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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1942
Page
2
A lesson note outlines May 17 topics focusing on scripture texts selected and sanctified by international bodies used in religious education. The document references Gouin and related educational guidance.
The U.S. armed services plan to buy 25 million pounds of dried vegetables this season including potatoes onions cabbage carrots beets sweet potatoes and ruta bagas A May 12 conference on vegetable dehydration at the University of California with the college of agriculture USDA and the Western Regional Research Laboratory at Albany sponsored the meeting Readiness for 1942 43 includes forthcoming detailed production specifications for army and navy use California supplies are expected to dominate.
Victory Bond sales at Minter Field enter a strong second week led by the 526th School Squadron under Captain H. L. McMillen. Captain George L. Boyer urges every man on the Post to participate to demonstrate Post support for the nation and to elevate the field among West Coast centers in bond sales.
Major Louis W. Proper of Modesto California takes command of flying training at Minter Field after two years at Moffett Field He previously trained at Stanford and earned an AB in engineering He served in Hawaii Texas and California before this assignment
The Lockheed P-38, known to the British as the Lightning, is a twin motor single seat fighter noted for rapid takeoff and high speed. It has a claimed speed over 400 mph and has been in mass production since 1941.
Justus F. Craemer president of the California Railroad Commission announces he will not seek the Republican nomination for governor or lieutenant governor. He endorses Earl Warren as a strong, reliable candidate and says his efforts would best serve the war cause by backing Warren and remaining active as a citizen advocate of government reform.
Shafter residents and guests are listed with visits, moves, and social events. Names include Walter Powell Bakersfield. B J Reeves Oakland. Henry Miller. Orvin Mettler. Boyd Stone rural carrier moving to Goldendale Washington. Captain James Jack Fontana. Wasco Eastern Star attendees from Shafter. A B Fox host for Ladies Aid meeting. Riloff couple in Chico for funeral. Cecil Hampton of the State traffic department in Shafter.
Russell Bros. 3 Ring Circus, one of America's largest, comes to Bakersfield for two days May 29 and 30. The program features Winston's Equestrian Sea Lions, Argent ine Criollo horses, aerial acts, trained animals, clowns, and Eddie Voeckener’s band. Congo the gargantuan ape is shown in the menagerie.
Dr. Sanford Fleming president of the Berkeley Baptist Divinity school will speak at the morning worship at 11 o clock in the First Baptist Church of Shafter. All members and friends are invited to attend. Other services for the day will be held as usual.
A health ad urges daily bowel evacuation and regular timing after laxative use. It promotes Adlerieza a six carminative eight laxatives blend for fast gas release and bowel action. It recommends committing to a fixed daily hour and notes Adlerika as a related product available at Shefter Drug Store and McClure Drug Store.
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