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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1939
Page
2
A San Pedro publisher notices the paper’s second class matter entry dated August 1 1935 in Guatier California with a telephone reference 57 guiding readers to contact.
At Tuskegee Institute Alabama E M Booth and team cross Saanen goats with Alabama scrub nanny stock to breed a milk producing goat that thrives on briars brambles honeysuckle vines and paper. The new strain yields three to six quarts daily for up to ten months annually while offspring forage on rocky mountain fodder. The breeder urges patience until the fourth generation.
The piece notes California voters defeated Ham and Eggs 2 to 1 in a November ballot and Ohio 3 to 1, showing sane-minded voters can reject puffed schemes while warning that promoters can push new initiatives via signatures. It cites The New York Times urging caution with referenda and emphasizes the need for stable checks and balances to preserve democracy.
A contemporary poet Robert Frost takes over a Harvard lecture course, pushing education as a self starting, presence driven venture. He plans to grade lightly, speak most, and inspire initiative while resisting routine and blind following.
Art Craig, local fire warden, urges caution during the windy season and warns against starting trash fires. He notes his crew has answered several alarms and recalls a past day with 14 fires. Permits are required until December 15 for any open fire and residents should report blazes directly to his office.
An American Institute of Public Opinion poll finds 95 percent want to stay out of war and keep troops home, while 84 percent favor France and England in the war. The results reveal a potential future clash between antiwar sentiment and support for Allied victory.
Davis notes a new triple resistant wheat in experimental stages, likely ready for distribution to farmers in 1943. He says ongoing efforts improve all seed and urges progressive farmers to watch for and adopt new developments.
The Treasury Department recomputed postwar figures and found European nations owe the United States 14 497 161 340 22 dollars for the last war.
A columnist analyzes how critics label New Deal actions as slick citing Supreme Court packing and Panama ship registry plans. The piece recalls past incidents before noting a 1940 debt-limit avoidance scheme reported by the Washington Post and International News Service.
The piece argues thatFranklin Waltman and New Dealers consider using Reconstruction Finance Corporation Home Owners Loan Corporation and Federal Housing Administration funds to retire agency obligations. Loans would avoid Treasury debt counts, hiding deficits and masking spending. Public will oppose such schemes as slick and risky.
The Fillmore Herald laments the Ham and Eggs drive and calls for the promoters to retire. It notes 350 000 daily penny contributors totaling 35 000 a day to the jackpot and more than 10 000 paid in social security taxes amid protest. Kern Herald observes a nationwide drift from left to center as faith in government and dole plans wanes.
Shafter-Wasco band led by Earl Shaw performs a varied program as plans discuss taking the group to San Jose on KQW. A new bridge on the Shafter Kimberlina road progresses, expected to boost local travel and commerce. Community leaders push religion’s role, Sun-Maid Raisin Growers unit votes on advisory council, and local anniversaries, dinners, and visits mark the week.
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