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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1941
Page
2
The California Department of Motor Vehicles orders slow moving vehicles to use the extreme right lane and, if needed, to be removed from the road to reduce accidents. Drivers of all vehicles are urged to cooperate to maintain roadway speed with general traffic while keeping slow vehicles on the right.
An authoritative survey shows California’s farm income averaged 622 million dollars annually over the last four years, higher than any other state. The state’s 26 crops give 85 percent of total farm income, with staggered peak labor needs and strong branch banking enabling year round production growth.
The piece notes a return of an old craze via a chain letter soliciting defense savings stamps. It warns the letters are illegal and could be a racket, though participants may mean well. authorities caution readers.
Premier Konoye speaks of a historic renovation of Japan policies as troops land in Indo China. The rhetoric suggests change but readers suspect the statement masks continued aims of conquest and a tougher stance on China, censorship, demobilization, and trade.
Harold Taber of Bakersfield was elected president of the Kern County Boy Scout Council at the annual officers election in Bakersfield. The meeting drew 19 board members from all four districts with B Rintoul of Taft presiding. New officers include vice presidents H M Baker Dr Keith McKee Roy Woollames and others. The executive board and council members at large were announced and terms shift to start October 1 due to a council-year change.
Officials of the Vega Airplane company at Burbank report full satisfaction with the Vega Ventura all purpose attack bomber. The aircraft embodies innovations based on experience in aerial combat in Europe and recently learned details describe its raider design and equipment.
Stanley Abel of the Kern County Housing Authority says four low-cost housing projects are progressing with bids on two due within 40 days. Plans cover 222 units across Cottonwood Beardsley Delano and Arvin with taxes bonds financing 3 percent interest and federal purchase of up to 90 percent. Units will rent 9 to 17 dollars with utilities, for eligible county residents earning 400 to 900 dollars yearly, and each new occupied home will replace a substandard unit.
Shafter residents eye a bold bid for the Kern county fair prize with exhibit details to be kept secret. A fair committee led by Ed Kruger and H R Janzen is drafting the display. The Women’s Club of Shafter and Wasco will run a cafe at the fair as they did last year. Jacob Baerg recovers from a broken collarbone after an auto collision near the J W Nickel ranch. L J Kirschenmann prepares a new Grant subdivision home valued at about 4500 dollars. Shafter packing houses resume after a brief shutdown amid lower grape prices and shifting markets. Edna Grant flies to Santa Barbara for her first airplane ride. Building continues, Shafter fire drills begin, and plans develop to connect Wasco with bottled gas while local Germans praise Europe recovery. Delegates prepare for American Legion state convention in San Diego. Eskridge pool hall sold to Fred Christensen of Bakersfield with upgrades nearing 1000. D A Ford breaks the Famosa to Wasco walking record at 1 hour 22 minutes paced by an auto.
An athletic event drew attention as a rider completed the distance between S P tracks at Famosa and Fleharty's pool hall in Wasco with $25 in the till. Supporters included Judd Farmer Clarence Parnell Mr Arthur and Mrs Pentecost. Sunday judges were Will Meadows and Mr Larson. E B Stringham and Tamity traveled north to San Francisco leaving E I Wallace in charge of the Stringham drug store.
Prices for watermelons are running lower due to poor quality fruit reaching the market. Growers in the Los Angeles area are receiving about 12 dollars per ton fob, according to reports.
Fire Chief E. K. Grant and wife are away on vacation traveling south toward Ventura Long Beach and San Diego. He will inspect various fire departments during absence while G A Wittmayer leads the Wasco Hardware store with Jack Zimmerman relieving the Frys.
Ed Peters and John Crawford traveled to Cedar Creek Saturday evening through Kern River canyon, reported by local observers.
A note from Porterville shows a new girls' magazine titled Calling All Girls. The piece questions whether readers will respond, reflecting youthful magazine culture amid growing media interests. The column mentions a related trend in publishing and audience engagement.
Postoffice workers from the south San Joaquin Valley gathered at Uniphone church Thaiptes for a banquet and business meeting. Attendees from Bakersfield Wasco Tulare and Shafter included Mr and Mrs Siemens Mr and Mrs Geo Guenther Mr and Mrs John Roskam Mr and Mrs Roy Painter and Lois Kattenhorn. The program featured whistling by Kelly Grant and a trombone solo by Clarence eee with Mrs Ernest Attend as accompanist. Monthly meetings are held in towns across the southern valley.
Funeral services were held at the Janzen Bomar Chapel for Noah Woodward 65 with Rev Ummel officiating interment in Shafter Cemetery. He died Saturday and had lived in the Shafter district seven weeks. Wednesday services were also at Janzen Chapel for Catherine Jones 34 of the Maple district, who died after seven months illness in Bakersfield. She leaves three brothers and three sisters.
A regular meeting of the Shafter Kiwanis club was held yesterday noon at Motel Cawelo. Visiting club members included Carl Re and Al Holman of Bakersfield and William O. Erickson of Bakersfield.
A University of California professor argues that Greece’s Golden Age under Pericles featured a New Deal era style program, with the Odeum the notable Periclean WPA project, as described in a University Press publication.
Federal Judge Roche sentences a young U S student amid remarks on working through college as a mail robber and a UCLA professor’s comment on modern warfare. Jacqueline Cochran laments life’s meaning and contemplates self harm, saying death by action is the easiest way out, but not today.
A statistic notes that one in four adult drivers in the United States are women. It highlights shifting demographics in vehicle ownership and driving participation among women.
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