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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1941
Page
3
Shafter residents enjoy a string of travels and visits across California and Oregon. The column lists check ins from couples and individuals including Kinseen Unruh at Yosemite, H D Wiebe at Greenhorn conference planning, and many Shafter locals on vacations or business trips from Sacramento to Santa Cruz.
Ruth Surrette 23 of New London was hospitalized after a car crash. She asked about a safety pin between her teeth when the collision occurred and doctors later found and removed it from her esophagus.
Revelstoke board of trade may sponsor a July expedition to resolve the 74 year old legend of the frozen dead climber on Mount Begbie in the Canadian Rockies. The tale variants name a French Canadian prospector or a Salish Indian as the man, dating from the 1860s reports via J C Montgomery.
Twin Valley Minn. Carl Lucken, a Red River valley farmer, makes a legendary block during the 1939 season. After his car stalls he jumps back in and dives head-on into the advancing vehicle, stopping it against a milkhouse wall. Repair costs for the radiator grill are about 12 dollars.
Gilroy California report states a fast moving train hit a truck at dusk. Driver Gilbert Atnip said he failed to see the limited until it was too close. The front end and radiator were torn away, but Annie escaped without injury. Witnesses say slower train speed would have dragged the car several feet.
Burlington New Jersey. John Corbett hired a repairman for his new $70 radio. His wife asked the man at the door if he was the repairman and handed over the radio. The man took the radio and fled, proving he was not the repairman.
Mrs Mary Johannes dreamt of her son's bed on fire and rushed to his room in panic to save him. He had fallen asleep while smoking a cigarette.
California joined 11 other states in a shift of industry and people to small towns over the past decade. The Future magazine notes a 6.4 percent national population gain as workers seek greater personal freedom by country homes, citing Schenley Distillers plants in Lawrenceburg Indiana and Frankfort Kentucky as examples of workers moving to nearby farms within driving distance of work.
The National Council announced changes to first class rank requirements for boy scouts. The revision ends the old rule to train a tenderfoot and adds options to enlist or train as a Bobcat or lone cub or to substitute three second class tests if enlistment is impossible. The rule takes effect January 1 1942 and aims to boost troop membership as 950 Scouts and 280 Cubs are now enrolled with a goal of 2000 by year end.
A crash Friday afternoon at Munzer and Pacific damaged a car registered to Charles Christian Peterson of Wasco and a pickup driven by Mrs. R E Youell. Her son Jimmy was a passenger. No injuries were reported.
A historic note explains that creation models are no longer required for certain patent applications in the United States. The change shifts emphasis to written descriptions and drawings, impacting inventors and examiners.
H V Davidson of the FHA in Los Angeles says Title 1 loans offer five percent financing for home construction and may fit Shafter conditions better than Title 6 loans aimed at defense areas. He urged local builders to consult financing agencies and said he can return to Shafter for meetings with contractors or arrangements can be made via his Los Angeles office.
Dr Arthur H Stein haus of the University of California Luther Session staff says there is no scientific foundation for banning eating shrimp or drinking water with meals. The statement emphasizes that such restrictions lack evidence.
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