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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1943
Page
2
The Easter message recalls the late 1943 date and the centuries old role of Jesus Christ as truth giver and light of the world. It emphasizes Christian teachings as the basis for liberty and mercy, while noting the ongoing struggle against darkness and the call to keep faith while facing peril.
American women mobilize for home canning as rationing tightens supplies for winter. Communities such as schools and churches provide facilities while civilian shares of fruit packs rise to 55 percent, vegetables to about 40 percent.
A call for transparent wartime finance and open diplomacy. The text urges public participation in treaties and negotiations, stressing the high cost of war and the need to end secrecy. It highlights American soldiers abroad and the urgency of swift, just peace with democratic accountability.
An editorial extols the $13.6 billion Second War Loan as a vital sacrifice to safeguard American life and freedoms. It contrasts distant combat dangers with the comforts of home and urges continued support as soldiers fight to preserve familiar liberties.
A panel of California leaders and experts discuss wartime draft orders, labor shortages, and social issues. Kenneth H. Leitch criticizes the draft changes while Ernie Wiley recalls a naval flight career. Elizabeth Hall highlights day shift children, Sidney Ehrman weighs tax policy, Robert Casey references World War II literature, Senator Downey notes worker shortages, and Dr. Salvatore Lucia discusses diet’s role in disease.
Tabulations forwarded to the Automobile Club of Southern California show eight times as many passenger cars in the United States today as at the beginning of World War I.
California mills produced 2.322,176,900 board feet of lumber in 1942, a near record compared with 1941, reflecting strong wartime demand and sustained activity across the timber industry.
California has the largest State Forestry Division in the United States yet owns virtually no state forests. The note highlights a mismatch between agency size and land ownership, implying policy or management gaps.
Davis UC professor Dr. E Hughes reports pig growth held steady on reduced protein after early high protein feeding. Three test groups fed 50 to 230 pounds showed one with half the protein fell short, while another with ample protein early then lower later excelled. Conclusion: young hogs require high protein, later shift possible with grain concentrates.
F W Lorenz of the Davis campus warns that after May 31 all shell eggs in cold storage may be allocated to government use. He notes farm advisors can provide guidance and mimeographed leaflets. The extension service offers waterglass preservation instructions, and advises using only fresh clean eggs not older than 24 hours. Cracked or dirty eggs should not be stored.
Pfc Jake W Kliewer son of H P Kliewer of Shafter California has graduated from an intensive aviation mechanics training course at Sheppard Field Texas. The program trains technicians who service bombers and fighters and prepares him to become crew chief on a bomber. He completed basic training and learned to fight the Axis with the tools of his trade.
San Francisco residents carried 1,643,090 more packages home from downtown stores in 1942 than before Pearl Harbor, signaling increased wartime shopping activity and home goods demand.
The Shafter Public Utility District calls a general election for May 4, 1943 to elect two Directors at Large to fill terms of Hitchcock and Lachenmaier. One precinct, polling at One Hall Shafter, opens 1 PM and closes 6 PM. Officials include Inspector Mrs Eckman Judge Mrs Henry Janzen and Mrs Dorothy Eckman. All district voters may participate.
Notice dated April 15 1943 states the undersigned will apply to the State Board of Equalization to transfer an On Sale Beer and Wine license to Savage's Cafe on Shafter Freeway 1 1/2 miles south of Swainfield Kern County. Protest filings allowed with the State Board in Sacramento. A second notice announces sale of tax deeded property by Kern County authorities with minimum bids listed for multiple Descanso Park parcels and related lots, with sale at 10:00 A M in the County Tax Collector's office Bakersfield.
Certificate notes partners transacting business under the name Bryant & Hitchcock in Kern County California. It lists A. Bryant residing at Shaf as a partner and details the designation not showing true names. The document records the filing of a fictitious name as per state and county requirements.
A H Bryant and W H Hitchcock appeared before Notary Jane Lachenmaier in Kern County California on the 10th day of 1948 to acknowledge execution of the instrument. The notarization affirms their signatures and official seal.
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