War Time Ration and Travel Advisories Update
Sugar stamp allocations for five pounds through October plus October deadlines for stamps 14 15 16 18 and red blue and white ration stamps outline food transport and travel limits. Officials urge Labor Day stay at home to ease congestion and explain drafting rules for fathers post October 1. Christmas mail to overseas personnel advised between September 15 and November 1 and salvage drives highlight fats glycerine soap stock and dynamite production impacts. New gasoline coupons to replace old B and C sheets valid September 1 with state wheat acreage goals for 1944 announced by the War Food Administration indicating county targets to follow final mail processing notes.
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Wer ‘Food Administration
WFA
War department urges clippings to save cargo space
The War Department asks families and friends of soldiers to send clippings instead of periodicals to save cargo space. A War approved seed classification adds seed with higher tolerance for defects, affecting 1943 rate drop and price ceilings to be announced later by OPA.
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Army
John Doe
227Th Field Artillery Battalion
APO
New York
N. Y
War Department
War Food Administration
OPA
Grose Attends Funeral in Stillwater Okla
W C Grose left Shafter last week to attend the funeral of his mother who died in Stillwater Oklahoma.
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W. C. Grose
Shafter
Moother
Variations in Foot Measure Across Regions
Across ancient times and regions, weights and measures differ. A foot is not uniform, with examples such as 11.147 inches in South Africa under old systems and 12.356 inches in Old Rhinish.
Gassing Ant Colonies In Lawns With Carbon Bisulphide
Station specialists advise using carbon bisulphide to treat ant colonies in lawns. A single application is usually enough and the chemical is inexpensive, but highly inflamma ble so no flames should be near. Holes eight to twelve inches deep are dug around the infested area, six to eight inches apart, and one tablespoonful of the chemical is placed in each hole before sealing with soil.
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Army
Continental
U.S
Expert Says Daisies Carry Potato Disease
Studies from Cornell University agricultural experiments show daisies harbor the virus causing potato yellow dwarf disease. The leafhopper spreads the virus to green potato fields, with about 45 percent of test daisies infected versus under 3 percent in other weeds.
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S. G. Younkin
Cornell University
Ithaca
Jojoba Bush Seen as New Wealth Source for Southwest
Mexican press reports identify the jojoba bush as a promising source of liquid wax. Jojoba nuts yield wax and have commanded up to 200 dollars a ton for export to the United States. Experiments in irrigated cultivation have begun near Florence, Arizona, with potential for Arizona New Mexico and areas south of the Rio Grande.
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Mexico
California
United States
Florence
Ariz
Arizona
New Mexico
Rio Grande
Palermo Seaside View From Mt Pellegrino Ends At Golden Shell Plain
The text describes Palermo on Italy’s north coast near the island’s western tip facing the Tyr rhenian sea. From Mt Pellegrino the city lies along the seaward side of Conca d Oro with villas, parks, and gardens. The Mediterranean climate draws winter resort patronage.
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Italy
Palermo
Mt. Pellegrino
Conca d'Oro
Apple Honey Freshens Postwar Cigarette Supply
Apple honey, a new stage in cigarette manufacture since the war, is produced from Nova Scotia apples. The apple hi syrup, derived from a former waste product, is used to improve the process.
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Nova Scotia
Great Lakes water levels reach new highs for 14 years
The Great Lakes show water levels above their 14 year high marks per a Great Lakes survey. Lake Superior sits under six inches from the 603.65 feet peak of 1916 while Lake Ontario tops 248.74 feet, near its 1870 high. Erie at 574.05 and Huron and Michigan at 381 feet approach 1929 records.
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Great Lakes
United States Lake Survey Office
Lake Superior
Lake Onitario
Lake Erie
Lakes Huron
Michigan
Weekend Guests and Local Notices From Shafter
A collage of social notes from Shafter includes visits by Charles Codd and family hosting Lorraine Bokserdette and Clyde Smith of Fresno, while Pvt. LaVerne Rexius enjoys a ten day furlough from Camp Haan. Mrs. Jack Hare hosts family from Fort Huenema and Fresno trips, with multiple locals traveling to Santa Cruz, Fresno, San Jose, and Pismo Beach. Henry Mettler works on an expansion, Edwin Bender visits San Jose on business, and Regier returns from San Francisco. Roland Bergen recovers from a motorcycle accident as Kern County teachers gather in Bakersfield.
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Lorraine Bokserdette
Clyde Smith
Fresno
Charles Codd
LaVerne Rexius
Pvt
Anti Aircraft Corps
Camp Haan
Calif
Vin Shafter
Jake Rexius
Christenson family notes Alaska connection in August
Word reached Mrs Fred Christenson that Don Christenson a First Class Fireman aboard the Amphibious lived in Alaska during August En route to Alaska he met two Shafter boys Epp and Walt Regier The Press carries local advertiser notes.
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Alaska
Fred Christenson
Don Christenson
Shafter
Thar Epp An
Walt
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Office of Defense Transportation
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Elaine
Fred “Wat van Testia
Shepard Ts
Cali
America
GOA Wine Company
Fregho
Galifor
Did
Cooka
Home Service Department
Theome
Southern Alifornia Gas Company
Merwin W. Hunt
Klassen Avenue
North
Post Office
C. Grose
Sigal
Union Pacific
R. R
North Platte
Neb
Lena Shatz
Wyoming
Nebraska
Land
Charles Codds
Mrs. Hare
Fort Huenema
Jack Hare
Donna
Mr. Hare
Richard Colton
Bestwaters
Santa Cruz
William Bestwater
Lavonne
Sam Williams
Long
Nother
John Rowe
Mrs. Thompson Caves
James Thompson
Missoula
Montana
Thompson
James Taylor
Henry Mettler
Wall Street
San Jose
Edwin
Bender
Andersons
Heinz
Mountainview
Walter Mettler
Calvin Mettler
Gardner Field
Taft
Los Angeles
Pismo
Caroline Spitzer
Pismo Beach
San Francisco
H. W. Regier
Bay City
Roland Bergen
J. R. Bergen
Bakersfield
H. W
Pat) Kelly
P. L. Arnold
Holger Hansen
Kern County Union High School
RADIO
Zeman’s
Central Avenue
Shafter, Calif
H. R. Janzen
E. Lerdo
Winthroath
Wasco
Schneider
Wikoff
Hesiens
Rea Work
Shaeter
Cal
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