Wildflower Park Dream Grows in Shafter Kern County
Community groups push for a permanent park around the Shafter wildflower fields, urging immediate steps to form a committee to investigate creation. The piece notes the fields' beauty, tourism value, and conflicts with land use for farming and potential oil, signaling a local challenge with political considerations and the need for broad backing. It also adds a historical sidelight on Coronado and the mythic seven cities.
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OCAL
Kern County
Shafter
California
Iit
Get Those Automobile License Plates Now
Reminder that 1941 automobile license plates must be issued by February 4. Apply early to avoid lines. obtain at Jack Zimmermopr’s office in Bakersfield or via California Highway Patrol. No state tax notification cards this year. amount due shown on 1940 white slip. No extension after February 4. penalties apply.
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Jack Zimmermopr
Bakersfield
California Highway Patrol
Coronado Explorer Legend Linked to Friar Marcos de Niza
A. Grove Day argues in Coronado's Quest that Marcos de Niza greatly influenced Coronado's expedition by relaying tales of seven legendary cities of great wealth. The friar reportedly inspired the search for wealth across North America.
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Coronago
United States
Kansas
Coronado
Marcos de Niza
A. Grove Day
Niza
Seven Cities
Tax burdens and hidden costs in consumer spending
An analysis notes hidden taxes on everyday goods from shoes to milk and soap, totaling numerous levies paid by consumers. It cites Alfred C. Frodel reporting rising tax shares, with 22 cents of each earned dollar taxed in 1938 and projections of wage and employment impacts when tax levels exceed 10 to 15 percent.
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Pons
Alfred C. Frodel
New York ‘Sun
Frodel
Fredel
America
Wasco Town Considers Incorporation And Tax Impacts
The piece discusses Wasco exploring incorporation with county support but limited by resident consent. It covers insurance premiums, automobile business use deductions, depreciation, and California use tax rules affecting deductions for vehicles used for business or pleasure. The text cites Roosevelt broadcasts and references tax guidance on gasoline, taxes, and depreciation rates.
Indian Goods Strike Delays Store Display Plan
A New York magazine notes a department store shipment delayed after an Indian tribe in Maine began a strike. The hold up disrupts plans to showcase Native goods illustrating an aspect of the American way of life.
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Fresno Be
New Yorke
Maine
Judge’s pledge solution ends flag salute dispute
In Wasco News the Michigan judge suggests that 19 children bound before him be given an oral pledge of allegiance instead of saluting the flag. Both sides accept the plan, viewing it as a statemanlike compromise to respect religious beliefs while affirming patriotism.
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Wasco
Jehovah's Witnesses
School Board
Republic
Michigan
United States
Pest Resistant Vegetable Crops Seen By Doctor
Dr. S. F. Bailey of the University of California says vegetables offer the greatest opportunity for breeding crop varieties resistant to insect pests. He notes little information exists on resistance mechanisms in vegetables and that factors vary by plant and pest. Examples include wild potatoes with high resistance and turnips with smooth leaves reducing aphid pressure, and recurved bean leaf spines limiting thrips.
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S. F. Bailey
University of California College of Agriculture
Bailey
Tax Deductions on Car Operation Expenses News
A report from the Automobile Club of Southern California law department outlines federal and California personal income tax deductions for automobile ownership and operation. It notes federal returns are due March 15 and state returns by April 15, detailing deductible items such as calendar year registration fees and related costs.
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California
Automobile Chib
Southern California Law Department
Oldest $3 Bill in Alabama Believed Held by Parker
Mrs Dora Bell Parker of Evergreen Alabama owns what is believed to be Alabama’s oldest $3 bill issued in 1809 by the Central Bank of Montgomery a private institution whose records have vanished.
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Dora Bell Parker
Evergreen
Ala
Alabama
Central Bank of Montgomery
Apple Baking Flour Produced From Pure Apples
A historical note describes baking flour made solely from apples, stating it has been manufactured.
Tin Snip Factory to Open in Shafter
Shafter will host a new George Isaac and Co tin snips factory on the west side of town near the V Little ima shafter shops. A drop forging hammer is en route from the east via the Panama Canal and the plant will house heat ing and milling equipment to produce Isaac’s tin snips. Nearby, Mary West and Sol Camp bought 700 acres in Norris district Kern county including section 7 and the Norris school site two miles from Shell Oil wells. The property will be planted to cotton with two more deep-well pumps planned.
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Shafter
George Isaac and Co. Tin ‘Snip
T. V. Little Ima: ‘Chine
Panama Canal
Isaac
Marry West
Sol Camp
Norrisistrict
Kern County
Norris School
Shell Oil Company
Camp
Mr. West
Jim Devine
Shafterman
Kettleman ‘Hills
Devine
Forty and Eight party in Shafter at Women’s Club Hall
The Shafter legionnaires host a forty and eight event at the Women’s Club Hall next Monday at 7 30. Open to ex service men and eligible members and to Ladies Auxiliary and eligible. Committee members Jack Zimmerman Hugh Skaggs and John Isaac promise surprises with a fine program feed and dancing. Music by John Isaac Ed Isaac and Inecal musicians Enos Lee of New York speaks at Shafter Farm Center meeting at Richland school ahead of the event.
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Legionnaires of
Shafter
Ladies Auxiliary
Jack Zimmerman
Hugh Skaggs
John Isaac
Ed. Isaac
Inecal
Enos Lee
New York
American Farm Bureau Federation
Shafter Farm Center
Tern
Richland
D. W. Gloeckler
Lee
Farmers' Water District League of Kern County forms new board
After two weeks of discussion the Kern County Supervisors hear plans for the Kern River Water Storage district as Farmers' league adds 14 members and renames to Farmers' Water District League of Kern County. New board: Schatz, Fowler, Kerr, Naker, Hostetler, Brunton, Tiles, Kecker, McKevitt, Camp, Thresser, Manuel, Enns, Eckman.
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Kern River
Farmers’ League
Kern County
Farmers’ Water District League
N. P. Cormack
Wasco
O. C. Schatz
H. H. Fowler
M. P. Kerr
Charles Westenberg
League
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Elmer Richards
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Artie Evans
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Otis Byrd
Clinton Short
Hack Davis
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