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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1939
Page
2
A 1940 editorial urges readers to set kinder, more constructive goals. It calls for greater tolerance, daily acts of kindness, lifting others, and acting from conscience, aiming to surpass 1939 resolutions.
Kern county values its agriculture at 25 million dollars and deploys the California Plant Quarantine law. Agricultural inspectors check incoming plants and products, halting pests like Colorado potato beetle, sweet potato weevil, European corn borer, oriental fruit moth, citrus red scale, and root rot hosts. Climate and barriers help, while farmer cooperation keeps crops flourishing and reduces potential control costs.
An early look at the 1920 census work shows that if all forms were stacked they would reach six times a thousand envelopes and about 40,000,000 guesses will be printed.
The Council of State Governments in Harrisburg studies possible nationwide relief unification to curb migration from unequal payments. In Washington the U S Chamber of Commerce urges shifting relief responsibility to state, county, and local governments while preserving some federal support.
William B. Rogers and Richard Walsh form the Grouch Club of America Inc in Connecticut to unite self described grouchers nationwide. The plan emphasizes organized grouching in every town with no dues or by laws and envisions millions of members sharing grievances at an afternoon club session.
The piece accuses Secretary Ickes and the Roosevelt administration of smearing Governor Bricker over an Ohio relief crisis. It cites claims of a famine scare in Cleveland, notes counter statements by nonpartisan observers and Fulton Lewis Jr. who deny a starvation crisis and malnutrition surge.
By Franklyn Waltman argues that claims of famine are exaggerated and asserts widespread discomfort rather than starvation. He criticizes Ickes and Roosevelt, predicting New Deal opponents will face intensified scrutiny as distortions are challenged.
The Fresno Bee reports an automobile association estimate that 15 percent of California drivers cause most state accidents. Removing them is impractical. enforcement after incidents may be too late, requiring a long term strategy to separate the unfit from licensed drivers.
A Christmas program was presented Monday evening at the Mexican Baptist church in the Mexican colony south of Shafter. Local residents attended. Elias Campos, new pastor, and Mrs. Campos, recently moved from Santa Maria, led the event.
W. E. Holler announces C. L. Milliken is promoted to assistant regional manager in charge of new cars for the Pacific Coast region with Oakland headquarters. Milliken has 13 years with Chevrolet, starting as factory representative in 1926 and rising to Buffalo zone manager before this assignment.
Shafter residents recall a pair of football games on P. D. Enns ranch with Bakersfield youth defeating locals in the lighter match and Zimmerman's team prevailing in the heavyweights. Lettuce and corn shipments head to Seattle Portland and San Francisco while a parachute jump ends with pilot Major James Rutlege injured. a burglary attempt near Rio Bravo leaves three men on the run. Community efforts supply Christmas aid to the needy. family gatherings mark the holiday season with reunions and parties across Shafter.
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