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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1938
Page
5
For sale bedding plants in flats 25c a dozen and a variety of flowers shrubs pots and bulbs. Shade trees available in December. Floralart Shop and Nursery at 1615 7th Wasco phone 156. 2316c FOR RENT Furnished three room house at Corner Beach and Burbank near Shafter John Buller 28th.
Immunization shots for smallpox and diphtheria were delivered to students at Richland school last Thursday. Dr Albert F Zipf Kern county assistant health officer led the effort with nurse Miss Huston from the Kern county health department assisting. PTA members Mrs J L Hill and Mrs Guy Hawkins aided, as 167 children received smallpox shots and 287 received diphtheria injections.
The New meeting of the Congregational Ladies' Aid will be held at the church November 17 with Mrs. Walter Eckmann as chairman.
City permits for October amount to 6500 covering five new structures and one repair. Recipients include Phil Channeson Paul Mayer Richard C. Davidson George Vanatta Herman D. Fast and J H Janzen. A stray note mentions a publicity‑minded showman associated with a museum menagerie circus.
Philip Bancroft, candidate for the United States Senate, denounces Downey as engaging in the greatest straddle act in California history. He accuses his rival of shifting positions on the Townsend plan, AF of L CIO labor rows, and pension schemes, while highlighting Downey’s past endorsements and alleged improprieties.
A trained monkey on a long leash climbs a tree and drops coconuts to its masters in Sumatra. The island lies near the equator and hosts tropical fauna such as orangutan, elephant, tiger, tapir, flying fox, wild dog, and a mountain antelope. A butterfly blends with its plant to avoid predators.
The text discusses Yosemite names kept from Indian language and their meanings. It notes Yosemite as a grizzly bear term not used by locals and gives Ah-wahnee for the valley, Pinyackpo for Vernal Fall, and Pohono for Bridal Veil Fall. It explains the poetic translations like a shower of crystals and a blast of night wind.
Hot air is lighter than cool air and a bag held over a flame fills with heated air to rise. The Montgolfier brothers launched early flights carrying fires aloft to keep their craft buoyant until hydrogen and later helium replaced hot air as lifting gases.
The article recounts how during the War of 1812 the government contracted Elbert Anderson to provision troops and casks bore U S marks. Inspector Samuel Wilson, nicknamed Uncle Sam, interpreted E A U S as Elbert Anderson and Uncle Sam, popularizing U S to mean Uncle Sam. The first Uncle Sam cartoon appeared in the New York Lantern on March 13 1852 by F Bellew.
Chinese record notes a translation of the Book of the Jewish Messiah, recognized as the first Christian work in China, dating to 635 38. The note highlights early Christian literary presence during that period.
Under the American Legion Leslie L. Robinson Post 213, Clark's Greater Shows opens on Pacific Avenue and James Street for five days. The midway showcases new rides games and entertainment including the Roll-O Plane. Grounds open each afternoon and evening through Sunday.
Members of the Farm Management class at Shafter High School conducted surveying and land leveling on the school farm this week. A cover crop of peas was disked under and preparations are underway to plant potatoes in the spring. Say you saw it in The Press.
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