Home Defense Meeting Set Here Tonight
Shafter officials call a 7:30 p.m. Legion Hall meeting for Legionnaires and ex servicemen to organize home defense units amid air raid alerts along California coastal cities. Mayor Phil Channeson and G. J. Starrh will lead the effort with Leslie L. Robinson Post No 213. city clerk Frank Shaw handles signups for local defense groups.
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Japan
California
Shafter
Legion Hall
Phil ‘Channeson
G. J. Starrh
Leslie L. Robinson
American Legion
Parsons
Efense Prggtaffi
Frank Shaw
Channeson
Nay Recovers From Roof Fall Injuries At Shafter
Glenn O Nay head of the agricultural department at Shafter high school and a city council member, is resting at home after a fall while painting a roof between his garage and home. He slipped on wet paint, breaking three wrist bones and badly wrenching his back. X rays show no broken ribs or back bones. He returned from Bakersfield hospital to his home early this week.
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Glenn. O. Nay
Nay
Bakersfield
Shafter High School
Shafter City
First Aid Class Open for Enrollment at Shafter High
Red Cross first aid course opened last evening at Shafter High School led by Miss Frasquita Sullivan with assistance from Jack Hare. Enrollment is open to all interested. classes held each Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the agricultural bungalow classroom. additional adult students welcomed next Wednesday.
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Shafter High School
Frasquita Sullivan
Jack Hare
Miss Sullivan
Stores to close early in Shafter and Kern County towns
Stores in Shafter and other Kern county towns will close at 4 30 in the afternoon for the duration. Most business houses will open one hour earlier in the morning. Store owners are asked to turn off lights that shine into the streets at night.
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Shafter
Kern County
City Prepares Air Raid Warning Siren Signals
Editorial outlines the designated air raid warning siren pattern of one long blast and two short blasts repeated three times with 90 second intervals, and the dangers and rules to follow during a raid including staying put, not driving, and turning off lights and neon signs.
Russia Under Estimated Declares Dr. Campbell At Joint Club Meeting
Dr. William G. Campbell of the University of Southern California told Shafter Rotary and Kiwanis clubs at Motel Cawelo that Russia has greatly under estimated military strength. He cited plans under a totalitarian regime, Stalinist leadership, and Russia’s war posture with Germany and Japan, noting industrial power, hydroelectric capacity, large steel mills, and the 90 060 worker building project while acknowledging famine in 1932–33 and improving living conditions amid control of labor and capital.
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Russia
Dr. Campbell
Shafter Rotary and
Kiwanis Clubs
Motel Cawelo
William” G. Campbell
University of Southern Callifornia
Campbell
Stalin
Republic of Georgia
America
England
Worries Grow Over Relatives in War Zone
Shafter residents express concern for relatives in the Pacific theater. Reports confirm Walter Eckmarin in Honolulu uninjured from the Japanese attack, and Jack Smith and his wife are believed unharmed. A Mary Fast relation and a Martha Wedin member of the local faculty are linked to island service or contract work.
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Shafter
Walter Eckmarin
Honolulu
Hawaiian” Islands
Jack Smith
Thomas Wedge
H. R. Janzen
P. M. Janzen
Hilo
Mary Fast
Islands
Martha Wedin
Shafter High School
Wake Island
L. O. Sitt
Bill Brown
Ben Sill
United States Navy
Hawaiian Islands
Lautsch Twins
Bert Reich
I .Bender
Fred. Heinrich
Marine Corps
Isla Wasco
Shafter Unity
Navy
State of War Declared With Italy and Germany
The United States formally declares a state of war with Italy and Germany. House action 393 to 1 with one present, Senate 88 to 0. War was also declared on Japan last week. Italy joins Japan in backing the move against the United States.
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United States
Italy
Germany
House
Senate
Japan
Seed potatoes may be claimed from police chief
Four sacks of seed potatoes may be claimed from Chief of Police John Reily if identification can be made. The spuds were found by Reily at Shafter highway and Munzer street and are stored at the city rail.
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John Reily
Reily
Shafter Highway
Munzer Street
City ‘Rail
Russia stories colored by selective views say doctor
Dr. Campbell warned that reports on Russia are shaped by what readers seek noting tourists and scholars find what they want. He cited about 660 people sleeping in streets near a large apartment house and warned that saying thousands sleep in streets or calling the buildings finest would give only a partial picture. O Polson introduced him. Edgar M Wilson of Arcadia attended, with visiting Rotarians H B Scott of Delano and Angus Crites of Bakersfield.
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Russia
Campbell
Dr. Campbell
O.polson
Edgar M.wilson
Arcadia
H. B. Scott
Delano
Angus Crites
Bakersfield
Women organize for defense in Shafter Legion hall
More than 100 women gathered at the Legion hall to volunteer for defense work and plan a local defense organization. Some already work shifts at the airplane listening station on Joe Henderson ranch and others signed up for first aid courses taught by Miss Frasquita Sullivan and Jack Hare. A Red Cross chapter is planned as speakers outline air raid precautions and local organization.
