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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1942
Page
2
A sermon reflecting on Luke 23 and Isaiah 52 and Hebrews 10, detailing the crucifixion as bringing life through Christ. It contrasts rejection with faith, notes the darkness at Golgotha, and emphasizes the cross as more than ornament, but a doorway to salvation and righteousness through Jesus Christ.
A focused excerpt urges living by St. Paul’s postulate that we seek a city to come while fully embracing life here. It asserts that true happiness arises from accepting divine will in all actions and enjoying the present without conflict.
VANCOUVER A giant shaggy monster and a tribe of hair covered giants are blamed for terror in southern British Columbia after Mrs. George Chapman reported a 10 foot tall hairy man like creature chased her family near Ruby Creek. Tracks 16 inches long and five inches wide sparked debate whether a giant bear or sasquash inhabit the region near the Fraser River with sightings near Sesbird Island and Chehalis.
In San Francisco a man named Emil Olin, not a tenant, was found asleep in a bathtub of a Mission Street apartment. Evelyn Schwartz, the apartment manager, said he had previously slept on stairs, hallways and other corners for months. He said he came to sleep there due to loneliness after his former wife lived there.
Karl Kuhn of Alton Illinois donated his World War I heroism medals to a scrap metal fund. He said the Germany he knew is dead and that the medals can no longer wear with honor as the nation fights Axis forces.
Berlin dispatch notes a Vichy committee under Marshal Henri Petain may scrap the 984 foot Eiffel Tower in Paris. The move follows a French critic Henry Bordeaux calling the monument an insult to aesthetic taste.
John Tobin 40 slept through a second story room and toppled through a window pane but his 75 year old mother rushed in grabbed his leg and held on until help arrived. He is recovering in hospital.
A series of practical answers cover concrete coloring for paths, wall insulation in a large house, varnish remover methods using trisodium phosphate, cleaning oil stains from garage floors, preventing chrome chairs from marking linoleum with tape wraps, wallpaper over plasterboard, and choosing linoleum over painted concrete for kitchen floors.
In Santiago Island Puerto Rico a 31 acre monkey colony established in 1938 by the School of Tropical Medicine hosts 400 monkeys in six tribes. Leaders win by dominance, feeding is limited, and territory borders trigger brutal conflicts as tribes contest the island’s resources.
Washington reports no plans to curb noiseless walking as war curbs civilian transport. Rubber heel stockpiles remain large with nearly 125 million heels in reserve and high production for shoes. An order halting civilian tires and tubes directs rubber to heels sneakers and galoshes without reducing civilian purchases.
In Detroit during wartime a mother stockpiled canned goods and her three year old son Seth Lampe removed all labels. The pantry contents became unrecognizable, turning peaches pears pineapples beans peas and juices into a jumble of non entries.
In Seattle a 644 pound baby boy, born by Caesarean section as his mother died from burns, survived the fire that killed his father and brother. Florence Mellang, 26, underwent the operation and never regained consciousness. the infant has a chance according to latest reports.
Frank Shaw Tax Collector publishes delinquent tax list for year 1941 in Shafter California. Properties listed with tax, penalty and advances include multiple Lots and Tracts. sale set for June 30 1942 at noon in City Tax Collector's office. Notation attests taxes unpaid and warrants property liens.
The Shafter Public Utility District adopts Ordinance 1 A limiting water use by region and month to conserve supply. It sets irrigation hours from 5 A.M to 11 A.M for north of Central Avenue and 4 P.M to 10 P.M for south of Central Avenue during June July August, with penalties up to 25 dollars or ten days in Kern County Jail. The ordinance is declared immediate emergency and to take effect on final passage.
The article notes the critical role of good eyesight in Air Force pilots and how eye health has improved since World War I. It credits schools nurses doctors and eye specialists with monitoring eye health from a young age and highlights the electric industry’s contribution to better lighting for safer vision.
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