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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1941
Page
2
A Louisville journalist writes on freedom as a simple, everyday experience. The piece lists vivid images from daily life and public figures to illustrate freedom as perception, action, and emotion, ending with the idea that freedom is the self.
University of California experiments show bulls as key to herd productivity. Researchers aim to identify bulls who transmit high milk and butterfat traits to improve dairy herd output across herds and farms.
The Future Farmers of California and Shafter High School back a program where students earn from home farm enterprises and fairs. statewide, about 520 thousand dollars per year per student group drive training in dairying livestock poultry and other projects.
The Texas Rangers confront modern rustlers who use trucks to drive off cattle amid rising beef prices spurred by national defense needs. Rangers now travel by car but still use horses in rough country, blending old west lore with new methods as they pursue the perpetrators. A New York report also notes a would be draftee pleading exemption due to 45 dependents, interpreted as 45 head of cattle.
A winter morning view of Lerdo air field near Shafter, six miles away, shows the new base bringing recreation needs and plans. Local efforts include a county building reading room for soldiers, with donations such as a radio and community support from Gideons for the base population.
A collage of statements from John Otto, Dr. Robert J. Kerner, Eldon R. Hawk, Walter G. Soares and others features opinions on Nazism Bolshevism democracy and state rights. The remarks include defense of federalism during emergency and notes on military and political courage amid global tension.
A tribe of Acoma Indians nearly rebuffed a Hollywood film crew on the reservation. When a photographer sought a picturesque or contemplative shot, a shivering plea of “Ugh, one buck, please” underscored a moment of native resistance to perceived exploitation.
Mount Rainier National Park in Washington appoints John C. Preston as superintendent after only 15 years in service, a notably rapid rise for a major assignment.
Community leaders and civic groups in Shafter discuss their duty to young men who travel to town for gatherings and Bible distributions. A speaker reflects on the responsibility churches bear toward visiting youths and the impact on their safety and guidance.
University of California entomologist Arnold Mallis reports a trapping method using flour bait in glass jars to capture silverfish. In three months, over 1 000 insects were collected in 100 jars, with several rooms showing noticeable declines. Further testing continues.
Denver's John D. Hart, a Colorado game warden, refused a deputy's five day leave to marry. He replied, You cant have five days for such a reason take ten, adding a light note to the official request.
Glen Worden II believed in the idea of no one needing a garbage can. He chained his bicycle to a can and went to a film. A blow torch was required to free the cycle after he lost the key.
Thomas Stars, a prospector in Western Australia, kicked a protruding rock and uncovered a gravel deposit yielding 25 pounds of material worth $878. The find occurs along the pathway to his camp, highlighting unexpected gold discoveries in rugged terrain.
University of California Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton reports the night sky’s soft glow results from daytime magnetic activity in Earth’s atmosphere driven by radiation from the sun.
Shafter boosters push for Kern County show entries at Bakersfield with strong Farm Home department plans. Local chairs named for household arts embroidery fruit jellies and more while mass meeting on fire protection district drawn for Tuesday at Richland grammar school auditorium.
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