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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1940
Page
7
Lincoln police nabbed 34 year old Mike Lutzyn after a warehouse prowler set off a camera trap intended for thieves. A dummy camera misled him. the real camera captured him removing wire and brass, leading to his confession.
The piece records a comic travel anecdote about Mr and Mrs Leonard Gaede and Mr and Mrs Bob Carter as they leave Los Angeles for Shafter aboard a newly praised highway. A road sign reading Rose Bowl four mile creates a geographic mix up noted by Reynolds Duehren.
The notice lists the November 17 lesson subjects and scripture texts selected and copyrighted by the International Council of Religious Education and used by permission.
A gospel lesson on faith in Jesus addressing life and health. The centurion’s act of faith leads to healing and even resurrection, illustrating humility and confidence in Christ’s authority over sickness and death. The piece urges personal faith to invite Jesus as savior and friend.
A devotional excerpt proclaims that values are measured by the knowledge of Jesus Christ. The speaker declares counting all things as loss compared to winning Christ and cherishing him above all.
New Orleans reports a $50,000 tomb said to curse its builders. Lawrence Zarilli, a Latin professor, notes records from the Mutt Beneficenza society show I T Barilli and Piero Gualdi linked to the mausoleum in St Louis Cemetery No. 1. Gualdi died after its completion, then Barilli died, fueling local superstition.
Denver resident Robert Dietrich reported two rare ferrets found within the city and donated to the Colorado Museum of Natural History for mounting. He also observed six in one group and the museum holds a live albino chipmunk captured nearby, with scientists unsure if it will darken to the normal color.
A theater owner and his employee set a camera to capture entries to the office. The burglar alarm sounded and the developed film led to the arrest of Ernest J. F. Dupuis who pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and larceny and was returned to the Shirley reform school pending grand jury action.
The article profiles Bill Lachenmaier who collects historic firearms. He bought various pistols dating to the 1700s and 1800s in Paris London and Stockton and Germany, including Lugers and a 30-06 Springfield rifle. He also owns a 45-70 rifle and several Colts and Winchester models. Ralph Short carves wooden models of his pistols.
A thought experiment asks how fast a bullet travels when fired forward from a plane moving at 450 mph. If fired forward, add speeds to about 900 mph relative to ground. if fired backward, subtract to about 0 mph or negative relative to ground depending on recoil.
Early explorers named California the hot furnace. Death Valley holds a US heat record at 134 degrees, and Bagdad on the Barstow-Needles highway is noted as the driest place in America with a 60 degree aridity coefficient. The world’s hottest day was 136 degrees at Aqizia near Tripoli, amid the Arabian and Sahara deserts with aridity of 90 degrees and more.
Chevrolet celebrates its seventh birthday marking the tenure of GM M. E. Coyle and General Sales Manager W. E. Holler. The week-long event in San Francisco Oakland and other western cities honored the duo with a banquet at the St. Francis hotel and dealer meetings. The tour aims to recognize leadership during Depression years and projects 1,100,000 new and 2,200,000 used car and truck sales in 1941.
The article notes Chevrolet's leading position in national car registrations, highlighting cities including York Boston St. Louis Chicago Dallas and Los Angeles as part of a broader celebration. It states Chevrolet has been first in registrations for nine of the past ten years.
The U S Civil Service Commission announces open competitive examinations for Ordnance Material Inspector positions in the San Francisco district covering California Oregon Washington Idaho Montana Arizona Utah Nevada and Wyoming. Salaries range from 1620 to 2600 a year with vacancies as they occur. Forms and information available from the Secretary Board of Examiners at regional post offices or district managers in Seattle Denver San Francisco.
Members of the Shafter high school football squad elected Leroy Witcher senior end and three year letter man as honorary captain for the season. Witcher will have his name placed on an all American blanket with other team captains of the year.
Dr. W. C. Buss Kern county epidemiologist will address California mosquito abatement district officials on December 16 at the University of California Berkeley campus.
The text notes a sharp price disparity with anglers receiving 3 to 5 dollars per pound for their catch while housewives pay 15 to 20 cents per pound in markets. The contrast highlights market inequities in seafood pricing.
San Joaquin Power division of Pacific Gas and Electric has been named custodian of the Thomas W. Martin Rural Electrification award for 1939. Al C. Joy announced at the San Joaquin Power club banquet in Fresno on November 2 that PG E’s lower farm rates and extensive rural services propelled the valley’s rural electrification progress, noting 86 percent farm electrification at the start of 1939 and a 2.5 percent gain by year end.
A book box has been placed on the steps of the Shafter library for returns when the building is closed. Long overdue books and those due before November 1 may be placed in the box without fines as an incentive to improve return rates, says librarian Mrs. Thomas Wedge.
A Thanks-With-Giving service is set for next Sunday morning at Union Congregational Church announced by Rev Alfred T. Chandler. The theme focuses on world peace and aid to foreign democracies with an evening talk by Mrs Isabel Rose on religious developments in India. A Christian Youth meeting will be at Plymouth House at 6 30 PM. Thanksgiving baskets for the needy will be brought to the morning service along with a special offering for home and foreign missions.
About 60,000 bags of California walnuts will be exported or diverted from the domestic market under the 1940-41 Surplus Marketing agreement.
Shafter high school finalists include Elsie Mettler Francelia Hanser and Harvey Dahl freshmen Betty Mark Muril Kirkham Leona Reimer sophomores Ellen Davenport Richard Becker Irene Kroecker juniors and Mable Hicbert senior. Semifinals and preliminaries were held in recent weeks with inter school forensic activity prep to start soon.
Jobs listed this week as open under civil service include assistant fingerprint classifier physicist associate assistant senior chief laboratory mechanic and principal translator Portuguese and Spanish. Full information may be obtained from John Ros kam at the Shafter post office.
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