerry Burns
A. Maize
Edelman
Belridge
California Speaks EARL ENNIS and Other Voices
A San Francisco column quotes figures such as Major General Joseph Stilwell at Fort Ord calling for higher defense efficiency, Garson Kanin on Irene Dunne and Bette Davis, Charles E. Denney on railroads moving all traffic, and Billy Rose planning an aquacade in Chicago open to the public.
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Leslie L. Robinson
American Legion and Women’s Auxiliary
Women’s Club
Circle No. 2
Glantz
Charles Badger
Bakersfield
Joseph W. Stillwell
Fort Ord
Santa Cruz
England
Charles E. Denney
Northern Pacific Railway
Billy Rose
California
Chicago
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H. G. Comfort
Central Avenue
Kern County
Arores Editorial
Main Street
WNU
Kelly-Nash
Elliott Roosevelt
Tennessee
Bouscott
The
Fresno Bee
Terra Bella
Don Menory Kane
University of California’s Museum of Plaentology
Bodega Bay Region
Asa
Hall
San Francisco
Kansas City
Richland School House
H. G. Hull
Hull
Shafter Farm Center
T. N. Harvey
Laurence Taylor
Hallowe’en
Circle No. 1
A. B. Fox
Earl Shaw
Oakland
Berkeley
R. S
Wasco
Richard Stansbury
Fred Stiefel
Oliver Sly
Sly
D. T. Enns
P. D.enns
Enns
Gus L. Klassen
William Lachenmaier
June
Brooklyn
Lachenmaier
Charles Courtney
Earl Ennis
S. F
Garson Kanin
Hollywood i
Irene Dunne
Bette Davis
Carole Lombard
Mae West
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