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Shafter
Legion Hall
Joe Henderson Ranch
Shafter High School
Frasquita Sullivan
Jack Hare
Red Cross
Hare
J. C. Channeson
Organization For Defense
Joe Hlenderson
W. W. Tannahill
Leslie L. Robinson
American Legion Auxiliary
Shafter Council Meeting Sets 8 PM Session
Shafter Coordinating council meets at 8 in the Home Economics room of Shafter high school to discuss possible defense measures and findings from a community needs survey. About a dozen group representatives are expected to attend the meeting led by E. P. Jones.
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Shafter
Shafter Coordinating Council
Shafter High School
E. P. Jones
Superior Starts Location Work at Geissing er 4
Superior Oil began location work at Geis singer No 4 in Section 35 28-25 along the Shafter field edge. Three other wells are producing, with D O Moore No 2 drilling below 11291 feet Osborn 3-3 cemented at 11315 feet Pasadena Realty No 1 drilled through shale and R A Moore No 3 work starting in Section 12 29-25.
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Superior Oil Company
Geissinger No
R. A. Moore
Women volunteers sought for listening stations in Shafter area
Women volunteers are needed to serve four hour shifts at listening stations at Henderson and Zachary ranches in the Shafter community. Mrs W W Tannahill reports 43 women have signed so far and 120 are still required.
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Henderson
Zachary
Shafter
W. W. Tannahill
Leslie L. Robinson
American Legion Auxiliary
Brown Heads 5 V F D Larger Force Planned
Brown named president of the Shafter Volunteer Fire Department as plans move to expand the local force to 20 regular members. Eight additional interested residents living in the city are sought to join. contact Brown or Art Craig. Other officers assume duties early next year with Craig as chief and Russell as assistant chief.
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Bill Brown
Shafter Volunteer Fire
Brown
Art Craig
Herb Neuman
Fred Stillman
Dan Loewen
Stillman
Frank Russell
Earl Roscamp
Craig
Russell
Hanley Witcher
Bakersfield
Armed Guard Patrols Guard Shafter Oil Field
An armed guard is patrolling the Shafter oil field south of town as companies work together to maintain the guard after news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Travelers are urged to use main highways and keep moving through the field.
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Shafter
Hawaiian Islands
Listening Post Crews Organized Near Shafter
Organization of crews to run a local airplane listening post near the Joe Henderson ranch was completed at a Monday meeting at the American Legion hall. The post serves a county and state listening system with 24 hour operation. Women supervise daytime shifts and men handle nights in six hour blocks. Leslie L. Robinson Post No. 213 and the American Legion Auxiliary oversee the unit.
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Joe Henderson Ranch
American Legion Hall
Leslie .L. Robinson
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Message From Honolulu Cablegram on Bombing
Walter Eckmann in Honolulu sends a brief cablegram stating he was not injured in Sunday's bombing of the city by Japanese planes. Mrs Eckmann here warns readers that the message confirms his safety after several months away. The transmission arrived yesterday and is the first from the Islands to reach the area this week.
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Hawaii
Campbell
Atlantic
Pacific
Japan
Thelin
America
Walter Eckmann
Honolulu
Crossing Improvement Is Favored
Santa Fe Railroad will not oppose widening Lerdo road crossing but requires that county or city cover all associated costs. Plans for a four lane crossing differ on a central dividing strip with Plan No 2 favored. move of signal equipment estimated at 350 dollars plus extra telegraph pole. Progress on Lerdo road work continues, and Shafter forms a defense council with mayor as chair to coordinate civil protection and health committees.
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Santa Fe Railroad Company
Lerdo Road
G. W. Simpson
A. P. Channeson
C. A. James
Kerr County Planning Commission
Santa
Simpson
James
Army Air Field
Shafter
Laneway Canal
John Reily
Glenn CO. Nay
M. W. Pascoe
Channeson
Sacramento
Continental Spuds Neuman Property Well Near Shafter
Continental Oil drilled its Lachenmaier Neuman well on Neuman property north of Shafter, with surface casing set and drilling progressing toward 4500 feet. The well offsets a recently completed Continental wildcat and may indicate a new field development in the area.
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Continental Oil Company
Shafter
Robert Neuman
Wildcat
Continental
Union Completes 27-34 Well In Shafter Field
Union Oil completed its 27-34 well in the Shafter field reporting a test flow of 759 barrels of 40.9 gravity oil and 810000 cubic feet of gas through a 1.18 inch choke. The well reached 115 chart feet and is the last planned in Section 34. Crews were sent to southern California after completion. In Section 28 Crites 34-28 is bottomed at 11490 feet with sand encountered at 11343 feet and completion expected soon. In Coles Levee field Kernco 2-12 is flowing from a depth of 9907 feet.
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Union Oil Company
O Shafter
California
Crites
Coles Levee
Kernco
Wine men of California foresee huge production growth
Wine men of California anticipate yearly output reaching about 200 million gallons as grape growers and winemakers push expansion efforts across the state.
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California
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Glenn O. Nay
Karl Marx
Lenin
Superior
Geissinger
Vaiaaratry
Bernerve Spat
Brown Heads
Shafter Man
Honat
Shafter Defense Council
Phil Channeson
Santa Fe
Defense Council
Bill Lachenmeier
Clark Frank Shaw
New Defense Organization
Neuman Property
Union
Shafter Field
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