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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1946
Page
2
In Los Angeles the Building Contractors Association of California announced a plan as the state’s major building boom nears. President E. C. Moller said contractors will cap new home prices at actual costs plus overhead and a maximum 10 percent profit to fight inflation.
Robert W. Rodgers Jr. son of R. W. Rodgers of Shafter was discharged from the Navy on March 13 at the Separation Center in San Pedro California after enlisting November 12, 1943 in Los Angeles. He served nearly two years overseas on the USS Alabama and took part in battles in the Marianas Philippines Formosa and Japan. Rodgers was a Shafter High School graduate and previously worked as distribution manager at the News Agency.
W. H. Parsons of the Kern County Agricultural Conservation Committee warns accidents drain manpower and money on farms. National Farm Safety Week runs July 21 27 with potential safety awards for best practices. California fatalities in 1940 43 period rose to 241, with high regional accident risk forecast.
Vet Surplus Center to sell tractors trucks and machinery Thursday March 28 in Stockton and Los Angeles. Eligible veterans show honorable discharge at sale sites to receive a priority number for access. Item list available at Battaglia and Hare Center Santa Fe Way and Central Avenue. Jack Hare notes strong response and urges contact for job opportunities for veterans through the Center.
March 25 is the deadline to submit Cotton Crop Insurance applications under the Federal Crop Insurance program. Full details are available at all county Agricultural Conservation Offices. The rest of the text mentions the human body being 66 percent salt water.
An eight case smallpox outbreak in the San Francisco Bay Area prompts Dr. William C Buss to call revaccination for all unvaccinated in three years. Dr. Wilson L Halverson notes recent cases among those vaccinated in the last five years, stressing adults with no vaccination. Vaccination available through physicians or the health department.
The Wasco Grange invites Shaftey members and guests to a ladies night at West's in Wasco this Saturday. Dinner starts at 7:00 p.m. followed by a musical program and dancing. Clarence Annin leads the dinner, Walter Nicol coordinates the program.
The film Bells of St. Mary’s starring Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman opens at the State Theatre in Shafter on Friday March 22 for four days through Monday. Crosby plays a Catholic priest and Bergman a nun in this tender RKO drama. The piece is praised as a humane story amid strong performances.
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