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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1944
Page
3
The Alaska Highway from Dawson Creek to Fairbanks is described as spanning more than half the distance across the United States, highlighting its vast length and significance in connecting Canada to Alaska.
Conservation efforts in wartime California push natural gas use to the Rio Vista field with a 160 billion cubic feet draft this year. The volume would serve 200,000 families for 16 years and each 6000 cubic feet displaced frees one barrel of petroleum for war needs.
Kern county Agricultural Extension reports State War Board sets aside 20 percent of protein meals for stockmen and urges early purchase of cotton seed meal. Wartime topics include certified seed production, truck maintenance, food preservation results, egg preservation methods, onion tops guidance, War Approved seed potatoes, wage ceilings, and hog weight controls amid corn shortages.
Verna Mae Holmes Evelyn Bergman and other Lockheed workers traveled from Los Angeles to Shafter for a weekend visit with Miss Helen Holmes. They departed from Lockheed Air Terminal and arrived at Kern County Airport on Saturday evening.
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