Honoring Lt Minter at Shafter Air Corps Training Center
A Kern County figure, Lt Muah Cramer Minter, is honored with the naming of the United States Army Air Corps Basic Training school east of Shafter. Minter, a World War I veteran and Seventy-third Pursuit Group commander, died in a 1932 mid air collision over March Field. Shafter community eyes progress at Minter Field while aviation expansion shapes American defense. A separate note discusses plastic car bodies from soybean oil offering quieter, lighter designs amid steel shortages.
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Kern County
United States Army Air Corps
Shafter
Muah Cramer Minter
Kern County Union High School
JA. Minter
March Field
Air Corps
Minter
Army
Sacramento
Panama Canal Zone
Menn
Army Air Corps
Minter Field
Don’t Miss Auto Tax Deadlines in Shafter Area
The county reminds motorists the January 31 federal car tax stamp deadline and February 4 for 1942 license plates. Stamps cost 2.09 dollars and cover January through June. stamps available at Shafter post office and plates issued by Jack Zimmerman’s office for a nominal fee. Bring white slip showing 1942 payment. Penalties apply for missing stamps or plates.
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Shafter
Jack Zimmerman
Plastic Car of the Future Hints at Plastic Body Panels
Emry Ford discusses a plastic automobile design featuring plastic body panels including doors and all exposed surfaces. He notes that all steel frames cannot adequately support plastic panels due to stresses encountered in use, proposing a specialized GIassia frame for this concept.
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Emry Ford
Fords
Giassia
City Election Registration Rush Before March 5
City Clerk Frank Shaw urges residents to confirm registration for the April election and other 1942 ballots at city hall before March 5 noon. Voters who didn't move since last general election may vote without re registering. movers or nonvoters must re register to be eligible. Fireworks may rise as April nears.
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Frank Shaw
Justices Pledge Tighter Crackdown on Drunk Drivers
Kern county unit of the California Justices and Constables Association passed a resolution to clamp down on intoxicated motorists. The measure comes as Kern sees high traffic deaths in the new year, with highway 99 crowded by army equipment and risky driving.
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Kern County
California Justices and Constables Association
99 Highway
California
Shrimp’s Life Produces Billions Yet Few Eggs Survive
A single shrimp lays about 500000 eggs in a lifetime and only about two survive. Those two sustain a global industry valued at roughly 15000000 dollars annually.
Public Report on Pearl Harbor Incident Prompts Debate
In a democracy the full disclosure of the Pearl Harbor affair is debated as essential for public record. Officials stress transparency while commentators urge careful handling of sensitive details.
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Pearl Harbor
Orval Roberson Buys Defense Bond at Seven
Orval Roberson, seven, becomes perhaps the youngest in the United States to purchase a defense bond with his own money. He walked to the Shafter post office and deposited 18.50, following the example of his brothers Alvin and Calvin who earned prize money from livestock shows to buy bonds.
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Alvin
Calvin Roberson
Roberson
Orval Roberson
United States
Orval
Shafter
Verbal Contract Sought After Documented Sales
In a local Justice court a Midwest man asked for a bill of sale and a receipt, then demanded a verbal contract instead. Another man who paid a minor fine refused the court receipt saying his wife might find it.
Blackout measures prompt security lighting changes citywide
Business leaders debate a citywide blackout and install commercial lights off when not needed. Andrew Tessier of Schenectady demonstrated an electric eye system that links street lights to interior displays and signage. The device could drop home and window lights if a street light goes out. The Rotary club announced a ladies night last week.
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Andrew Tessier
Schenectady
New York
Tessier
Tts
Doc Stringham
Rotary Club
California income leads nation as war economy grows
The Pixley Enterprise notes California's gross income of 7 billion dollars and per capita 945 dollars in 1941, with national per capita at 675 dollars, predicting continued wage-earner growth. The Terra Bella News cites a locals’ play on the war economy, while The Exeter Sun urges buying defense bonds. The New York Times reports coffee blossoms yielding perfume oil alternatives.
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Pixley Enterprise
California
Rockies
Horn
New York Times
France
Puerto Rico
Tax blame during war blamed on the axis
Frank Reed in The Alvin til ler ridicules rising taxes by accusing the axis of the burden.
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Frank Reed
Alvin Tiller
Bay Leaves Demand Rises Amid Mediterranean Imports Halt
Ralph Waltz of the University of California Agricultural Extension says dried bay leaves have sold for twenty to twenty five cents per pound in recent months. He links higher demand to the interruption of Mediterranean imports.
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Ralph Waltz
University of California Agricultural Extension Service
Mediterranean
Four new peach and nectarine varieties released for propagation
The Federal Bureau of Plant Industry announces four new peach varieties and a nectarine released for propagation. Farmers seeking budwood should consult a local farm advisor or contact Dr. C O Hesse in the pomology division on the Davis campus of the University of California.
