Two Shafter Navy Men Serve Aboard USS Independence
Harold J. Brown and Woodrow K. Black, seamen first class USNR, serve aboard the USS Independence, a front line aircraft carrier that joined the Tokyo air assault. The carrier group launched planes within 100 miles of Japan, the first strike since February, hitting about 80 airfields around Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Shafter Navy
Harold J. Brown
Ist
USNR
Woodrow K. Black
Independence
Navy
Tarawa
Son and Family Visit Duehren
A. R. Duehren welcomed his son Reynold and Reynold's wife and child from Los Angeles for a weekend visit.
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Duehren
A. R. Duehren
Wekt End
Reynold
Los Angeles
First Army Balloon Observer Aids Napoleon Era Artillery
Capt. J. M. J. Coutelle served under Napoleon as the first Army balloonist observer to aid artillery fire, pioneering aerial reconnaissance for battlefield targeting.
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J. M.J. Coutelle
Napoleon
Water levels sink as farms weigh options on stabilizing supply
The discussion warns that irrigation wells cannot be farmed indefinitely without added expense. Water levels are falling with no extra replenishment sources except the Central Valley project. Farm owners must decide now whether to accept ongoing decline or pay to stabilize conditions.
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Central Valley
Vegetables in War Support Food and Bonds
The article notes vegetables and related crops aiding wartime effort by feeding soldiers and bolstering War Bonds. It cites Ohio producing about 70 million dollars worth of truck garden products with thousands of acres in Wood and Sandusky counties devoted to tomatoes and cabbage. The harvested tomatoes are sent to a cannery to help stock next winter’s food reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Wood County
Sandusky County
U.S. Treasury. Department
Visiting in Shafter by Sandersons from Stockton
Mr and Mrs Glen Sanderson and daughter Judy from Stockton are visiting Mr Ralph Sanderson in Shafter this week to meet his son and family.
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Glen Sanderson
Judy
Stockton
Mr. Sanderson
Ralph Sanderson
Farm Labor Remains Postwar Priority in California
California Extension Service director B H Crocheron says farm labor remains a wartime essential in California. Harvests continue as crops ripen, with food still a top priority ahead of other needs. No demobilization is planned for months, despite peace.
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Berkeley
California
Agricultural Extension Service
University of California
B. H. Crocheron
Extension Service
Receipt required for social security payroll taxes, official states
Bakersfield Social Security Board manager Mr. Gayley notes that every employer must furnish employees with a written statement showing wages paid after December 31, 1939. The Internal Revenue Code, as amended, requires these receipts to be suitable for retention by the employee.
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Gayley
Bakersfield
Social Security Board
Kern County Tomato Acreage Large
Kern county tomato growers reportedly planted over 5000 acres for fall. Western wilt and blight threaten stands, while tomato mite proves the main controllable pest. Dusting with sulfur or eryolite throughout the season is advised. Agricultural Extension Service at 2610 M Street, Bakersfield can provide detailed guidance.
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Kern County
M. A. Lindsay
Agricultural Extension Service
Lindsay
M Street
Bakersfield
Midnight snack feeding for hens in heat
H. T. Strong of the Agricultural Extension Service says letting lights burn from dusk to 9 or 10 o clock gives young hens a cooling eve feeding window. This practice helps hens consume more feed and lay more eggs during hot days.
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H. T. Strong
Agricultural Extension Service
Biddy
NYS chartered 12 extraterritorial colleges abroad
The University of the State of New York has chartered twelve extraterritorial colleges located in Brazil Syria Turkey Irah. The brief notice lists the unusual international expansion and notes alignment with NYS educational oversight.
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the University of the State of New York
Brazil
Syria
Turkey
Irah
Ohio Industry Leads in Forgings and Rubber Goods
Ohio ranks fourth in manufacturing and leads the nation in forgings bolts and nuts stamped metal products and rubber tires clay products and office machinery. The rubber industry traces to 75 years of Dr Benjamin Franklin Goodrich activity as iron and steel support urban growth. Peace years will see factories humming and boosting War Bonds. U S Treasury Department
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Ohio
Benjamin Franklin Goodrich
U.S. Treasury Department
Birthday Party in Honor of Mary Ohanneson
A birthday party was held for Mary Frances Ohanneson last Saturday evening. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. John Peters and daughter Phyllis and son Steve, Mr. Henry Goertzen, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burns and daughters, Mrs. John Ohanneson and Barrie, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ohanneson and son Greg, Mr. and Mrs. Phil Ohanneson and son Dave, Mrs. Ohanneson's mother Mrs. Gray, Patsy Kelly, and Merle Thomas.
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Mary Frances Ohanneson
John Peters
Phyllis
Steve
Peter
Henry Goertzen
Charles Burns
John Ohanneson
Barrie
Peter Ohanneson
Greg
Phil Ohanneson
Dave
Ohanneson
Gray
Patsy Kelly
Merle Thomas
Ed Gamegan Family Returns From Santa Cruz Vacation
Mr and Mrs Ed Gamegan and their son Stanley returned last Monday from a three week vacation in Santa Cruz.
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Ed Gamegan
Stanley
Santa Cruz
Pismo Beach Vacationers Include Families From Shafter Huntington Park
Mr and Mrs Harry Pasley and grandmother Clara E Thomas of Shafter and Mr and Mrs Irma S Moore of Huntington Park vacationed at Pismo Beach San Luis Obispo and Santa Maria last week.
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Harry Pasley
Clara E. Thomas
Shafter
Irma S. Moore
Huntington Park
Pismo Beach
San Luis Obispo
Santa Maria
Return from San Gabriel
Miss Beulah Bartlett supervisor of instruction for local schools returned last Sunday from San Gabriel where she spent the summer with her family.
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Beulah Bartlett
San Gabriel
Sexton Returns After Fifty Combat Missions
Marvin H. Sexton of Shafter, aviation ordnance third class USNR, has returned to the states on leave after completing a nine month tour in the Pacific. He flew 50 combat missions in a Navy Mariner called Nightmare, doing night searches and barrier patrols out of Morotai Leyte Gulf and Lingayen Gulf during the first three months.
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Marvin H. Sexton
USNR
Shafter
Navy Mariner
Pacific
Morotai
Leyte Gulf
Lingayen Gulf
Agnes Miguel Returns Home From Shafter Vacation
Miss Agnes Miguel of San Francisco arrives back home on Wednesday after a two month stay at the Anderson trailer court in Shafter. San Francisco’s Ferry Building opened in 1898.
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Agnes Miguel
San Francisco
Shafter
Anderson Trailer Court
Nightmare raids sink Philippine freight and small ship
During bombing and strafing runs at mast-head level the crew sank a 7600 ton freighter transport at Masbate and a small car ferry at Tablas Islands in the Philippine area.
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Masbate
Tablas Islands
Philippine
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Shafter Press
Randolph Scott
Yukon
National Barn
Barbara Stanwyck
Young and Gay
Caddies Cartoon Revue
Donald Duckye
Tom & Jerry
Zorro
Johnny Weismuller
Amazons
Jimmy Wakely
Texas
Constance Moore
Eve Arden
Earl Carrol
Veronica Lake
Eddie Bracken
America
New Star
Stringham ’S
Shafter Drug Store
Arthur Atkins
Shafter Church of the Nazarene
Art Atkins
Mary Channeson
Johnson
Kahn
Sexton
Shafter Warehouse Co
W. H. Hitchcock Lawrence Kattenhorn
Central Ave
Delano
Skippy Anderson
Neuman Cafe
Neuman’s Cafe
Shafter, California
C. N. Johnston
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