Local Scrap Metal Drive Backed by Shafter Business Men
Herb Midgley pledges support from the Shafter Business Men's Association for a community salvage drive. Ted Vignolo announced full backing and a wide pick up date planned for early September. A salvage wardens group was formed, pledge cards issued, and a depot set at the General Petroleum yard on Central Avenue to collect scrap, fats, rubber, tags, and manila rope. Households will save fats in tins and deliver to butchers for four cents per pound.
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Herb Midgley
Shafter Business Men
Shafter
Shafter Salvage
American Legion Hall
Salvage
Ted Yvignolo
Defense Council
General Petroleum Yard
Central Avenue
Vignolo
Ieee
Paul Newell
Kern County Salvage
Farm Bureau Directors Meet in Bakersfield
A. W. Eckman Harlan Wilson August Bender and W. A. Livers from Shafter and James Haag from Rio Bravo attended Kern County Farm Bureau directors meeting held yesterday noon at the Motel Inn Bakersfield.
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A. W. Eckman
Harlan Wilson
August Bender
W. A. Livers
Shafter
James Haag
Rio Bravo
Kern County Farm ‘Bureau
Motel Inn
Bakersfield
Kern County Livestock Show Aims for 15000 Attendees
Preparations for the Kern County Livestock Show are underway at the Kern county fairgrounds with hopes of drawing more than 15000 visitors over five days. Prizes exceed 10000 dollars and committees organize dairy beef hog sheep horse 4 H and future farmer entries under manager J M Campbell for the event opening Wednesday and running through the week.
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Kern County Fairgrounds
Kern County
Horace Strong
Sam Moore
Henry Brandt
Hugh Cameron
Dick McClanahan
Carrol Stalcup
W. E. Emtick
A. J. Alexander
Glenn Nay
Mhg. Vincent
M. A. Weatherwax
T. P.tupman
OQ. H. Klein
Brodie Ham
McIntyre and Mathews Lead Paint Team in Top Row
Grace pitches for the Paint team with perimeter help from Somers and Weiss as Spink acts as manager and coach. Perich serves as trainer while Klas torin and Sby provide support. The lineup shows McIntyre and Mathews at backcourt.
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McIntyre
Mathews
Perich
Grace
Spink
Weiss
New Group of Selectees Leaves for Induction Center
A new group of selectees will depart for the induction center soon, per Tom Shafer, chairman of the local Selective Service Board. The list includes E Madden, Art Kirkman, John W Unruh, Horace Leroy Witchjer, Jack Jefferson Campbell, J C Ford, Frank Junior Egg Elmer, Virgil Warkentine, Bill Alva Sharp, Elmer William Johnson, Dean O Voth, A W Northam, and Herbert Neuman. They will be served breakfast at the Wasco Malt Shop before a 5 30 a m roll call. War Department rules now allow 1-A registrants to be inducted, a group including several from this batch.
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Tom Shafer
Selective Service Board
E. Madden
Art Kirkman
John W. Unruh
Horace Leroy Witchjer
Jack Jefferson Campbell
J. C. Ford
Frank
Junior Egg Elmer
Virgil Warkentine
Bill Alva Sharp
Elmer William Johnson
Dean O. Voth
A. W. Northam
Herbert Neuman
Wasco
War Department
Army
Petroleum Surges to Note as Canteayia’s Key Resource
Reports indicate petroleum now surpasses gold as Canteayia’s most vital resource, reshaping its economy and foreign trade. Officials note rapid development of extraction and refining capabilities, with international buyers showing strong interest. Local communities anticipate job growth but worry about environmental impact and revenue distribution.
Kiwanis Chief Praises Shafter Club in Speech
Bill Dunlap of Chicago, Kiwanis International representative, spoke at the Shafter Kiwanis luncheon praising the club for upholding membership during wartime. The group bid farewell to President Eugene Ford and George Kearsing as they join the Army Air Forces. Ford’s successor is Vice President Harvey Gaede.
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Bill Dunlap
Chicago
Kiwanis International
Nately
Kiwanis
Eugene Ford
George Kearsing
Army Air Forces
Ford
Harvey Gaede
Gordon Tohm Enters Army Service at Fort Douglas
Gordon L. Tohm, son of Mr and Mrs John D. Tohm, has entered the service and is at the Army reception center in Fort Douglas Utah for processing and assignment.
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Gordon L. Tohm
John D. Tohm
Army
Fort Douglas
Utah
New Baits Attract Insects For Traps Across Pests
New baits to lure insects to traps include proteins egg albumin and yeast powders for flies, acids for cooling moths, dry ice for mosquitoes and sawdusts for tassahoppers.
Scrap drive urged as 50 percent metal for war needs
Paul Newell county salvage coordinator told Shafter Rotary that half the metal for ships tanks and guns must be scrap. He warned Pacific coast defense plants have only 12 days supply and urged nationwide community action to convert farm scrap into war production.
