Forty Adult Books Arrive at Shafter Library
A shipment of forty adult books was received by the Shafter library. The new titles include Dead Man's Trail, The Rainbow Trail, Michael O'Halloran, Beau Geste, Girl of the Limberlost, and Corpu se of the Floating Foot. Additional authors and titles appear in the list of arrivals.
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Shafter Library
Birney
Burkhardt
Carr
Case
Chase
Christie
Covert
Cuthrell
Downing
Eberhart
Ertz
Fisher
Hauck
Larrimore
Lea
Loring
Maize
Orezy
Limberlost
Porter
Michael O'Halloran
Raine
Tim
Regiment
Stevenson
Wallaing
Patty
Webster
Beau Gueste
Wren
God
Rhoades
Kernitzer
Heiser
Whitman
America
Bowen
Seabrook
Hudson
Carmel
Keith
Garibaldi
Frischaurer
Hertzler
Thompson
Bell
Drunk Driving Defendant Receives Suspended Sentence
Fred Nichols age 24 appeared in city court before Judge F F Manuel on charges of drunk and reckless driving. He received 0 days in the road camp and 90 days suspended for two years plus revocation of his driver's license.
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Fred” Nichols
F. F. Manuel
Carmel Soriano Sentenced on Drunkenness Charges
Thirty days in the road camp were given Carmel Soriano, 25, when he appeared in Justice court this week to answer drunk charges. He drew an additional 30 days for contempt of court after a previously imposed fine for drunkenness had not been paid.
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Carmel Soriano
Justice Court
Kern Canyon Road to Be Subject of Meeting
Kern County figures prepare a Bakersfield meeting to discuss proposed WPA and SRA work on widening and straightening 17 miles of the Kern river canyon road from Democrat Hot springs to Bodfish at an estimated cost of 450000 and 400 jobs. Norman P. Thompson heads the highway committee with W H Hitchcock and Judge J R Anderson attending. Irvin B Wright to seek endorsement from the San Joaquin valley council.
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W. H. Hitchcock
Shafter
J.R. Anderson
Maricopa
Kern County Chamber ‘of Commerce
Bakersfield
WPA
SRA
Kern River Canyon
Norman P. Thompson
Arthur Alexander
Onyx
Kern River Chamber of Commerce
Highway Committee
Democrat Hot Springs
Bodfish
FE. W. Cummings
E T. Scott
State Highway Department
Irvin B. Wright
Fresno
San Joaquin Valley
San Joaquin Valley Council of the State Chamber of Commerce
State Chamber
Lions
Religious Services Planned For North Shafter District
Plans for a series of Sunday services in the North Shafter district were made this week. Rev Edgar H McAllister and local residents Mr and Mrs P A Schmidt Mr and Mrs Merwin Hunt and Miss Frances Kattenhorn attended the meeting at the Hunt home. The first service is expected to be set by mid June.
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North Shatter
Edgar H. McAllister
P. A. Schmidt
Merwin Hunt
Frances Kattenhorn
Hunt Home
Local Red Cross Drive Sees Community Support
Civic groups churches and individuals contribute to the Red Cross fund drive this week, chaired by Mrs. J. C. Channeson, highlighting broad community participation in the campaign.
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Red Cross
J. C. Channeson
Library of Songbirds Brings Cheer to Invalids in Kalamazoo
In Kalamazoo Michigan J E Reed maintains a Bird Library in his basement with over 100 singing birds available to invalids and shut ins. Requests require a postcard from the patient and a physician note for health precaution. Reed loans cages and supplies and teaches care, saying the birds’ cheer outweighs the effort.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
J. E. Reed
Reed
Termites Cause Damage Estimated at 40 Million
Dr. Thomas E. Snyder of New Orleans a government entomologist says termites annually damage woodwork in homes to about 40 million dollars. He cites insulation to keep wood from soil contact and chemical soil poisoning with injections into masonry as cures and notes termites use adobe like tubes or cracks when foundations are blocked.
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Thomas E. Snyder
New Orleans
Snyder
Grandfather Mountain's Climb and Curious Summit Claim
French botanist Andrew Michaux scaled Grandfather Mountain in 1794 and recorded reaching the highest peak in North America, singing the Marseillaise and praising liberty. Geologists call the 5,964 foot summit among the oldest mountains, possibly over 140 million years, formed by crustal movements and erosion that left igneous rock towering above valleys.
