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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1936
Page
4
The Shafter Press notes California observed Constitution Week with focus on the document’s role in liberty and governance. It highlights 150 years of U S constitutional impact, California’s statehood, and the balance between social control and individual liberty proclaimed by the governor.
A reflective poem traces two children growing through life toward old age on life’s highway. They rush past beauty and others’ suffering, later regret their selfishness, and urge readers to linger and aid those bearing heavy loads as life ends.
California bar unions oppose women entering bartending arguing they disrupt male workers and seek to bar female mixologists with a proposed fine or six months in jail for employers who hire them. Critics say women work for tips and threaten livelihoods. some unions claim women belong away from the bar where drinks are served.
Cisco declares a regular quarterly dividend of 16 cents per share at a 60 cent annual rate, to be paid on Thursday in October. The announcement specifies the per share amount and scheduled payment date.
Sacramento reports that better business conditions and higher tax returns led Controller Ray L. Riley to cut 20 million dollars from the initial 70 million dollar deficit estimate due by June 30, 1987. He cites sales tax receipts and slight overage in income tax as signs of improved revenue. projected general fund shortfall down to about 50 million by June 1987.
Sacramento report says the state senate committee on liquor legislation denied endorsing Proposition No. 8 on the November ballot. The measure would create a state liquor commission and remove liquor enforcement from the board of equalization, which currently administers it with taxation.
Optimists hailed California's State Fair as a barometer of conditions with 101 182 attending Labor Day. Officials discussed relief administration reform, the presence of business leaders in relief work, and future expansion including new buildings costing half a million each.
Lex Murray of Santa Rosa was named California's star junior farmer at the state fair. He built a 32 head cattle herd with $3,000 equipment value, runs a retail dairy route, and led as state president of Future Farmers. His family faced hardship after his father's death five years prior, yet he achieved widespread recognition before 25,000 in the grandstand and Governor Merriam.
Federal Judge Leon R. Yankwich upheld marketing provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act. He ruled they were not invalidated by the Supreme Court processing case and constituted a valid exercise of congressional power to regulate commerce.
Virginia Senator Carter Glass declares the New Deal a mistake and a disgrace to the nation, framing the policy as harmful to the country. He appears in a public comment criticizing the administration’s economic program and its impact on national governance.
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