Four Lane Lerdo Road Drive Gains Momentum
Shafter community backs widening Lerdo to a four lane highway from 99 to Shafter city. County WPA project uses county equipment with Kern County Land Co donating 50 feet north of Lerdo between 99 and Lifl corner. Local committees seek deeds between Sill ranch and Shafter to extend the road to town. Community groups urged to focus efforts on this single project.
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Bakersfield
Cawelo
Shafter
Lerdo
City of
Roy ‘Wool- James
Kern County Land Company
Sill Ranch
Name Change Idea for Shafter District Prompts Debate
Local residents discuss a possible move to rename Richland district to Shafter district if Shafter Elementary joins Greenfield, arguing historical ties and clearer community association. Legal and practical hurdles loom, while oldtimers note Richland origins favored Shafter naming.
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Waost of Us
Shafter
Bakersfield
Greenfield
Richland
Shafter District
Namw
Baran Alae Dahan
Traffic perils near Shafter High demand quick police action
A local column notes that Central avenue between the Santa Fe tracks and Shafter high school becomes hazardous during noon and after school due to fast traffic and running stop signs. It urges traffic tickets and police enforcement to prevent accidents as students crowd sidewalks and cross streets. The piece also cites advertising shifts and UC engineering research on panel heating as notable topics.
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Central Avenue
Shafter High School
Onl
East Central Avenue
Greenfield Examines Change in Richland Name
An inquiry into the desirability of renaming Richland is urged by Greenfield, calling for careful consideration of local sentiment and possible impacts on identity and history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenfield
Richland
Gasoline Boom Hidden Under Enid Oklahoma Field
In Enid Oklahoma farmers dig 30 foot wells to reach high grade gasoline used directly in tractors and cars. A water well filled with gasoline sparked a boom with 150000 gallons found, Champlin Refinery estimates 2,000,000 gallons leaked into a sand layer 30 feet underground and offers four cents per gallon for return.
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Shafter
Enid
Oklahoma
Champlin
Mr. Tekes
Pyres
National Newspaper Week and Local Coverage
The piece extols weekly papers as reliable community records and urges support for the Shafter Press. It recounts a Tulare fair exhibit contrasting war and peace images and discusses government priorities delaying civilian goods, urging acceptance of future shortages.
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United States
Mulder
Shafter Press
Courteous parking tag prompts safer curb rules
A police officer tags cars overstaying curbs in Redding California with a courtesy notice stating no arrest, urge to avoid future violations, and to help keep traffic rules safe. The note humorously hints at visitors and mixed items in back seats.
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Exeter Sun
California
Redding
Naval wartime unity and civic voices from the era
Admiral John W. Greenslade, 12th Naval District Commandant, pledges readiness to defend freedom. Mrs Josephine Martin notes vegetable abundance yet limited menus in California. George Smith praises hotel operations amid labor strife at the Mark Hopkins. Miss Marqe Brusie discusses adoption as a serious gamble and parenthood.
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John W. Greens‘lade
12Th Naval District
U. S
George Smith
Mark Hopkins
S. F
Marq E. Brusie
Native Sons and Daughters Homeless' “Children Committee
Defense Savings Bonds guidance and purchase options
The government encourages broad participation in the National Defense Program. Defense Savings Bonds of Series E grow significantly when held long term, and buyers can purchase bonds at post offices banks savings and loan associations or retail stores. Stamps are now sold at retail outlets.
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Defense
National Defense
Treasury
Defense Bonds Post Office
Bank
Savings and Loan Association
United States
Washington, D. C
Shafter Area News Covers Cotton Ginning and Local Events
Cotton ginning at Shafter's plant runs overtime with 386 bales ginned to date and a night crew possible if shipments rise. pickers from Los Angeles join the effort. Herbert Midgley returns from England to speak at Shafter High while PTA plans its first meeting with a teachers’ reception. Grant tract residents join Shafter Utility District for better water service as Wasco hosts an interchurch social. Shafter High adds football and prepares a practice game. McVey well crew idle awaiting instructions. Kern County to acquire three county airports near Delano and Mojave under state plan approved by supervisors.
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Bates
Shafter
McFarland
Los Angeles
Labor Employment Bureaus
Shafter High
Roland Taylor
Bakersfield
Kern County High School
Six miles of skid proof paving on Bakersfield Grapevine grade
Road officials report six miles of skid proof paving along the 29 mile Bakersfield and Grapevine grade of the Golden State highway will be finished before the rainy season. The improvement is seen as a popularizing feature for the scenic ridge route in all seasons.
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Bakersfield
Grapevine
San Joaquin
Farm Adviser Details Fertilizer Effects on Cotton Yields
Farm Adviser Lawrence Taylor reports at a field test meeting that fertilizer benefits cotton yields only if the crop produces one bale or less per year. For yields from one and a half to two bales or more, using nitrate fertilizers shows no advantage. He recommends crop rotation with alfalfa or cover crops in such cases.
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Lawrence Taylor
National Retail Grocers Secretary Quotes On Freedom
Miss R M Kiefer the secretary of the National Association Retail Grocers warns that modern policy is shaping freedom to operate businesses into broader regimentation. She argues current reforms threaten economic independence and voluntary enterprise.
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R. M. Kiefer
National Association Retail Grocers
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Chuck Kocsinski
Fresno Air Base
Benewep Una
Rees
Kocsinski
University of California
QRN
J C. Penner
Tulare
Ainsworth
Los Angeles Times
Glendale
Josephine Martin
Ssomy Pria
Herbert Midgley
England
Midgley
Grammar School
P.T. A
E. B. Stringham
Grant Tract
Shafter Utility District
Wasco
Wasco Congregationalists
H. F. Deveney
H. G. Hull
Katherine Fogg
M. P. Kerr
K. F. Clemens
A. Raven
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McVey
Shafter High*school
Shafter Ngh
Kern County Board of ‘Supervisors
Delano
Kern’ County
Mojave
American Legion
Jack Zimmerman
Zimmerman
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