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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1946
Page
7
California reports a total of 4 383 963 eligible voters, a new peak announced by Secretary of State Frank M. Jordan. Democrats number 2 541 720. Republicans 1 637 246. Prohibitionists 6 771. those declining to state party 192 109. and 6 117 miscellaneous registrations.
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Fike took Mrs. Eva Fike to Hanford on Sunday so she could visit her sister for the coming week.
The Treasury Department launches a national publicity push from Armistice Day November 11 to Pearl Harbor Day December 7 with the slogan Buy Extra Bond. Fred H. Johnson of the U S Savings Bonds Division tells the Los Angeles Advertising Club the surplus income this year exceeds 20 billion dollars and saving bonds can curb inflation while broadening private debt ownership.
The Department of Agriculture proposes a $1.00 per ton boost in sugar beet support prices for 1947, citing higher domestic demand for sugar in homes and industry. Secretary Clifford E. Craig of the Kern County AAA Committee notes the rise as a response to increased consumption.
The consolidation of the Farm Security Administration and the Emergency Crop and Feed Loan Division creates the Farmers Home Administration. Mrs. Marjorie C. Springer becomes interim FHA Supervisor, with offices in Kern County continuing operations under new loan policies expanding services.
Shorter Press reports key quotes from Paul C. Smith Samuel Lease Jr Roger Williams and Robert Goulson on postwar geopolitics licensing flight safety and to save humanity. The piece notes editor S F Chronicle man from Europe and summaries diverse views from California figures.
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