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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1942
Page
2
A humorous column recalls a local man debating who bought tires amid a rubber shortage and a minister humorously handling a cigar offer after church. It also references a Pearl Harbor era song by Bing Taylor, a mistaken request for Tokio wine, and notes on sugar shortages and rationing with light social satire.
Dr. Martin W. Johnson of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography says octopuses are timid and change color when frightened, willing to flee at the slightest provocation. The note cautions readers not to test these theories if confronted by an octopus. Annual Memorial Poppy Sale planned in Shafter May 22–23 to aid disabled veterans and families. 13,900,000 paper flowers expected, funds fund welfare work.
The United States Department of Agriculture reports California farmers earned about $2 for every $1 last year. January sales in California totaled $65,151,000, about $28,000,000 higher than the previous January. National farm prices rose 40 percent from January 1941 to January 1942, driven by supply and demand amid war efforts.
Shafter High School hosts an Open House tomorrow with student work displays and a 6:30 pm livestock show by Shafter Future Farmers on the athletic field, followed by an evening program in the gym. The event invites the community to inspect student projects and enjoy a night of school activities.
Calif feature notes Father Riker of Holy City running for governor offers a 25000 reward to any citizen who finds a flaw in his apparently perfect system. He says the catch is he must be elected and able to demonstrate the system before judgment. Exeter Sun urges adherence to a Metcalf proposal to clean up property and stop burning by April 15 amid wartime smoke restrictions.
Brutus Hamilton, U C track coach, says California athletes feel pressure to post top marks this spring amid college plans and risks faced by friends. Dr Milton Chernin notes many state jails would not meet federal standards for federal prisoners.
Walter Hoving, chairman of the USO board, says the USO is an expression of the American people and must steadily expand and improve beyond its original agencies.
A collage of editorials urges full war mobilization highlighting San Diego bomber plant output. Voices stress home front action, timely daylight saving, and tire jokes while stressing Australia as a UN base and American resolve against Hitler.
Rear Admiral Clark H. Woodward, asset director and Officer of Civilian Defense, warned that the West Coast faces a high risk of attack. He said a retaliatory attack is probable and that even a token strike can be as dangerous to people and facilities as a sustained assault.
John Hamm urges motorists to ration tires amid shortages. He says a driver with three good tires and one worn tire should not buy another tire but sell the usable ones to someone in genuine need to drive.
A collage of stray lines surveys wartime romance in Australia and comic quips about mortgages. The Terra Bella News hints at a cannibal-Romer joke while the Oregonian notes Mussolini's spring plans remain unspoken and speculation abounds.
Progress of a Dozen Years Ago reports a potato contest with $1 per pound prize won by J J Siemens, details a liquor raid at Raiding Pete's restaurant, a rattlesnake bite case, a new cotton gin near completion, and social outings of local residents including Engle and Jumper. It notes potato shipments planned by mid May and legislative efforts to lift Oregon’s fumigation ban on potatoes. Tom Evelyth enters third district supervisorial race joining John O Hare and J H Thornber.
Fifteen refugees, including Messrs and Mesdames Janzen Friesen Loe wen Regier and Unruh and families, landed in San Francisco from the Orient and proceeded to Reedley before being brought to Shafter by J. P. Neufeld K. H. Siemens and Dave Wit tenberg. Shafter Mennonite church members supplied housing and groceries.
The Shafter high school P T A will hold its regular meeting and officer election Monday evening May 5 in the high school assembly room. The board of directors met last Tuesday with President Kattenhorn Secretary Scott Treasurer Yanzen and members Robinson Fluhrer present. Farmers benefited from a rainfall of 1.38 inches aiding irrigation and crop growth despite some hay damage. Total fall rainfall stands at 3.42 inches this season versus 5.21 inches last year.
Mr and Mrs A B Fox of Shafter raise 310 young Barred Rock chicks purchased as day olds. The birds, including 160 pullets and 150 roosters, are fully feathered and ready for market. May 6 is play day at Richland Maple Poplar Wildwood Buttonwillow Rio Bravo schools.
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