Army Outlines Six Year Plan for National Guard Training
General Stilwell announces a six year plan to train about 571,195 National Guard troops. Regular Army instructors will supervise through battalion to division levels, standardizing training nationwide while Guard units continue training under state functions. Units include the 40th Infantry Division in California and the 41st Division from the Pacific Northwest. Arizona Montana Utah gain infantry combat teams and Nevada a cavalry mechanized squadron.
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Army
National Guard of
United States
Joseph W. Stilwell
Sixth Army
Stilwell
National Guard
Vhe
40Th
California
41St
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Pacific
Arizona
Montana
Utah
Nevada
Knowland Urges House Backing for Central Valley Funds
U S Senator William F Knowland of California leads pressure to secure House agreement on the Senate approved 25 million dollars for the Central Valley Project in the 1947 fiscal year. He has asked Reps Havenner and Johnson to emphasize the Senate stance to conferees as they hash final terms. The Senate boosted funds from 20 836 670 to 25 million as reported by the Interior Department Appropriation Bill, well above the House level of 10 840 120.
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U.S
William F. Knowland
California
House
Senate
Knowland
Frank R. Havenner
J. Leroy Johnson
Senate Appropriations Committee
Federal Budget Bureau
Interior Department
Central Valley
Big Valley Canal Project Opens Construction In Delta Mendota System
Work starts this month on the Delta Mendota Canal as part of the Central Valley Project. San Francisco contractor Hubert H. Everist will build an 18 mile trench alongside the Southern Pacific line from Westley to Patterson in Stanislaus County. The concrete lined canal 100 feet wide and 16 feet deep will move Sacramento River water to Mendota Pool feeding San Joaquin River lands.
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Hubert H. Everist
San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Westley
Patterson
Stanislaus County
Livermore Hills
Delta
San Joaquin
Mendota
Fresno County
Mendota Pool
Tulare
Kern
Fresno Farm Income 1945 Shows Slight Drop
Fresno County reports total gross income from crops and livestock at 142.46 million in 1945, down 2.48 million from 1944. Grapes led with 54.06 million, fruit and nut crops reached a record 16.30 million, field crops 35.51 million, and animal production 26.70 million. Acres listed include 170,553 for grapes and 36,619 for?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fresno County
Fresno County Chamber of Commerce
Early Beef Marketing Aids Famine Program
The article explains that marketing large numbers of beef cattle with little grain feeding can ease famine by preserving meat supplies while freeing grain for food. Parsons notes sacrifices in cattle finish but emphasizes pasture and forage to minimize grain use. Grain supplies and byproduct feeds for 1945-46 were slightly below last year but well above the 10-year average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons
Maritime School Accepts Applications for Cadet Midshipmen
Applications for appointment as cadet midshipmen in the U S Merchant Marine Cadet Corps School San Mateo California are open. Applicants must be 16 to 21 years old for the scholastic test and at least 17 for the physical exam. Candidates must show credits from accredited schools totaling 15 units across mathematics English science and electives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Mateo
California
E. G. McDonald
USMS
Geary Street
San Francisco
Wesley Gorsching Honorable Discharge From Navy
Wesley Gorsching a former Shafter Press employee and Shafter High School graduate has received an honorable discharge from the Navy. He enlisted in March 1945 and was sent to Adak Alaska in December 1945 where he remained until June this year. He looks forward to enjoying Shafter’s warm weather after the Aleutian cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Gorsching
Shafter Press
Shafter High School
Navy
Gorsching
Adaklaska
Youths Start Naval Merchant Marine Candidacy
Applicants nationwide must pass a physical exam similar to Naval Academy standards. They must show a firm desire to pursue a lifelong career in the U S Merchant Marine.
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U. S. Naval Academy At
Annapolis
U.s.merchant Marine
California Farmers to Get Surplus Housing
Federal housing expeditor Wilson W. Wyatt announced in Washington that California farmers will receive 1491 surplus buildings and hutments from the war department for migrant worker housing. The Army Engineering Corps will sell the facilities to the California Farm Production Council, which will resell to individual farmers at appraised market value.
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Wilson W. Wyatt
Washington, D. C
California
War Department
Army Engineering Corps
California Farm Production Council
Victory Gardens and Home Food Preservation Urgency
In 1946 a strong nationwide program promotes home gardens and food preservation as the most effective means for American families to secure a significant portion of their own food supply, reflecting national urgency on the home front.
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C. V Funds
Big Valley Canal
Fresno
Maritime School
Shafter
The
Aleutians
Pat Kelly
Laggy
HW. Kelly
Kelly-Channeson
Tononiaia
ISIS
Treasury
Nal
Scotland
America
Calvert
Calvert's
Oss Abania Ama
Calvert Distillers Corp
Bill Browns Bottle Shop
Central Ave
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