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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1942
Page
3
Local items report letters from Australia and Army enlistments as J L Williams joins the colors and J A Carter trains at Minter Field. Births, visits, and relocations include Ralph Janzen at Ferragut Idaho and Marilyn Joyte born to the Janzen family in Bakersfield. The UC Extension program notes over 13 million participants across two years.
Work on resurfacing the Minter Field motor pool lot advances with excavation complete and 1087 cubic yards of dirt removed. Nearly 23000 square yards of black top will be laid with self drainage planned, using 200 tons SC-3 oil and 160 tons sand, under Rand Construction Bakersfield contract. Ray Meagher leads the project. his son Pvt Ray Meagher Jr. serves in the Casual Detachment.
University of California anthropologists uncover material evidence of Sebastian Rodriguez Cermeno's 1595 voyage near Drake's Bay. Excavations over two years by R. K. Beardsley and students sought artifacts to date an ancient Indian village, recovering hand-forged iron spikes and sixteenth century fragments.
Chinese porcelain recovered at Drake's Bay is linked to the San Augustin wrecked in November 1595. The voyage, sponsored by New Spain's viceroy, sought Pacific ports for renewing Philippine trade. The Drakes Bar remains may provide the earliest dated aboriginal remains in California and help map Indian cultural development.
Mrs. Alta Sandstadt requests cooperation in sharing rides to and from Minter Field to preserve rationing privileges. She notes difficulty in securing rides for all charges and asks people with unused space to contact the sub-depot personnel head.
The War Department announces a new magazine named AIR FORCE to replace Air Forces News Letter. It will match popular national magazines in quality and print over 300,000 copies monthly for officers enlisted men cadets and students nationwide. First issue due at Minter Field around November 15.
Sub-depot civilians and hospital workers rapidly join the Pay Reservation Plan amid broad recruitment. The photo includes Anne Guin ey Nellie Debrenen and Mrs.
Pheasant season starts Sunday November 15 in Shafter and runs to November 22. Hunters may take only male roosters with a bag limit of two per day and only two in possession, with an overall season limit of eight males. Officers' club at the Presidio noted as oldest adobe building in San Francisco.
The report notes that canning and bottling of fruit and vegetable juices have expanded fiftyfold since ten years earlier, signaling a major shift in processing and consumer supply. The rise reflects growing demand and industrial scaling across producers.
J R Bright county USDA War board chairman explained plans to set county quotas for new farm machinery under a permanent rationing program. The November 1 freeze on dealer distributor and manufacturer sales aims to stabilize inventories and allow emergency appeals.
Post Office urges newspapers to publicize that air mail to armed forces outside the continental U S costs 6 cents per half ounce, not per ounce as with domestic air mail. The note clarifies the correct rate and aims to reduce misbilling.
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