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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1941
Page
2
A Shafter Wasco road curve near Lohr ranch has produced multiple crashes. Community groups urge immediate warning signs and eventual road realignment to reduce fatalities. Landowners face property loss for the four lane project, but sentimental value of farms weighs heavily in the debate.
A new training aircraft built largely from plastics completed a successful test flight in southern California. Test pilot Vance Breese directed the flight, with army officers and Hollywood figures in attendance. Howard Morrow, builder, plans mass production to save metals and lower costs for widespread flying.
Indications show Shafter will gain a four lane divided road between 9th Street and the city limits. The project would require settlements with landowners along the route from the Sill ranch to the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe track.
UO professor Dr. G. Ross Robertson calls the plastics surge a potential golden age driven by defense needs and substitutes for scarce materials. He cites a $500 million plastics industry and predicts broad impacts on consumer goods and manufacturing as chemistry advances.
Eureka Kansas inventor William E Sears patents a fishing float that whistles to warn anglers when a fish bites. He jokes that if he can invent one to make the fish bite, the industry will shift.
Scientist Kiam Fi ector of a New York museum has recorded the vocal utterance of a beaver after debate over whether they bark squeak shriek or coo. The study confirms the beaver's grunts as its voice.
A Southern California survey contradicts the stereotype of frat members as playboys. It finds an all fraternity average GPA of 1.382 versus 1.355 for non fraternity men, based on the reported figures.
Transcripts show Dr Irving R Hardy of Columbia University urging polished aging in dentures using acrylic back teeth and porcelain fronts to look natural. The Kansas City Times notes a 3.5 billion tax bill aimed at revenue, not reform, while Philadelphia Evening Bulletin cites rising spy activity in WWI era. Omaha Morning World Herald teases mechanized war news.
The Fresno Bee reports that California saw fires burn 217639 acres in the first nine months of 1941, causing about 3494736 dollars in damage. The paper notes a rising loss year by year and urges restraint to reduce hazards to timber and grasslands.
A cluster of projects in Shafter moves toward completion including a residence on Sycamore street, a second rental bull, a cocktail and dining room at the Shafter Motel on Lerdo road, and a 50 by 50 foot addition with a tile roof adding dining banquet facilities on Santa Fe way.
The Detroit News notes a rapid accumulation of milestones and disasters as each day nears another anniversary of significant events. The piece reflects on how quickly history stacks up and prompts reflection on past calamities.
A Lawrence Kansas subscriber found a spider in his newspaper and asked Mark Twain if it signified luck. Twain answered the spider was not luck, but merely scouting merchants who do not advertise to decide which store to spin a web and live in peace afterwards.
It may be hard luck for a cat to follow you but that all depends on whether you're a man or a mouse.
A new structure on Shafter avenue will house Frank Downey Jr with a drive in lunch and fountain service. A Lerdo road and Shafter highway service station near completion on R A Jacobsen property will be run by an Associated Oil station with operator’s name not learned, bringing Shafter city limits service stations to fourteen.
Construction of farm workers houses at the Farm Security Administration project west of the Farm Workers community is progressing. Outside work nearly finished and interior finishing soon begins. John Spencer, manager, says there is strong demand with 40 to 50 applications received.
Judy Canova, known as Hollywood's Ozark Nightingale, faces an annulment regarding her Honolulu marriage to a U.S. Army soldier. She cryptically cites hearing a soft Hawaiian moon deliver a fateful blow.
S. F. Press club official C. E. Clark announces improved bar service for members with a national defense themed toast. The note invites members to accept the added cost as part of the new offering.
Monterey fisherman Salvatore Partinico protests a union strike order saying he wants to work and earn money. He accuses union officials of lavish dress and airs while declaring the bread is needed.
Ralph H. Taylor executive secretary of the California Agricultural Council stresses that liberty and national security, the things we love most, are never bought cheaply. He states life’s inexorable rule is that important things come hard.
Cartoonist Milton Caniff explains that the aim of any ongoing comic is to make fictional characters feel real to readers and to keep the audience from feeling disappointed. He stresses consistency in portraying believable dialogue and actions.
The Anglican bishop R C Hall, on vacation after ten years in Hong Kong, speaks on appeasement of Japan. He expresses confidence Japan is beaten by China and warns Munich would be worse than the betrayal of Czechoslovakia, reflecting wartime concern.
Angelo Rossi, S. F. mayor, ridicules the proposed power bend stance in a speech calling it laughable and funny as he addresses the Hetch Hetchy matter.
California motor vehicle data show 320910 passenger cars sold in the 1941 model year, up 41 percent from the previous year. Strong demand reflects broader economic growth and shifting consumer interest in new autos.
More than 58,000 California farm families now buy eggs and poultry that could be produced on their own property, signaling a shift toward on-farm food production and potential economic impact for local farms.
Office reports limited space for 23 families as applications are screened. Tent platform improvements continue in the camp section with many remodeled platforms in use and others occupied as fast as finished. About six families are turned away daily due to lack of accommodations.
Delegates and visitors up to 2000 are expected for the Brethren conference in Shafter from November 9 to 12. Sessions will be held at the church and an overflow youth meeting at Richland school. Canada may send representatives.
A sizable crowd attended Shafter High School PTA in the assembly room with Mae school principal T R Nickel delivering a talk on pulling together parents teachers and students for moral development. Rev Blanchard spoke on a Wasco lecture about child welfare and urged attendance at next week's high school event. The high school orchestra performed as parents and teachers enjoyed light refreshments served by Martin Fluhrer.
Mrs C P Morgan attended the State Federation of Women’s Clubs meeting in Bakersfield Monday afternoon through the courtesy of Prof T R Nickel. W L Hetz, Santa Fe agent, is out after home confinement with the flu.
Prof T R Nickel and family spent the weekend in Reedley to attend business interests. Jack Zimmermann active in local Legion and Kern county affairs served as chef de gare of Kern voiture 93 40 and 8 societies during Taft group meeting. Shafter high plans two new wings this fall with east and west additions under Bakersfield supervision and Principal Vanderijke. full four year curriculum to begin 1930-31.
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