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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1943
Page
2
The piece notes Father’s Day 1943 shifts focus from playful songs to honoring fathers who work. It stresses fathers in essential industries, the military, or supporting family life, highlighting their toils to win the war and restore normalcy for their children.
The piece underlines how Uncle Sam feeds his vast military family with nine months ahead planning and global distribution. It contrasts civilian mass retail ease with military needs, noting food as morale and a weapon, and urges readers to accept sacrifices as part of supporting soldiers abroad.
The first transcontinental telephone line linked New York and San Francisco and began service in January 1915 marking a milestone in long distance communication.
Major Joe Foss Pacific Ace visits San Diego delivering bold wartime statements. Lef Wiley Beverly Hills radio singer recalls a jilting at a wedding and claims a prior marriage. Senator Harold Swann in Sacramento praises Roosevelt but declines to run again.
Resera Dr Julio Barata, once Brazil's propaganda chief, visits and comments that Brazilians do not understand American strike disruptions in war plants and that their view aids the enemy. Also Oona ONeill in a Chaplin paternity case says their association is artistic and she calls him a great teacher.
Dr Gladys T Stevenson assistant professor of home economics at the University of California warns Los Angeles readers about dangers of food poisoning from home canned foods. She urges careful methods as the summer session teaches preservation for year round use.
Union Congregational and area churches announce Sunday school at 1 45 p m or 10 a m with morning services at 11 a m The program includes a Vacation Bible School Children's Day illustrated Junior Sermon and a mission school offering First Baptist Church East Lordo Highway E M Anderson pastor lists 10 a m Sunday school 11 a m worship 7 p m youth service 8 p m Wasco Catholic services at 8 and 10 a m Confessions Saturday 4 30 and 7 90 p m Latter Day Saints in MLA Hall Wasco holds 10 a m Sunday School 1 30 p m preaching 1 30 a m Christian Science Society study and Bible lessons Wednesday night service The 1942 43 MLA theme continues and Bible readings address atomic force and universes**
Luke records Jesus blessing five loaves and two fishes, miraculously feeding the crowd and leaving twelve baskets of fragments. The passage contrasts disciples asking to dismiss the people with Jesus urging them to provide nourishment. Mary Baker Eddy cites science and health as harmonizing miracle with divine law.
A new system adds a branch post office number to addresses to speed mail sorting. Postmaster General Frank C Walker ordered rapid implementation in large cities. many postmasters assigned postal unit numbers and residents were notified. The change aims to relieve overworked staff and improve delivery efficiency as mail volume rises and armed forces reduce workforce. An example address shows the postal unit after the city in Boston Massachusetts. Residents are urged to include the number in their return addresses and inform correspondents.
Residents in small towns should check with correspondents in large cities about postal unit numbers for city branch post offices to speed mail. Uses of numbers by mailers increase speed. mail without numbers still arrives but lacks faster distribution and may face delays. Postmasters, press, and radio promote the plan. many articles, radio talks, maps, and chamber of commerce efforts inform businesspeople.
The American flag was raised at Portsmouth Square in San Francisco marking a historic moment in 1846. The event signaled early U.S. presence in California during the Mexican American conflict era.
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