And Shafter Progress Established 1921
Publisher H. G. Comvort announces the And Shafter Progress, established 1921, published Thursdays at its office on Central Avenue Shafter Kern County California. Subscription price is $2.00 per year payable in advance. Classified advertising available. Postage is paid and second class matter as of August 1 1986 at Shafter California under the March 3 1879 act.
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Central Avenue
Shafter
Kern County
California
Ghatter
Céliforns
California business group shows cooperative path forward
California's small businessmen unite under a Magna Charta of principles and push for tax reform and deregulation. They urge cooperative action over factional head chopping and warn against dismantling centralized retail networks. National Air Mail Week is celebrated with growing service and efficiency.
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California
Rep
Patman
National Retail Dry Goods Association
Rexford Tugwell
California cotton boom reshapes state agriculture
The article highlights cotton as a major California crop with an annual $30 million turnover and per acre yields far above national averages. It notes output rising from 239000 bales in 1936 to 606000 bales in 1937 38, and situates the industry amid national cotton week events May 30 to June 4 as merchants promote the crop.
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California
Dixieland
King Cotton
Central
Imperial
Dixie
Mississippi Delta
Bakersfield Delegation Attends Shafter Exchange Club Dinner
A Bakersfield delegation attended a dinner Wednesday at the Women’s Club building to discuss forming an Exchange Club in Shafter. Shafter business leaders were present, but organizers decided not to form a club at this time. F E Manuel presided with talks by C A Barlow, Charles Shomate, Tom Burke, and Rose V.
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Gation
Shafter Business Men's Club
W. E. Rose
C. A. Campbell
E. S. Wallace
The
Automobile Club
Standard Oil
Kimberlina
Bakersfield
Shafter
F .E. Manuel
C. A. Barlow
Charles Shomate
Tom Burke
Rose V
Ted Collins Awarded Athletic Honor by Commission
The Athletic Commission notes Ted Collins set a new Serba League 440 yard dash record at 53.5 seconds and a season best 50.9. He also anchored a school mark of 22.8 seconds in the 220 yard dash. The Federal Bureau of Dairy Industry reports 166 cooperative dairy bull associations active January 1.
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the Athletic Commission of
Federal Bureau of Dairy Industry
Davis Yearbook Dedicated To Animal Husbandman
The Davis Yearbook El Rodeo, edition twenty two, published by College of Agriculture students on the Davis campus, UC Berkeley, dedicates the volume to C. E. Howell, praised as a good fellow and human instructor. Editor is Gus Olson Jr of Clarksburg. business manager Dorman Sumner of Oakland.
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Eli Rodeo
College of Agriculure
Davi
University Ifornia
C. E._Howell
Gus Olson, Jr
Clarksburg
el Rodeo
Dorman Sumner
Oakland
National Show of Perch Draft Horses at Pomona Fair
The National Show of Perch Draft Horses will come to the Los Angeles County Fair at Pomona this year. Local events highlight draft horse breeds and community attractions during the fair dates in Southern California.
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Nia
Los Angeles County
Pomona
Weather of the 1939 World's Fair at Treasure Island
The article describes Uncle Sam’s 1939 World's Fair weather feature on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay, detailing the installation on the site and its display context for visitors.
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Sam
San Station
Treasure Island
Site Francisco Bay
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Shafter Progress
H. G. Comvort
America
National Air Mail
U. S
Irene Ingram
Irene
Hattie Pederson
Margaret Allen
Evelyn Jumper
Velma Rightmire
Helen Simpson
Ida
Emma_ Schnidt
Richard Pederson
Everett Jumper
Walter Rightmire
Max McKinley
Argyle Campbell
H. C. McBratney
Herbert
Edna Grant
Margaret Grant
Mary Grant
Sarah Scott
Robbie Allen
Billy Rose
Bill Ginn
Harold Ginn
Yelton Camp
Karl Lessing
Helen Stringham
Harry McBratney
F. E. Mannel
Mr. Annis
J. L. Sebastian
Patricia
Peacock Stock Farms
Democrat Springs
Messrs. and Mesdames A. Taves
J. C. Voth
Conrad Ebel
C. Heindricks
H B. Duerksen
Ed Duerksen
Ted Collins
Mosher
San Joaquin
Orporanor
Davis
Jack A. Lighthill, M. D
Wasco
San Joaquin Pipe
Salpee Coeear
Chester Ave
P. O
Funeral Directors and ‘Ambulance Service
Truxtun
N St
Calif
Casualty
A. J
Jack” Zimmerman
Notary Public
T. V. Little
Complete Machine Shop and Welding
Shafter Garbage Service
Noticen
Gtemilee
Griffith Ave
M. W. Pascoe
M. D
Shafter Hotel
Janzen Funeral Home Ambulance Service
Sleepy Hollow
Kraft
N. B.C
del Monte
Safeway
Kern Valley
Bacon, Cudahy Rex
Weiners-Coneys
Luer
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