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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1949
Page
2
Jerry Johns, newly elected representative for Shafter High School, was chosen as Boys' Assemblyman of Lynder County at the twelfth annual Boar's State encampment held during the California State Fair.
Woodbury College students Miss Barbara Fox Miss Jo Ann Hastings and Miss Beverly Nissley arrive in Shafter for July 4 holiday at the John P. Fox home. They will attend the wedding of Miss Ferrelene Parker and Donald Zachary with Miss Fox serving as maid of honor. Mr and Mrs Fox drove to Los Angeles to bring the guests.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Boel of Shafter and Mr and Mrs Orval Parish of Bakersfield spent a day this week attending the Hollywood races at Santa Anita.
Grounds in Sacramento host the California Boy's State from June 18 to 25. Johns, son of Mr and Mrs Carl Johns of 30454 Los Angeles Ave Shafter, attends. Sponsored by the California American Legion, the program aims to teach youth government fundamentals and uphold democratic principles, with officers including G R Rees as chairman and John F Hopkins as chief counsellor.
Farm advisor Marc Lindsay predicts a bumper 1949 Kern cotton crop with potential European demand for U S products. He notes falling land values and rising farm mortgage debt amid 1948 price declines, while dairy herd size drops 2 percent and 1949 cotton output may surpass 967 508 bales, possibly reaching 1 255 000.
Senator Sheridan Downey said legislation will back a plan to guarantee Kern county cotton planters 85 percent of their 1948 planting. W. L. Smith reported 638000 acres of California cotton are authorized for 1950 and 1951 under the proposal, with 400000 under the 1938 allocation. The measure aims to rapidly expand California's cotton industry, with Kern Fresno and Tulare counties producing about half of the state’s output.
Downey described a proposal allowing each county about 85 percent of last year’s record plantings to prevent overstocking cotton centers. Smith said the goal is to avoid heavy federal or state price support and save the industry. Planters nationwide backed the allocation at an April Memphis meeting.
President Truman on late Tuesday signed legislation curbing government cotton statistics distribution by the Commerce Department. The 1924 mailing requirement to daily newspapers, cotton buyers and manufacturers is rescinded, and future copies will be mailed only to those who request them.
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