New Tax Bill Relieves Farmers on Acreages and Stock
President Truman signs a bill easing taxation for farming. The measure treats land with a crop as a capital asset for gains, cuts litigation, and allows dairy and breeding stock as tools of the trade avoiding certain taxes. It also defines who is taxed on income and reshapes home sale rules. Kern County officials push for a county water committee to safeguard agriculture amid noted oil depletions and rising production.
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Truman
Ting
Bakersfield
William E. Swiney
Swiney
Kern County Chamber of Commerce
imAtehin lunaAhann
Senate
Ardis M. Walker
Kern County
Kern County Land Company
Kern County Grange
Kern County Farm Bureau
Water Storage Districts
Board of Supervisors
Walker
Southland Leader Appoints New San Joaquin Valley Manager
John K. Hislop of Los Angeles is named manager of the San Joaquin Valley Council of the California State Chamber of Commerce by James Mussatti. He succeeds Paul Fairchild and starts November 15, with offices in the Fresno Hotel, Fresno. He is a Los Angeles native and UC Los Angeles alumnus who served in World War II and held prior State Chamber posts. The article also notes a coastal octopus habitat detail at about 55 degrees.
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John K. Hislop
Los Angeles
San Joaquin Valley Council
California State Chamber of Commerce
James Mussatti
Hislop
State Chamber
Southern California District Council
Paul Fairchild
Fresno
University of California At
Navy
Southern California
Tracy Pumping Plant Closes For Season
The Tracy pumping plant, part of the Central Valley Project, is shut for the season. Water releases from Friant Dam will meet San Joaquin River area needs while Millerton Lake inflow balances 800 cfs in the river. The plant’s three months of operation expanded deliveries to Madera and Friant Kern canals, with 15 000 acre feet purchased by districts.
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Tracy
Sacramento River
San Joaquin Valley
Bureau of Reclamation
Delta-Mendota Canal
Bureau
San Joaquin River
Friant-Kern Canal
Friant Dam
Millerton Lake
Grasslands
Panoche
San Luis
Madera
Friant-Kern
Jack W. Rodner
Rodner
Cramento Valley
San Joaquin
Madera and
Frinat-Kern
Yellow fever source identified by Reed commission
Fifty years ago Dr Walter Reed's Army Commission announced the Stegomyia mosquito as the source of yellow fever. The finding linked the disease to mosquito transmission and spurred public health campaigns.
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Walter Reed
Army Commission
Shapely California Girls Vie for Maid of Cotton
The Central Valley Empire Association seeks many attractive intelligent contestants from multiple colleges including University of California Fresno State College and USC. The winner will travel on a national European and Canadian tour and receive a new Ford. Last year Eleanor Chalmers was named first alternate to Jeanine Holland of Texas. The California selection will be held in Fresno at the Hotel California with cotton industry leaders in attendance.
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Central Valley Empire Association
University of California
Fresno State College
University of Southern California
Red- Vaca
Jamas University
USEES
Chambers of Commerce
California
Maid of Cotton
Memphis
Tenn
Eleanor ‘Chalmers
Jeanine Holland
Texas
Fresno
Sequoia's General Sherman Tree Estimated at 3500 Years
Scientists estimate the General Sherman Tree in Sequoia National Park is about 3500 years old, marking it as one of the oldest living organisms and a key natural landmark.
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General Sherman
Sequoia National Park
Santa Claus Featured on 1951 Kern Christmas Seals
Mrs. Elmer Richards announced the 1951 Christmas Seal sale for the Kern County Tuberculosis and Health Association. The seals reach Kern homes November 19 and run through December 25 to support TB control efforts. The red Santa on a green blue background was designed by Robert Stephens of Newark New Jersey using a clay Santa model.
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Santa Claus
Kern County
Elmer — Richards
Shafter
The
Tuberculosis Association
Association
Robert Stephens
Newark
N. J
International Campaign Against Tuberculosis
Richards
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Southland
Valley Post
Central Valley Hwy
Betty Cunningham
Shirley Simpson
Wilma Fowler
Darlene Colvard
Shirley Lauderdale
Bakersfield College
Snow Gates
Chico
State College
P.G
P. G
P-G
Ane
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Bec
24Th St
Pyrenees
Sumner
Loretta Young
Del-Kern
Nations & Walker
E. Marengo
Chevrolet
Fisher
America
Richland Chevrolet Co
Central Ave
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