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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1949
Page
2
A Sunday School message urges Americans to defend the nation’s liberties by active participation in government and character development in children. National Sunday School Week is sponsored by the Laymen's National Committee to promote religion’s role in shaping government.
The piece notes that major quakes have struck many regions, yet California is not alone in facing seismic risk. It recalls 1906 San Francisco, 1925 Santa Barbara, and 1935 Long Beach, then points to the Pacific Northwest, Nevada, Montana, Missouri and others as recently experiencing tremors, while asserting Californians still lack tornadoes in comparison.
Letter writers in Shafter Press clash over the annual flower show and schoolflower gifting practices, with one reader lamenting yard destruction and favoritism while another argues for Christian standards, daylighting tensions between community generosity and religious values.
A San Mateo municipal judge cites humane treatment of animals alongside alcohol policy. Los Alamos director cautions that national security hinges on rapid atomic progress. A Santa Francisco leader warns against hatred and bigotry weakening weapons and treaties. A former mayor questions the Bay bridge plan. An Assemblyman from Los Angeles advocates jail for Communists.
In 1947 the United States used 25,552,000 fine ounces of silver for coinage. The figure reflects the metal amount allocated for minting coins during that year.
Thousands of fishermen visiting the state streams after opening day were urged to cooperate in preventing forest fires. District ranger Dick Droege warned that careless campfires cigarettes and matches destroy timber grazing lands and pollute fishing streams, jeopardizing recreation and public lands.
The Shafter Press notes Droege says it’s everyone’s duty to keep forests and streams in their natural condition. He cites that ninety percent of forest fires stem from carelessness and a discarded match or cigarette end can ruin thousands of acres and cost taxpayers thousands.
The Chinese and Japanese governments were the earliest non domestic exhibitors at the 1871 California State Fair entering official government displays in the Fair.
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