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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1937
Page
4
The piece notes ongoing federal and county probes into passenger plane crashes. It argues investigations may not reveal the true cause beyond storms or pilot misjudgment, since pilots are dead. It urges living pilots to prioritize safety over maintaining schedules.
The column reflects on post holiday normalcy and the return to routine work. It recalls older discipline in schools, hints at a Colorado senator proposing a spanking bill under certain conditions, and notes the oddities of people chasing or avoiding winter snow travel.
California highways article describes a gravity dam near Friant Fresno county for conserving San Joaquin tributary runoff and diverting water into the valley. The 260 ft high crest 3 ft dam would include spillways drum gates irrigation outlets Madera Canal north side and Friant Kern Canal south side with 1500 and 3500 cfs respectively, plus flood outlets and 450000 acre feet storage. Bureau of Reclamation and State Division of Water Resources conduct planning surveys and land-rights appraisals for early construction.
Lincoln man Sam frets over gifts as he buys a black and yellow silk kimono for his wife Cora. He plans warm woolen presents but yields to the silk lure, only to realize his moral sting and confess on Christmas Day. Cora delights in the robe and forgives him.
The Christian Science Society in Boston Massachusetts lists services at 11 a.m. Sunday and 10 a.m. Sunday School with a Wednesday evening meeting on the first Wednesday of each month at 8 o'clock. A semiannual communion is held on Sundays at all branch churches. The Lesson Sermon Topic is Sacrament and includes Psalms 23 and Luke 22 verses from the Bible.
Weather and moisture boost in Shafter area enhance outlook for 1937 prices in potatoes and cotton. Seed potato dipping already underway, early cutting helps dry crust to prevent rotting. grapevines largely pruned. cotton stalks being cut to conserve moisture and prepare for spring planting.
Spanish caballeros trade guitars for machine guns and a poetry contest unfolds in Tombstone Arizona as Topeka Daily Capitol reports on unlikely cross currents.
Two deputies hired by county assessor Tom Burke will search land titles in the Shafter water storage district for one week at 25 dollars. The board of supervisors approved the hire for work in the area south of Shafter to the Seventh Standard road and within three miles of Pond.
December requests for books were high as shoppers filled Christmas duties. Visitors totaled 239 with 1 639 withdrawals. 688 by adults and 951 by juveniles. Adults borrowed 165 non fiction 487 fiction and 36 magazines while juveniles took 269 non fiction 664 fiction and 18 magazines. Forty two requests were filed.
The Boston Transcript notes calm scenes in Illinois as workers at a glass plant stage a labor action without any violence or clashes, contrasting with typical strike tensions.
Little Jimmie Lee Bennett born December 31 1936 died Saturday January 2 died in infancy. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Ernest Bennett and his grand parents Mr and Mrs T Rains plus other relatives.
A Shafter grocery firm appeals for fair repayment, noting four years of retail activity resulted in judgments and delinquent accounts totaling several hundred dollars. They warn that after ninety days from January 1, 1937, they will publicize all judgments for sale to settle balances, with monthly payments offered to avoid publicity.
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