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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1943
Page
2
Mr and Mrs H W Regier celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary with services in the M B church basement. Mr and Mrs L F Lautsch, residents of Shafter, spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs R B Stewart and now reside in Oakland.
The piece traces a governor’s rise from attorney and small-city solicitor to attorney general and public utilities board member, then governor elected in 1939 and re-elected in 1941. Born 1893 in Madison County, he graduated from the state university, served as a World War I lieutenant, married Harriet Day in 1920, and has a son John D. He holds roles with the American Bar Association, the American Legion, the Ma sons, and Franklin University.
A dubious note claims three thousand six hundred Californians were killed in World War L, a number not corroborated by official records and likely an error or propaganda.
Prices set for processing vegetables in Kern county with minimum contract rates for growers. Includes beans, beets, carrots, kraut cabbage, green peas, and tomatoes with plant or roadside quotations. Also outlines blackeye bean loans and requests for scrap iron collection by farmers.
A Sicilian boy smiles as a pamphlet bearing the message Why Die for Hitler? is shown on his hat. Allied air action distributed propaganda leaflets before the island’s surrender, showing wartime control and morale efforts.
Services for Farha Albert Gilbreath were conducted at Janzen funeral parlor on Monday October 4 Rev Cecil Poole officiated with special singing by Mrs Lila Burkett and Rev Pooley. Survivors include wife Hattie Gilbreath four sons Albert Carl Harold and Alfred and daughter Beatrice Petterson plus 19 grandchildren. Interment followed at Shafter Cemetery.
Bob Neuman plans to leave soon on a hunting trip in Nevada.
Cpl Elmer Anderson who recently finished his air training at Minter Field has been transferred to Colorado for further duty.
Irvin G. Abkin of the War Food Administration visited Shafter this week to assist operations at the Farm Labor Supply Center. He previously served as assistant camp manager in Shafter.
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