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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1944
Page
6
Dr and Mrs L H McGrane return from four weeks in Long Beach and Los Angeles. He pursued post graduate work and searched for professional equipment but found none available due to Armed services output. In Long Beach their visit included listening to Rev Gordon A McGrane speak at First Presbyterian Church.
The Treasury argues war borrowing shifts inflation risk between banks and individuals. It notes farm income rose from 4.7 to 6.3 to 9.4 and 125 billion in 1943, while land values surged. It warns against overcapitalization and recommends farmers invest excess funds in government bonds to stabilize land values and finance postwar needs.
Mrs Fikes mother Mrs Rose Zerkel and niece Miss Mildred Ann Bunyam of Oildale dined at Mrs Fikes home in Shafter last Monday. Ned Jenner and wife returned to Shafter from Los Angeles after a vacation. Joaquin Sanderson of New York City visited his mother Mrs E G Kolbenstetter and helped bring his sister Mrs Sandra Lumsden to Shafter for recovery from an operation. Alma McClain a Richland Grammar School teacher is expected back in Shafter this week after summer vacation. Martha Helm left Shafter for a one week vacation in Los Angeles.
Technical Sergeant David Merkel of the Ninth Air Force Service Command unit in the European Theatre of Operations has been promoted from staff sergeant. He is mobile flight chief, son of Mrs. Katharena Bearden of Shafter California, and brother of POW Lt Ed Merkel.
Cpl. Laverne Kliewer reports from England that he is again driving jeeps and trucks after serving in a dispatching office of the 9th Air Force and securing outdoor work. He notes a boxing exhibition by Billy Conn and Joe Lewis at the camp and sends copies of Yank and Stars and Stripes to his parents. His brother Ensign Ben Kliewer, Merchant Marine, was last heard from in Italy.
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