Richland district gains land. new ginning plant planned
County supervisors approve petitions adding Beardsley and McFarland land to Richland district boosting valuation to about 2,100,000 dollars. Shafter Business Men's Association credits outcome and Aimee McPherson draws Bakersfield audience. A $30,000 cotton ginning plant will be built near the Santa Fe reservation with local financing and senior residents plan community events and 4-H activities. New drilling expands at Buttonwillow amid Millham Exploration and General Petroleum activity.
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Richland
McFarland
Shaf Shafter
Bakersfield
Beardsley
Healy
Shafter Business Men’s Association
Shafter
Herb Midgley
W. H. Hitchcock
O. T. Olson
A. J. Zimmerman
M. B. McFarland
E B. Stringham
L. A. Camp
H. A. West
L. L. Lowe
Santa Fe
Manuel
National Editorial Association Telegraphs Copy Rates
A fragmented notice from the National Editorial Association references a 2.00 per year rate and a paid status noted as payable by some date. The line also includes a telephone listing for the association.
A Birthday for Ten Million Americans
A birthday week marks thirty-two years of Boy Scouts of America since its 1915 founding. The article notes growth from 61,495 scouts in year one to ten million current members and alumni, highlighting the Scout oath and ongoing rubber plant discussions. It also covers guayule rubber as a potential future, with production costs and uncertain immediate impact on the rubber shortage.
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America
Boy Scouts of America
Guayule
Guayule Rubber Facts Surface In Public Debate
Discussion focuses on guayule as an alternative to East Indies rubber and on a proposed U S program to spend 400 million dollars to build synthetic rubber plants. Guayule yields about 220 pounds per acre annually, with higher long term returns if allowed to mature, and its resin content differs from tree rubber.
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America
East Indies
Jesse Jones
Guayule
Congressmen Speak For Themselves On Retirement Pensions
The piece condemns congressional retirement pensions as costly and out of touch with urgent national needs. It notes backpedaling after passage and urges immediate repeal of the Mead Ramspeck pension act via Hoffman’s bill to restore public confidence in Washington.
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America
Hoffman
Michigan
Washington
Postal Clerk Nerves Mark Office as Inspector Arrives
In a humorous look at daily mail practice Lois L Rosenstiel quarrels with slow delivery over eggs and lettuce while Grose endures repeated phone questions about next mail. The piece reflects life around the telephone directory and post office routines with light irony.
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Lois L. Rosenstiel
W. C. Grose
Postoffice
Letter Writing: A Soldier's Comfort From Home
An editorial urges readers to write to service members, noting that regular letters from home are among the most welcome items a soldier can receive and can lift morale during service.
WPA Criticism Targets Political Exploitation and Loafing
A reader denounces WPA projects as a cheap political racket amid wartime labor needs. The letter laments loafing on WPA crews from workers to officials, accusing a political machine of exploiting the program for gain and urging honest labor.
Rubber for foundation garment makers announced
The War Production Board said this week that a limited supply of crude rubber will be allocated to manufacturers of foundation garments, signaling a controlled distribution to support civilian underwear production.
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War Production Board
Tire rationing penalties and wartime talk in press mix
A summary of wartime editorial fragments stresses price controls and potential penalties for tire ration violations, along with commentary on censorship and public speech. It notes warnings from Leon Henderson, reflects on shipbuilding costs, and critiques lavish launching funds amid pension economy debates.
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Terra Bella News
Leon Henderson
House rejects lavish ship launch frills in funding reform
The Fresno Bee reports that the House voted to end luncheons champagne dinners and diamond gifts for girl sponsors and similar expenses tied to ship launchings. These items would no longer be paid for directly by public funds, marking a move toward tighter expenditure controls.
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Fresno Bee
House of Representatives
WPA Debate on Workforce Support Sparks Harsh Condemnation
A polemical fragment criticizes continuing WPA funding arguing it should serve only the old and weak while strong men must earn a living. The speaker contends able-bodied workers should not rely on public aid, framing the WPA as a burden on society.
