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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1940
Page
2
H G Comfort publisher at 169 Central Avenue Wenty California lists advertising rates at 2.00 per year payable in advance. Rates furnished on application. Entered second class matter August 1 1935 at Shafter California under the act Telephone 57.
A Shafter Business Men's association aided by a secret committee issues solicitation permits to curb rackets and illegitimate fund drives. The piece also covers Senator Taft's five point budget plan to balance the federal budget and a nationwide two week drive for infantile paralysis, urging dimes from readers.
A University of California study tested 2381 people aged 10 to 90 and found average IQ rises slightly after age 50 and again near 70, with younger groups scoring lower. Dr. Freeman notes many older adults retain sharp mental abilities, suggesting optimism for those in mid to late life.
A proposed five point program outlines steps to stabilize the economy and balance the national budget. The plan emphasizes fiscal restraint and targeted reforms to restore financial footing and growth prospects.
After nearly 65 years of agitation about one half of the 3,500,000 public employees in the nation are still subject to political appointment, including a quarter of a million Federal job-holders.
Between 1930 and 1938 inclusive only 1,888,000 new dwelling units were constructed while the household population grew by 4,000,000, signaling a significant supply gap in housing growth.
In a tone suggesting critique, the speaker warns against relying on a government machine to replace human judgment, arguing that centralized planning ignores accumulated experience and may erode individual decision making.
Combined federal state and local government indebtedness is now 60 billion dollars with the average person’s share about 450 dollars.
A historical note questions the claim that the United States holds 70 percent of the world’s buried gold treasure, comparing it to Captain Kidd and implying profitless speculation about vast hoards. The statement frames a grandiose treasure notion as unlikely or fanciful.
The piece questions whether Roosevelt's New Deal achieved its core aims by 1938. It cites 1933 aims to restore farm prices to parity, raise national income, and end deficit financing, and notes industrial output lagging behind rivals. It also critiques unemployment staying around ten million and farm income remaining well below prior levels despite stated progress.
The piece argues the 1939 national income was 68.5 billion, lower than 1937 and far below 1929, labeling the New Deal a demonstrated failure. It accuses President Roosevelt of bankruptcy in ideas, defeatism, and inadequate plans for the future.
The piece contrasts U S congressional deliberation with foreign developments, praising peaceful political power sharing and warning against concentrating power. It cites Portola Reporter on democracy’s patient path and notes California aid to the aged rising from 1929 to 1939, urging unity and abstention from European entanglements.
A dozen years back Shafter residents discussed petitions for a high school with Kern County Union High School board. Delegates from Shafter attend Bakersfield Civic Commercial Club lunch as Calvin E Brown speaks. Snow and activities such as a Kern River canyon outing, a senior class picnic, and a potential Shafter oil well erection are noted. Community clubs hold events. Buttonwillow district plans large scale planting and irrigation projects with Arvin leasing land. Vineyards association forms a 40 member committee.
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