Shafter News Digest Highlights Local Travels and Births
Lurid notes tell of photographer AH Rocals from Shafter Studio being taken to Cottage hospital Santa Barbara in serious condition. A Patterson couple welcomed a ten and a half pound daughter at Shafter maternity home. Various Shafter residents travel to Templeton Los Angeles Porterville Dinuba Hanford and Santa Monica visiting relatives and attending events. Ewald Goehring transfers from Fort Knox to Shafter area news. Mrs Jessie Sims departs to Little Rock Arkansas for relatives.
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Lestér Jennison
Shafter Studio
Cottage Hospital
Santa Barbara
I D. Patterson
Shafter
Porterville
Fred” Fitzsimmons
Kenneth
Santa Monica
Leonard Ehorn
Los Angeles
Mike Pontoff
Geles
Chet Hamilton
Hamilton
Tehachapi
Jessie Sims
Little Rock
Arkanfisas
School Group Presents Rotary Club Program
Shafter high school girls glee club performed selections at a Tuesday noon Shafter Rotary Club meeting. Francelia Hansen and Joel Wiebe spoke on patriotism and what America means to me, with R L Gates directing and Doris Davis accompanying. New member Ross Gilbreath announced.
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Shafter High School Girls’ Glee Club
Francelia
Hansen
Joel Wiebe
Shafter Rotary Club
R. L. Gates
Doris Davis
Wiebe
America
Patricia
Sepulveda
Shafter High School
Ross Gilbreath
Frank Goodhouse
Bakersfield
Frank Widmer Alen
Balerefield
High Yields Cut Production Costs in California Farming
University of California expert R L Adams reports that higher yields raise total costs but lower per ton costs. The Farm Management Crop Manual shows irrigation boosts yields offsetting irrigation costs, with examples across barley oats wheat and crops like alfalfa and peaches. Copies priced at $1.65 include tax.
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R. L. Adams
University of California College of Agriculture
The
University Press
Adams
California
Associated Students
Berkeley
Farm Machinery To Be Discussed At Davis Meeting
Farmers, dealers and manufacturers from across California will attend the thirteenth annual Farm Machinery conference at Davis on January 9 and 10. A Friday symposium on Farm Machinery and National Defense will be led by Professor H. B. Walker and others, with a demonstration of repairs. Saturday focuses on mechanized sugar beet harvesting and seed shearing equipment.
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Davis
University —of California
Profesor H. B. Walker
Siege of Agriculture
California
Walker
J. P. Parbank
University of California Agricultural Extension Service
Osgood Murdock
Agricultural Engineering Division
United States Department of Agriculture
Investigators Sought for Air Corps Material Division Posts
The War Department announces civil service examinations for investigators in the Air Corps material division. Salaries range from 3200 to 4600 dollars yearly. Applicants need prior investigation experience. college or law school study may substitute part of the experience. John Roskam of Shafter, California heads the Civil Service Board.
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Air Corps
Civil Service
War Department
John Roskam
Civil Service Board of Examiners
Shafter Post Office
Wheat Growers Urged To Apply For Crop Loans
Wheat growers urged to apply for Commodity Credit loans at once with December 31 as the closing date in Portland Oregon. County offices need time to prepare papers so applications should be made at least a week early. Credit loans on excess wheat extended one year so growers can reduce marketing excess with 1942 allotments. Tourists spent $581 000 in California in 1940.
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J. R. Bright
Kern County Agriculture Conservation Committee
Commodity Credit Corporation
Portland
Oregon
NEW POST GYM TO BE EQUIPPED BY NEXT WEEK
A new boxing gym at Second and B streets is under construction and should be ready for occupancy early next week. It will feature a rowing machine punching bag gloves push ball mats wringers and all needed equipment making it a top quality facility for aspiring pugilists.
Pravda Frames Japan as Aggressor Amid Global War
World war reports describe Pravda denouncing Japan and warning of no Russian peace with Germany without Britain and United States consent. Other items note Tokyo claims of New York bombardment, German retreats in North Africa, Hong Kong clashes, and Hitler’s collapse predicted in Russia.
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Pravda
Japan
Germany
Great Britain
United States
New York
Africa
Hong Kong
Government shifts auto plants to defense work language
Federal government cuts auto production as plants switch to defense work. Congressional leaders plan to raise several billion dollars by taxation. A possible registration for men ages 18 to 64 is discussed with a standing army of seven to ten million contemplated. No change yet to the 40 hour week plan under President Roosevelt.
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Roosevelt
Chrysler's 1942 Cars Feature New Plastic Steering Wheel
Chrysler introduces a two spoke 1942 steering wheel with a full circle horn ring and large legible dials. The wheel integrates with instrument panels and plastics, offering color choices under Tailored to Taste. It sits higher for easier entry and a comfortable grip.
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Chrysler
Chryslér
Correction on names in Central avenue accident report
The Shafter Press corrects an error in prior naming about a collision near Central avenue involving the Santa Fe streamliner and a car. The owner and driver of the car was F. H. Janzen, not H. F. Janzen, and H. F. Janzén was not involved.
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Shafter Press
Central Avenue
Santa Fe ‘Streamliner
H. F. Janzen
F. H. Janzen
H. F. Janzén
Stringham Speaks at Shafter 20-30 Club Meeting
E B Stringham the Shafter Rotary club president spoke December 9 at Motel Cawelo to discuss the value of service clubs to a community.
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Stringham
E. B. Stringham
Shafter Rotery Club
Shafter
Motel Cawelo
Skeleton discovery links seal to sea lion on LA campus
Archaeologists on the Los Angeles campus of the University of California report an ancient skeleton found in the Palos Verdes Hills may clarify the relationship between seals and sea lions. Researcher Gretchen M. Lyon notes the find could illuminate early marine mammal evolution.
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Palos
Verdes Hills
Gretchen M. Lyon
Los Angeles
University of California
California Nonfarm Employment Hits Record Above Two Million
Employment in California excluding agriculture rises to a record level exceeding 2,000,000, signaling strong job growth across sectors. Government and industry analysts note steady gains amid ongoing economic expansion and labor demand.
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California
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