California Town Highlights Recalled by Regional Service
Fourteenth installment in a series surveys early California towns. Hillsborough forbids a post office and shops, Sonora gains town government and a hospital plan, Watsonville plaza preserves a Civil War era cannon, Branciforte’s origins tie to Mexico’s Pueblo founded in 1797, Healdsburg links to Heald and Healdsburg, Loyalton once spanned vast areas, Yountville hosts a veterans home on a 1836 log blockhouse site, McCloud preserves Hudson’s Bay namesake, Independence named for a fort from the 1862 uprising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsborough
San Mateo County
Sonora
Watsonville
S. S.oregon
San Francisco Bay
California
Santa Cruz
Branciforte
Pueblo
Mexico
Thomas T. Heald
Healdsburg
Loyalton
Yountville
Napa County
Ration Calendar Updates Across Meat, Sugar and Gasoline Stamps
The notice lists valid periods for V through Z meat and fat stamps, Green and Blue stamps for processed foods, sugar stamps, shoe stamps, gas and tire inspection schedules, and token practices. It also notes license number recording for gasoline coupons and offers a brief historical remark on Gibraltar’s possession since 1704.
War Board Urges Feed Wheat Now Amid Supply Glut
The War Food Administration urges quick action as feed wheat stockpiles rise in coast ports with no March boat shipments planned. February orders will be filled while supplies last. no commitments for later deliveries. File orders with County AAA at Bakersfield. News recounts USDA wartime food facts and farm needs surveys, milk goals, and gas loss procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Aaa
M Street
Bakersfield
Marvin Jones
America
AAA
1944 Crop Loan Plan Announced
The Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation will make crop loans available to experienced California farmers in 1944 to aid producers with the necessary experience and facilities who cannot obtain adequate credit. State War Board Chairman Dave Davidson announced the plan noting War Food Administration guidance and Wickard approval. Loans will carry full personal liability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation
California
State War Board
Dave Davidson
War Food Administration
War Food Administrator
Wickard
No Limited Liability Advances This Year Says War Food Admin
War Food Administrator and Agriculture Secretary announce no limited liability advances this year similar to last year’s F-2. California salmon harvests reach 32,000 anglers catching 180,000 fish in 1942 per State Division of Fish and Game. Crissy Field named for Major Dana H. Crissy, killed in 1919 Transcontinental Air Races. Electron microscopes require a vacuum in the electronic optical path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPB
OWT
War Food Administrator
Secretary of Agriculture
California
State Division of Fish and Game
Crissy
San Francisco
Dana H. Crissy
Prohibition Party nominees and wartime stance brief
Claude A. Watson predicts a record Prohibition Party vote if unseated. Henry F. Boyen claims wartime sacrifice by volunteers for traditional life. Robt. P. Gerhol warns socialized housing and medicine will ruin private enterprise. Ken Vigas urges full wartime effort with personal sacrifice first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude A. Watson
L. A. Prohibition Party
U.S
Henry F. Boyen
S. F. Shrine
P. Gerhol
Pres. Nat. Assn
Calif
Ken Vigas
S. F. Hotel
Woman Announces Run For President From Los Angeles
Mrs. Dora E. Goner, 76, a Los Angeles housewife, declares she will run for president. She states she can perform the job better and criticizes debt entanglements with loan sharks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora E. Goner
L. A
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Sam Lachenmaier
Central
Shafter
Dughren
The
San Francisco Regional Service Committee
Pen i
Duehren
France
Gua
Salton
Bank Estumation Chusgy Echandada Ter Duis Oak Tenia Online Oo Ieee
Bank of America National Frye? Association
Gibraltar
Granada
WAR Board
Office of Civilian Requirements
WPR
Facili
Post Office
E. O. Webb
Pou
Hetch Eras
PGE
Mrcine Casano
WBA
Bryant
Hitchc
Walker Bhafter
Enterprise
Los Ange
Acme Brewing CO
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