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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1942
Page
4
Army Engineers complete 1671 mile Alaska highway enabling truck traffic to move men and war supplies to Fairbanks and bring raw materials back to support U S war industries. Nearly 75 percent of personnel are in mass transit roles as motor transportation proves vital to production.
A promotional item urges choosing from the finest stock arrays found worldwide. It touts benefits of multi unit and small city shops and urges early Christmas shopping at home for the country’s sake and personal benefit.
Agent Mike Levy says wage limits curb Franchot Tone's production this year and he will only accept one picture. Police Judge Hugh Smith vows tougher enforcement to secure motorist and household compliance with public safety regulations. WAVES adviser Malbone Graham notes rapid shift to Total War and broader civilian roles. Peggy Satterlee testifies in a Hollywood morals case about Errol Flynn remarks and jail bait implications.
Detailed Kern County tallies show Patterson leading Democrats with 14,764 votes to Houser’s 13,672 for the governor race. Secretaries Peek and Jordan split the top Dem and Rep totals with Peek at 43,564 and Jordan weaker. other offices list winners and vote counts across state races and judicial seats.
War Bonds advertise the purchase of Navy bombers costing about $700000 each and Scout Bombers at $143000. The piece urges support for the Navy via War Bonds and Stamps every pay day, with ten percent into Bonds.
A column reflects on recent election results favoring Republicans and predicts political shifts. It comprises humorous asides about draft board stress, tire shortages, and wartime bonds while praising workers and soldiers. The piece ends with notes on women milking cows and a training school proving women can milk cows.
A call to action urging purchase of War Bonds at 10 percent of each paycheck. Encourages ongoing civic contribution through payroll deductions to sustain wartime funding.
Forty new volumes join the Shafter library shelves, featuring works by authors such as Martha Albrand Gabriele D Annunzio Henry James and Thomas Wolfe. A California College of Agriculture bulletin from Berkeley with foreword by Arthur Sampson and Harry Malmsten surveys stock poisoning plants in the state detailing primary and secondary poisonous genera and regional species.
Poisonous plants cause heavy losses to livestock on range and pasture. Stockmen know general causes, but few are familiar with the specific poisonous plants on their ranges. Bulletin 593 from the University discusses these plants.
Dr. Hugh S. Cameron of the University of California Davis campus cautions that swine brucellosis, a contagious abortion disease, exists in California and threatens both pork producers and the dairy industry. The germ Brucella suis can infect cattle and humans, with abortion storms possible in herds. Detection relies on an agglutination test, and control involves culling infected animals and separating uninfected stock, while farmers adding new pigs should ensure stock is disease-free.
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