Shafter Area Notes Host of Local Social Ties
Local residents report visits and returns across Shafter Kern County including Lt George Tilley and Mrs Tilley at Lorraine Apartments Arvin plus Frank Reed publisher of the Arvin Tiller with family. Weekend trips span Fresno Berkeley Los Angeles and Vallejo with service members en route to Camp Beale and California universities.
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Army
George "Tilley
Minter Field
Tilley
Lorraine Apartments
Frank Reed
The
Arvin Tiller
War Strains on Telephone Company Amid War Demands
N R R Powley president of The Pacific Telhs and Telegraph Co says telephone demand for service rises to wartime levels. Officials urge five minute limit on long distance calls during busy periods to ensure essential communication. Over 4,000 company personnel serve in armed forces, versus 1,400 a year ago.
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R. W. Bruce
The
Telephone Company
Sclent
N. R R. Powley
Pacific Telhs and Telegraph Company
Powley
Mae
Ralph Janzen Praises Sun Valley Outdoors
Ralph H. Janzen states he is now stationed at U S Naval Convalescent Hospital Sun Valley Idaho and calls the area the most beautiful place he has seen. He praises outdoor life including hunting fishing golfing and riding in the region.
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Ralph Janzen
Sun Valley
Idaho
Ralph H. Janzen
U.S. Naval Corvalescent Hospital
Idghe
Legion Auxiliary Meeting Set for July Sixth
Mrs J B Henderson, president of the local American Legion Auxiliary, announces the next meeting will be held at Legion Hall on Tuesday July 6. Burford to become ensign W R Burford former Shafter High School teacher is at Cornell University Ithaca taking an intensive in doctoral division course and will be commissioned an ensign in the navy after completing studies. The University of California Museum of Anthropology contains more than 100000 specimens.
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Franzquito Sullivan
University of California At Los Angeles
E. B. Stringham
Patty
Mervin Weidman
Los Angeles
Mervin
University of Southern California
Stringham
Losan
J.B. Henderson
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
W. R. Burford
Shafter
Cornell University
University of California Museum of Anthropology
Roxbury Graduates Make Gowns From Paper Waste
More than a hundred Roxbury high school girls graduate wearing self made red and white gowns. They crafted corsages from blue War Stamps as part of a conservation effort to reuse paper for essential items.
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Roxbury, Mass
Great Britain Builds Millions of War Gardens
Britain has nearly two million allotments and community war gardens to boost food supplies, a program expanding across towns and rural areas as households grow their own produce during wartime.
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Great Britain
San Francisco City Hall Lights Dimmed Over Gas Bill
In 1865 San Francisco city hall and street lamps were shut down due to non payment of a gas bill. Napa Valley Zinfandel wine is claimed to be produced nowhere else in the world except Hungary.
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California
Nevada
Europe
San Francisco
San Franciscos
Napa Valley
Hungary
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