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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1939
Page
2
Entered as second class matter August 1 1935 at the Shafter California post office under the Act of March 3 1879 telephone 57.
A pending Pacific Greyhound rate cut proposal in the San Joaquin valley faces scrutiny for masking a dual fare theory. Critics fear lower bus rates while rail prices rise, disadvantaging residents and hindering Santa Fe interchanges, with broader implications for regional transport competition.
At a Dallas farmers meeting a paradoxical approach proposes growing more cotton while reducing lint output using a new lintless cotton strain by D. T. Killough and T. R. Richmond. They suggest using land retired under conservation programs and expanding seed markets, while tests in various locales will judge feasibility.
John Coppel of Newark held a $25 weekly job in 1936 and used a duplicate identity to obtain extra relief by adding a second wife. He collected relief in Newark and Bloomfield for about three years before Newark officials halted his checks and charged him with obtaining money under false pretenses. Local officials urge stricter action against relief chisellers to protect taxpayers.
A fragmentary satirical piece portrays Franklin D Roosevelt at the gates of hell, blaming his 1930s policies and programs like the New Deal, AAA, WPA, CCC, and tax actions for economic woes. The verse mocks political blame, labor actions, and wartime economy while depicting a self accusation and exile.
W B Simpson showed a vial of gold nuggets valued at 100 dollars from his Kern river basin mine near Kernville. He and partner W M Moore expect to re install washed-out sluice equipment soon after recent flooding, continuing prospecting with 40 acre ranch leased near the Hoover farm. The report notes local discussions on Shafter high school funding and other Kern County enterprise including natural gas prospects, farm center meetings, and community events.
Business item notes owners I. N. Wheat and Andy Wheat running a enterprise on Monday with plans or activities unspecified in the readable text.
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