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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1937
Page
2
The Shafter Progress, established 1921, edited by H. G. Comfort, published every Thursday from Central Avenue in Shafter, California. Subscription is $2.00 annually in advance, single copies five cents, advertising rates on request, entered second class August 1, 1935. Telephone 57.
A Christmas column cites Capt. William Fisher as the dean of American Santas sharing a five point code for Santa. The piece recalls Santa’s traditional image and the season’s goodwill while noting a personal note about Fisher’s son doubting the myth at age 40.
The New York Stock Exchange president notes that during price declines the public tends to blame the marketplaces rather than the underlying causes. He argues this is a human bias driven by the markets' drama and visibility, obscuring real factors behind drops.
The piece roams from a December air raid on the Yangtze to a claim by Prof. Clarence Mills that climate shapes warfare. It cites weather’s influence on body heat and historical cold snaps, suggesting public need for warmer conditions and even air conditioning as a cure for cold waves.
A reflective Christmas message by Theodore F. Bayless urges kindness to needy children. It contrasts two siblings hoping for Santa with the poor, sick mother and father, recalling the teaching of Christ that one should welcome and care for the little ones.
The Union Oil service station at the corner of Pacific Avenue and Santa Fe Way is rapidly taking shape as workmen assemble the fabricating structure this week.
A Tex Gulf coast reflection notes wildlife decline and future gains through conservation. The author recalls vast buffalo herds once seen in Montana and laments unseen numbers while contemplating culture, fashion, and Dickens as social mirrors.
In Shafter the holiday spirit fills windows and stores as merchants decorate for Yuletide while Shell Oil conducts a regional survey led by Dr. Gerhardt Henry. Farmers discuss cotton picking rates amid market opinions, with 80 to 85 percent harvested and concerns over future prices and yields.
The article lists local residents visiting relatives for the holidays. Isaac family in Stockton and South Carolina. Lucy Verril and others from San Pedro Pomona visitants. Petersons expect daughter Mrs Ernest Roe and family. Reimer from Medford Oklahoma arrives. Stone Buller family Christmas party with twenty five. Andersons lease ranch to Russell Crandall and move to Pismo Beach. Riggs visits Fox home after Wyoming trip. Becker and Albert visit their father Sam Hunsinger newly returned from the East and Germany.
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