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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1942
Page
6
Newspaper clippings note a wartime pep talk question about pay in the army, a skunk trap mishap, Hoover urging power for wartime measures, Hull on Axis weakness, and a humorous line about lawn care, reflecting home front humor and political commentary.
About 400 air raid wardens in the Shafter zone earned their shields this week and learned under Police Chief John Reilly and Sheriff John Loustalot that their signs must be displayed on wards. A new course in physical therapy starts at the University of California Medical School in San Francisco to meet Army and Navy needs for trained technicians.
The piece notes that nudists have disappeared as war priorities and rationing tighten. It argues the nudist, self reliant and minimal in needs, would serve the country in war yet seems to have vanished, perhaps because others face limits on resources.
The article reflects on wartime rationing and how progressive retailing has transformed shopping. It recalls oranges as a Christmas novelty, bread lasting a week, seasonal stock, and the shift to self service in chains, contrasting past practices with present abundance and urging gratitude as leaner times approach.
June time opens a campaign where issues rather than names take the stage. The proposed initiative to reapportion California's state senate shifts power toward urban districts, risking rural voices and farm areas. Voters are urged to examine signatures and read carefully before signing any measure, to avoid later regret.
The article notes about a half million enter California this year seeking work. It calls California a wartime employment pivot drawing job seekers nationwide, while government plans to curb a wide mobility of workers, reinstating them at current jobs for duration.
Dorothy Schoemer the Pasadena show girl tours selling war bonds and recalls dancing without rehearsal yet performing boogie-woogie to a military band. Maj Wesley J Gritton plans to join service amid remarks on weight gain among enlisted men, while Mrs Buddy Baer comments on Joe Louis beating Buddy in a recent bout.
A government initiative expands the day care of children program aiming to increase the employment rate among women. Officials tout higher labor participation and child welfare, while workers report improved access and scheduling flexibility.
CAPT. EDWARD MACAULEY U S Maritime commissioner salutes the shipyard workers and officers who form the heart of the wartime logistics describing their crucial role in loading cargoes and maintaining the fleet.
General James Doolittle praises the planes used in the air raid on Japan. He says the aircraft were the best in the world and that Japanese pursuit ships that challenged them never stood a chance.
Miss Thelma McKelvey, head of the Women's Labor Supply Service, argues that expanding a key community facility is essential given current conditions. Her remarks stress increased support and funding for local services.
Kern County Pierce's Disease committee plans an aggressive 1942 program to combat the virus threatening California vineyards. The plan extends 1941 efforts with field meetings tours detection and eradication of sick vines and information spreads by committee members. A Bakersfield meeting will bring 52 committeemen together for research updates and county reports before a series of field roguing visits to infected vineyards.
A dozen years back Shafter reports quote a record potato harvest with 1700 acres yielding about 604 carloads shipped, average 225 sacks per acre, prices at $2.00 per hundred rising to $2.10. Other items note school diplomas, new cotton gin, local home visits, and a 19 to 7 win by the Shafter baseball team.
The county budget lists the fair seeking $40 350 for improvements maintenance and operation $22 400 for new projects and $17 000 for cement walls plumbing and similar items It also asks for $20 000 to publicize the fair placed in the chamber of commerce budget Richland school will receive $1 400 additional funds from county and state due to attendance record this past year
In 1928 the Shafter high school opened with three teachers part time staff and 45 students. This year the school has six full-time teachers and 80 students. Next year a four-year high school will begin with an extra expenditure of 32000 dollars on new additions and equipment. Watch us grow.
Misses Gertrude Maurer Lorena Voth and Jean Maurer hosted a Thursday evening gathering at J H Maurer Sr residence. Attendees included twelve Maurers and friends with dainty refreshments late. Whiting Martin of Rio Bravo received a University of Nevada diploma in agriculture becoming a full agriculturalist. L L Lowe, a Shafter gin owner, mentioned in attendance.
Kern county health department sets rattlesnake kits at 12 stations across the county for bite treatment. The list includes Lost Hills, Buttonwillow, Randsburg, Mojave, Glenville, Greenhorn, Kernville, Tejon, Lebec, Piute Mountain, Camp Conder, and McKittrick. Dairy cattle production tied to testing. UC experts note California leads in cows on test and per cow output.
Animals at the San Francisco Zoo live in reproductions of their natural environments. They are separated from the public by deep moats to mimic wild habitats.
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