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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1945
Page
8
Mr and Mrs George Gaede welcomed a baby boy born June 4 at Mercy Hospital in Bakersfield. The infant weighed eight and a half pounds.
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Collins of Fresno and Harry Putman with his daughters of Bakersfield visited last week in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Putman.
The War Production Board grants farm machinery makers broader production rights by removing quotas for large and small firms effective July 1. Companies with 1941 sales of 500000 or more must still file approved schedules per item and report monthly. All firms retain priority material allotments and the nonfarm user rating rule is removed unless orders come from a military agency.
California farmers doubled fertilizer use during the war years to support production and war food goals. From 1938 to 1944 total application rose from 210,795 tons to 417,893 tons, with mixed fertilizers the most used, followed by ammonium sulphate and sodium nitrate.
War Food Administration will use loans as the main price support for the 1945 late potato crop with schedules similar to 1944. Farmers must offer all marketable grades. WFA will not buy lower grades alone. Loans at 3 percent start September 15, 1945, with complete documentation by December 31, 1945.
In the County Building the well baby conferences shift to the second Wednesday each month for June July and August with sessions at 1 p.m. The summer dates are June 13 July 11 and August 8. Dr M A Gifford leads the program assisted by nurses Elizabeth Moore and Lois Robinson and Richland PTA volunteers.
Mrs P C Guenther entertained last Thursday with a bridge party at her home. A lovely dessert course was served to Mesdames Hazel Wiedmann Christine Roscamp Elizabeth Ingram Justina Little Florence Lindquist Sarah Sanderson Vida Ruhlman and the hostess.
Kelly Grant son of Mr and Mrs E K Grant is spending a ten day leave in Jacksonville Florida after months at sea. He serves as a gunner on a torpedo bomber that takes off from aircraft carriers.
The Nicaraguan coat of arms depicts five conical mountain peaks crowned by a liberty pole and cap, symbolizing the nation’s geography and freedom. The scene is centered within a circular frame and includes ocean waves at the base.
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