Word: fresno
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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From all this much-traveled Mayor Walker might have gathered that his errand of mercy was looked upon with favor in California. Such, however, was far from the case. "Impropriety . . ." grumbled the Fresno Bee. "Easier than attempting to clean up the Augean stench of Gotham!" sneered the Stockton Record. "PUBLICITY SPECTACLE . . . PROPAGANDA HIPPODROME . . . BALLYHOO!" screamed the San Francisco Chronicle...
...Joaquin Valley the long-powerful Fresno Republican was five years old. And in Sacramento the Union was 30, the Bee 24. Portland's respected Oregonian was older than any of the others; and the Telegram was in existence, too. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer had been there since 1863 and Hearst was not to get it until...
Kettleman. The rostrum chosen by Secretary Wilbur for delivery of his newest suggestion was one of the richest oil "domes" in the country-an eminence about eight miles long and a mile and one half wide near Fresno, known as Kettleman Hills North Dome. Oil production in the Kettleman Hills is now curbed to some 14,000 bbls. per day by an operators' agreement expiring July i, 1931. Should the agreement break down, Kettleman...