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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1946
Page
4
The deadline for applying for Cotton Crop Protection is March 25 1946. Clifford E Craig secretary of the local Agricultural Conservation Association says personal contact with all growers is impossible. Contact the offices at 2405 M Street for complete details.
Shafter High Bangers the Colonels defeated McFarland 29 to 21 to claim the Sierra League playoff championship at McFarland last Wednesday afternoon. Wasco A overwhelmed Shafter in a separate game 61 to 26, Wasco B beat Shafter 31 to 12, and Wasco C won 11 to 7.
Red Cross chapters announce a 1946 emphasis on veteran and hospitalized service, with home and welfare programs to assist employment, training, hospital care, and government benefits. Field directors aid overseas troops, and recreation clubs persist in occupied areas as wartime needs continue.
In 1943 the War Department set up censorship at Los Alamos New Mexico where the Atomic Bomb was being made. Censorship lasted until Dec 1 1945 with government trucks delivering mail twice daily after review by Santa Fe censors. These covers are rare collectors items as mail was censored inside the United States for the first time.
Mrs Gorcon Churchill and daughters move to Des Moines Iowa to establish a home after three years in Shafter while Cay Churchill served at Minter Field. He has received his discharge and is on terminal leave. Jenner family moves to Oklahoma. Mrs Ned Jenner and children Nettie Rai Johnny join Mr Jenner to make their home there.
A cross fund drive will support continued services for veterans hospitalized men and overseas troops as well as community programs sustaining care and outreach.
A collage of remarks from California figures notes anti wage price controls and social change. Phillip M. Connelly denounces the new wage price formula as selling out workers. Joan Miriam Morgan, a British war bride in Vallejo, humorously contemplates nylons eggs and bacon. Lt Col Wallace Moore complains about returning soldiers and intolerance. General Krutger praises General MacArthur’s foresight.
Lt. (jg) Calvin E. Rains son of Mr and Mrs A E Rains Shafter was discharged from the Navy March 5 at the U S Naval Separation Center New York. He served forty two months including the Okinawa invasion and in Japan earning the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
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