Streamline train service for Shafter eyed by railroad official
John R. Hayden of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway says streamline service is planned for an early date. Two all steel five car units will be built by Budd Company and powered by 1800 hp Diesel electric motors. The service would run Bakersfield to Oakland via Shafter Hanford Fresno Merced Stockton on a six hour schedule with a new shuttle bus link to San Francisco slated for July 1. Four A C F Hall-Scott buses are ready. Hayden says more bus equipment may be needed to handle increased travel.
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Shafter
John R. Hayden
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
Hayden
State Railroad Commission
Santa Fe Bus
Santa Fe
Budd Manufacturing Company
Philadelphia
Bakersfield
Oakland
Hanford
Fresno
Merced
Stockton
San Francisco
A. C. F. Hall-Scott
Jenny Lind's Grave in Malvern England
Swedish nightingale Jenny Lind is buried in Malvern England in a historic final resting place marked by local memory and travel interest.
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Jenny Lind
Nightingale
Malvern
England
Furnace Set in Peculiar Cave on Fife Coast
A report notes that an individual exploited a strangely formed cave on the Fife coast to establish a furnace there, indicating an unusual industrial or makeshift operation in that coastal location.
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Fife
Agricultural Commissioner Oversees Spud Harvest Duties
Agricultural Commissioner explains seed inspections to prevent insect pests diseases and noxious weed seeds. Certificates accompany potato shipments to avoid Colorado potato beetle infestation and deceptive packaging. Office conducts pest control advisory work and issues road clearance certificates. crop surveys track shipments rejections and dispositions for state records.
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Lewis A. Burtch
Nevada
U. S
State Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Commissioner’s Office
State Director of Agriculture and
County Board of Supervisors
Wreck on Lerdo Road injures none
Two cars were wrecked in a Sunday side swipe on Lerdo road near the Santa Fe tracks. Constable John Reily said Henry Wiebe and Bill Peak collided as they became confused. Passengers Kay Peters and Gower escaped unharmed.
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Lerdo Road
Santa Fe
John Reily
Henry Wiebe
Bill Peak
Wiebe
Peak
Raymond Kay
Kay
Rubena Peters
la Valle Gower
Dozens of Castes Among Hindus and Untouchables
A summary of caste hierarchy among Hindus notes Brahmins as the highest, with many lower grades and Untouchables as outcasts. Untouchables face severe segregation, even in Bengal where limited freedoms exist, and in other regions customs demand strict separations measured in paces. The piece contrasts Indian caste rules with Britain by referencing a Tit-Bits Magazine description.
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Bengal
Ganges
Britain
Malabar
Madras Presidency
London
Tit-Bits
Mandrake Plant Legends and Mediterannean Roots
A Montreal Herald writer notes the mandrake native to the Mediterranean belongs to the Solanaceae family. The historic mandrake root is said to resemble the human form and legends claim dangerous outcomes if uprooted.
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Montreal Herald
Mother's Day Socials Highlight Shafter Community
Social events in Shafter marked Mother's Day with a Legion Auxiliary tea from 2 to 4 pm featuring corsages and a program including violin solo, student trio, and remarks on motherhood by Rev. Alfred Chandler. The King's Daughters hosted a separate Mother’s Day program with a travel of out of town guests, plus a double shower for brides elect Leora Miller and Eleanor Berry. Final club meeting of the season, next week, will include a pot luck lunch and new officers. Delegates from Shafter attended a three day California Federation of Women’s Clubs convention in Coronado.
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American Legion
Legion Auxiliary
Rubena Peters
Mother Mehree
Rosie UN' Ruh
Lou Nell Bayless
Amanda Johnson
James Livers
Alfred Chandler
Alphoe
Mother Machree
King’s Daughters
Woods Stone
Walt Bergen
Grace Weyand
Rosie
Evelyn Unruh
Jack Kliewer
Verna Balzer
John Warkentine
Ernest
Abe Isaac
Leora Miller
Benny Peters
Shafter
Eleanor Berry
Lawrence Zuercher
Elizabeth Agee
Bakersfield
Hearts
Eileen Snyder
Miss Agee
Floyd Agee
Bradley Shelton
Jake Siemens
Evelyn Cary Thomas
Virginia Hath
Eula Purtle
Majorie Apperson
Madge Sadler
Mariam Mandell
la Veda Wright
Katherine Walt
Eileen Snider
Walter Emrick
Richard Wells
J. J. Peters, Jr
Walter Eckmann
J. H. Porterfield
George Harrison
Taylor Tabb
J. L. Hill
Philip Channeson
G. L. Starrh
H. R. Janzen
A. W. Eckmann
Ike Peters
E. P. Jones
C. T. Olson
Mary Lamb
J. C. Channeson
P. L. ‘Arnold
A. B. McKinley
Sol Camp
Californiation of Women’s Clubs
Coronado
Emrick
Sam Joaquin Valley Federation
P. L. Arnold
Kern County Federation
Ms. Camp
McKinley
Geologist L W Hunt Addresses Kern County Mineral Society
Shafter hosts a Kern County Mineral Society meeting where former state oil and gas geologist L W Hunt spoke on The Economic Importance of Minerals. He localized the lecture with regional examples and discussed mining impacts.
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Shafter
Kern County Mineral Society
L. W. Hunt
State Division of Oil and Gas
Rock Specimens Focus At Kern County Field Trip
The Kern county rock group gathered including T. V. and Don Little with Gene Bosserdet Walter Nicol Dan Simms and A R Duehren. Little announced a Sunday field trip to Cose Hot Springs to study obsidium with crystobalite inclusions and planned to meet at Little Lake at 11 a m. Shafter attendees will join the excursion.
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Kern County
T. V
Don _ Little
Gene Bosserdet
Walter Nicol
Dan Simms
A. R. Duehren
Little
Cose Hot Springs
Little Lake
Shafter
Landon Cuts Arkansas Automobile License Fees in Half
As governor Alf Landon reduced the automobile license fee by 50 percent in Kansas and ensured every car owner paid the lower price, increasing total collections.
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Alf Landon
Kansas
First Plows of Tree Branches
The first farm implements were crafted from crooked tree branches and operated by human effort.
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