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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1941
Page
2
Smoked foods expand beyond ham and bacon with turkey cheese and oysters gaining demand. Hotels serve smoked turkey and hickory cheese grows popular. Smok ing is shifting from preservation to flavor with new home smoking ideas urged by the USDA for personal meat prep.
J A Brown of the U S Weather Bureau links damp weather in Shafter to a southward shift of the zone of meeting between cold northern air and tropical air along the Pacific coast. He describes whirlpool storms and V shaped fronts while noting the mystery of why the zone moved south.
New York fashion experts unveil a $1,000,000 show predicting spring wardrobes for milady. Expect navy outfits with red accents, cape looks over silk or wool dresses, two piece suits with slim shoulders, and colors like green beige and off white. Evening wear favors clingy silhouettes or billowy skirts with long sleeves.
A new night school gym class starts next Tuesday at Shafter High School. Both men and women may join for ping pong volleyball badminton and possibly basketball with Coach Monty Montgomery directing. Time is 7 to 9 pm showers and dressing rooms are provided no entry fee. Bring gym clothes shoes and a towel for healthy exercise and fun.
Washington this week reports a federal soil conservation program paid Andreur Paanenan, a Massachusetts cranberry bog owner, $1,000,015.25 as conformity to a crop plan, an amount exactly $1,000,000 too high. The piece questions the significance of a million dollars to the government.
Walter Dropo of Plainfield Connecticut scored 53 points in a recent high school basketball game, marking a standout scoring performance. The feat highlights a remarkable display of shooting for the local contest.
A mosaic of clips notes tax vigilance in California urging lawmakers to cut burdens and avoid complacency. Fresno Bee cites Verne Marshall pushing peace without un-American stigma. Arvin Booster reports a confidence game involving a Mexican pastor and a scam to smuggle government bonds.
A California Taxpayers Association report shows in November one of every 13 Kern County residents received state or county relief. The association lists 10,016 people on SRA, county indigent, aged, children and blind aid rolls, excluding those aided by federal agencies such as the WPA FSA CCC and NYA. The article notes the total cost of aid in the county.
Claude Ryan urges leadership to heal the capital labor divide. William B. Smith hints at Hollywood marital breakup. George M. Stout notes liquor as social evil yet revenue source when legalized. J Evans Armstrong sees new business frontiers replacing old. Earle Ennis jokes that modern brides rely on can directions.
Seed of the Essar tomato a new canning type highly resistant to Verticillium wilt can now be obtained from seedsmen for use this season according to Dr B A Rudolph associate plant pathologist at the University of California College of Agriculture The Essar tomato was developed cooperatively by the college and the United States Department of Agriculture largely by Drs B A Rudolph and M Shapovalov at the universitys Deciduous Fruit station in San Jose Seed cannot be obtained from the university or the federal government but most seedsmen now have it in stock Canning and chemical tests show the new tomato equals the best canning varieties and it has the advantage of smoother fruit it requires rich soil and abundant water.
More than 600 physicians in California's rural districts access up to date scientific literature through the University of California Medical School library under Chauncey Leake.
The article details Ernest Meuser mounting a 32 pound coyote and a weasel, with another possible swift mounted by Lachenmaier. It reports a fire district plan by the Shafter Business Men's association to form a county supervised district including sections 2 to 11 and 14 to 23, costing about $5,000 and a half cent per hundred tax. It mentions a party by Forty and Eight of the American Legion at the Women’s club hall with local musicians, a large crowd, and proceeds supporting the high school and Women’s Club. It also covers claims by Stanley Abel and Perry Brite of aSlot machine syndicate pushing to repeal Kern county anti-slot machine ordinance, and the Shafter high night school event drawing a big audience with talks and performances.
A group of Shafter Camp Fire Girls traveled to Kernville on Sunday for a snow outing. They built a big snow clearing and warmed chocolate over a noon fire. Attending were Mrs. Martha Fluehrer Jea nette Fluhrer Helen Stringham Beulah Engle Dorothy Engle Betty Wiedman Evelyn Jumper Allan Zimmerman Hettie Pedersen Yesva Sherman Debs Bayless Otto Zimmerman assisted with driving.
A group of friends gathered Wednesday evening to celebrate Mrs. Edith Wittmayer's birthday. Dancing and dainty refreshments followed a pleasant surprise with attendees including E. S. Terry George Enns B. Boles E Crandall W Lachenmaier G Wegum Emil Bender A Russell and several young women and men.
Mrs. M. M. Kay hosted a Sunday evening dinner for friends with E. E. Emmons of an aluminum ware company serving. After a boxed drawing Mrs. George Straut won the aluminum pan among guests Dr. and Mrs. Kay and several couples including Mr. and Mrs. Stringham Mrs. Heath and son Mr. and Mrs. O. Kay Mr. and Mrs. Whalen Mr. and Mrs. Hansen and Opal Fry and Miss English.
Richland P T A met Friday at the Women’s club building. After business, fathers staged a skit titled the Wedding with many local men and boys appearing as characters including Joeder son the butler Colonel Gran the master of ceremonies H Midgley the reporter and guests E K Grant Earl Crandall Everett Jumper Channing Crandall Shorty Thompson Jake Neufeld A Jackson Cleve Skaggs Fluhrer Hubert Annis and twins Albert Kattenhorn Ralph Janzen others in attendance.
Mary Grant and Marjorie Grant spent Sunday in Wasco with grandmother Mrs. O. S. Grant. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gribble and Mrs. Millie McKinley were in Bakersfield on business. Mrs. W. B. Camip and family visited Shafter in a new car. C. J. Hendricks and family toured to Glendale returning Monday. Al Bowells of Mountain View and C C Matterson of Fresno visited Shafter. Judge Whalen sits in new Central avenue office. court held in new building as cases arise.
Investigators at the University of California Medical School study methods to restore lost limb power by reassigning tasks to unaffected muscles. This approach aims to help victims of paralysis regain movement through targeted muscle reeducation.
The Army Air Corps has chosen a 960 acre site near Taft to establish a basic training school for pilots, signaling a major expansion of flight training facilities in the region.
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