World War II Dispatches From The Week
Sweden hurries defense while German forces press near Aus coast. Free French raid Fezzan. Britain shells Rangoon lines and aids Russia. Tokyo reports Java gains and Burma plans. Roosevelt orders strikes to settle disputes. War mobilization expands in U S with drafts, debt, and production boosts. Multiple dispatches cover air raids, submarines, and evacuations.
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Sweden
Ausse
Fezzan
South Lyibs
Hawaii
Bandoeng
Java
Darwin
Australia
Rangoon
Russia
Germany
Medan
Dutch East Indies
Rio de Janeiro
Edward Benes
East Indies
Burma
Douglas MacArthur
Far East
Morocco
Navy
New Guinea
Kharkov
Pittsburgh
Baling Wire Production Orders to Full Capacity
War Production Board orders steel companies to run bale tie plants at 100 percent capacity to ensure enough ties for alfalfa hay used mainly by the military. The directive was conveyed to Kern County farm adviser M A Lindsay by Alfred R Thomas of the WPB. Mountain vacationists took 4 710 000 recreation visits to California's 18 national forests last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County
Lebec
Ridge
Bern ‘County
United
Bakersfield
Fellows
Qiesy Rodney L. Turner
Thomas O’bren
Lebee Properties
Hope
Gardner Field
Merchants of
Taft
California Highway Patrol Force
F. C. Piepenbrink
North Belridge
Belridge
War Department Board
Washington, D. C
M. A. Lindsay
Kern
University of California Agricultural Extension Service
Alfred R. Thomas
Bureau of Field Operations
War Production Board
National Forests of
California
Truck Rationing Placed in Hands of R T Eddy
Rationing of trucks shifts to Richard T. Eddy of the Interstate Commerce Commission bureau of motor carriers. Shafter tire board reports 1,170 pounds of rubber certified for recapping. Local quotas for new cars not yet announced. no new car issuances until then.
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R. T. Eddy
Richard T. Eddy
Bureau of Motor Carriers
Interstate Commerce Commission
Shafter Tire
Eddy
United Stats Post Office
Los Angeles
Shafter Tire ‘Board
Shafter Recap' Tre
Schwaidt
Camp West-Lowe Farms
Woods Stone
Richlandmentary School
C. Ranch
Shafter Board
Boy Scout Court of Honor Honors Shafter Troop 44
Joy at Troop 44 held a Court of Honor at Shafter High School on March 12. Loyd Stalcup led the flag salute as James Son directed the ceremony. Merit badges and advancement went to Loyd Stalcup Oliver Avants and others. Carl Wells presented awards and Scoutmaster Lloyd Pack led the unit in a benediction and song. The event drew many visitors and featured a knot tying contest won by Max Wilcoxon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joy
Loyd Starcup
James Son
Max Wilcoxon
Allen Brothers
Loyd Stalcup
Oliver Avants
Herbert Spitzer
Billy Hakill
Joe Allen
George Allen
John Stalcup
Browner
Carl Wells
Lloyd Pack
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The
Denver
Washington
War Productions Board
Supreme Court
Federal Power Commission of Transportation
Roosevelt
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
Senate Finance Committee
New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Senate
Boeing
Seattle
United States Fleet
South
Middle West
Donald Nelson
Corps
Army
Hector Aranda
Visalia
Cuba
U.S
Civil Affairs Branch
San Diego
State Railroad Commission
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Stanford
Paul Peek
Weyweeness
Schilling
Kellogg’s
Fruits and Vegetables
Artichokes
Pippin
Wieners
Shafter
WASCO
Dustesen
del Monte
Tarse
Iqec
Van
Mary Lee Taylor
Ward Turney
Bill Rodgers
Kiwanis Troop
Kiwanis Club
Clifford Barton
Albert Hughes
Bud Anderson
Bill Scott
Verlon
Perry
Howard Sanger
Clifford Beavers
Billy McWilliams
Ralph
Federal
San Francisco
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