Shafter Fire Danger Raised by Heat and Carelessness
Shafter residents face higher fire risk as hot dry weather reduces humidity. Fire Chief A B Craig warns against disposal of cigarettes and urges safe incineration and trash burning with proper coverage and distance. A recent incident involved Oliver Neufeld losing two bales of straw when sparks from an incinerator caused a fire.
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A. B. Craig
Shafter
Tinder Mountain
Oliver Neufeld
Los Angeles St
Glendale Veteran elected California VFW Commander
Donald L. Warner a 49 year old Glendale resident andWorld War II veteran who leads an appraisal firm has been chosen as California Department Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Warner served as a noncommissioned officer in a cryptographic unit with the Fifth Air Force in the South Pacific and holds a graduate law degree from USC. He is married with two sons and a daughter.
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Donald L. Warner
Glendale
California
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Warner
South Pacific
Fifth Air Force
University of California At Berkeley
University of Southern California
San Francisco
California Employers Face Unemployment Insurance Act Reach
About 250000 employers across California fall under the Unemployment Insurance Act, extending coverage and obligations for unemployment benefits administration and employer contributions.
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California
Women Learn How to Fix Furniture
Eight women attended a slipshstery demonstration led by Miss Dorothy Wilkinson at Mrs. Walter Nicol’s home in Kern County. An old platform rocker was repaired and covered, showing how fabric can be laundered by removing tacks, with all participants assisting.
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MAPLE
Dorothy Wilkinson
Kern County
Walter Nicol
Suit Filed Over Tanker Crash Deaths In Bakersfield
Civil action seeks 140 500 in damages from Pacific Freight Lines Pacific Tank Lines and driver Shirley Foster for a Riverside and Beech intersection crash that killed three migrant workers and injured two others. Phoenix families sue for losses of sons Olin 25 Orvil 17 William 26 and vehicles costs with additional claims for spouses.
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Schmidt and Catalano
Pacific Freight Lines, Incorporated
Pacific Tank Lines Company
Sherley Joseph Foster
Bakersfield
Geoy O. Hestand
Rio Bravo Residents Gather for Monthly Potluck Program
Nearly 200 Rio Bravo residents filled the Rio Bravo School auditorium for the monthly pot luck supper and community night. A residents program followed the potluck, hosted by Mr. and Mrs. El mer Ledbetter with program hosts Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wilson. Permanent chairmen are Paul Ens, Edward Haag and Robert Curtis.
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Rio Bravo
Elmer Ledbetter
Paul Wilson
Paul Ens
Edward Haag
Robert Curtis
Fruit and Nut Crops in California Forecast Mixed
Early May frost caused localized damage but not widespread. Apple output likely down with Gravenstein markedly reduced. Apricot crop seen at 206000 tons versus 165000 in 1949. Cherry crop projected around 31000 tons, down from 44000. Fig and prune crops modest to below last year. Walnut crop near 3/4 of 1949 record. Duane tie development uncertain due to frost injury.
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California
California Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Rate Upped For Gifts
Buttonwillow Postmaster William Tracy reports gift parcel rates to allied zones in France and Germany reduced to standard rates as of July 1. The six per pound rate no longer applies to packages to Great Britain Northern Ireland and the Netherlands.
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Buttonwillow
United States
France
Germany
William Tracy
Great Britain
Northern Ireland
Netherlands
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L. A. Camp
Lerdo
Craig
24Th St
Bonnie and
Oscar Sargent
Bakersfield , Calif
John Scaroni
Jack Hare
Pete Buller
Justin’ Weishaar
Heinie Duerksen
Albert Pellet
Gideon Richert
Nicol
Miss Wilkinson
Ozella
State Ave
General Electric
Tors
Freeder
Space Maker
G. E
Shafter Paint Store
Central Hardware CO
Central Ave
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