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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1943
Page
4
On Armistice Day 1918 casualties reached 350,300 with 4,355,000 mobilized as World War I ended after 584 days. By July 13 of World War II 584 days in, casualties were 90,090 with 9,300,000 mobilized. Reasons include manpower concentration and improved health, though officials warn no surrender yet as stakes rise.
Allied troops push ashore in Sicily with large landings and rapid progress toward Ike’s timetable. Reports say Italian forces surrender in some instances while observers note weakened enemy communications and supply lines.
A spokesman warns that postwar rehabilitation reserves could shape the nation’s fate, arguing private industry remains the core of employment and freedom. The piece contrasts socialized wartime ownership with a future return to private ownership as the nation tracks Japan’s wartime and postwar shifts and MacArthur’s role.
A compact meditation on Commodore Perry and Japan, noting the opening era as the hardest hundred years. The passage reflects on Western contact and the symbolic sunset over Japan as the era began.
Congress approves 22.569 million dollars plus 11 million on hand for Central Valley Water Project work. Major allocations fund Shasta Dam, Friant Kern Canal, Keswick Dam, Maden Canal, Fraint Dam, Contra Costa Canal, and transmission lines. Measures reflect national recognition of California agriculture in wartime food efforts.
The article credits Rolland Curran James Fauver and Central Valley Association with pushing irrigation projects amid funding shortfalls. It also salutes Congressmen Alfred J. Eliott of Tulare and Albert E. Carter of Oakland for strong congressional leadership in securing farm irrigation support for California.
wartime quotes warn OPA must ration resignations or risk black market losses. Victory Garden volunteers urge high schoolers to aid farmers feeding soldiers. Senator Tenney links morale to crisis. Chief Cato cautions flaming cigars could start fires aiding enemies. About 20 million victory gardens in the U S.
The piece analyzes postwar federal debt implications for California residents. It cites Congressman Engle and Glenn D. Willaman, outlining a hypothetical property tax to service interest alone and the severe long term cost, plus a historical note on county boundary changes affecting the region.
An editor’s note traces how California counties formed and changed over time. Northern California once included a vanished county from 1874, while Shasta and Trinity served as progenitors for Humboldt Siskiyou Del Norte Lassen Modoc and another. Trinity lost its northern half to Klamath in 1851, reshaping the map.
The San Francisco symphony orchestra became the first major ensemble to admit women in its playing personnel. California wage earners in durable goods now outnumber past levels with seventy four percent employed in those industries, compared with forty five percent in 1939.
California crops are counted on to furnish ten per cent of the nation's food supply. The note emphasizes the expected agricultural contribution and the economic role of the state in feeding the country.
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