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 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1945
Page
6
A truncated OCR snippet mentions Bolivar, Venezuela and a six section organ in San Francisco’s Civic Auditorium with a 32 foot pipe, implying a discussion of free territory and economy.
A collection of quotes from California figures on wartime economy cloth use taxes and public works. Ellis Patterson argues for more cloth for women's slacks to conserve rayon while Tuttle warns tax hikes will bite in peacetime. Lapham endorses pork barreling for infrastructure and Walsh cites union strike pledges. Paine comments on temperance and public behavior.
Repairmen of the 469th Engineer Company support U S Seventh Army troops in Gen Devers 6th Army Group in France. Pvt Ray J Barnes of Shafter serves with the company which has completed about 10 000 jobs in almost two years of combat across Sicily Italy and France. They fix 75 machines from small water pumps to large 2 yard shovel cranes. Weekly output averages 100 jobs on machines or assemblies including bulldozers road graders generators and air compressors. Some tasks take only hours others days.
Kern County Agricultural Extension urges housewives to save and reuse fats. A new bulletin, Fats in War Time Meals, offers tips and recipes to stretch fats while avoiding strong flavored or rancid fats.
Farm leaders believe the agricultural industry in Kern County will emerge from the war in a stronger economic condition than after World War II, signaling renewed growth and stability for growers and related businesses.
Six Cub Scouts of Den 4 plus Den Mother Mrs Helen Juneman hiked five miles to collect flowers for pressing at the Women's Club Flower Show. Participants were Tom Kelly Den Chief Ray Reynolds Ronald Abbott Dick Juneman Terry Kenny and Floyd Anderson.
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.