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Newspaper

Shafter Press

Location

Shafter, California, United States of America

Date

Nov 09, 1939

Page

6

Generals Edge Tehachapi To Retain Championship Of Sierra Football League

The Shafter Generals beat Tehachapi 7 to 0 to clinch the Sierra league football title for the second straight year. A second‑quarter blocked punt by Merton Wiedman set up a scoring drive culminating in Evans’s rushing TD. The win kept Shafter undefeated in league play and marked a third title under Coach Bill White.

Generals Edge Tehachapi Sierra Football League Shafter Generals Warriors of Téhachapi High Merton Wiedman Warrior Tehachapi Eddie Haubrich Bill Hildebrand Bargee Ogden Evans Olson Newton Barbee Frank Partin Roy Warner John Valdez Valdez Olsen Warriors Partin Warner Annis Jim Cazacas Wiedman Myron Annis Bill White

City League Basketball Rosters For Local Association

List of players and managers for the Shafter city league clubs Central Market Falcon Oil Volunteer Firemen Pontiac King Lumber and their rosters. Games are held in the new high school gym at 9 pm Mondays and at 8 and 9 pm Thursdays.

Shafter City Basketball League Local Athletic Association Central Market Leonard Gaede Lewis Edwards Cecil Golding Art Hein Helmuth Hehn Clarence Heiser Rayne Mettler Jona Nikkel Falcon Oil Karl Wells Lawrence Annis Durward Annis Tommy Dorris Merkle James Reily Ernest Schwidt Elmer Unruh Buck Osborn Elmer Anderson Bill Brown Fred Heinrichs R. C. Franklin Ralph Jan

Bank of America Pioneers Low-Cost Personal Loans

Bank of America president L M Giannini says 500 000 California borrowers saved millions by bank loans priced at about one third of high rate lenders. He notes $91 million in recent personal loans show the bank’s low costs and calls for public awareness of affordable banking.

California Bank of America L. M. Giannini Giannini

Thefts Lead to Kern County Camp Sentences

Lloyd Stout and Hal B. Laws received 30 day sentences in the Kern county road camp after appearing before Judge F. E. Manuel on theft charges. Upon release they face drunkenness charges.

Lloyd Stout Hal. B. Laws Kern County F. E. Manuel

State Bangs disease control program adds cattle herds

The Division of Animal Industry reports 633 herds enrolled in the voluntary Bangs disease program, totaling 25 184 cattle. Administered since 1930, the plan uses free agglutination tests with blood draws by veterinarians and requires signed herd agreements to pursue eradication.

Division of Animal Industry State Department of Agriculture C. A. Duckworth State Director of W. B. Parker Division of Animal Industry

Kirsten Flagstad Sings in Bakersfield Concert

Wagnerian soprano Kirsten Flagstad of the Metropolitan Opera will perform in Bakersfield on November 13 under Kern County Musical Association. Her program features Schubert Brahms Grieg and Strauss with one English group and includes Liebestod. Edwin McArthur accompanies at the piano.

Kirsten Flagstad Metropolitan Opera Company of New York Pacific Coast Bakersfield Kern County Musical Association Schubert Brahms Grieg Strauss Edwin McArthur

Oil equipment shipped to Shafter oil field by rail

Additional oil well equipment was received in Shafter this week by rail for use in the Shafter Oil field. The Superior and Union companies plan to spud new wells in the near future.

Shafter Superior Union

Legion Post 213 Holds Routine Meeting

A regular meeting of Leslie L. Robinson Post No. 213, American Legion was held Monday evening at the Legion Hall. Only routine business was discussed.

Leslie L. Robinson American Légion Legion Hall

Positions Listed In Civil Service Examination Notice

Civil service exam notice lists posts including special agent trade and industrial education junior officer mechanic bureau of prisons accountant transportation statistics procurement inspector senior assistant and junior in various aircraft branches and assistant inspector of hulls. Full info available at Shafter post office from John Roskam secretary of the U S civil service board of examiners.

Civil Service Bureau of Prisons Shafter Post Office John Roskam U. S. Civil Service Board of Examiners

Wheat shower reportedly falls in Andalusia in 1804

A historical note claims a shower of wheat fell from the sky over Andalusia Spain in 1804. The fragment mentions unusual atmospheric event with no further corroborating details or accompanying reports from the period.

Andalusia Spain

Classroom Unit Construction Starts at Shafter School

Construction has started on the first temporary classroom unit at the Shafter school grounds off Lerdo road. Richland school officials say the buildings are needed due to increasing enrollment in local schools.

Shafter Schoo Lerdo Road Richland Incai

Don’t Sleep When Gas Presses Heart Mystery

Fragmentary notes describe a hazardous gas incident affecting individuals in Shafter and McClure Drug contexts. The text references Adlerik and a store cleaning bowel-related concerns without clear chronology or organization names.

Adlerik Shafter McClure Drug

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