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Pacific Coast
Paul Newell
County Salvage
Shafter Rotary Club
Motel Canelo
Newell
Orville Mettler
C. J. Vignolo
California
United Community
Shafter
Three Shafter 20-30 members enter U S forces
A Tuesday night gathering at Bill Lachenmaier ranch honored Herb Neuman Virgil Warkentine and Elmer Anderson as Shafter 20-30 club members joining the armed forces. Wasco members attended Bill Lachenmaier Bill Brown. Beef barbecue by Jack Battaglia. Neuman gave a service plaque for the club and its names, to hang at Stringham's drug store.
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Shafter 20-30
U. S
Bill Lachenmailer
Herb Neuman
Virgil Warkentine
Elmer Anderson
Wasco
Francis Infant Son Dies at Bakersfield Hospital
Francis infant son of Bud Francis died Sunday at Bakersfield hospital. Grave side services were held Wednesday with Janzens Funeral Home in charge.
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Aud
Francis
Bud Francis
Bakerfield
Janzens
Warren Olson Dorsey Turn Tight Senate Race
In early returns from the California primary Warren defeats Olson by a wide margin as Dorsey defeats Turner for the Kern county senate seat. Assembly races show Tomerlin and Werdel leading. party cross-nominations complicate final outcomes. Sheriff and tax collector races favor incumbents Loustalot and Brite.
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Kern County
Jess R. Dorsey
Rodney L. Turner
Dorsey
Kern
Assembly
C.-L Tomertin
Thomas H. Werdel
California
Tomerlin
Werdel
Tonerlin
Gordon Garland
Ivan Sperbeck
San Joaquin
State Board of Equalization
Sperbeck
Alameda County
Constable
Wesco Township
Tribbet
Corrent
Walter Parks
Business Booms Nome at ASCWA
Mrs. John Solon formerly Hazel Johnson a Richland school teacher reports booming business in Nome at ASCWA. Other details await the war’s end.
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ASCWA
John Solon
Hazel Johnson
Richland School Tacher
Rev Anderson Named New Pastor at Baptist Church in Shafter
Rev. E. M. Anderson has accepted the pastorate of the First Baptist Church in Shafter. He hails from Iowa and recently resided in Redlands. His wife accompanies him to the new post.
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Rev. Anderson
Baptist Church
E. M. Anderson
First Baptist Church
Shafter
Iowa
Redlands
Fiery major division of geo logic time in California seas
Readable fragment notes a fiery major division of geological time represented in California by marine sediments. The line hints at a broad geologic period evidenced by oceanic sediment layers linking California’s shore to ancient Earth history.
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California
Grape Picking Prices Increased in Branches Meeting
San oy Beet-BAM wed set grape picking rates up by one cent across all branches. Thompsons trays pay three cents, muscat scale three and a half cents, and wages rose to 2.25 per thousand trays. Biscuit rolling and je tte polling rates also adjusted to 3.41 and 1.50 per thousand respectively. These are the best picking prices in 16 years.
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San Oy Beet - Bam
Thompsons
Riddle of San Francisco in a wooded Cypress Tale
Fragmentary note hints at a riddle set in San Francisco among thick woods and cypress trees with hints of a hidden path or puzzle. The text references unusual wording and archaic phrasing, suggesting a literary or cryptic aside rather than a clear news item.
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San Francisco
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Farm Bureau
Big Kern
Ilton
Russell Bros
Jules Villard
Wilbur Wyatt
G. A. Hutchings
Art Lee
Art Johnson
B.J. Edwards
Norbert Baumgarten
R. L. Shreeve
Frank Noriega
Oscar Rudnick
Leonard Bidart
Pascal Ansolabehere
Glenn
Maddux
Thomas Echenique
Raymond Castanchoa
Filbert Echeverry
Manuel Isquier
Kern County Agricultural Teachers Association
Jack Kitchings
Bakersfield High School
FF. F. A
Bernard Pauly
East Bakersfield High School
Kenneth Steinberger
McFarland High School
F. F.A
Kenneth Burkhart
Shafter High School
William O. Higgins
Emory Gay Hoffman
Oliver Doyle
I. A. Guenther
S. FE. Gaines
A. Hharpe
Doug Davis
C. J. Cheek
Sather
P; Landis
Col. C. W. Pyle
Minter Field
D. W. Eckerman
Petroleum
Kiwanis Chief Lands Shafter Service Group
Gordon Tohm
Warren
Dorsey Downs Turner
Senate
Justice of the Peace
Rightmire
Champness
Loustalot
Witcher
Ralph Lachenmaier
Oloson
Houser
Patterson
Rolph
Burke Kenney
Son
Ware
Burke
Kenney
Kenny
State Board Ofization
Sperbeck Ik
Elliott
Dorsey Hi
Turner
Tomerslin
Temerlin
Wardel
Olson
Allen
Kegley
Garland
Meehan
Garnd
Sperb
Congress
Bowker
Sey
Emmons
Abel
Cole
Wyatt
Parry
Precinct
Jeel Dorsey
John E. Loustalot
Leo BO Hart
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