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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1938
Page
5
Counsel cross examines a witness about shots fired near a disturbance. The first slug came when the observer stood about ten feet from the shooter and, when asked for the second shot distance, the witness guesses roughly half a mile, highlighting uncertainty in testimony.
A dialogue asks who will speak at the women's meeting tonight and whether any attendees will refrain from speaking.
A patient tells a doctor he feels a sharp stab in the left shoulder when bending and stretching. He explains only a semicircular motion lets him get into his overcoat, leaving the physician amazed at the odd practical pain.
In Norwalk Ohio on April 14 1881 the New York Chicago and St Louis railroad is described as the Nickel Plate road due to its glittering prospects and gilt-edge financial backing. A later note says in 1882 William H Vanderbilt mocked the price demanded by owners asking if the road was nickel plated.
J M Goulding, pioneer Morro Bay subdivider, was visiting old friends in Shafter yesterday. D F Myricks entertained with Sunday dinner guests including Haley, Messer of Duncan Oklahoma, Curtis Messer of Pasadena, Lonnie Crumpler of Glendale, Art House of Los Angeles, and Ralph Janzen of Shafter. Donald E Koch and his wife welcomed a son at Mercy Hospital Bakersfield. James H Wiggins of Shafter and Violet A Bowen of Bakersfield applied for a marriage license this week.
Mr and Mrs E D Hall Eddie and Dolly Hall Herman Unruh and R W Uffert from Bakersfield spent Sunday at Cambria Mines enjoying clear skies and warm coast weather. Miss Joyce Bayless remains hospitalized at Kern General in Bakersfield but shows improvement after a serious auto accident. Raymond Austin resigns from Santa Fe Railroad Shafter and plans to return home to Riverside. Carl Eugene Womack born December 8 to George W and wife near Smith Corners weighing eight pounds. Howard E Steward Walt Fillmore and H Jones attended a General Petroleum district sales meeting in Bakersfield with a banquet and evening session. Mrs Ella Immel of Bellingham WA arrives for Christmas visit with daughter Mrs P C Guenther in Shafter.
The piece notes a 490 year old practice in large Scottish households where women served a final course named dishing up the spurs to hint that meat was scarce and that men should raid England again for cattle.
A historic belief tied tarantula bites to a dance cure where sufferers listened to live music and danced until exhaustion. This led to the Italian dance name tarantella, whose tempo grows progressively to a climactic end.
Wind and a car collision disrupted decorations and the central Christmas tree on Central avenue, yet Shafter stores remain stocked with gifts. City officials plan repairs while merchants boost holiday cheer with window displays, decorations, and a broad range of items for men and women.
About 300 independent producers met in Bakersfield where Dana Hogan, president of the San Joaquin Valley Oil Producers' Association, warned that storage facilities are glutted and that without correction falling prices could invite government control. He noted valley fields had slight overproduction while Los Angeles basin areas influenced the current glut. storage rose to 3,185,000 barrels last month with a daily gain of 106,200 barrels atop 160,990,000 on hand, as November demand stood at 604,100 barrels. They favored a 600,000 barrel state production schedule.
W B Camp was reelected treasurer of the Associated Farmers of California at a meeting in Ventura last week. Holmes Bishop was reelected president, with John Watson of Petaluma and R E Badger of Rancho Santa Fe named vice presidents. A number of Pacific coast farm groups met during the four day Ventura region.
Field surveys along two canal routes from the Friant dam reach Woodlake in Tulare County and extend 22 miles north along the Fresno River. Supervising engineer Walker R. Young said the Friant Kern canal will be 160 miles long.
J H Hanson special agent in charge of the Los Angeles district addressed a joint gathering of the Shafter Wasco Kiwanis and Exchange clubs and Wasco 20 30 club at St Johns hall Wasco He outlined the FBI s organization since 1908 the current force of 650 agents and the broad range of case investigations funded by the government.
Hanson notes the FBI handled about 40 million dollars in cases last year with half a million dollars in gains. He describes G men as honest, hard working and practical, with many lawyers and accountants among the force. Training occurs at the Washington FBI school, starting agents at 270 dollars monthly. He stresses sobering realities of field work and the need for broad public support to curb local crime. The remarks were made at a Shafter-Wasco Kiwanis meeting and echoed to Shafter High School students.
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