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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1937
Page
2
This item lists Babecription price at 200 per year payable in advance and single copies at five cents. Advertising rates are available on application. It notes second class matter status dated August 1, 1935 at the Callicenta post office under the 1879 act, with telephone contact 57.
Letters to Santa show a playful belief in a Santa Claus postal myth with Santa Claus Ind. then shifts to a sober reminder of Monroe Doctrine’s 1823 warning as Central and South America drift toward dictatorship. The piece notes Brazil’s fascist state and questions whether America should revise or let lapse the doctrine amid rising autocracy.
Doris Duke Cromwell enters her 25th year with a fortune estimated between 10 and 18 million dollars more than moments before. The vast estate stems from her father and will be split across future birthdays, prompting questions on how she should spend the wealth.
In a state with liquor ad bans the author notes shoppers easily identify what a shop sells. The piece argues every store must advertise to reach buyers and move merchandise, asserting visibility drives sales.
Tulare county ranchers report a ready market for wheat straw at five dollars per ton. Most deliveries go to the Antioch paper mill vat, supporting local agriculture and industry.
The annual California Fruit Growers and Farmers convention hosted by the State Department of Agriculture will gather December 6 to 8 in San Jose. Leaders and farmers will discuss crop surpluses and a grower government with the American Horticultural Institute meeting concurrently. Federal funds exceeding 7 million dollars have been invested in the prune industry over the past three years to address recurring surpluses.
Plantings of November and December peas in Santa Barbara districts are lighter than last year as growers report reduced acreage and cooler, drier conditions impacting early crop establishment.
The piece surveys fading screen icons and the vaunted star system, noting changes in public attention as new generations dismiss former idols. It contrasts these declines with ongoing agricultural and civic updates from Shafter and surrounding regions, including farming outputs and local governance actions.
Readable text notes Shafter unveils a Reginald Fast Walker picture show in a new theatre building with an upper story and two accompanying stores.
Frank Bivins a Lodi rancher died suddenly last week at age 68. The Watsonville Salinas area reports peak fall lettuce harvest as farms ramp up production.
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