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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1942
Page
6
A historical sermon like text argues liquor propaganda hides the dangers of alcohol. It brands beer as harmless and cites biblical verses to urge churches to oppose drinking in society and within congregations.
A reader asks for color suggestions to match Swedish modern furniture and whether to use paint or wallpaper. The columnist advises personal choice, visiting department store exhibits, and consulting expert decorators. Additional home maintenance tips cover chimneys plumbing hot water safety bathtub stains stainless steel cleaning sewer roots tile cleaning and cleaning a golf bag.
In North Carolina more than 1,000 inmates across seven honor camps pledge not to escape with only unarmed supervision. About 500 current prisoners and 500 alumni live in these camps. work on roads, dine, and sleep like other convicts but without guards or gun towers. The program remains experimental with plans for more camps.
In Waynesburg Pennsylvania Franklin Hart attempted to push start his car with a tractor to reach a doctor for his four year old son. The tractor kicked and Hart suffered a broken arm while his son escaped injury and received no medical care.
In Wetumka Oklahoma three youngsters ages eight, ten and twelve rode a single bicycle to reach a swimming hole. They traveled a round trip of three miles each trip and repeated it six times for a total of 18 miles over the summer two days a week. The eight-year-old rode on the handlebars while the others took turns pedaling and hauling. The pattern involved the ten-year-old starting each leg, then the eight-year-old returning, with the twelve-year-old taking over midway segments.
In Seattle Washington a setter puppy named Tuffy was saved by a search party led by the dog’s mother Gypsy. Neighbors hauled a long ladder to the surface after hearing a faint whine. The exhausted pup, missing for nearly a month, survived on rain and a first meal of warm goat milk. Owner Frank Nicholson noted the dog lost about a third of its body weight.
The passage discusses digestion deteriorating after age 40 or 50 and the temptation to overeat. It mentions constipation and a listless tongue as symptoms and promotes various products and drug stores, including Arita, Kety Shafter Drug Store, and McClure Drug Store, as sources for relief.
California 1941 chromite shipments totaled 14 756 long tons valued at 342 218 dollars, up from 1940 when 2321 long tons were worth 32 769 dollars. The wartime message urges saving war stamps as campaigns unfold.
The Contract Air Cargo Division transported about a million pounds weekly to support Army Air Forces needs for parts and equipment across the Western hemisphere. In its first month of operations under the Air Service Command, it established itself as the largest air freight transportation system in the world.
Public appeal stresses spending on War Bonds to conserve resources and support the war effort. It claims high producing hens require less feed per dozen eggs, linking efficiency to savings and morale.
A scientific expedition to Salvador brings to the University of California Berkeley three thousand specimens including reptiles birds and animals plus two live boas for study and display on campus.
San Francisco's municipal railway carried 71,677,219 passengers during the first ten months of the current fiscal year, up from 69,651,196 in the same period of 1941.
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