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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1941
Page
2
Editorial applauds the disincorporation election result, noting voters rejected disincorporation by more than two to one. It asserts Shafter will grow and progress under a progressive home government, with officials kept in check by ballot and public trust.
UC and USDA developed 13 new vegetable and melon strains including a powdery mildew resistant cantaloupe a Baby Persian melon a new tomato watermelons and a brown onion. Bakersfield farm advisor notes the bulletin offers planting guidance for commercial and home gardens and urges farmers to obtain a copy amid anticipated crop shortages.
Warden Art Craig urges summer fire caution as a heavy grass season nears across Kern County. Officials emphasize permits for field fires, city limits burning in early hours, small incinerator openings, and 100 foot setbacks from flammable materials and 25 feet from buildings to protect property and people.
From a local note, residents are urged to obtain fire permits at the Salter Ranger station before lighting any blaze. Officials stress ensuring enough helpers to control the fire and advise contacting Art Craig before starting.
A Fresno area Baron Poultry ranch invention uses electric rubber-tube rollers to pluck feathers from chickens and other poultry in about thirty to forty seconds. The device removes most pin feathers, leaving only occasional tips to finish by hand.
A. Marshall Hardinson, Berkeley instructor and writer, urges exploring extremities in American short stories and novels as the world war crisis deepens. He argues literature mirrors life and reflects how people act under pressure.
A governmental projection notes more than 1,000,000 men will receive training in occupational programs by next July to supply defense materials, but critics argue that number cannot reach the needs of a rational, progressing civilization.
Progress in surgery and allied sciences offers hope against throat cancer once deemed 100 percent fatal. Researchers emphasize ongoing efforts to improve diagnosis and treatment options in the battle to extend survival.
Verses praise a string of festival queens from May to June with cheering bells and celebratory music. The poem imagines a community pageant scene where press agents and performers amplify the lineup of festival figures.
A story spread after last week’s disincorporation election claimed Shafter high school girls were registered to vote. The author jokes how such rumors flatter local women and recalls pre election forecasts, including a speaker who admits predicting a 250 vote margin for the disincorporators but is mocked as a Literary Digest boy.
A fragment argues for a highway patrol office to test drivers on vision reaction and nerve stability to reveal hidden weaknesses. It suggests such self knowledge could improve driving, noting the truth in the saying that a wise man knows himself, especially the person behind the wheel.
A reader letter about Easter Sunday store closings is unsigned. The piece condemns anonymous writers and highlights local tension over crimes against animals in the western city area. It mentions Shafter library rival and the nickname Cowboy Sam O’Brien as local color in the Neuman alley.
A collage of old newspaper quips and opinions cites humor about self mockery, poision ivy illness of tenor Lawrence Tibbett, Harold Lickes and others, plus a Pixley Enterprise tax note noting government salaries and pensions reaching 18.4 percent of national income, with comparisons to 1913 levels.
An official interpretation of the Vehicle Code states that commercial vehicles operating on private property of the owner and occasionally moving on public highways for repairs or other on road purposes must obtain registration and license plates before any movement in California.
The Cuyama highway between Santa Maria and Maricopa marked State Route 162 is open to light traffic but far from good. The Beverly Hills Office of the National Automobile Club warns motorists to avoid travel until the State Highway Department repairs the poor sections and restores normal condition.
The Olympic Club in San Francisco, founded in 1860, stands as the oldest amateur athletic organization in the United States.
Father E J Elanagan of Boys Town Nebraska on a Whittier survey panel says religion will anchor the new Whit tier with every boy urged to worship in his chosen denomination Prof Joel Hildebrand dean of UC Berkeley notes youngsters have a head start in city children by learning to enjoy work Captain Wilhelm Daehne skipper of the Columbus promises home by autumn Warden Clinton Duffy of San Quentin warns outsiders that keeping youths out is essential Grocho Marx laments aging cinema and fading pace of movie work
Shafter hosts a successful women’s club show by Mr. and Mrs. H Midgley with model presentation by young Shafter women. Geoffrey Morgan speaks at Shafter High School on the value of education as Farm Bureau officials announce cotton meeting talks and a county PTA resolution to curb cigarette ad signs. Bakersfield Press to launch as a Sunday paper May 5 with regional delivery.
Commander Jack Zimmerman of Leslie L Robinson Post 213 will present school award medals at Shafter drug store. The Legion will honor the top boy and girl based on teachers and eighth grade votes assessing five qualification criteria.
The Boys Ag club of Maples and Shafter district with J J Siemens and N D Hudson visited the Chester White hog ranch at Arvin last Saturday. They also toured two nearby chicken ranches. The Arvin site houses 3600 hogs and the trip featured local youths Menno Sllenberg Bill Siemens Harry Koop Alsiver Gruger Jakie Siemens and Reuben Siemens. The Shafter baseball team will play Wasco Sunday at Wasco with Manager G J Rieker promising the team is in top form. Previously last Sunday Shafter beat Wasco Mexicans 10 to 3. Rueb hosted a gathering at his home honoring Misses Alice Rayer Rachel Rueb Ethel and Mabel Suckitt of Lodi with popcorn and candy for guests Bertha Voth Ed Rueb Gideon Richert Raymond Oblander Ernest Adamson Abe Ratzlaff and Mr and Mrs Art Dirksen in attendance.
Following the Anna Gordon Union W C T A example the seventh district P T A moves to organize a local program. The snippet notes a continuation of women civic groups shaping school activities and community events.
Twenty five women are in the cast for the mothers night program to be given in the Richland school auditorium on May 11. Committees are busy with costumes and rehearsals proceed. Mrs W E Rose chairs and directs the program and organizers predict a knock out performance.
Sunday outings include the Weller family picnicking in the mountains and Neufelds visiting Glendale for Hulda and Ida Neufeld graduation from the Glendale sanitarium nursing program. In Shafter, the high school track team edged McFarland 57 to 56 in a Friday dual meet.
Dean Gordon S. Watkins of the UC Los Angeles College of Letters and Science says the world will need engineers physicians educators and statesmen after the war. He argues students should complete their education before being drafted for military training.
A young University of California engineer proposes a new method to measure stresses and strains in large structures like Boulder Dam by freezing strains in pint-sized bakelite models.
San Francisco's Pioneer Hall hosts a retrospective on the 1949 season with alumni recounting milestone games and community events. Former players and local historians gather to celebrate a pivotal year in the team's history and its lasting legacy on the city.
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