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Federal Bureau of Plant Industry
C. 0. Hesse
Pomology
Devis
University of California
Breakfast Club Plans and Coast Guard Gossip
A jumbled column notes that wives and sweethearts of club members want to know who should bring items, asks what happened to the breakfast club after Al Chandler acted, mentions sinking Japanese fishing vessels tied up by the coast guard at San Pedro, and recalls Kiwanis Speaker Eugene Ford with Congressman Leland M. Ford sharing views on the Japanese situation. It ends with a jail sign at Kern county and a call to notify Alma Fuller about cake transport.
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Ted Vignolo
al Chandler
Coast Guard
San Pedro
Eugene Ford
Kiwanis
Leland M. Ford
California
Kern County
Alma Fuller
Football fan blames munition boom on overconfident backfield
A Pacific Rural Press note quotes a football fan claiming the nation’s munitions output is hindered by excessive reliance on “yes men” in the backfield. The remark links industrial effort to sports metaphors, signaling public frustration with leadership and efficiency.
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Pacific Rural Press
California Hearing Delivers Sharp Quotes On Womans Ambulance Corps
In a Senate chamber exchange MAX BAER and Lt. Col Frances Zielinski of the S F Women’s Ambulance and Transport Corps clash over discipline. Zielinski vows to remove any woman seen in a bar in uniform, stating she has already requested several resignations and will continue.
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Frances Zielinski
S. F
Women’s Ambulance and Transport Corps
WATCC
George Mountford Golden Wedding Party Story
George Mountford celebrates his golden wedding with wife Margaret recalling a fateful meeting at a party 52 years ago. He reflects on the day he almost skipped attendance and how that choice shaped a long marriage.
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George Mountford
S. F
Margaret
Alfred Noyes on Christ and resisting state power
English poet Alfred Noyes argues in an interview that Christ died for the soul, not for laws or government. He criticizes totalitarian regimes for denying any power above the state and urges resistance to treating individuals as a mere mass.
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Alfred Noyes
Christ
Frank Minor and the Drive to Confidence in Auto Sales
San Rafael dealer Frank Minor faces questions on authority and style as he markets cars with bold assurance. The feature explores how a salesman’s demeanor shapes customer trust and sales success in a competitive postwar market.
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Frank Minor
San Rafael
Wade, YMCA entertainment director at Army camps
Ken Wade serves as entertainment director for YMCA programs at Army camps. He notes that many soldiers are young, but the experience of war is making them men. The quote echoes how combat shapes youth into maturity.
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Ken‘ Wade
Long Beach bartender quotes on police patrol wagons tires
Steve Butch ODay vents in a local scene about police wagons and sobriety. He declares a motto urging drunks to walk to jail like he walks to work, reflecting public safety attitudes in the era.
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Steve
Butch” O’day
Long Beach
Tremor Shakes Shafter District. Bakersfield Felt It
A February earthquake rattled Shafter and extended to Bakersfield, Stockdale, and surrounding areas. Windows vibrated, curtains quivered, and dishes moved as the tremor spread through the valley. Local revival meetings proceed at Shafter Baptist Church as residents plan for school district changes and community events.
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Shafterites
Bakersfield
Stockdale
Magunden
Shafter
Library visitors and programs at local branches
Mrs. Julia Babcock county librarian visited the local library with Mrs. Whitlock of Contra Costa. The Shafter branch reports 80 books borrowed daily, 125 last Monday, while Effie Wedge has led the library for six years. Story hour for first graders runs three times weekly, drawing about 70 listeners.
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Julia Babcock
Minor Registration Planned in California for 1930
California will conduct a state wide registration of minors under 16 during the first full school week in October 1930 and every three years thereafter. The state estimates over a million and a quarter children of school age with Kern county housing about 23,976. The county’s youth split nearly evenly by gender.
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Kern County
California
Division of Research and Statistics
State Department of Education
Judge Erwin Owen to Address Shafter PTA Meeting
Pap erssfield judge Erwin Owen will speak at the Shafter High School Parent Teacher Association gathering on Monday evening. A large crowd is expected as the eminent jurist delivers a message to parents and teachers about student conduct and civic responsibility.
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Erwin Owen
Paperssfield
Shafter High School
Shafter
Kern County to Get 5565 From State Tax Apportionment
Kern county will receive 5565 as its share of the semi annual apportionment of taxes from gross receipts of motor buses and trucks in California. State Controller Ray L Riley says the funds are to be spent on highway improvements and form a small portion of the more than 600000 dollars collected by the state from passenger and freight vehicles.
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Kern County
California
Ray L. Riley
California highway patrol to review new snowwhite motorcycles
Kern county motor traffic squad to pass in review before Governor C. C. Young for the formal dedication of the state provided snowwhite motorcycles and two tone-smifer-0 gear for every patrol member.
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Kern County
C. C. Young
California Highway Patrol
Visitants move to Shafter as Pasley family hosts kin
Chester Pasley and his relatives Earl Miller and families travel to visit Harry Pasley and plan to settle in Shafter. H. A. Bishop and family departed for San Francisco after two months with Mrs. Continued on Page 6.
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Chester Pasley
Earl Miller
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