Publication details for Shafter paper in 1935
The notice lists publisher H. G. Comfort and the Shafter California office at 169 Central Avenue. It notes weekly Thursday publication, subscription price in advance, single copy price, and advertising rates availability. It also confirms second class matter status and postal details with August 1 1935 postmark and March 3 1879 establishment reference.
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Central Avenue
Shafter
Kern County
California
Eveven
Califo
California flax straw used for cigarette paper
A El Centro chemurgic process turns flax straw into high grade cigarette paper, potentially boosting Kern county farmers. The 1937 discovery and 1938 expansion show straw processing growing, with flax seed markets and soil suitability noted, plus unemployment patterns among relocators observed by Col. Harrington.
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California
Shafter Farmers
el Centro
France
Kern County
Buttonwillow
San Joaquin Valley
It's No Trick to Take Catfish
An old tale explains a corn bait method to catch catfish. The writer mocks gullible stories and describes a fisherman who allegedly uses corn in sacks to lure catfish, then sleeps while they gather around the hidden bait. The piece relies on humorous skepticism.
Why Do They Come to California Migrants Study
A Col. F C Harrington project study using 4 247 families finds 69 percent of migrants say economic factors drive them from home states and seek opportunities in California. The report outlines motives and patterns behind interstate relocation and settlement in the Golden State.
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California
Col. Harrington
Col
F. C. Harrington
Oan Project
Sportsmen Change Focus From Abundant Game To Feed Needs
Conservation leaders report a new sportsmen challenge in California as drought, erosion, and farming pressures threaten wildlife feeding grounds. Plans include planting cover crops, continued stream stocking, and game bird planting to keep hunting and fishing areas open for the future.
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California
James M. Miner
Pasadena
State Wildlife Committee
San Joaquin Valley
Miner
Water culture unlikely to beat soil for crops say scientists
Shafter farmers worry over crops grown in chemical solutions but researchers tied to the new industry claim water culture will mostly apply to out-of-season crops. They see no evidence that nutrient solutions yield more than fertile soil.
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Shafter
Great Democratic Recovery Drive Results At Fiscal Year End
Announcement shows expenditures for the year exceed income by 3.58 billion dollars and indicates the national debt now surpasses 40 billion dollars.
Synthetic diesel fuel targets high speed engines in Germany
German engineers announce a commercial scale synthetic diesel from tar oil coal coking and kogasin 11 derived from gasified coke or carbon monoxide and hydrogen. The advance promises a high efficiency fuel for speed oriented German motors and industry.
Farm Debt Totals Reported by Federal Officials
Officials from the federal agricultural department reported total farm debt near 8.255 billion dollars. About 7 billion is secured by farm real estate mortgages and 1.255 billion in short term obligations.
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Federal Agricultural Department
Roosevelt's plan signals shift to permanent socialistic policy
The commentary argues Roosevelt's 3.86 billion loan program moves beyond emergency aid to a permanent government role, funding self-liquidating projects through a revolving fund. It cites Berle's view that while debt can create wealth, government wealth creation is limited and far from filling capital needs.
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Roosevelt
Adolf A. Berle
Berle
Uni
Berle argues for government ownership of productive assets
The column analyzes Berle’s claim that government debt should finance direct production expanding government control over wealth creation. It contrasts this view with Roosevelt’s alleged drift toward such policies and frames the issue as a major test for private enterprise in the next presidential era.
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Mr. Berle
United States
Berle
Roosevelt
America
Experiments on Onion Seed Yields at Davis Campus
The University of California Davis truck crops division reports factors affecting onion seed production. Findings include mother bulb storage at 53.5F improving bloom, seed ripening, stem numbers, and per acre yield for Ebenezer onions. bulb size and spacing influence seed yield per plant and per acre. Late winter planting slows maturation and reduces yield.
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Davis
University of California
Truck Crops Division
College of Agriculture
W.W. Robbins
Chowchilla cow yields five stillborn calves
A four year old Guernsey cow at the Frank Frontella ranch near Chowchilla last week gave birth to five calves all stillborn. The multiple birth was three weeks premature though the calves were born naturally.
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Frank Frontella
Chowchilla
Warden Art Craig Takes Over Duties As Supervisor
Art Craig, long time Shafter warden, assumed duties as supervisor of the district covering Shafter Wasco Lost Hills and Annette. He will oversee equipment and respond to all area fires from his Shafter headquarters with summer assistants Tim Tapping and Richard Dodson.
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Art Craig
Shafter
Wasco
Lost Hills
Annette
Craig
Tim Tapping
Richard Dodson
Ford unveils new farm tractor with plow under seven hundred
Henry Ford introduces a complete farm tractor with plow priced under 700 dollars. The display at Detroit highlights a ma plow unit claimed to adapt to uneven terrain, signaling a revolutionary feature for farmers.
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Henry Ford
Detroit
Shafter Fire Destroys Wooden Section Home
A wood framed section house on the Santa Fe right of way in the Mexican quarters burned Sunday around 2 PM. Prayer candles were left burning while residents went to Bakersfield. a drapery blew over the flames, interior quickly engulfed, five families left homeless. Fire brigade led by Chief Oscar Rudd fought the blaze. railroad pay checks worth 1800 dollars were destroyed but will be compensated by the railroad.
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Santa Fe
Bakersfield
Fire Brigade
Oscar Rudd
Sem Lachenmaier
Potato shipments and farm notes across Shafter region
E B Kolbenstetter ships 150 cars of large clean spuds from a 35 acre ranch with yields from 120 to 180 sacks per acre and last 15 acres averaging 180. Four cars sold for cash, others on consign ment. three cars to Portland and two to San Francisco. Ten acres of Jess Combs cotton yield large bolls. Combs also has 1,100 sweet potato plants. A Shafter party visits Parson's Mill, camping, singing, and pine-bed rest while Mennonite Brethren attend Jastro park Fourth of July events. Several residents travel to Pismo, Santa Barbara, Venice, and Hollywood. a whale is seen at Venice. Martin Fluhrer returns from Los Angeles.
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E. B. Kolbenstetter
Portland
San Francisco
Jess Combs
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Sonny
Dickens
WNU
Mr. Roosevelt
Franklyn Waltman
Joe Henderson
Henderson
Mexico City
Mettler Fruit Company
Jose Yglesia
Yglesia
W. B. Camp
C. A. Campbell
C. P. Morgan
J. Engle
A. B. McKinley
Earl Crandall
F. W. Handel
J. W. Nickel
W. E. Rose
George Lemmon
Shafterites
Parson's Mill
Messers and Mesdames
Neils Pedersen
J. B. Henderson
Roy F. Jumper
Jimmie Davis
W. M. Harris
Mennonite Brethren Church of
Jastro Park
J. J. Siemens
J. P. Neufeld
Matilda
Jake Neufeld
Anna Kliewer
Pismo
Santa Barbara
Ventura
Hollywood
Charles Courtney
Miss Kliewer
Venice
Hugh Whale
Jessie Grant
Berkeley
Jessie
Martin Fluhrer
Los Angeles
South
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