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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1946
Page
5
Mrs. A. J. Hemingson leaves Sunday morning for Polk Nebraska to be with her mother Mrs. Henry Sandell who is to undergo a very serious operation.
Week end guests at the Jack Hill residence in Pomona included Hill's mother Mrs J R Hill sister Helen Woodbury and niece Patricia Hill all from Pomona.
Dr A L Becker left for San Francisco to begin a task in Korea to assist in creating a new course of study and educational system. The assignment comes from the Methodist Church in cooperation with the government. He has 35 years of Korea missionary work and is joined by Mrs Becker who was born in Korea. They stay with Mr and Mrs Marion Crockett awaiting government endorsement and settled conditions.
Mrs J W Frizzell and daughter Virginia spent last weekend in Los Angeles attending the Ice Capades.
County health officer Dr William C Buss warned residents against picking unknown wild plants after a Bakersfield food poisoning case sickened nine people. A leafy succulent served as greens along North Chester Avenue caused illness in nine diners from twelve, all recovering after emergency care. The plant was sent to UC Berkeley for identification.
Union Square in San Francisco was created atop a former sandbank once called O'Farrell Mountain before underground garages were built, marking a dramatic urban transformation through excavation and development.
The Department of Agriculture prolongs until June 1 the limit on feeding grain to poultry above 80 percent of 1945 levels. Feeders may buy grain if they cut total stock to 80 percent by June 1 or reduce mature stock 30 percent from January 1. Curare is noted as a medicine relaxant for tense muscles.
A feature collage quotes club editor Jane Sudekum and proclaims spring in state conventions. Baseball star Joe DiMaggio laments batting slump amid public scrutiny while Monterey fisherman Vincen Sallecito recalls rescuing Greer Garson.
California remains short of the 850000 dollar goal for the American Cancer Society campaign. State Chairman A J Gock urges donors to send contributions to the Los Angeles office as 60 percent of funds stay in California for cancer control education medical services and new facilities.
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