Forum series opens next week at Shafter High Gym
The fall forum series starts Tuesday at Shafter High School gym, seven speakers including William Van Ewert of Bakersfield. Talks run 8 pm for seven weeks with an hour fifteen minute principal talk and a floor discussion. Topics include American foreign policy, world war, and national election issues with party perspectives.
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Shafter High School
William van Ewert
Bakersfield
Shafter
Ewert
Opinion on labor relations by D LESCOHIER
University of Wisconsin economist and Encyclopaedia Britannica authority on prices wages and unemployment argues that most employers and workers are decent and seek right conduct. He urges constructive policies to improve cooperation, noting daily issues and the unbreakable employer employee relationship.
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Per D. Lescohier
University of Wisconsin
Britanica
Southern California
Lescohier
United States Alien Registration Program Encouraged
Government officials explain alien registration through the post offices nationwide is not aimed at degrading noncitizens with legitimate reasons for residing in America. The process, though burdensome for some, is a formal safeguard against subversive threats as citizens are urged to treat alien neighbors as neighbors unless clear reasons arise.
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Shafter
America
United States
Dafoe Defends Dionne Tonsil Operations Amid Debate
Dr. Allan Dafoe explains that the Dionne quintuplets suffered tonsillitis and consulted a New York child specialist before their surgeries. He notes all five, being identical and raised together, likely needed the procedure. UC awards cancer research fellowships. Sproul calls for moral regeneration to avert catastrophe.
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Allan Dafoe
America
Dafoe
New York
Roosevelt dodges question on legislation at press conference
The article notes Roosevelt at a August 30 press conference dodged stating his position on pending legislation. It cites prior instances where he discussed bills, sparking critique of evasive tactics while journalists documented the disclosures and direct quotes from his remarks.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Congress
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Roosevelt
New York Herald Tribune
House of Representatives
United Press
New Deal
Panama Canal
Roosevelt’s Tactics Highlighted by Press in Patchwork New Deal
The text notes Roosevelt’s shifting tactics and long standing rules, with reporters aware of his method. It praises journalists for understanding how the New Deal’s inconsistent pieces form a broader strategy.
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Roosevelt
World needs self starters not cranks say editors
The Fresno Bee and The New York Times advocate self reliance in a time of war. Executives at Hoover and Eastman Kodak bring children of employees from British factories to the United States to shield them from air raids. The editorial stance condemns prejudice and foreign political influence while stressing personal ideological clarity.
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Charles W. Tobey
New Hampshire
Tobey
New York Times
Congress
Hoover Vacuum Cleaning Company
Eastman Kodak Company
Great ‘Britain
Willkie Talks Courage and Frankness in Early Week Address
The Terra Bella News quotes Wendell L. Willkie as bold and candid in remarks from the first of the week. He declares he is not interested in soft slogans and emphasizes direct action and clear aims.
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Terra Bella
Wendell L. Willkie
Livestock Shipped From State Fair Returns to Shafter
Livestock exhibited at the California State Fair in Sacramento by Shafter Farmers was shipped back to Shafter earlier this week. The shipment to and from the fair was conducted by rail.
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Sacramento
Shafter
Venice of America nickname for Recife Brazil called
A city on an island in Pernambuco Brazil is nicknamed the Venice of America due to its network of waterways intersecting streets and neighborhoods. Local observers highlight its canallike waterways and historic bridges shaping daily life and transport in Recife.
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Pernambuco
Brazil
America
Kern county fair features and historic fire at Peters shed
The Peters fruit packing shed near Reedley burned to the ground in the early morning, with Shafter firefighters preventing further damage. The piece also notes a recall petition against H. G. Hull of the Kern River Water Storage district and local efforts to contest Hull’s election, plus a look at Kern county farm shipments and the upcoming fair highlighting agriculture, industry, and oil regions.
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Mettler
Peters
Reedley
Shafter Fire Department
H. G. Hull
Kern River Water Storage District Board of Directors
Kern County
Kern
Shafter
Wasco
Delano
Arvin
McFarland
Tehachapi
Magunden
Lerdo
Lamont
Famosa
Kern county Republicans open campaign at Bakersfield court house
The Kern county central committee met Tuesday at the Bakersfield court house to launch Hoover Curtis activities. Arthur Curran was reelected chairman with Mary Abbott and William Gleason as officers, and 19 of 22 county committee members voted. Curran predicted Hoover Curtis victory in Kern by about 5,000.
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Central Committee
Rnto
Court House
Bakersfield
Arthur Y. Curran
Mary E. Abbott
William T. Gleason
Hoover
Curtis
Curran
Visitation Notes and Labor Shortage Report
Miss Reba McCoy of Los Angeles spent a few days with Mrs. C. H. McCormack and Miss Lillian Gray. Miss Lucille McCoy of Bakersfield also visited Mrs. McCormack. Fruit pickers are scarce in the Wasco district, says Edwin Booth, prominent vineyardist. Booth notes good wages but not enough workers available.
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Reba McCoy
Los Angeles
C. H. McCormack
Lillian Gray
Lucille McCoy
Bakersfield
McCormack
Wasco
Edwin Booth
Booth
Advertising Ethos and Propaganda Views Featured in California Speaks
California Speaks presents E Carl Sorby of Rockford urging refined advertising over wishful selling, stressing dignity in copy. George Creel notes all humans are propagandists and honesty determines propaganda value. Art Lang of Los Angeles warns that Germany, Italy and Russia show private enterprise can be wiped out in thinking and talking.
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E. Carl Sorby
Rockford
S. F
Art Lang
L. A
Germany
Italy
Russia
West Point horses and tanks query sparks wonder
Dr. Joel H. Hildebrand questions a West Point report noting 350 fine riding horses but no tanks, wondering why bows and arrows are overlooked. The remark signals a lighthearted take on military hardware showcased in a press item.
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Joel H. Hildebrand
Univ. of
Calif
West Point
Truck Fire Extinguished Near Tulare Avenue
A fire started when truck exhaust ignited hay being hauled by C. C. Reimer on Tulare Avenue. Local fire crew extinguished the blaze with only slight loss. Alarm came from the P. H. Kroeker place.
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C. C. Reimer
P. H. Kroeker
Tulare Avenue
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