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North Carolina
Andrew Michaux
North America
America
New Brunswick Culinary Traditions Preserve Coastal Fare
The article highlights New Brunswick’s provincial culinary heritage shaped by Scottish English Irish and French settlers. It notes Fre cooking using orchard dairy and coast seafood with cod cutlets halibut lobster pea soup and wild strawberry omelet. It links cuisine to a summer sports program featuring fishing swimming and boating.
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New Brunswick
Maine
Chinchilla Feeding Habits in Captivity
Chinchillas eat mainly in the evening and at night. In captivity they are fed once daily in the late afternoon with fresh water always available. Diet centers on vegetable matter and grain foods like oats wheat and corn, plus ample green foods such as hay lettuce and lawn clip.
Pedestrian Safety Education Urged Amid Fatality Data
Safety experts push a pedestrian education campaign as a means to cut deaths. A Washington survey shows seven out of every hundred traffic fatalities involve pedestrians, with pedestrians lacking licenses at higher risk. Critics warn education alone may not fix the fault lines of driver behavior and road rules.
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Washington
American Automobile Association
Saluting the Equator: Old Sea Tradition Across Navies
The piece recounts the long history of crossing the line rituals aboard ships. Ancient seafaring cultures sought favor from sea powers with rites, while modern sailors reenact with Neptune, shellbacks, and pollywogs. The ceremony features jokes, pranks, and colorful punishment.
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Europe
Davy Jones
Neptunus Rex
Neptune
Pills through History Seen In Industrial Reforms
A historical overview describes early pill production using needles and gelatin sealing, evolving to suction bar coating, hemispherical pills, and multi stage coating. It highlights bakery and candy industry influences on pill mixing and coating, plus high speed automatic tablet presses and cross industry uses such as plastics molding powders.
Water Power Clock in Rome Park Uses Water to Run
A century old clock at Rome's Villa Borghese municipal park operates by water power. Water drops into cups that drive the mechanism, and the Italian information center at Rockefeller Center says it has kept perfect time for over a hundred years.
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Rome
Villa Borbese
Italy
Rockefeller Center
Industrial Saar Region Is Political Powder Keg
The Saar region between France and Germany is described as a powder keg in European politics. It has historic strategic value, a 1923 miners strike, and a 1935 plebiscite that favored return to Germany. Germany bought Saar mines in 1934 for 900 million gold francs, with coal deliveries to France planned for five years. The area packs nine billion tons of coal and sits beside Alsace Lor raine with strong industrial output.
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Saar
France
Germany
Rhine
Europe
Ruhr
Louis XIV
Napoleon
Versailles
League of Nations Commission
Reich
League of Nations
Alsace-Lorraine
Doomed Medical Student Records Fatal Disease
Frederick J. Hinds, a Stanford medical student, kept a secret record of his fatal myelogenous leukemia and died at twenty two. Doctors praised his courage as he documented his diagnosis to aid future study while his case may help research toward a cure.
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Frederick J. Hinds
Stanford University
San Francisco
Hinds
Loren R. Chandler
Medical School
Night driving safety tips for glare and ditch risk
Advice warns drivers at night to avoid blinding headlights by moving away from oncoming cars, but notes the main danger is the right wheels dropping into a ditch. Recommends checking highway shoulders in advance and choosing to slow down or stop if shoulders are poor or the road narrows.
General Petroleum retires 21 veterans on monthly pensions
General Petroleum Corp announces the retirement of 21 veteran workers at age 65 with liberal monthly pensions and paid-up insurance for dependents. The move follows a long-standing pension program begun in 1926 and honored by leaders from Socony Vacuum and GP at a recent 10-20 Year Club meeting.
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A J. Donnelly
General Petroleum Corporation
John A. Brown
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, Inc
A. L. Weil
Mobilgas
Catherine Donlon
George Afheldt
Carrel
Walter Ramsey
Ed Malley
John Witt
Clarence Bray
John Budenholzer
Fred Martin
James Mullar
Rio Bravo Residents Travel and Keep Busy This Summer
Clyde Zachary and family visited relatives in Santa Cruz for several days. Mrs. Frank Spurlock and Connie and Myrtle planned a summer in San Francisco. E B Suydam is in Bakersfield hospital receiving treatments. Leonard Duck and wife enjoy Fresno visit and plan to travel to Los Angeles where Mr Duck will attend UCLA for the summer.
