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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1937
Page
2
A 1937 note by R. M. Ceoske reflects on efforts to counteract external control by industry and TIC entities. It discusses shared strategies and possible pushback to maintain autonomy within the sector.
The Kern county Agricultural Extension Service reports harvest results from trials of seven Irish potato varieties including Warba Bliss Triumph Homa Golden and two White Rose strains. Warba led US No 1 yield while Homa ranked second. Chippawa failed due to disease and White Rose varieties showed mixed results. The report notes distinctions in eye color and shape and forecasts some Bliss Triumph production to meet mid western demand.
English aviator Maj John Clifford Savage allegedly created sky writing used first on Derby day in 1922 to advertise the London Daily Mail.
The dancing mouse is an artificial race created in Japan but traces to a natural freak variation. It results from selective breeding and experimentation in animal lineage, highlighting how human intervention shapes seemingly accidental traits.
A portrait of a calm leader who handles weighty affairs without hurry, never rushing through doors, noting that press advertising pays.
Five people died in Kern county auto and truck crashes in June, down from fourteen in the same month of 1936, per Da Ray Galven, head of the Kern division of the California Highway Patrol. The report notes 331 arrests yielding fines of 3589.45, six jailed, and one sent to San Quentin, with 522 special faulty-light and brake citations issued.
A new telephone directory for Kern county will be distributed this week by Pacific Telephone And Telegraph Company. Mrs. Edythe Wittmayer, local manager, says the green covered book lists names of persons and firms in 77 towns. About 28 000 copies are needed for county wide circulation as the old directories are retired.
Arrostook County in Maine, the state’s northernmost, spans 6,577 square miles. The area exceeds the combined size of Rhode Island and Connecticut, underscoring the county’s vast territory.
Gold was found in Juneau, Alaska in 1880, but the Klondike Yukon rush began in 1896, shaping a major era of mining, migration, and economic change across the region.
Homemakers learn a new devil's food cake method that reduces soda taste, with experiments showing key steps: mix can be stored in a refrigerator, rise time ten minutes before baking and at least one hour before cutting, enabling fresh cake for unexpected guests.
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