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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1944
Page
7
Mrs and Mrs Bill Taylor welcomed a Spound boy, Billy Eugene, born August 25 at Wiemey Hospital in Bakerfield. Sgt Roy Webb, stationed at Camp Breckenridge Kentucky, is visiting his parents Mr and Mrs E O Webb on furlough.
The 7 Womens Club of Shafter invites members and interested readers to a fall season gathering at the Shafter Motel with dinner served at seven. Reservations are requested by phoning the Shafter Motel. B. P. W. Meeting scheduled for September.
California extension agents discuss home canning peaches and a new leaf let for Pickling and Preserving Peaches. They outline beef and pork marketing rules under OPA, and provide livestock feed adjustment guidance. Housing for farm workers is stressed with a cost leaflet and planning tips. Crop forecasts for grapes and olives are noted.
Reported light and uneven conditions yield a state average of 52 percent of full crop as of August 1, down from 55 percent in 1943. California pears forecast at 171 000 tons of Bartletts and 25 000 tons of other varieties, the smallest since 1940. Late potato crop expected at seven million bushels above 1943, while early potato crop exceeds by over three million bushels.
Lt Governor Fred F. Houser drew strong support at a Susanville rally as he denounced federal bureaucrats and their Washington rule. A. Breitweiser of Lassen County introduced Houser as he continued his campaign through Red Bluff, Westwood, and local lumber areas.
Eugene Hayes of the California Farm Bureau Cotton Department says growers lack parity prices and face multi million dollar losses. He notes support from John H Bankhead and the American Farm Bureau Federation in pressing the Bankhead Brown Amendment to raise ceilings and prices to parity. E A O Neal urges California growers be informed of the cotton price situation.
The National Automobile Club notes a light pheasant crop in Butte Glenn Plumas and Lassen counties. Glenn County reports a big buck kill in opening week, but nimrodes are fewer than in past years. Bucks are small and in poor condition. Ten thousand rainbows are being fed in Plaskett Meadows trout pond.
A wartime appeal promotes buying war bonds with a push to back the national effort. The message stresses collective sacrifice and patriotism to accelerate victory.
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