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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1944
Page
3
Mrs Hazel Weaver of Los Angeles is in Shafter visiting her daughter Mrs Jack Fry.
Shafter brief notices record residents visiting family in Bakersfield Los Angeles and Tehachapi with several weekend trips and hospital stays. Pfc Krause returns to camp Berkeley Texas after furlough while Mrs Krause and son Ronald remain with H H Gaede.
Editor notes Fourth War Loan appeal urging residents to contribute fully and back the attack Buy More Than Before slogan. Mrs Dyck and son visit Shafter while Bernice Dyck from Fresno spends weekend with Harry Dick on the railroad switch crew.
A reader letter cites Sgt. Ben Kurodi and loyalty to the Stars and Stripes while endorsing postwar removal of known disloyal Japanese. Former Gov Olson and Attorney General Kenney are referenced in a debate on wartime policy.
In a speech labeled as a faction meeting described as a Republican huddle the attorney general Kenny quotes the former governor calling that figure a lame duck. The remark frames the political transition and signals waning influence of the cited leader.
The notice lists ration stamps for meats fats canned milk and other items with indefinite validity, sugar stamps 30 31 and 32 valid for 5 pounds each and stamp 40 for home canning through February 28 1945, shoe and airplane stamps with indefinite validity, and gasoline book coupons with renewal windows.
On the cover of a book a notice urges car owners to immediately write their license number and state on all gasoline coupons as a protection against the black market, advising consultation with the local OPA board for guidance.
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