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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1939
Page
2
H. G. Comvort, publisher, lists publication every Thursday from 169 Central Avenue Shafter Kern County California. Subscription prices 40 cents per year payable in advance. Single copies eight cents. Advertising rates available on application. Entered as second class matter March 1 1935 at Shafter California under file March 3 1879. Telephone 57.
Shafter Public Utility district plans 2200 feet of 10 inch water main from the pumping plant along Santa Fe Way to connect with a 4 inch main north of Central Avenue. Engineer F S Currie’s plan aims for growth while avoiding new taxes or bonds, with state board approval and expected future fire protection gains.
The piece extols baseball as America's pastime and outlines a vast financial ecosystem. It notes about 4,000 minor league players, 2,500 on option to major clubs, and total team investments around 4 to 6 million dollars per club. It cites player salaries from 6,000 to 35,000, with Babe Ruth earning around 80,000, and explains income from gates, real estate, and ancillary ventures.
An analysis lists Axis powers Germany Italy and others with millions under arms and hundreds of ships aircraft and fortifications. Allied forces led by Britain France Poland Romania and Soviet Russia mobilize large reserves and fleets. The piece notes Europe today resembles Time's 25 year old forecast with heavy armaments and poised for a break.
A collage of inventors led by Daniel V. Gallery earns a patent for a dry ice feed to prevent gasoline tank explosions in vehicles and aircraft. Other notable innovators include Dr. Wolf Kritchevsky who furs with iodine, Chester W. Johnson who alarms carbon monoxide, and Francis Donaldson who reduces tunnel air pressure with a new mud. The piece also notes quirky patents such as a hat that becomes a handbag, a cigarette holder, a jaywalking barrier, a cuff to shoulder shirt zipper, and a wheeled ash tray for games.
About 20 spud growers attended a Richland school meeting to form a crop pool for this season. Only 500 of 1,300 acres were represented. The contract terms were not agreed, and further efforts will be made this fall. Farmers reported aphid and weather damage lowering crop prospects.
John McElvaney of Wasco becomes advisory director to the chamber filling Hitchcock’s vacancy from the reorganization three years ago. The week ends with plays by the American Legion and Auxiliary at the Women’s club hall on Saturday April 30, featuring cast members J Zimmerman H Skaggs and others.
The Richland sextet directed by Mrs. Mc Kinley sings a program featuring Gustaf Peters Ed Hein Rosie Bergen Ida Schnidt Bertha Schmidt and Jeannette Fluhrer. Miss Ruth Snyder of Fresno visits Mrs James Davis this week. J P Weitz ships first hay load of the year on the Santa Fe. Miss Alice Seigler travels to Los Angeles.
The fragment notes a plan for a temporary move to Los Angeles on a Sunday, indicating a short term residence change. No further context or names are given to specify who is involved or the exact duration.
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