Bank of America Opens Branches in Orient
Bank of America receives Federal Reserve approval to establish branches in Shanghai and Manila as part of Giannini plans to foster Pacific Coast trade with the Far East. The move would be the first extension by a Pacific Coast bank to the Far East and details on personnel and operations are to follow.
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Bank of America
Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System
Washington, D. C
Shanghai
Manila
L. M. Giannini
Giannini
Pacific
Orient
Far East
Farm Costs Need Watching as War Years Highs Persist
Agr Lun Lindsey of the Agricultural Extension Service warns that farm production costs, at wartime highs, may not be offset by higher producer prices in all cases. Farmers should compare costs with 1939 41 averages, check seeds fertilizer spray water containers power taxes insurance depreciation and harvesting. Reducing labor through efficiency and new tech can lower costs.
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M. A. Lindsay
Agricultural Extension Service
Stow Lake Holds 25 Million Gallons of Water
A San Francisco park lake in Golden Gate Park stores 25 million gallons of water. The figure underscores the lake's capacity and the scale of the urban green space.
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Stow Lake
San Francisco
Golden Gate Park
Huge Kern Crop of Potatoes Marching to Markets
A bumper early potato crop across producing states places California high on the list. Bakersfield area may yield 30 million bushels of long whites, totaling about 35 000 carloads. June brings most of the 52 million bushels due, with July and August adding more. The harvest supports a proposed 60 to 65 million for consumption and could help offset cereal shortages worldwide.
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California
USDA
Bakersfield
Department of Agriculture
Parsons
Santa Fe Garage Fictitious Firm Certificate Filed
The undersigned certify they operate a garage business at the corner of Santa Fe and Tulare avenues in Shafter Kern County California under the name Santa Fe Garage. Listed are Q D Strickland P O Box 87 Shafter CA Arthur G Kadell P O Box 132 Shafter CA and William S Kadel P O Box 132 Shafter CA.
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Cor
Santa Fe
Tulare Avenues
Shafter
County of Kern
State of California
Santa Fe Garage
Q. D. Strickland
P. O. Box
California
Arthur G. Kadell
Sugar rationing to continue to protect supply stores
Southern California OPA director Paul Barksdale d Orr announced that sugar rationing will definitely continue to safeguard inadequate supplies in America’s storehouses. A clarifying statement was issued to prevent public confusion.
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America
Paul Barksdale
d’Orr
Southern California
OPA
Truman pledges sugar rationing to continue
President Truman assures that sugar rationing remains necessary amid OPA uncertainty. For now, sugar applications should be directed to the district OPA office, which will process them until further notice.
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OPA
Truman
Distict Opa
Milk consumption hits new record in 1946 era
The average American drinks about a pint of milk daily marking a record for 1946. Fluid milk and cream per capita should average around 210 quarts this year, above prewar 1935–1939 levels of 160 quarts. The trend indicates a sixth consecutive yearly high.
Mrs J H Fuller Family Heads to Los Angeles Trip
Mrs J H Fuller and her son Johnnie daughter Suzette and Charles Hall grandson of F A Ruhlman left Friday for Los Angeles and Balboa returning home late Sunday.
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J. H. Fuller
Johnnie
Suzette
Charles Hall
F. A. Ruhlman
Los Angeles
Balboa
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Strickland
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Said
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