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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1943
Page
3
Listing details 80 acres virgin soil at 2300 feet elevation in Kerry county with shallow water lift and possible water from an unused well on adjoining acre. Property has brush growth needing leveling. Climate shipping and hauling favorable. Write Box F care of The Shafter Press. Also notes on used bicycles, lost items, and local visits by residents.
Regional garden advisory notes that the University of California Agricultural Extension Service has prepared Home Gardens for Fall and Winter, a circular by P A Minees. It urges timely ordering from county farm advisors and extension offices. Victory gardens are planned for fall and spring bearing, not planted in late year.
A fragment urges caution about changing leaders during combat, contrasting it with the consequences of mid stream changes seen in the North Africa campaign. The note implies strategic risk and call for steadiness in command during battles.
The document records a fictitious name certificate filed in Kern County California naming F W Handel and H P Wilson as partners in a business under the name F H Handel Farming. It notes addresses 151 Munzer Street Shafter and Rt 1 OXte Shafter and is dated May 26 1943 with notary J C Penner witnessing and a commission expiry of March 4 1945.
The community lists numerous Shafter residents and relatives visiting Los Angeles Santa Ana Mountain View and Long Beach. Furloughs military moves and family visits fill the weekending notices with plans to return to duty and work.
California wage earners increased by 142 per cent in a period between 1939 and 1942. The rate of births in American hospitals reached three per minute in 1942, reflecting wartime social shifts.
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