National budgets of 1880 and 1947 compared
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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1948
Page
3
Kern Homes celebrates Nancy Elliott birthday party
Nancy Elliott turned three on December 18 as her parents Mr and Mrs Mel Elliott hosted a Kern Homes party with cake ice cream and games. Relatives from Beverly Hills attended alongside many local friends. several families planned holiday travels to Visalia San Francisco Pacific Palisades Vacaville Denver Oxnard Riverside and Fresno during the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Elliott
Mel Elliott
George Houck
Houck
Irene Fritz
Stan Cosby
Sacramento
Clifford Ryan
Fresno
Kern Alumni to Hear Cal Head Noted Scientist
Wendell M. Stanley renowned virus expert will accompany California President Robert Gordon Sproul on a Bakersfield visit February 1. They will address local alumni at a Bakersfield Inn dinner as part of Sproul’s 10-city state tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell M. Stanley
Robert Gordon Sproul
University of California
Bakersfield
Bakersfield Inn
Sproul
Veterans refund settlements reach Bakersfield buyers
The Office of the Housing Expediter’s Veterans Branch in Bakersfield said refunds totaling over 70 000 were issued to 327 western veteran buyers of houses built under the veterans emergency housing program. Most refunds were voluntary after veterans filed complaints about overpricing or faulty work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Branch
Bakersfield
A. J. Morris
California
OHE
Department of Justice
Kern County Rent Control Office
18Th Street
Nobel laureate Stanley and wartime vaccine work at university lab
Stanley, honored with a Nobel Prize and an honorary California degree for isolating a virus linked to multiple diseases, led a university laboratory aimed at disabling virus virulence and expanding knowledge of genetics, cancer, and life. The Bakersfield meeting is organized by an alumni committee led by Louis Deadrich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley
California
Dr. Stanley
Bakersfield
Louis Deadrich
Vehicle Bureau Issues Directive on Potential Registration Cards
Motorists who receive 1949 potential registration cards for vehicles they no longer own should disregard them, officials said. Director A. H. Henderson explained that despite round the clock effort, many ownership transfers arrive and cards issue to former owners. He urged former owners to ignore the card and advised new owners to report missing documents to DMV offices in January with receipts and sale papers. Renewal runs January 8 through February 4. over the counter uses enable immediate issuance of 1949 white cards and 1499 license tabs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motor Vehicles Department
A. H. Henderson
Henderson
Department of Motor Vehicles
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