Roads A Need Of This Community In Shafter Area
An appeal urges united civic action to improve Lerdo road and connect with the Belridge oilfield and Orange Belt highway. Improvements include eastward widening for military airfield plans and a seven mile Tulare county gap, aiming to ease traffic and boost travel to Paso Robles and Fresno.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Business Men's
Lerdo
Belridge
Paso
Bobles
San Luis Obispo
Kern County
United States Army Airfield
Ducor
Bakersfield
Tulare
Anford
Fresno
Fesno
Lerdd
Santa Feway
Stop Them Before They Get Started
Late spring fires may curb army worms and other pests by burning dry weeds and grass along roads, vacant lots, and fields. UC entomologist Gordon Smith notes permits are required and can be obtained free at Craig's office in the Shafter Ranger Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Smith
University of California
Shafter Experiment Farm
Craig
Shafter Ranger Station
Crack Down On Vandal Sign Defacement Across Nation
The piece calls for strict penalties and enforcement to deter vandalism of road signs, historic markers, buildings, and scenic locations. It urges local and national authorities to arrest offenders, impose stiff fines and jail terms, and require restoration of damaged sites.
Relative lactation capacity guides dairy stock choice
Dr. Max Kleiber and W Mead at Davis argue that in selecting dairy breeding stock, a cow’s relative lactation ability matters more than raw production. They say larger cows may have lower efficiency if milk output does not scale with feed consumption, urging dairymen to consider relative capacity for long term gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Kleiber
W. Mead
Davis
Kern River Flows Low As Tulare Lake Faces Flood Risk
California data show Kern River flow at 60 percent of normal from April through July. Excess water cannot be stored locally, sending flood waters toward Tulare Lake where storage is near capacity. Advocates push for a flood control dam at Isabella to curb flood risks.
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Kern River
Tulare Lake
California Division of Water Resources
Kern County
Isabella
Manner of Man and Miscellany From Nevada and Wasco
A fragmented column notes by Bill Rodgers profiles a father with unconventional methods and reflects on youth, then shifts to vivid Nevada scenes in Beatty and Reno. Short items mention Beatty curios, Reno club propaganda, Goldfield service signs, Wasco travel hitchhike, and Wasco housing notes.
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Nevada
Beatty
Berenetaen Onllina A
Reno
John Hay
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
Patrick Henry
Goldfield
Ditinae
Paul Hughes
Richland
Los Angeles
Wasco
Tax Returns Show Shifted Incomes Across Husbands and Wives
Fresno Bee notes a Treasury analysis of 1939 filings finds 56 000 husbands earning under 5000 with wives who earned more, while most couples still report higher male income The piece also cites 5 500 000 returns with 31 earning salaries and wages as the main item and comments on broader observations from various papers and a San Francisco Rice Bowl charity event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Fresno Bee
San Francisco Tops U.S. Cities in Tax Delinquency Reduction
San Francisco reported the lowest tax delinquency rate among major U.S. cities last year, signaling strong collection performance. City officials attributed the decline to improved enforcement and outreach efforts across departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
United States
California Speaks Significant Statements By Interesting Californians
California speaks through varied voices including Joe Paul Jr and Arlene Aggen, with opinions from WM Knowland on Perkins resignation, Dewey Baldocchi on California’s grape industry, and a federal judge’s remarks at Alcatraz about a 3 year sentence for Henri Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Dewey F. Baldocchi
Santa Rosa
Californies
M. J. Roche
Henri Young
Alcatraz
Outer leaves of California let rich in calcium as inner leaves
A brief note reports outer leaves of California vegetables are rich in calcium while inner leaves lag, suggesting a nutritional difference between the outer and inner parts.
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California
Shafter High School to Offer Three-Year Term Next Year
The Shafter and Richland schools will become three-year institutions beginning next year. At the board of trustees meeting, E B Stringham Herbert Midgley L B Scott and Billy McClain attended. A committee proposed lengthening the two-year course to three years, with Billy McClain student body president urging the change. The shift adds two teachers, bringing faculty to five, and graduation from Richland is expected to yield about 75 Shafter students next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter High School
Shafter
McFarland
High School Board of Trustees
Monnday
E.B. Stringham
Herbert Midgley
Billy McClain
Shafter School
Richland
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Bill Rodgers
Easie
Tonopah
Carson City
Memphis
Italy
Mussolini
Pacific
Arvin
Ma” Perkins
Joe Paul, Jr
Oxnard Press- Courier
WM. F. Knowland
GOP
Perkins
Arlene Aggen
Somis
Ventura County
Rie Shafter Sloan
Bowen Yeats
Richland School
Waldo Unruh
Frank Johnson
Bennie Peters
Ezekial Alvarado
Shafter Kid
R. Gribble
Lab
J. C. Channeson
Woods Stone
O. T. Olson
Mary Lamb
Maurer
A. B. Fox
Ladies Aid
Congregational Church
E. B. Stringham
Marion Hitchcock
George Straut
Shafter Congregational Church Aid
A B. Fox
Gertrude
Jean Maurer
Olive Sly
Lyn Jumplar
Mary: ‘Grant
Arjorie Grant
Ethel Hammer
Sarah. Scott
Betty Wiedman
Francis Midgley
Ruby Mingus
Verva Sherman
Alma” Zimmerman
Hettie Pedersen
Velma Rightmire
Lorena Voth
Dorothy Engle
Beulah Engle
John Fuller
Buford Fuller
Kermit Annis
Tom Hammer
Max McKinley
Ed. Hein
Emil Hein
Alfa Combs
Richard Pedersen
Everett Tumper
Yelton Camp
Theodore
Duncan
Glen Swen
Elroy Janzen
Santa Fe
Central
James
Munzer
Lerdo Highway
Shafter Avenue
Automobile Club of Southern
Pete Epp
Bery] Williams
Reuben Dirksen
Peter Geortzen, Jr
Reynold Mettler
Otto Handel
Jack Potter
Tony Acuna
Hans A. Thiel
William J. Johnson
Harold #. Voth
George Kliewer
Alexander Poznoff
Darrell Janzen
John Nikkel
Escondido
Fairmeade
Carl Silversen
Dan Glantz
F. E. Mannel
M. Hutton
Douglas E. Guy
A. H. Smith
Alameda
J. Harrnet
Helen
Stringham
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