Southern California Gas to Build New Lebec Headquarters
Southern California Gas plans a 50000 dollar expenditure at Lebec for new operating headquarters and living quarters. R E Frankenberger awarded the contract to build office, warehouse, garage, shop, car shed, and four cottages with fencing and paving. Work starts late August and finishes December. land area rises to three acres adjoining the present lot. Lebec station maintains transmission lines in the mountains carrying gas from San Joaquin Valley to Southern California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern California Gas Company
Lebec
A. B. Newby
R. E. Frankenberger
San Joaquin Valley
California
Temporary Class Building Under Construction at Shafter High
A temporary classroom unit is under construction at Shafter High School and will be ready when school opens in September. The structure spans 24 by 34 feet with a sloped ceiling from 10 to 12 feet, features 13 east windows and celotex insulation, is frame-built, and includes two doorways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter High School
Bartlett Pears For California Welfare Agencies
The Federal Surplus Marketing Administration announces it is authorized to buy Bartlett pears for distribution to California welfare agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Surplus Marketing Administration
California
Mobilgas Practices Promote Newspaper Advertising for Dealers
Mobilgas and General Petroleum Corp issue regular advertising mats to Mobilgas dealers to simplify local newspaper campaigns. Curti s, sales promotion and advertising manager, says the program provides ready to use ads with illustrations for dealer specials and is refreshed often to stay timely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Petroleum Corporation
Mobilgas
Mobiloil
W. B. Curtis
Mobilgas-Mobiles
Curtis
County outlines wheat insurance plan for 1941
Kern County Agricultural Conservation office moves to complete applications by September 1, 1940 with seeding date rules for 1941 AAA program. Five points explain farmer eligibility, acreage limits, premiums by farm risk, collateral use, and indemnity options paid in wheat or cash with deferred settlement possibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County Agricultural Conversation Office
J. R. Bright
Bright
California
Johnson Sponsors Legislation Aiding State Cotton Men
Fred G. Sherrill of the California Cotton Co operative Ltd asserts that without U S Senator Hiram Johnsons action Californias cotton industry would collapse. He cites Johnsons 1934 Bankhead Cotton Control Act amendment and 1937 Hayden amendment as saving the industry in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
California
United States
Hiram W. Johnson
Fred G. Sherrill
California Cotton Co-operative, Ltd
Sherrill
Senator Johnson
Hiram Johnson
Congress
Senate
House
California Wool Output for 1940 Forecast Declines
California expects 28,325,000 pounds of wool shorn or to be shorn in 1940, nearly a million pounds less than 1939, according to the California Cooperative Crop Reporting Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
California Cooperative Crop’ Reporting Service
City of Shafter Board of Equalization Meeting Notice
Notice is given that on Monday August 26 1940 at 8 o’clock p m the council of the City of Shafter will sit as Board of Equalization for the assessment of properties in Shafter The board will sit for three nights as such Board of Equalization AI5-22
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Shafter
Notice of Sheriff Sale Decree of Foreclosure Kern County
The Superior Court of California Kern County orders sale of 320 acres in Section 4 Township 28 South Range 24 East M D B M to satisfy a judgment in favor of Donald L Powell Katherine Long and Joseph Long against Isaac H Vogle Superior Oil Company and others. Sale at Kern County Jail Bakersfield on September 10 1940 at 11:00 A M for cash to the highest bidder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
State of
California
County of
Kern
Donald L. Powell
Katherine Long
Joseph Long
Glenn M. Johnson
I. H. Vogle
Bakersfield
United States
John E
H. Knott
Cotton producers thank Senator Johnson for support
Farmers express appreciation for Senator Johnson and his help. Tangible public property in San Francisco rose by about 2 million dollars in value during 1939, according to the State Board of...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Johnson
San Francisco
State Board of Equalization
County Honor Roll marks Moore dairy on butterfat leaders
A Kern County Testing association release shows C. F. Moore's dairy cow leading with 78.8 pounds of butterfat for July. Fifteen Moore cows and ten Woods Stone cows also appear on the honor roll, with sixty two cows credited with 60 pounds or more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Moore
Kern County Testing Association
Association
Moore
Woods Stone
Also Mentioned on This Page
Planner Fy Gas Company
Mobilgas Company
aMia
General Fenee District
C. W. Christian
Los Angeles
Arcs
San Diego
G. F. Weismann
Coast Highway
Lloyd Bayly
S. A. Wilson
Phoenix
State of Arizona
Thad Vreeland
Colton
el Centro
Yuma
Las Vegas
the Press
General Pershing
Joe Louis
Army
Champ
Jim Moran
CBS
Brooklyn Dodgers
Stan Hack
Cub
Chi
Broadway Wilts
New York
Johnny McGee
Donald L. Powell and
Katherine Are and
Isaac H. Vogle
Superior Oil Company, A Corp., Et al
A.J. Elliott
A. J. Elliott
Elliott
Europe
A.J. Elliott IN
Pathfinder
Woman's Home Companye
Woman's World
American Poultry Journal Farm Journal and Farmer's Wife Shafter Press
Shafter Press
Womans Home Companion
Woman’s World
American Poultry Journal
Farm Journal and
Farmer’s Wife
Movie Mirror
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!