Local Milestone Notes and Delays in Steel Deliveries
A Mayoral Lt James H. Lewis dedication ceremony in Mlinton marked progress. Steel for Bakersfield auditorium arrived while steel for Friant dam gates remains on the futures list, showing shifting project timing. The piece ends with a reflection on attentive listening.
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Bakersfield
Friant Dam
States move to curb auto theft with tougher laws
Porterville Evening Recorder notes that making tires and auto parts theft a felony at state level could curb pilfering, since federal constitutional changes would be required for broad interstate offenses. Gene Lindberg in the Denver Post references a censored shipping news fragment.
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Porterville Evening Recorder
Gene Lindberg
Denver Post
H. V. Wade and other city opinions
A collection of editorial snippets noting H. V. Wade in Detroit News on Germany and Japan, a St. Louis Star-Times remark on a boastful man, Senator Soaper in Los Angeles Times on fast drying concrete, and a quip about neighborhood dogs wanting prints for posterity.
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H. V. Wade
The
Detroit News
Germany
Japan
Senator Soaper
Los Angeles Times
Sugar output forecast sparks talk of increased Hawaii Cuban production
In a quoted speech by W. D. Hadeler secretary of the California Retail Merchants and Grocers Association, the speaker predicts ample sugar for all. He claims 50 percent of Hawaiian output, a large rise in domestic sugar, and the entire Cuban sugar production.
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W. D. Hadeler
Sec
Calif
Civic Auditorium San Francisco Hosts Massive Pipe Organ
The Civic auditorium in San Francisco houses one of the largest pipe organs ever constructed.
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Civic Auditorium
San Francisco
Fort Winfield Scott Fortified Since 1776
Fort Winfield Scott in San Francisco stands on a spot fortified since 1776 where no hostile shot has ever been fired.
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Winfield Scott
San Francisco
Shafter High Ag Class Builds Chick Brooders
Students in the Shafter high school agriculture program under Glenn Nay build brooders in the wood shop. They have completed four brooders in total, including six 100 chick units, six 250 chick units, and two 500 chick units, as part of a chick project.
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Shafter High School
Glenn 0. Nay
Local gin men host chicken supper to close season
M B McFarland manager led a chicken supper at White's Shafter cafe marking the closing of the local gin season after a busy run. Families and residents attended as Wasco and Shafter links upheld social ties amid winter travel reports and local news notes.
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M. B. McFarland
Shafter
Fred Christer
Pier -Cott
Grant Cubdivise
Finley
Elmer Roth
Vern Friesen
Wasco
P. B. Caufield
Los Angeles
K. Malory
Max McKinley
Wasco High School
Roxie Martin
Taft
Whalen
Ita Hic
Ace
Public relations titles draw sharp wordplay in Washington
The Pittsburgh Press notes buzz about fancy job names like public relations engineer and the Office of Facts and Figures director Archibald MacLeish. Ulric Bell is cited with the odd title of director of the bureau of media liaison, highlighting the era’s flair for lofty designations.
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Pittsburgh Press
Archibald MacLeish
Office of Facts and Figures
Washington
Ulric Bell
Bureau of Media Liaison
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Tabernacle
Bakers‘field
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Jack Potter
Eddie Friezen
Harry Shultz
H. Frost
Bart Gunther
Herbert Midgley
Harold Voth
Patt Clayton
Gwin
Venona Stone
Elizabeth Koop
Lou Nater
Virginia Stone
Vernell Guenther
Edna Wiebe
Anna Slofkof
Barbara Morgan
Helen Panky
Meca Nater
Mildred Barling
Rachael Bartel
Stella Mae Nater
Stella Slofkof
Violet Ebel
Callie Nater
Jessie Gwin
Naomi Gwin
Mildred Hiedelbrecht
Buttonwillow
Millham Exploration Company
General Petroleum Corporation
Lincoln Drillfig Company
Abraham Lincoln
United States
A. G. Comvert
Ghafter
Kern County
Csisfornia
Association
Bill Rodgers
Robert Louis Stevenson
Heaven
Editorial
Aman
Frank Reed
Alvin Tiller
New York Times
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Harvie
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Pension Economy Eye
James H. Lewis
Mlinton
St. Louis
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