This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1940
Page
8
Cleveland police arrested 22 year old James Wollwebber after parole violations led to a lineup claim. He asked to be placed in lines to limber up, and a restaurant employee later identified him as the robber who held up for 145 dollars weeks earlier.
Melvin F Miller 30 or 0 years old is described as a self styled preacher and scissors grinder. He has pursued Edith Perkins 31 a blonde stenographer for 12 years. He chained himself to a tree for three days and has not eaten in five days. Perkins requests to be left alone and Miller vows to continue his efforts.
NORANDA QUE A superstitious miner named Abie Wile of Golconda Mines in Duparquet township heard nightly noises by the kitchen door where cans lay. He stayed up and saw the sounds ceased by a bear licking the interior of a tomato can, not Hamlet's ghost, under the northern lights.
GRAFTON WVA Totally deaf for 13 months one year old Eloise Lockard regained hearing suddenly as her father Police Captain A E Lockard described. The family sat at home with Eloise lip reading when she asked what was said and then collapsed with relief.
Butte Montana firefighters responded when a resident reported his key was in the other trousers left inside and the door locked itself. The fire crew used a ladder and the man ascended to retrieve the key from a second story window.
In Bountiful Utah burglars tore the safe door from a furniture store and found it unlocked. Marshal Ercell Hepworth said the only loot was a slip of paper with the safe’s combination.
Luxembourg, a small duchy bordered by Belgium France and Germany, is ruled by Grand Duchess Charlotte succeeding Marie Adelaide who abdicated in 1919. A prosperous nation of about 300 000 people, it thrives on farming mining and iron with 35 blast furnaces employing around 3000 and seven steel mills employing about 2000. The capital once fortified was razed in 1867, and the country rich in folklore blends Christian and pagan motifs with pilgrimages and fairs.
The marines credit Private Jonathan Goble of the Susquehanna with inspiring the ginrikisha, later rickshaw, a transport device that began in Japan in 1867 and spread across the Far East. Goble, a New York farmer who joined the Marines in 1851, proposed it after returning to Japan as a missionary.
Joseph C Fayder of Jersey City swallowed a five inch toothbrush during a moment of pride after his 15 month old son John spoke Dad. The incident occurred at 2 30 pm as Fayder brushed his teeth. An X ray showed the toothbrush not in a dangerous position and no immediate removal was planned. John has not spoken since the accident.
The war disrupts New Zealand dried fungus exports once popular with Chinese buyers. Chew Chong from New Plymouth sparked the industry by paying settlers a cent per pound for stump fungus, selling to China as demand rose to seven or eight cents. Now demand has fallen to a low ebb.
General Ion Antonescu proclaims he ousted King Carol II to avert civil strife as Britain plans a major buildup for 1941. Finlands president Kallio dies and Japan presses into Asia. Allied bombers strike Berlin while Italy targets Haifa and Alexandria. Warfront shifts, elections and policy moves ripple through the United States and Europe.
Thomas W. McManus urged California citizens and civic groups to fully assist the U S congressional committee led by John H. Tolan touring the state to study destitute migrant flows. Hearings are set for San Francisco on September 24 25 and Los Angeles on September 28.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.