High School Teams Open Sierra League Basketball Season
Shafter High meets East Bakersfield in Bakersfield as three Shafter teams join the Blades and Daggers in the Sierra league opening games. Generals, Colonels, and Cs unveil lineups, with Tehachapi and Maricopa seen as threats. Regular season schedule set for local Cs.
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Bakersfield
Shafter High School
Blades
East Bakersfield High School
Shafter
East Bakersfield
Bill White
The
Generals
Omer Evans
Walt Kirschenmann
LeRoy Witcher
Calvin Newton
Wilbert Kirschenmann
Tehachapi
Maricopa
J. W. Wilson
Colonels
W. R. Cloud
Merle Annis
Harold Friesen
Ruben Mettler
Jack Lighthill
J. R. Turpin
Jubilee Barton
Mari
Barry
Wilson Wil
Sam Barry
University of Southern California
R. E. Gates
Eddie Hall
Murray Evans
Harold Schnidt
Charles Potter
Ed Gaede
Ray Sallee
Calvin Fowler
Flint Weatherford
Firemen Upset League Leaders Monday Evening
The Shafter Volunteer Firemen defeated the previously unbeaten Pontiacs 28 27 in a city league basketball game at the high school gym. A late field goal by Tuffy Janzen gave the Firemen the margin with under a minute left, despite Pontiacs sinking three of five free throws in the final seconds.
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Shafter Volunteer Firemen
Pontiacs
Harvey Gaede
Burrel Harrell
Marvin Voth
Pontiac Rules Second Place Firemen In Tight League clash
The Firemen led at halftime 15 13 but Pontiac won their first league game of the season by edging the Firemen by two points. Bill Brown led the Firemen with 10 points while Gaede and Voth each had eight for Pontiac. Harrell Voth Potter Zimmerman Gaede and Janzen among Pontiac starters while Franklin Brown Uriarte and Rodgers contributed for the Firemen.
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Bill Brown
Gaede
Voth
Pontiacs
Auto Boys
Pontiac
Firemen
Harrell
Potter
Zimmerman
Janzen
Anderson
Heinrichs
Uriarte
Franklin
Brown
Lockard
Rodgers
Farm Bureau Discusses Publication Plan in Bakersfield
Kern County Farm Bureau directors meet to study a possible history book with a committee named to pursue the plan. The session also reports on the Friant Dam ceremony legislation 4 H activity home department work and the state convention.
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Kern County Farm Bureau
Bureau
Bakersfield
A. H. Walker
C. J. Cheek
T. M Martin
H. H. Fowler
Friant
Civil service jobs open at St Elizabeth Hospital
Positions for junior medical officer rotating internship and psychiatric resident are listed under civil service at St Elizabeth Hospital Washington DC. Also open are engineering draftsman principal senior assistant and junior posts. Full information from John E Roskam secretary of the US civil service board at the Shafter post office.
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St. Elizabeth Hospital
Washington, D. C
John E. Roskam
Ur S—civil- Service
Shafter
Census of 1940 Is Called Vital
Washington officials announce plans for the sixteenth decennial census to be taken in 1940. The survey will cover the continental United States plus Alaska Hawaii the Virgin Islands Puerto Rico and select possessions and will record every person home farm and business to map national social and economic life.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
Gold Filled Smoke Flecks Five Tons Daily At Mill
Colorado Springs report shows Golden Cycle mill sends five tons of dust up the big flu each day. Assays reveal more than $100 worth of gold in the dust carried away by the smoke daily.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Migration of Reindeer Provides Food for Eskimos in Canada
A mass migration of 800 reindeer across frozen northwest Canada moves from the MacKenzie delta to the mouth of Anderson River as part of Canada's plan to feed Eskimos above the Arctic circle. The herd is driven 150 miles overland, part of a larger group once driven 2000 miles from Alaska by Lapp herders.
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Dawson
Y. T
Canada
MacKenzie Delta
Anderson River
Arctic Circle
Alaska
Lapp
Twelfth Century Lincoln Column Dedicated in Philadelphia
An altar containing a 12th century Lincoln cathedral column has been dedicated at the Pennsylvania Episcopal cathedral in Philadelphia. The 26 inch blackened column section will be used for the altar.
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Philadelphia
Lincoln Cathedral
England
Pennsylvania
Episcopal Church
Christmas Letters Bring Joy to Hospital Patient
Peggy and Vivian plan a special Christmas surprise for Sara Werby, a decade long invalid. They write to Mona Muir at the Star requesting a flood of Christmas cards and a card shower, hoping Sara will be overwhelmed with mail. Postmarked from many states, the gifts lift Sara’s spirits as she anticipates friendships formed.
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Peggy
Vivian Clark
Vivian
Sara Werby
Mona Muir
Star
Sara
T Coeteer
Big City
Bank Street
Outdoor Christmas Trees Through Alsace Folklore
The piece recounts historic Alsace tradition of placing lights on trees during Christmas as a practice long celebrated by locals, noting St. Florentine as part of the lore.
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Alsace
St. Florentine
Straw Reminder Ties Polish Christmas To Poverty
A Polish Christmas custom links the Christ Child memory to poverty with a straw under the tablecloth, kept as a symbolic token during gay celebrants’ observances.
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Poland
Orchard Registration Rules Emphasized by County Official
Lewis A. Burtch, county agricultural commissioner, cites new agricultural code sections 160.1 to 160.6 on orchard registration. Landowners must register orchards by age and variety, notify reductions within 30 days, and obtain a free planting certificate. The director will publish statewide acreage by age and variety annually. Local farms are urged to cooperate.
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Lewis A. Burtch
County officials enforce new regulation
County officials move to implement a recently enacted regulation aimed at strengthening enforcement across the region. The measure outlines duties for local agencies and sets deadlines for compliance by affected parties.
James Naismith Dies at 76 in Kansas
Dr. James W. Naismith, inventor of basketball and longtime athletic director at the University of Kansas, died last week in Lawrence at age 76. He originated the game while teaching at a YMCA training school in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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James W. Naismith
Lawrence
Kansas
Naismith
University of Kansas
Y.M.C.A
Springfield
Massachusetts
Car Fire Damages Vehicle North of High School
A car owned by C. A. Brock was damaged by fire Sunday morning about two miles north of the high school. Local firemen responded and extinguished the blaze with the loss estimated at 150 dollars. No injuries are reported.
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C. A. Brock
Blaze Blamed on Defective Wiring, Fire Officials Say
Fire investigators concluded the blaze was caused by defective wiring. The incident prompted emergency response and highlighted electrical system hazards observed by authorities.
Radio Electric Ad Claims Economy Through Bright Light
An advertisement from Shafter Radio Electric at 354 Central Ave promotes energy efficiency and savings. It asserts brighter light improves hearing and urges customers to stay in touch for updated prices and products. John T. Suderman is listed as proprietor.
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Cohear
Aolaen
Shafter Radio Electric
John T. Suderman
Central Ave
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Rockwell Kent
Ernest Grant
Tuberculosis Association
Dahlonega
Georgia
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Internal Revenue Division
Courts
Elizabeth Eastman
Pacific Coast
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
Pacific Street Telephone
Pathfinder
Woman's Home Companion
Woman's World
American Poultry Journal
Farm Journal and
Farmer's Wife Shafter Press
Shafter Press
California
Womans Home Companion
Woman’s. World
American Poultry Journal Farm Journal and Farmer's Wife
Movie Mirror
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