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Clyde Zachary
Frank Spurlock
Connie
Myrtle
San Francisco
E. B. Suydam
Bakersfield
Leonard Duck
Fresno
Los Angeles
Mr. Duck
U.C.L.A
Lost Hills Softball Visit Set For Tomorrow Night
Bill Lachenmaier leads the Shafter Merchants against Lost Hills at the local diamond tomorrow evening. The Merchants, who beat Lost Hills earlier this week, expect a tougher visitor, with Billy Lachenmaier to pitch and Walt Kirschenmann likely to mound. Lost Hills plans Tom Woolley on the mound and veteran Red Howard has retired from softball.
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Bill Lachenmaier
Shafter Merchants
Lost Hills
Jim Taylor
Ray Mettler
Ernie Neufeld
Lawrence Annis
Tom Woolley
Red” Howard
West Siders
Secretary On Vacation Moves Clinic Staffing
Virginia Cordy secretary at the Shafter Farm Workers' clinic is on vacation. Betty Nogle of Bakersfield fills in for her during this period.
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Virginia Cordy
Shafter Farm Workers
Betty Nogle
Bakersfield
Mountain Cold and High Mountain Etymology Explains Kilimanjaro
A fragment discusses Africa’s highest peak Kilimanjaro and the meaning of its name. It notes a demon linked to cold and references the Swahili terms demv om ima and njaro in connection with the mountain’s origin.
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Africa
Kili- Manjaron
Watchman Howard Meranda Leads Pumper and Guard Crew
A historical note lists personnel including Howard Meranda the watchman, Charles Tiernan the pumper, Oliver Schrunk the pumper, Dan Marble the pumper, Thomas Wright the guard, and J L Glen the boiler inspector in the factory crew.
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Howard Meranda
Charles Tiernan
Oliver Schrunk
Dan Marble
Thomas Wright
J. L. Glennon
4-H Club Boys Visit Projects At Rio Bravo and Wasco
The Rio Bravo 4-H club boys toured local projects last Friday, visiting Wasco and the homes of Columbus Rice Russell Calder Marvin Lane Bobby Devlin Gene and Ray Stewart Robert Curtis Fred Starrh and Jacquiline Senn. Extension agents Henry Lon g fellow Horace Strong and leader Carl Haag accompanied the group and explained feeding demonstrations and livestock care at Wasco.
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Wasco
Frank Gaffner
Sterling Grant
Henry Longfellow
Horace Strong
Extension Service Office
Carl Haag
Longfellow
Strong
Columbus Rice
Russell Calder
Marvin Lane
Bobby Devlin
Gene
Ray Stewart
Robert Curtis
Fred Starrh
Jacquiline Senn
Auxillary Expresses Appreciation Of Publicity
The Leslie L. Robinson Unit 213 of the American Legion Auxiliary thanks Shafter Press for publicity over the past year especially for poppy days and Americanism essays. Signed by Mrs Glenn Nay secretary. G B Evans received a 120 day road camp sentence with 60 days suspended for two years after petty theft charges in Judge Manuel s court.
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Shafter Press
Shafter
Calif
Leslie L. Robinson
The
American Legion Auxiliary
Glenn Nay
G. B.evans
F. E. Manuel
Typhoid Germs Resist Heat Cold Long Survival
Typhoid fever remains a constant menace in the United States as germs may live up to two years without food. Dr. Paul J. Beard of Stanford University notes spread is mainly by water contamination. Germs resist extreme conditions, survive rain, and are killed only on surface ground by sunlight.
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United States
Paul J. Beard
Stanford University
California
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John Nill Ranch
Bernhard Harder
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Shafter Business Men's Association For Benefit of Oil
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Lerdo
H. R. Janzen
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Harder Stock & Feed Co., Inc
Kimbal
KIGER
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Rock and Hampshire
Kiger Poultry Ranch
Terra Bella
W. A. Minner Lumber Company
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Equator
A. J. Donnelly
Rio Bravo
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