Six Records Fall as Juniors Win Interclass Meet
Juniors of Shafter high school scored 92.12 points to win the interclass track and field meet on Friday. Jack Stewart set a B class pole vault record of 10 feet 8 inches and joined a 162 yard hurdles win. Merwin Olson was high-point with three wins.
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Shafter High School
Jack Stewart
Stewart
Merton. Wiedmann
Rosie” Daniels
Ray Durham
Ed Gaede
Glenn Bender
Tom Tucker
Merwin Olson
Vic Alexander
Wilbert Kirschenmann
Bender
Daniels
Durham Fol
Gaede
Witcher
Myers, Jr
Olson
Gaedle
St. Myers
Becker
Searcy, Jr
Tie Carter, Jr
Newton
Pasley
Mars, Jr
Davis
Stone
Allen
Prize Beef Cattle Purchased By Safeway Stores
Youthful Future Farmers of America members showcased livestock at Livestock Marketing days in South San Francisco March 20 and 21. Willard Surgener of Bakersfield exhibited two beef cattle bought for Safeway Markets. Safeway emphasizes support for junior agricultural groups and awards a Safeway scholarship in animal husbandry to Pete Laborde of Madera Union High School, who showed 25 cross bred Hampshire lambs and will attend Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
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Future Farmers of America
San Francisco
Willard Surgener
Bakersfield
Safeway Stores
California
Safeway
South San Francisco
Pete Laborde
Madera Union High School
Laborde
California Polytechnic School
San Luis Obispo
Tasmanian Merino flock purchased for UC study
The 66 Tasmanian Merino sheep formerly owned by the federal government were bought by J. W. Mailliard Jr. of San Francisco. The purchase funds a cooperative study with the Animal Husbandry Division of the University of California College of Agriculture.
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Federal
J. W. Mailliard, Jr
San Francisco
Animal Husbandry Division
University of California College of Agriculture
Larry Frazier Opens Own Appliance Shop in Wasco
Shafter friends learn Larry Frazier has bought the Redman Appliance Shop in Wasco formerly Walsh's Appliance Shop. The business will be Frazier's Appliance Co and a formal opening is announced for Saturday with Berle Moore joining as a salesman.
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Larry Frazier
Shafter
Redman
Wasco
Walsh's
Frazier’s
Patman Death Sentence Bill Expands Toward Auto Oil Firms
Washington April 3 special Rep Patman tells House Ways and Means subcommittee that his chain store tax proposal would apply to automobile manufacturers and oil companies if they control their agencies or lease stations. He says newspapers and radio could be covered by the broad language, while chairman McCormack questions the scope amid farm price debates. A related note mentions a resolution urging study of Supreme Court rulings on chain taxes.
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Washington
Patman
House of _Representatives
Texas
House
Ways and Means Committee
McCormack
Ford Motor Company
Federal Trades Commission
Crowther
New York
Supreme Court
Florida
Congressional Joint Committee
Rian
Shafter High Girls Engage in Afternoon Sports Playoffs
Girls at Shafter High held a series of sports play offs during the afternoon physical education periods yesterday. In the evening the participants enjoyed a supper lunch in the gym.
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Shafter High School
Flax Seed Yields Oil And Meal From One Bushel
A 56 pound bushel of flax seed yields about 2 percent gallons of linseed oil and 37 pounds of linseed meal.
Tax bill questions reveal auto agency loopholes and limits
Under questioning by Mack, witnesses discuss the Patman bill and chain store tax implications. Theodore Christianson of the Freedom of Opportunity Foundation disputes allies on auto agencies, cites a Colorado ruling, and supports limiting chains to fifty stores. Colin Stam of the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation argues the bill unconstitutional, warning the tax would devastate chain stores and yield little revenue.
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Mack
Theodore Christianson
Freedom of Ortunity Foundation
Patman
Christianson
Colorado
Ford Mother Company
Colin F. Stam
Internal Revenue Taxation
Joint Committee
Stam
Show Men Strak At Business Men’s Meeting Friday
Exhibitors and judges in the Shafter Central Valley Poultry Rabbit and Small Stock show will display prize entries at the Friday business meeting. Strong local involvement highlighted by turnout and judging results expected.
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Business Men’‘s Meeting
Shafter-Central Valley
Shafter Business Men Hear on Poultry and Rabbits
Closed Sunday evening meeting of the Shafter Business Men's Association gathered Friday at Cafe Neursian. Speakers promoted district poultry and rabbit farming with P. J. Peltier Tom DeWitt A K Anderson and A M Earnshaw among presenters. Guests included W H Jahant Wasco and E A Roy assisting Melback with rabbit exhibits.
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Shafter Business Men's Association
Cafe Neursian
Shafter
P. J. Peltier
Tom DeWitt
A. K. Anderson
Great Western Livestock Show
A. M. Earnshaw
Paul Mel
Tee Mettler Wins Shoot Tee Mettler Wins Shoot
Tee Mettler won the Northern California skeet shoot championship in Fresno by hitting 100 straight targets to claim the individual all-bore title.
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Tee Mettler
California
Fresno
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Senate Military Allaire
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Berle Moore
Brown Martin
Frazier
Jack A. Lighthill
Sunset Ave
A. J. “Jack” Zimmerman Notary Public
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Wasco, Calif
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Sam
KPMC
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Morton
Harold
Teen
Lillums
Shadow
Pathfinder
Woman's Home Companion
Woman's World
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Farmer's Wife Shafter Press
Shafter Press
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Woman’s World
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