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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1941
Page
2
An editorial from NATI Editorial Association reflects on the impending transition for Shafter high school seniors as they graduate. It discusses future challenges including war, social change, labor shortages, and the need for self-reliance, while urging policies to boost wages and curb relief for non‑needs cases.
The article notes a crop labor shortage in Kern County and other California areas as crops near ripening. Growers express concern and seek solutions, with the issue also echoing from the Midwest where labor scarcity affects harvest readiness.
A Shafter police drive this week targets automobile horn tooters described as social pests. The piece contrasts horns used in emergencies with those used to summon people or blast through traffic, urging enforcement while noting humane opposition to harsh penalties.
A Seattle firm builds a five room cotton house for the United States Department of Agriculture. The structure uses cotton fabric on fir plywood walls and includes cotton insulation flooring and draperies. It will tour the nation to spur private construction demand.
The column discusses local gullibility to unscrupulous peddlers and notes family misdeeds. It mentions a father caught as a relief chiseler and his son criticized as a writer of fake checks. Joe Frizzell’s past clean record is contrasted with three bounced checks in the last month.
A Pittsburgh youth visiting an oil field worker learns about hole terminology used for drilling and recalls the industry jargon. The piece lists odd patented gadgets and ends with a humorous phone call about a sister’s finger snagged in a device.
A collage of 1940s era clippings notes reactions to defense calls and labor protests, cites road safety gains, and mentions medical immunization research at UCSF. It recalls traffic death trends, state results, and a historic bank collapse linked to the Chinese Revolution.
Art critic Thomas Craven counsels homeowners to choose pictures for living spaces based on familiarity and emotion, favoring clarity and drama in color and drawing. He argues personal taste should trump jury fashions and urges courage to trust what one recognizes in art. The New York Times notes an alarming first quarter 1941 rise in national figures.
A historical note records a customer inquiry about telephone service and the retort to such questions under prevailing conditions remains simply terrible. The terse exchange highlights public impatience with utility quality and service standards of the era.
City police draft an officers code and press bed zone rules on Central Avenue while a driver faces warnings for horn use. Ruby Gaede and Frank Krause plan a Friday the thirteenth wedding with salt toss instead of rice as guests arrive.
San Francisco announced that pets previously under a rabies quarantine imposed early in 1940 have been released from all restrictions. The move concludes precautionary measures affecting dogs cats and other companion animals across the city.
A speaker lineup features Mrs Chas Weis Jr urging home life as the true woman's place. Don Thomas touts California enterprise and strong retail leadership. Dr Ray Lyman Wilbur questions civilizational decline. Police Chief Chas Dullea defends the police as bulwark, with E V Durling and a controversial remark on women's fashion.
Theodore P. Bayless becomes Shafter Progress local writer replacing ill Mrs. M A Jumper and urges reader cooperation. The report covers El Campo Mexican community growth near Shafter with housing, a dance hall, and a developing church. Also present are reminiscences of frontier veteran J W Fielder, pension inquiries, and local agriculture updates including turkey farming and Kern county fair plans.
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