Shafter News Summary of Local Trips Births and Visits
Shafter residents report business trips to Los Angeles and Balboa. Visitors include Ewald Goehring en route to Camp Cooke and Murray Arnold of Manhattan Beach. Births include Roy Dwane Rogers, Jerry Mack Ragsdale, Patricia Ann Kirschenmann, and Kenneth Warren Gaede. A training plane made a forced landing near Shafter with no serious damage.
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Ewald Goehring
Shafter
Camp Cooke
Calif
Fort Knox
46Th Armored Infantry
Minter Field
Fellowship Meeting Held in Shafter at Pentecostal Church
A Fellowship gathering met Monday in Shafter at the Pentecostal Church of God. Members traveled from towns across the southern San Joaquin Valley to attend.
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Shafter
Pentecostal Church of God
San Joaquin Valley
Rotary leader calls for realists to build peaceful world order
Tom J. Davis president of Rotary International asserts in Rotarian magazine that realists and Weansts share a fight for home heritage ideals and decency. He believes a future task will be to construct a peaceful enduring world order.
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Tom J. Davis
Rotary International
Wartime Traffic Control Plan Crafted by Western Officials
Western state highway authorities have formulated a unified wartime traffic control program. The plan aims to streamline movement, enhance safety, and coordinate road use during the emergency period.
Train Girls for Defense Work in Iowa NYA Shops
In Des Moines and Clinton NYA metal and wood working shops, over 500 girls have swapped dresses for coveralls and slacks to work with machines. Foremen report girls perform alongside boys in fabricating and repairing autos, signs, lockers, and ironwork, though heavy lifting remains male. The program aims to give work experience to youths 17 to 25, with pay for 80 hours a month, while radio and garment factory roles emerge as strong opportunities for women.
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Des Moines
Iowa
America
National Youth Administration
NYA
Clinton
Davenport
Rock Island
Til
Towa
Home improvement tips from a 1940s correspondent
A reader asks for a comprehensive guide to building a house including cement plaster plumbing heating drainage and electrical work. The adviser says no single book covers all and recommends hiring experienced help and obtaining permits.
Lawyer Pleads Guilty By Letter For Speeding
A Lubbock attorney Mel Janes wrote a remorseful letter to Judge Frank Hurley and included a $10 fine after receiving a speeding ticket in Fort Worth. He stated he regretted the incident and he was sorry for using the highway for speed, and that he believed a ticket was deserved.
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Fort Worth
Frank Hurley
Lubbock
Mel Janes
Janes
If Home Is Bombed You Can Deduct It From Tax
Washington news brief notes a 1924 rule reversal by the treasury. A U.S. taxpayer who lost property in a bombing in a French city last year may offset the loss against his income for tax purposes.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury
Utah Gets Wetter as Rainfall Surges Past Normal
Salt Lake City reports Utah, long known for deserts and salt flats, saw an average annual rainfall of 18.74 inches in the weather year, more than half an inch above prior records and nearly six inches above normal, signaling a wetter period for the state.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Weather Bureau
Local Defense Volunteers Urged to Sign Tonight in Shafter
People wishing to sign for civilian defense work in Shafter should report to the county building assembly room on Pacific avenue between 7:30 and 8:30 this evening. Frank Shaw, secretary of the local defense council, says volunteers will fill out a questionnaire and be fingerprinted and photographed for ID.
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Shafter
Pacific Avenue
Frank Shaw
Defense Council
California Faces Heaviest Rubbers Curtailment Impact
Since 10 percent of all motor vehicles in the United States are owned in California the state stands to be hit hardest by rubber curtailment.
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United States
California
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