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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1941
Page
2
An editorial praises Shafter for a visibly improved appearance over the past years. Better-kept yards, new sidewalks, and growing trees brighten streets as summer approaches. Community groups have aided tree planting and plan to continue, aiming to line both sides of streets with shade trees for future beauty.
Miss Gretchen Knief told a Shafter meeting that the library will be open 35 hours a week soon with county support for changes if needed. She urged expanding the library space as natural community growth requires larger facilities and greater service.
A patent describes a hot dog containing a withdrawable mustard tube to spread the mustard or remove it if undesired. Inventor Millard W. Peterson of Westwood California also proposes a football kicker trainer using a groove guiding the kicker's foot to the ball.
Wartime demand drives a boom in junk collection with 300000 workers salvaging metals, paper, and rubber. Scrap consumption reaches about 1 billion dollars annually, feeding supplies for airplanes, guns, tires, and farming equipment as the country braces for strained foreign sources.
Winters, Texas nutrition committee member, proposes a dime a day diet with 21 plain menus providing adequate nutrition. A sample day includes corn meal mush, tea, bean soup with onions, turnips, corn pone, broiled pork liver, turnip greens, roe cake, coffee and cake. The plan argues cost reduction is possible with commitment.
Deputy Santos Ramirez in Las Cruces responds to a skunk under a home as a strange urgent task. The period also highlights a UC medical antigen offsetting insect bite irritation in fleas and a blind Indiana used car dealer who can value a car by sound in 19 minutes.
The Produce Packer notes national attention on Q Enterprises Inc led by Bill Bestwater Carmody and Tom Jones as they plan a company party at the Newman office next Wednesday. The piece cites a Terra Bella editorial praising free speech and questioning future liberty amid rapid modernization.
Fresno Bee column urges Californians to explore all 58 counties as travel options and spend locally to boost state prosperity. Pixley Enterprise discusses push for an independent air arm with congressional inquiry urged to decide if such a force should exist. Mariposa Gazette pokes at loud political climbers, suggesting concentration camps for chronic horn-tooters.
A Bakersfield caller offered to donate an IQ test to Kenn y county chamber directors. A draftee mentioned on his questionnaire that he will soon father a son. The item hints at national defense and notes gum brands no longer wrapped in foil.
The women who was formerly fair fat and forty has now become slim swank and sixty as Frank Reed highlights a local lifestyle toast. She reflects on aging with humor and resilience in a feature that celebrates community identity.
California figures including Dr Harold M Hogan and Soroptimists discuss women's defense work and home duties. Trade council leader Watchman Alexander notes protests with banners and calls for action as garment workers describe limited strikes and concessions.
Officers reported locating parts of a large still three miles west and three miles south of Shafter with 400 four gallon kegs and 350 gallons of material for alcohol. A ranch raid by Sheriff Cas Walser and deputies uncovered a barn packed with liquor making gear and a manager jailed in Bakersfield. The item mentions ongoing neighbor concerns and a forthcoming potato festival.
Mrs. Q. T. Olson of the Shafter Women’s Club hosted a hen party where each guest brought a woman and handed her to Mrs. Olson. The hens were to be sold to raise money for beautifying the club’s lawn and grounds.
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