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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1940
Page
6
A truck loaded with furniture burned on the highway south of town at Beech and Orange streets. Loss to cargo $1 300 and to the truck $600. Cause undetermined. Fire crew led by Art Craig and Bob Fogarty responded.
Cleaning kitchen curtains improves mood and kitchen appearance. Make sash curtains from cotton flour bags, finish with bias tape and colored rick rack. Hem or appliqué designs add charm. Cotton sugar liners use lighter material and cost only a few cents. Free booklet available from National Cotton Council Box 18 Textile Bags Chicago.
Wendall B. Allen was named to the Shafter high school faculty by the Kern County Union High School district board in Bakersfield. He holds an A B and general secondary from the University of California and did graduate work at USC UCLA and Columbia. He will teach English and journalism.
The University of Minnesota board of regents declared 1851 as the official founding date, replacing 1869. Classes began in 1869 while enabling laws were enacted in 1851, redefining the institution’s legal origin.
At the Firestone Plant in Akron J W Thomas president compares the original carriage tires with the largest modern tire. The backdrop features Harvey S Firestone Jr Leonard K Firestone and Russell A Firestone, sons of the founder. The huge tire stands nine feet high weighs 2640 pounds and can carry 22 tons.
Luxembourg, a tiny duchy bordered by Belgium France and Germany, is ruled by Grand Duchess Charlotte who won broad support in after abdicating sister Marie Adelaide in 1919. The nation is densely fortified historically yet now a peaceful agricultural and industrial economy with iron and steel industries and extensive farming.
The Marine Corps bulletin credits Private Jonathan Goble of the USS Susquehanna with conceiving the rickshaw idea. After leaving service he promoted expanded carts in Japan, leading to the first rickshas appearing in 1867 and spreading across the Far East.
Joseph C. Fayder of Jersey City swallowed a five inch toothbrush during a moment of paternal pride after his 15 month old son John said Daddy. He was rushed to a hospital where X rays showed the toothbrush in a safe position and no immediate removal was planned. The child has not spoken since the incident.
In Wellington reports that New Zealand dried fungus once shipped by Chew Chong from New Plymouth to China has fallen off as Chinese demand wanes. The industry, which began about seven years ago with fungus from tree stumps bought for a cent a pound, now suffers as orders dwindle and prices slide from seven to eight cents earlier to a low ebb today.
Charles Burns at his Merced avenue ranch develops a high grade White Leghorn flock with about 700 birds and a 335-hen pen, plus plans to raise 1,400 chicks. His six unit, 800 square foot poultry houses feature movable roosts, pivoting nests, a dew drop watering system, and a feed room. cost for 1,800 to 2,000 birds runs around 2000 dollars plus 500 for utilities. He emphasizes stock quality, sanitation and reduced feed costs, with one man able to care for 2,500 to 3,000 birds once completed.
Public notice of a sheriff sale in Kern County California to satisfy a foreclosure judgment against Glenn M. Johnson as administrator of I H Vogle estate. Sale set for September 10 1940 at 11:00 AM at the Kern County Jail front door Bakersfield. Item Please see full notice for parcel details West half Section 4 Township 28 South Range 24 East M D B and M containing 320 acres more or less. Sheriff John E Loustalot deputy H Knott A-15-S5
Colored motion pictures taken in early summer in Alaska were shown by Dr. Harry Lange of Bakersfield at the Shafter Rotary club meeting Tuesday noon at Cafe Newman. General travel scenes and shots of the Matanuska colony were featured.
At Palmer, Dr. Lange introduced guests including Dr. A W Gaede and visiting Rotarians Frank Findlayson and Howard Dickson of Bakersfield.
Professor Ralph W. Chaney of the Berkeley campus notes evidence of plant migration from North America to Central America. Bald cypress and cycad strive in favorable areas, with specimens brought back from Mexico and Guatemala supporting the theory of plants moving to hospitable environments.
A historical note states that the price range for drilling an average oil well today runs from 40 000 to 100 000 dollars. The estimate reflects typical development costs and drilling expenses in the industry.
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