Shafter Area Hears From Broad Range Of Visitors
A Shafter summary lists dozens of visitors and locals traveling to and from Fresno Reedley Visalia Porterville and Los Angeles over a weekend and past week. Names include Abe Neufeld Mrs Neufeld G G Suderman Carleton Walker E E McTiwain Harvey Wier Joe Doctor J C Cooper and many others. Trips sweep through Glendale Lompoc Bakersfield and Santa Monica with multiple Kansas Oklahoma and South Dakota guests noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Herb Midgley
E. 0. Sammons
Carleton Wallker
Los Angeles
Elmer McTlwain
Bakersfield
Glendale
Orland Schmidt
Elvin Schmidt
J. C. Cooper
Selby
Floyd Cooper
Fifty Privates Report to The Basic Flying School
Fifty privates from Jefferson Barracks report for duty at the basic flying school this week. Names listed include recruits from 76th Materiel Squadron and 325th, 226th, and 327th School Squadrons, with numerous assigned personnel. Also noted is California farm income for the first seven months of 1941 totaling 395.963 million dollars, up 19 percent from 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Barracks
Missouri
Leo W Michalski
Frank ‘W. Flanders
William L. Davis
John Blankenship
Kenneth N. Roth
Donald A. Settle
East J. Berti
Donald L. ‘Williams
Robert M. Yancey
Richard M. Morse
William A. Morris
John A. Wilbur
Leonard J. Julian
Edward Riha
Paul E. Frey
Thomas C. Newton
Alan S. Heath
Curtis O. Preston
Edward R. Sublesky
Frank W. Janitsky
Raymond E
California
Lerdo Post Office Branch Handles Large Mail Volume
Officers and enlisted men at Lerdo receive about 2000 personal letters daily via a Bakersfield post office branch in the headquarters building. Four 50 pound pouches of first class mail and 10 sacks of parcel post arrive each day, with three pouches sent out. Mrs. Louise McKnight reports strong business, noting $600 in stamp sales and $3320 in money orders issued since the branch opened October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield
Louise McKnight
Riot Guns Tested By Lords At Kern County Range
Officials at Kern County Park Pistol Range tested riot guns and a Thompson submachine gun for the Guard. Remington and Winchester rifles performed well with eight noncommissioned officers firing at 15 yards and 25 yard tests. Observers advised handling tips while noting the high fire rate and potential hazards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern Co
Kern County
Park
Remington Inc
Winchester
Messrs. Knott and
Jepsen
Rapid
Gilbert M. Howe
Guy M. Harvey
Harvey
Concensus
Record Deer Harvest Over Forty Thousand in California
More than 40,000 deer were taken during the recently closed California deer season, marking a robust hunting period with strong participation across multiple counties and game units. Wildlife officials reported healthy harvest patterns and steady licenses sales.
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California
Five Selective Service Men Relieved From Duties at Lerdo
Five selective service trainees at Lerdo will be relieved from active duty after reaching 28, prior to induction. Pvt. Ernest P. Brown, Pvt. Sci. Spect. 2cl. Darrell G. Christy, Pvts. Specl. 3el. Owen D. Dickson, Richard M. Cavanaugh, and Pvt. rel. Specl. 4el. Ernest A. Borba will enter the Enlisted Reserve Corps. Brown serves in Company L of the 34th Quartermaster Regiment. others are in the 326th School Squadron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest P. Brown
Darrell G. Christy
Owen D. Dickson
Richard M. Cavanaugh
Ernest A.borba
Pvt
Brown
34Th Quartermaster Regiment
326Th
Sugar Beet Disease Control From Late Planting
Early planting is likely to prove the most satisfactory method of controlling late black root or water mold of sugar beet seedlings, according to Dr L D Leach, associate professor of plant pathology.
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L. D. Leach
Late Black Root Disease Affects Sugar Beet Areas
Dr. Leach reports late black root disease is most severe in late plantings after wet seasons and neutral soils. Preliminary trials suggest soil timing may help, though practical control is not yet obtained. Fields sown in January or February show fewer losses. the disease appeared in 1938 in Ita region and has caused full stand loss on several hundred acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leach
Ita
Operators at San Francisco telephone exchange face strict language prep
Operators at the Chinese Telephone Exchange in San Francisco must know English and five Chinese dialects and memorize the numbers of 2300 subscribers, reflecting a bilingual staffing standard aimed at improving service.
Time Sermon on San Francisco Church Clock
A fragment notes a warning on the Old St. Mary’s church tower in San Francisco. The inscription urges the son to heed time and flee from evil, reflecting a moralizing street inscription typical of the era.
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St. Mary’s ‘Church
San Francisco
Flight Instructors Ferry Planes From Vultee Aircraft Co
Eight flight instructors sent to Vultee Aircraft Company last Thursday ferrying the same number of new planes. The serviceable fleet stands at 128 with more expected as larger classes form. Officers on the trips were Lts. Joseph H. Frost, Jack C. Brier, Charles G. Campbell, Leon L. Lowery, James L. Easton, Bernard E. Keys, Dave S. Rhodes, and Frank L. Beresford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vultee Airaft Company
Joseph H. Frost
Jack C. Brier
Charles G. Campbell
Leon L. Lowery
James L. Easton
Bernard E. Keys
Dave S. Rhodes
Frank L. Beresford
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Pasate
Shafter- Man
Fresno
Abe Neufeld
Justesen Store
Neufeld
G.G. Suderman
Reedley
Midgley
Trip
J. Fuller
Coolidge
Arizona
Beth Dye
Earl Crandall
Emmett ‘Hentey
Kenneth Fitzsimons
Douglas Aircraft
Santa Monica
Fred Fitzsimons
Osborns
Buck Osborn
San Emidio Ranch
Myrtle Osborn
Harvey Wier
Visalia
Joe Doctor
The
Porterville
Foster White
Oklahoma
H. F. Janzen
David Reimer
Corn
Reimers
Bellingham
Washington
Horace Cornelius
Claud Newsom
Shafter Group
Kernville
Fred ‘Stillman
Herb Newman
Marvin Neuman
Freda Newman
Lodi
John Lachemaier
Frends
Loewen
Helen Wigntingsie
Fressuite
A.J. _ Loewen
Woods Stone
Kansas
Bennie Baird
Goodland
Don Griffeath
Harry Blumpkin
Ronald Bruce
Blumpkin
Herb Schirmer
Lompoc
Gail Packard
South Dakota
John Kunkel
Marion
Abe Strauss
Bert Smhith
Les Hobson
J. B. Henderson
Leroy
Jean Henderson
Fresno State College
Irving Tike Garage
U. S. Navy
F. K. O'Brien
U.S. Navy
Navy
Uncle Sam’s
Naval Reserve
Canr
Lewis W. Knight, Jr
John J. Stasko
John Zaffert
Denson H. Morgan
Joe R. Stephens, Jr
Paul T. Burford
Lerdo
Chryslee
Irvine
Central Ave
University of California College of Agriculture
Vultee Aircraft Co
L. H. McGrane
Optometrist
Sunset Ave
Calif
Aril Thaye
Campbell's Brand
Cave Fair
Play Brand
Canterbury
Lipton’s Tea
Ivory
Ivor
Best Foods
Bisquick
Hemet
Edwards Coffee
Duchess
Ancy Center
Turke
Julia Lee Wright
Family Circle Magazine
Safeway
eFresh
Jonathan
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