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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1938
Page
4
The notice lists publication details for a Thursday issue from Shafter California, Central Avenue office, Menn County. It notes subscription price two dollars in advance, single copies five cents, and advertising rates available on application under the 1879 act.
The state reports improving conditions in 1937 led by cooperative marketing and farm producer collaboration and Judge Wilson praises fair dealing. Congress begins a session with a docket including wages laws farm bill and tax revisions as lawmakers debate economy and federal aid.
A 1928 California population estimate stood at 4.56 million with the 1930 census at 5.677 million. The latest survey projects a 1940 population near 7 million, signaling continued westward growth and strong appeal of life in California.
This week marks twenty four years since Henry Ford announced a five dollar daily minimum wage. The policy evolved into a five day week and fifty work weeks per year, effectively yielding a guaranteed $1500 annual salary for workers. The move reflected Ford's bold approach to labor costs and productivity.
January is license time with renewal deadlines from January 3 to February 4. California joins 35 states adopting yellow plates, replacing orange. High visibility and rising costs drive drivers to renew now to avoid double registration and a 50 percent license fee surcharge by February 4.
A tale notes the constitutional right to wills as Kit-Cat the small black cat inherits 10000 from a mistress, enjoys luxuries for weeks, then dies. The story satirically highlights how even an animal can become a fortune heiress under a will.
A group of prominent Shafter men aims to begin oil drilling south of Shafter. About 4000 acres are leased at an eighth royalty. Principal backers include Edelman and sons, Berde and sons, Handel, Mettler, Schwartz of Long Beach, Pikle and Schellabarger of Rosedale, Kirschenmann, and Burder of Taft. The proposed well sits one fourth mile east of Rosedale south of the Rosedale highway, with pay potential between 3 and 4090 feet in an untapped district.
Irvin S. Cobb laments fallen magazine solicitors at Bushwah College and reflects on aging fundraisers, university life, and the shifting media landscape. He contrasts women’s rising influence with wartime legacies and praises the enduring reach of printed information over radio.
Fray Marcos de Niza journeyed from Mexico City in 1539 as the first recorded white visitor to Arizona while seeking mineral wealth. He led an expedition that opened contact with indigenous peoples and marked early European exploration of the region.
Amur valley is described as the most thickly settled region in eastern Siberia with dense population and extensive settlement patterns across the valley.
Dr. S. H. Reinsch of the Los Angeles UC campus addressed the American Association of Teachers of German in Chicago saying who knows no foreign languages knows nothing of his own. He spoke on Goethe's Interpretation of Language Mastery and will represent the university at a later Indianapolis convention.
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