Shafter Publisher Announces Rates and Publication Details
The H. G. Comfort publishing house established in 1921 notes it prints every Thursday at Central Avenue Shafter. Subscription price is $2,007 in advance per year with advertising rates available on application. Public notice dated August 1, 1936 also indicates post office mailing under the 1879 act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Comfort
Central Avenue
Shafter
Ieepee
Cine Patios
California
Best Seller Question and the Bible’s Enduring Lead
A librarian is asked for the current top seller. Prompt answers point to any challenger, but the Bible leads yearly. The Gideon Bible Society reports replacing 75,000 hotel Bibles annually, proving constant use despite other bestsellers fading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gideon Bible Society
America
Dresser
Gideon Society
Start of the 1938 Baseball Season Marks Fan Frenzy
The President attends opening day as fans flood ballparks for the new season. Cheers ring out with calls of It a hit and Wow What a homer as vendors offer hot dogs and soft drinks. The piece notes nine million fans paying $15 million to see major league baseball, underscoring the sport’s enduring popularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
U. S
California launches Perfect Shipping Month with new freight aims
California and its shippers join nationwide efforts to improve packing, loading, and transport of goods in 1937. The program charts 1,800,000 freight cars over 23 billion miles yearly, protects against theft and weather, and highlights progress despite the recession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Field
Grove
Jack
East
Mid-West
Shafter News Highlights Local Growers and Events
Shafter Potato Growers' association backs a semi weekly potato price plan with 527 acres, listing signatories and a committee to seek 80 percent support. The article also notes 65 acres of onions to harvest by June and cites visits by Bank of Italy officials, a new soft drink stand, heavy rainfall, and community events including Children's Day program and Easter gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield
Taft
Arvin
Wasco
Delano
Shafter
Kern County
Fresno
Elsie Manuel
Rosie
Stanislaus County
Tom Mix
Shafter Potato Growers’ Association
M. J. Lehr
M. Bolgen
H. C. Janzen
Dave Gloeckler
D. Wittenberg
G. H. Janzen
H. H. Selmans
S. R. Cokeley
George Jack
E. J. Thiessen
Dave Unruh
A. J. Wiebe
John W. Koop
S. W. Buller
J. J. Peters
A. G. Kroeker
Frank Wiebe
W. H
R. Partridge
Henderson
J. H. Peterson
Loewen
Anderson
Kohfeld
Klassen
Siebert
P. D. Enns
Siemens
A. D. Voth
Hoover Farm
J. Rogers
A. J. Mount
Bank of Italy
W. E. Blauer
Finance Committee
San Joaquin Valley
Stringham and Keener
United States Experimental Station
Nels Pederson
Richard
King's Birthday and the California Orange Chronicle
California’s orange story spans many milestones from Padre Sanchez’s first trees in 1804 to Eliza C. Tibbets planting Riverside’s famous trees and the first Valencia in the state. The piece highlights how advertising and centralized marketing since 30 years ago boosted a 1855 $700 crop to a $150 million industry.
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Padre Sanchez
California
San Gabriel Valley
William Wolfskill
Los Angeles
Wolfskill
Eliza C. Tibbets
Riverside
Brazil
Washington
United States
Azores
King Orange
Kern County Queen Named From Shafter Contest
Miss Rosie Mettler of Shafter was chosen Kern county Queen by the Raisin Day committee in a drawing held Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hettie
Margaret
Harold
Abe Barber
P. W. Wall
Ed Kolbenstetter
Jean Chatburn
C. L. Martin
Milton Lohr
Minerva Fargo
Hollywood
Lohr
E. K. Grant
Little Son
Santa Barbara
Gladys
Cottage Hospital
Elmer Snider
Fresno
Fred H. Mossman
Napa
Department of Agriculture
Shafter
United States Experimental Station
P. J. Kliewer
E. Duerksen
Baby
Reedley
Anderson,Clayton & Company
Wasco
McFarland
Wasser, Shultz & Lewis
C. P. Morgan
Sam Whiting
Jim Devine
New Mexico
Opal Fry
Long Beach
Weaver
John Rogers
San Fernando
L. C. Rogers
W. B. Camp
Bakersfield
Rosie Mettler of
Kern County
Raisin Day
Rio Bravo Beats Shafter Migratory 12 to 10 in Sunday showdown
Rio Bravo defeated Shafter Migratory 12 to 10 on Sunday marking the first loss for the Shafter nine. The high scoring game showcased strong hitting from the Rio Bravo lineup and solid defense in late innings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Bravo
Shafter Migratory
Shafter Nine
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars at Shafter Theatre
The first chapter of Universal's Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars screens at Shafter Theatre Sunday and Monday. Flash Gordon and companions pursue a nitrogen-draining disaster as their rocket heads toward Mars in a thrilling, unearthly adventure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universal
Flash Gordon
Mars
Shafter Theatre
Earth
Dale Arden
Dr. Zarkov
Happy Hapgood
Buster Crabbe
Flash
Jean Rogers
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Mother Nature
Autocrat
Penn
Toggery
Funeral Directors and Ambulance Service
Truxtun Avvenue
Calif
T. V. Little
Complete Machine Shop
Ad Welding Shafter
Frank
Gritinh Ave
M. W. Pascoe
M. D
A. J
Jack” Zimmerman
Shafter, Calif
Selor Automobile
San Joaquin Pipe and Salvage Company
Chester Ave
Fair Grounds
Janzén Funeral Home Ambulance Service
Airway
Canterbury
Beverly
Stokelys
Zee Tait
P&g
S.O.S
Hite
ST. Center
Neus Bologna
Oregon
van Camp
Kingsford
Summer Isle
Russell Potatoes
Rome
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