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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1941
Page
5
Classified note lists various lumber sizes and quantities for quick sale by C H Libley at Loma Drive and South Bakersfield plus piano sales by Bakersfield firms and a barber shop visit. Also mentions baby chicks from Shafter area with breed varieties and hatchery spots.
Friesen's 209 led the Business League bowers in Friday night action at Neuman alley. Other scores include Friesen's Service 489 and finalists Peters 471, Burcham 471, McCarty 445, Brown 373, Z. Friesen 832 and a team total 2948.
A government decree enforces a citywide quiet period with noise halted at 10 PM in Papeete Tahiti. The measure aims to restore order and livability in the bustling Pacific port area.
A brief note discusses aluminum and its ores, stating they compose about one twelfth of the earth's crust. It notes the metal is difficult to extract, highlighting the rarity and challenge of processing aluminum from its ores.
A hen reportedly breaks the American egg-laying record by producing a high annual total. Details on the hen’s breed, farm, and circumstances are provided, with comparisons to prior leaders and notes on verification.
At the Potato Association of America meeting in Philadelphia in January 1941, 37 states reported ring rot presence plus details on prevalence increases. Leaders urged planting clean seed and strict handling to prevent spread, noting inspection timing and seed policies across California, Oregon, Washington, North Dakota, and Minnesota.
CONNEAUT OHIO. C KE Lincoln age 84 and C I Pease age 81 are among the country’s oldest house wreckers. They persuaded Mr and Mrs Howard Pease to let them tear down a house. Lincoln says they can still work a full day though muscles complain in the morning. Pease stays determined and toiled down a flight of steps before rising dusting off and resuming work.
Homestead residents urge stricter anti noise enforcement as wedding celebrations disturb daytime sleep for night shift steel workers. Munhall and Homestead police chiefs pressured to institute stronger enforcement to curb loud celebrations and horn blasting.
Detroit report details Warner Treuter's plane crash near a local airport ending years of obscurity. He suffered injuries while the craft was damaged. His wife Mrs Treuter had previously sought non support in 1937 and later learned of the accident through newspapers. Treuter pleaded guilty to a new warrant.
In Council Bluffs Iowa Adolph Robert and John Beno, principal heirs toMiss Bertha Leibold estate, discovered about $60,000 hiding in a dusty kettle. About $15,000 in $25 gold pieces dated 1860 to 1990 and the rest in currency were found during cleanup.
R J Mack drove long and straight from the tenth tee but could not locate his ball. A fellow golfer offered a surprising recovery when he found the ball landed in the other player’s bag.
Collier's reports that tomatoes peppers strawberries summer squash eggplant and watermelon are produced without seeds through a chemical treatment during growth.
A patent has been granted for producing insulin in crystal form. The method, developed in Toronto, represents a significant therapeutic advance for diabetes and certain forms of insanity as described in the report.
Educational value noted as over 300 Richland grammar school pupils in grades six to eight viewed a film depicting the development of American democracy from the Revolutionary War to today. It showed patriots and statesmen in struggle for democracy and how each war advanced liberties, stressing the need to guard freedom under the Constitution.
The State Department of Employment announces itinerant service for filing and certifying unemployment insurance claims in Wasco Shafter McFarland and Delano starting March 6. Officials will hold office hours 11 a m Wasco county building and 1 to 3 p m Delano county building every Thursday. The change ends mail-only certification and aims to give direct personal contact to residents in outlying areas.
A wide bird census across 11 000 miles of shelter belts shows large increases in birds and wildlife. In Kansas Nebraska the Dakotas Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle counts rise up to 500 percent. Over 125 million trees planted as windbreaks now support insect-eating birds and small fur-bearing animals finding homes in the forest strips.
In Seattle, Arley Jeffries, 30, faced cruelty charges over his hog Flo. The court heard Flo weighed 175 pounds and had shed 50 pounds in seven months. Justice Guy B. Knott fined Jeffries $1 plus court costs after Flo appeared and testified in court.
Steps in revision of the student constitution at Shafter high school are underway for a meeting in the home economics room. A menu with fried chicken is being arranged by the Home Economics club under Miss Martha A Wedin. Eligible to attend include student body officers Leroy Witcher president Wilbert Kir schenmann vice president Patty Stringham secretary treasurer Nedra Latta social chairman Minnie Koop yell leader Tilene Marlett girls athletic manager Ed Gaede boys athletic manager and class presidents Ruben Mettler and Kir schenmann seniors Lowell Casey Calvin Newton Russell Stone and Dudley Steele.
Richland gramme school sent 23 students to Bakersfield Fox theatre for The Bumble Bee Prince by Rimsky Korsakov. Junior Program from New York presented the opera with transport aid from three parents and three teachers. Richland aims to take about 150 music students to Wasco in April to hear the WPA symphony from San Francisco.
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