Flag Symbolism and Traffic Signals in California and Delaware
A long piece combines flag lore from Alvin M. Owsley on the meaning of the American flag with discussion of traffic light timing in Delaware towns. It contrasts patriotism and civic duty with practical safety measures, noting reduced accidents after new signals and suggesting California consider similar systems.
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America
Alvin M. Owsley
American Legion
Atlantic Seaboard
Vitamins and war hunger warning from Professor Satterfield
Professor G Howard Satterfield of North Carolina State College warns that war disrupts vitamin rich food supplies causing malnutrition even where food stores exist. He cites exophthalmia in Denmark, scurvy in a Russo Japanese garrison, and Ket-El-Amara near famine risks. The message links vitamin deprivation to weakened nations and questions the value of war itself.
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G. Howard Satterfield
North Carolina State College
Satterfield
Denmark
Ket-El-Amara
You cant speed in Delaware
ACE proposes a traffic speed control system in Middletown and Bridgeville to slow vehicles before city districts. A red signal suspended over highways activates via underground wires when a car comes within about 200 feet, delaying progress to enforce proper speed without uniform police presence.
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Middletown
Bridgeville
Delaware
How Expensive Is a Baby Chicago Mother Knows
Mrs. Joe Derer of Chicago calculated the first year cost of a baby at 270.17 dollars from an itemized account. The tally covers doctor and hospital bills 114 dollars flowers 9 36 prepared milk 22 41 pasteurized milk 15 12 oranges 4 86 bananas 1 69 fruits and vegetables 17 71 cookies and zweiback 2 40 cereal 1 26 syrup 1 64 eggs 75 cents life insurance 9 60 clothing 3 86 nursery equipment 55 21 kept daily records and notes future costs for hats dresses and coats as the child grows.
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Joe Derer
Chicago
Roosevelt and Willkie Debate In 1937 Quarantine Speech Critique
The piece critiques Secretary Ickes questioning Willkie’s attack on Roosevelt and recalls Roosevelt’s October 5 1937 quarantine speech in Chicago and his later Virginia speech on Italy. It questions who qualifies as aggressor and whether the president acted as world policeman. It notes submarine scare talk from the prior September.
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Secretary of Interior
Harold Ickes
Wendell Willkie
Roosevelt
United States
Chicago
Submarine rumors and Roosevelt’s emergency powers debate
In a sharp critique, Franklyn Waltman questions claims of mythical submarines off the coast and recalls Mr Roosevelt’s national emergency declaration last fall. He argues the country is at peace despite wartime rhetoric and cites Willkie’s criticism of possible incitement to war.
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Donald Duck Ickes
Mr. Roosevelt
Donald Duck
Chicago
Harold Ickes
Ickes
Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Confucius Birthday Observed Amid Occupation and Loss
The Fresno Bee reports Chinese observers marked Confucius 2492nd birthday despite Japanese control of his birthplace and the destruction of Chungking’s Confucian Temple. The piece notes a possible national urge to celebrate as Confucian trivia waned in U.S. culture.
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Confucius
Chungking
United States
Shafter School Openings and Local Industry Notes
Shafter schools plan to open September 10 with 15 teachers under new principal O T Olson who has held several Oregon principals’ posts. The Kern County Union High branch may open September 17 with Paul Vander Eike as supervising principal. Maple and Adventist schools also set September 10 16. A $250000 Stellareene unit is under construction near Shafter for gasoline production. Additional pieces discuss grape industry market chaos and broader progress.
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R. E. Gribble
Ida B. Engle
Mamie Strumps
Hettie E. van Buskirk
Edna Prieve
Martha Gloeckler
Hazel Lee Haag
Kathryn Haag
Louise Neufeld
Rose M. Willis
Martha Hampton
Mary Louis McKinley
Ethel Livers
Maple
Theodore R. Nickel
Opal Carlisle
Alma Gloeckler
Elizabeth Devine
California
Toses
Athe Gade
Grant Named Deputy for Local Burning Permits
E. K. Grant of Shafter is appointed by the Forestry department as a deputy authorized to issue burning permits in the local district. Grant says the arrangement saves residents the trouble and expense of traveling to the county seat to obtain permits.
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E. K. Grant
Shafter
Forestry Department
Grant
Early maturing Acala cotton tested at Shafter station
The Acala cotton, maturing 10 days to two weeks earlier than Kern county varieties, has been grown at the Shafter experiment station. The early ripening type, finishing before cold foggy weather, is seen as having great potential for the San Joaquin Valley.
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Kern County
Shafter
San Joaquin Valley
Maddux Air Lines Plan Tour at Kern County Airport
Kern county natural gas serves Modesto Stockton Sacramento and the southern San Joaquin valley. Maddux Air Lines will display a 12 passenger tri motor airliner at Kern County Airport during fair week to invite public inspection and offer short flights to demonstrate air travel safety and comfort. State motor vehicle totals to June 30 list 1 734 577 total with 1 491 923 passenger cars 199 468 trucks 8 542 motorcycles and 34 644 trailers.
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Kern County Natural Gas
Modesto
Stockton
Sacramento
San Joaquin Valley
Maddux Air Lines, Inc
Kern County
California Speaks Interesting Californians
Charles R. Blythe, S. F. investment broker, warns that another four-year New Deal would show voters can be fooled. Dr. John B. Canning of Stanford questions universal certainty in economic forecasting. Roy M. Pike of El Solyo Ranch spars over basic principles shaping opinions and values.
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Charles R. Blythe
S. F
John B. Canning
Stanford
Roy M. Pike
Mer
el Solyo
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Franklyn Waltman
Pope
Fresno Bee
Sanger Herald
Laggard
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Talburt
Washington Daily News
Sir the Shafter
P Jeven
Standard Oil Company
Kern River
al Smith
Bowery Wet
Herbert Hoover
Bone Dry
Jefferson County Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Birmingham
Alabama
Jesse W Nicholson
Chevy Chase
Maryland
National ‘ Women’s‘ Democratic Law Enforcement League
Nicholson
Tammany
Smith
Thomas Jefferson
New York State
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