Shafter Publisher Ad Rates and Publication Details
The notice shows a Shafter California publisher, Comfort, G. C. G. Comfort, with publication every Thursday from Central Avenue. It lists subscription price from $200 per year, single copies at 5 cents, and advertising rates on application. It notes entry as second matter August 1, 1935, at Shafter post office under the 1879 act.
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EL. G. C. G. Comfort
Central Avenue
Shafter
Kern County
California
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Congress adjourns after vast spending and policy shifts
The seventy fifth congress adjourned after enacting crop controls, crop insurance, a minimum wage and maximum hours, a large unemployment program, a 12 billion dollar operating fund for the year, navy increases, anti monopoly probes, revised tax laws, flood control funds, and civil aviation regulation. A health and vaccination note urges smallpox protection in Kern county with free local vaccination campaigns.
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Minton
Indianna
Congress
United States of America
United States Navy
San Joaquin Valley
TVA
Pan
Smallpox Cases Rise in Kern County in 1938
Fifty cases of smallpox have been reported in Kern county during the first five months of 1938. This marks the highest number since 1930 and health authorities warn of grave concern. Officials urge vaccination as the key to wiping out the disease and preventing epidemics.
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Kern County
ISMS CANNOT STAND LIGHT OF PUBLICITY
An House committee will begin unAmerican activity inquiries in Los Angeles around August 1 and will probe Nazism Fascism and Communism growth in the nation. It seeks authentic information about isms and aims to report findings to Congress, arguing that current reports exaggerate or belittle their influence.
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Giltaan
Coba
House
Los Angeles
House Committee
Shafter Activates Water System Plans and Local Events
The Shafter Business Men's Association secures Railroad Commission permission to sell to the Shafter Utility District the present water system as it plans a new well and 9000 feet of pipe. A model farm will spotlight Shafter at Kern County Fair. A carload of Crystal Wax onions from Ralph Partridge ranch was shipped, and a Fresno buyer took two crates. J. W. Nickel and J. W. Siemens journeyed to Bakersfield to arrange Shafter exhibit logistics.
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Shafter Business Men’s Association
Railroad Commission
Shafter Utility District
Shafter
Kern County
Samuel Lachenmaier
Ralph Partridge
Fresno
Partridge Patch
San Joaquin Valley
Government Experiment Station
W. B. Camp
Shafter Produce Company
C. V. Peterson
J. H. Edwards
Peterson
P. J
E. K. Grant
Santa Barbara
Gladys
Santa Barbara Hospital
Miss Grant
Clarence Rice
Rio Bravo School
Oklahoma
Texas
Roy Jumper
Evlyn Jumper
Everett Jumper
R. E. Williams
Charles Sump
San Joaquin Light and Power Company
Sump
Walter Little
W. B. Little
Lump
Business Men’s Club
15000 Barrel Well Shutdown Delays California Oil Plan
Standard Oil shut down its 15000 barrel well in the Greeley field this Saturday under a voluntary curtailment plan. Reopening is slated for July 1 with production limited to 300 barrels daily. The move is part of a broader California oil industry effort to curb output.
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Standard Oil Company
Greeley Field
California
Largest California event drives record high gravity reading
A major California occurrence has produced the highest gravity reading in recent state history. Officials report the event's intensity surpassed prior records, drawing scientists and observers to assess its geophysical impact and potential long term effects.
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California
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County Health Department
Kern General Hospital
Bakersfield
Kern General
E. B. Stringham
Herbert McBratney
Gertrude Maurer
Atascadero
Atascadero Park
Morro Beach
Cayucos
J. W. Nickel
J. W. Siemens
George Enns
Thomas Wedge
Irene Guenther
H. C. Neufeld
Greenhorn Mountains
Cedar Creek
J. C. Heath
Sol Camp
Bank of America
Bank of America Ee
Sono Tanfee
Gald- von Pransition
Bank of América National Trust and Savings Association
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporatio
A. J
Jack” Zimmerman
Notary Public
Insurance Counselor Public Weighmaster Automobile
T. V. Little
Frank
Wasco
Roy Pasley
M. W. Pascoe
M. D
Shafter Residence
Shafter Hotel
Janzen Funeral Home Ambulance Service
Edwards
Welch
Snowy Peak
Weiners & Coneys
Lipton’s
Brown Derby Beer
Ieet
Limburger
Kay
Doz. Lie
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