Janzen Grabs County High Jump Record at Taft Meet
Shafter High School star Mike Janzen shattered the 1929 county class A high jump mark by clearing 5 feet 10 7/8 inches at Taf. The feat marks Shafter’s first county record in any sport. Bil White plans to enter Janzen in the West Coast Relays in Fresno on May 15. Jack White finished fourth in the half mile and Ted Collins took fourth in the quarter at Taft.
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Taf
Mike Janzen
Shafter High School
Shafter
Dranzen
Bil White
Fresno
Coen
Bakersfield
Jack White
Ted Collins
Taft
Books for Boys and Girls Now on Shafter Library Shelves
The Shafter library adds several titles for youth and hobbyists. Notable works include Fun With Electricity by A F Collins, Ghosts and Goblins by Wilhelmina Harper, Trap-Lines North by S W Meader, Skinny the Gray Fox by Mrs Atkinson, and Come Summer by V M Bere. Also featured are The Hog Goes Downstream by Mrs M Bullard, The Scalp Hunters by H V Coryell, Christopher by Marjorie Flack, Talking Drums by Waldo Fleming, Little Black Ant by Mrs A Gall, On the Golden Trail by Hildegarde Hawthorne, and Sadie and Bridle by Fjeril Hess.
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Shafter Library
Collins
A. F
Harper
Wilhelmina
Hallowe'en
Meader
S. W
Bere
V. M
New Hampshire
Best
Herbert
Nigeria
West Africa
Bullard
Mrs. M
Coryell
H. V
New England
Flack
Marjorie
Christopher
Fleming
Waldo
Gold Coast
Gall
Mrs
Ang Hill
Hawthorne
Hildegrade
Seth Hosmer
California
Hess
Fjeril
Sadie
Brenda Coleman
Colorado
Kipling Early Work Led to Book Sale in India
The young Kipling worked as sub editor in an Indian paper where his poems drew strong readers reaction. A reader request spurred a book from the poems titled De partment Duties. To fund a shooting trip he sold the rights to a Calcutta publisher for 500 rupees.
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Kipling
India
Calcutta
King Mounds in Kentucky Near Wickliffe Site
The King Mounds rise above the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers near Wickliffe Kentucky. The nine burial mounds hold 158 burials, indicating a significant ancient cemetery.
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Kentucky
Ohio
Mississippi Rivers
Wickliffe
Date Palm Yields For Centuries In Careful Cultivation
Date palms begin bearing at six years and reach full maturity at ten, then yield for many years. In plantations, trees are planted in 30 foot grids and pollination requires hand work. One male palm per 100 females in Arabia, or mixed ratios in Coachella valley, and fruit is thinned for quality. Harvest may occur five to six times per bunch per season.
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Los Angeles Times
Arabia
Coachella Valley
Air Winds and the Earths Rotational Effects
A discussion of how air as a fluid substance is moved by Earth's rotation and solar heating, outlining how steady winds might blow west to east if shielded from the sun, and how sun exposure creates north to south and south to north tropical flow. Three main belts of prevailing winds emerge from these forces.
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Thomas M. Beck
Chicago Tribune
First Pennies Coined History of early US cents
The first pennies were the large Liberty head from 1798 to 1857 with a 1856 redesign to a smaller flying eagle. Copper nickel coins appeared 1856 to 1858, bronze from 1863, 1858 saw the Indian head cent, produced through 1909, followed by the Lincoln head cent first minted in 1909.
Melanism and albinism in wild animals
An authority quoted in the Los Angeles Times explains that melanism and albinism are opposite color forms in wild animals. Melanism is rarer than albinism in this country, but both occur frequently in warm blooded animals in intertropical America. Melanism results from excess black pigment while albinism stems from its absence.
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Intertropical America
Los Angeles Times
Air resistance causes different fall speeds with walnuts and lead
A physics note explains that a walnut and a lead piece of equal size fall at different rates in air because the walnut has more surface area per unit weight, increasing air resistance. In a vacuum, all bodies fall at the same speed.
Nordic Creation Drama Sets Mythic Stage
The excerpt presents an early Nordic creation motif centering on Ginnungagap, a primordial void between fire and frost. It frames the universe as emerging from a vast abyss with a mythic wind shaping the world.
Open House Highlights Public School Week At Local High
The second annual Public School Week exhibit and visitors night drew 500 front entrance registrations at Shafter High. F F A demonstrations in chemistry and a livestock showmanship contest led the program, with milk testing exhibits in the agriculture lab. Darrel Griffith Omer Evans Fred Janzen owned pigs. Omer Evans won first in showmanship with Darrell Griffith second and Richard Harris third.
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Shafter High School
Agriculture Department
Glenn C. Nay
Walter E. Emrick
Darrel Griffith
Omer Evans
Fred Janzen
W. W. Schmitz
Wasco
Schmitz
Darrell Griffith
Richard Harris
Launch War on Faulty Brakes Headlights in Kern County
The Kern division of the California Highway Patrol will intensify checks for faulty brakes and headlights for five days. Court citations replace warnings, aiming to reduce accidents caused by defective equipment. Officers will issue citations and judges will impose jail terms instead of fines for violators.
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Kern Division
California Highway Patrol
Roy Galyen
County Highway Patrol
Galyen
Kern
Highway Patrol
Vacancies Open in United States Marine Corps Recruiting
Postmaster Lois L. Berry received notice from Lt Colonel Tom E Thrasher Jr Marine Corps Recruiting Officer that vacancies for service in the U S Marine Corps remain open to qualified men. Marines offer adventure travel education with extensive free courses through the Marine Corps Institute and opportunities aboard ships or abroad. For details contact the Los Angeles recruiting office at 309 Douglas Building 257 South Spring Street California.
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Lois L. Berry
Tom E. ‘Thrasher, Jr
Marine Corps
Douglas Building
South Spring Street
Los Angeles
California
United States Marine Corps
Marines
China
Naval
Marine Corps Institute
Laughing Gas review with Wodehouse satire and chaos
A caustic Books page critique mocks P G Wodehouse forty fifth novel Laughing Gas. It lampoons its feeble plot a transfer of personality between a child star and an Earl plus wild Hollywood repercussions. The piece also cites a random trivia line noting elephants trunk muscles and Massachusetts voting against prohibition in 1889.
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P. G
Wodehouse
Hollywood
United States
Ann Bannister
Ann
London
Denoument
Mountain roads reopen after heavy rains open slide damage
Encouraging reports say key county mountain routes recovered from recent floods. Mount Breckenridge road repaired to lodge passage. Greenhorn Mountain road open. Maricopa Ventura highway open toward the coast with one way sections and rough surfaces amid seasonal maintenance.
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Woolcomes
Mount Breckenridge
Greenhorn Mountain
Norman ‘Thompson
Automobile Club of Southern California
Thompson
Maricopa-Ventura
Kernville
Fairview
April Borrowings at Shafter Library Reach High
In April 464 people visited the Shafter library reading rooms. Mrs. Thomas Wedge logged 2253 withdrawals for the month with juveniles leading at 1237 loans. Juveniles borrowed 745 fiction and 34 magazines while adults took 267 non fiction 675 fiction and 74 magazines. Mrs. Wedge handled 81 book requests.
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Shafter Library
Thomas Wedge
Wedge
Quotation on Women Sparks Debate in Mariposa Gazette
An editorial mockingly compares women to newspapers, noting makeup and forms as differences while claiming readers can read a newspaper but not a woman. The piece provokes discussion about gender and media.
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Mariposa Gazette
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