Kern County Cities Expenditures 1947-48 Revealed
California Taxpayers Association reports Kern County city expenditures for 1947-48 show Bakersfield Delano Shafter Tehachapi Wasco and others, with totals rising from 1942-45 wartime lows. City spending across California reached 338.47 million dollars, up 84 percent from 1940-41. Protection to persons and property dominated at 27.6 percent, streets 12.2 percent, debt service 12.5 percent. Health sanitation and governance each about 8 percent.
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Kern County
California Taxpayers’ Association
Vita
Bakersfield
Delanoisk
Maricopa
Shafter
Ati
Tehachapi
Wasco Oo
Ae Re
Are Housewives the Most Wealthy Capitalists Revealed
A study of 4300 investors in a single P. G. and E. stock shows housewives, teachers, laborers, and manufacturers ranking high in wealth. The article notes capitalists include wrestlers and corporation presidents, illustrating social classes blend in ownership.
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P.G
Wasco Woman Undergoes Surgery
Mrs. Ima Espinosa of Wasco undergoes two major operations at Mercy Hospital Bakersfield and remains hospitalized after a planned additional procedure. A Wasco Elementary School first grade teacher, she aims to return to teaching next month.
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Ima Espinosa
Wasco
Mercy Hospital
Bakersfield
Espinosa
King Brooke
Shafter Resident Praises Frazer Manhattan Car
Shafter resident J Manweiler lauds his Frazer Manhattan from Snow Motor Sales Wasco claiming superior comfort performance and economy. He cites a light fuel use on a heavy 6850 pound round trip and says he will buy another Frazer Manhattan. Marvin Snoow of Snow Motor Sales notes 350000 Kaiser Frazer owners nationwide. The Kaiser Frazer story grows as cars appear across California. Rid then Decide.
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Frazer Manhattan
Snow Motor Sales
Wasco
J. Manweiler
Shafterman
Minnesota
Manweiler
Frazer
Manhattan
Kaiser and Frazer
Marvin Snoow
Kaiser-Fraz
Kaiser-Frazer
California
California Speaks on National Health and Economy Voices
Representative Hubert B. Scudder of Sebastopol warns against “something for nothing” in compulsory sickness insurance. Donald Conn of Los Angeles argues nationalized transport would topple the enterprise system like a house of cards. Frederick B. Whitman of San Francisco says business vigor counters a stagnant seller’s market. Police Chief W. A. Worton of San Antonio urges cadets to maintain duty despite harmful influences.
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Hubert B. Scudder
Sebastopol
Donald Conn
Baby Lawrence Born To Mr And Mrs Charles Warf
Mr and Mrs Charles Robert Warf announce the birth of their second child, a son named Lawrence, born August 2 at Kern General Hospital. He has a thirteen months old sister Judy. Mr Warf is a Wasco High School graduate, class of 1947, and Mrs Warf attended Wasco High one term.
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Charles Robert Warf
Kern General Hospital
Judy
Lawrence
Robert
Warf
Wasco High School
Wilma Dobbs
Ode to the Weekly Home Paper Shafter Press
A poem praising the local weekly newspaper the Shafter Press. It urges readers to support the paper, shop locally at Schirmer's and Johnson's, and value home news and boosters for the town. Authored by Mrs. F S Jones with a nod to The Old Oaken Bucket.
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Shafter Press
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