California Deer Season Forecast Promising Amid Rich Food Crop
California deer hunters expect a strong season as 1939-40 rains created abundant forage. Population tops 400 000 to 450 000 with fat bucks and large antlers expected. last year’s kill ran 43 250. Open dates vary by region: August 1 central coast, August 10 southern coast, September 16 rest of state.
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California
Joe Hunter
Bureau of Game Conservation
California Division of Fish and Game
Central Coast
Coast
Bartlett Pear Origin and Early American Spread
The Bartlett pear originated in England in the eighteenth century and reached America about 1797. In 1817 Enoch Bartlett acquired the Dorchester estate where the pear grew, naming it the Bartlett variety. The Sheldon pear appeared in 1849 and was listed by the American Pomological Society in 1854, grown on Majorenament of Huron, New York, after being brought from Washington, New York.
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England
America
Dorchester
Mass
Enoch Bartlett
London Blackout Early In Wear Described By Traveller
The piece recounts London blackout conditions in early September 1939 as Britain entered war. The writer describes total darkness, frantic evacuations, blacked taxi lights, and sandbag defenses around streets, stores, and landmarks amid fear of air raids.
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London
Traveller
Greater Western Migration Seen Unless Steps Taken
Dr Murray Benedict argues California must slow westward farm labor migration as mechanization displaces small operators in the Southern Plains and Delta. He cites potential farmer reductions by 50 percent by 1930 and favors large‑scale tenant purchase programs, tenancy security, and improvements compensation, while noting no adequate current solution and only gradual improvement possible. Sanctioned by UC Agriculture College.
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California
Southern Plains
Mississippi Delta
Murray R. Benedict
University of California College of Agriculture
Delta
Benedict
City Signs Frustrate Shafter Business Men In Oil Streets
Billowing mud of lazy civic effort and perceptible lassitude plagues Shafter as the Business Men’s association stalls on placing highway directional signs. City Clerk Frank Shaw blasts drivers harming fresh oil while Harvey Gaede of the Cokes endures jeers at a Bakersfield game, where he hits .350. Los Angeles garbage woes wrinkle Fontana farms as trash yields lower pork, and locals flout traffic laws amid small town bravado.
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Shafter Business Men's Association
99. Highway
Kimberlina Road
Kimberlina and
Shafter Highway
Frank Shaw
Frank
Los Angeles
Fontana Farms
Shafter
Not Guilty Plea Entered By Virgil Graves
Virgil Graves 27 waives preliminary hearing in Justice court and pleads not guilty by reason of insanity to peeping charges in Bakersfield Superior Court. Constable John Reily says Graves confessed to more than 50 peeping crimes and entered several houses with offenses dating back to last March. The Tax Policy League notes 1939 federal taxes exceeded all state and local collections.
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Virgil Graves
Bakersfield
Graves
John Reily
Reily
The
Tax Policy League
Church Services and Events Noted in Local Listings
Union Congregational Church announces Sunday School at 10 a m led by Jack Shore and a 7 p m service with the Christian Youth Pilgrim Fellowship assisting Minister Alfred T Chandler. Marian Harrison sings The Silent Voice. Sermon on What Christian Ideals can do with Personality. Irwin Starrh to lead a 25 minute C V discussion at 7:30 p m. Social hour at Hampton ranch to follow. First Mennonite lists 9:30 a m German sermon, 10–11 Sunday school, 11–12 choir song and sermon on Deligh t in Gods House, 7–7:45 p m Christian Endeavor, 8–9 sermon The Second Coming of Christ.
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Union Congregational Church
Alfred T. Chandler
Jack Shore
National Pilgrim Fellowship
Chandler
Marian Harrison
Silent Voice
Caro Roma
Irwin Starrh
C. V
Hampton Ranch
J. P. Glanzer
Vernon Neufeld
God
Christ
First Baptist Church Service Schedule and Activities
Edgar H. McAllister is pastor at 289 East Lerdo highway. Bible school 10 a.m. led by P. A. Schmidt. Morning service 11 a.m. sermon The Living God. Prayer League and Young People meet, 7 p.m. Evening service at 8, sermon The Vision of the Angel and the Little Book. Midweek prayer Wednesday 8 p.m.
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First Baptist Church
East Lerdo Highway
Edgar H. McAllister
Bible School
P. A. Schmidt
Living God
Prayer League
Young People’s Societies
Mennonite Brethren Church Service Schedule
The Mennonite Brethren Church at 400 Kern presents 9:30 a.m. Sunday school with two departments. 11 a.m. Worship with a German sermon on John the Baptist and an American sermon on Faith. Music by the church choir. 6:45 p.m. Prayer circle. 7 p.m. Christian Fellowship for youth and Bible reading. 8 p.m. Men’s Chorus program. Midweek prayer Wednesday at 8 p.m. We invite all to attend.
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Mennonite Brethren Church
Kern
H. D. Wiebe
John the Baptist
Christian Fellowship
St Johns Catholic Church Schedule Wasco Details
St Johns Catholic Church Wasco at 9th and Broadway parish Rev Owen McMullan pastor Mass Sunday 7 am to 9 am Confessions Saturday 7 pm parish activities timetable based on the readable OCR text.
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St. John’s Catholic Church
9Th and Broadway Streets
Wasco
Owen McMullan
Wasco Christian Science Society Services and Sunday School
The Wasco branch of The Mother Church The First Church of Christ Scientist Boston Massachusetts invites attendance at Sunday service at 11 a m and Sunday school at 10 a m at Corner Sixth and E streets.
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Christian Science — Christian Science Society
Mother Church
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Massachusetts
Sixth and
E Streets
Wasco
Chickens and Eggs Tie Up A Billion Dollar Farm Income
Production of chickens and eggs now accounts for a billion dollar share of America's annual farm income, highlighting the poultry sector's growing importance in the agricultural economy. The report notes rising output and steady demand boosting farm earnings nationwide.
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America
Ex-Longhorns Gather For Kern River Park Picnic
Former Texas residents now in Shafter are invited to a large Texas picnic at Kern River Park on Sunday July 28. Organizers expect 5 000 to 10 000 ex-Texans with prizes for tallest Texan oldest Texan prettiest Texan and other playful contests. Invitations go to notable former Texans including Baron Fitts Los Angeles district attorney and several movie stars.
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Texas
Shafter
Kern River Park
California
Baron Fitts
Los Angeles
Treasure Island Nursery and Exposition Grows Vast Plant Stock
San Francisco hosts a complete nursery and exposition on Treasure Island with over 100000 potted and bedding plants raised from cuttings and seeds in a small greenhouse beside the San Joaquin Valley Counties building.
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San Francisco
Treasure Island
San Joaquin Valley Counties
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Harder Stock & Feed Co., Inc
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G. J. Mayer
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Avalon
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Klassen Drive
J. T. Richert
Smith Corner
Herman Unruh
Myrick's Corner
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Shafter’ Press
L. A Martin
Germany
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L. A. Martin
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Harvey Gaede
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Bob Crosby
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