Campaign to Increase Cotton Consumption Plans Outlined
The California unit of the National Cotton Council held a Bakersfield meeting to launch a valley wide campaign. Chas. E. Wakefield Jr. presided as directors and officers announced early dues subscriptions and a war fund to support nationwide advertising, publicity, and research to boost cotton use. Honor rolls and banners will be posted at gins across the valley to secure pledges from producers and ginners.
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California
National Cotton Council of America
Bakersfield
Chas. E. Wakefield, Jr
W. L. Smith
Buttonwillow
Harry G. Thompson
Weed Patch
Walter Busby
Tulare
Walter Simpson
Harry S. Baker
Norman R. McLaughlin
Wakefield
Conby
National Council
Friant Dam Groundbreaking Celebration Planned
Kern county chamber of commerce and junior chamber to celebrate the Friant Dam groundbreaking set for November 5. Secretary Emory Gay Hoffman announced the event with a special train and caravans for participants from the San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys as construction approval follows an $8,750,358 bid by Griffith and Bent companies.
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Kern County Chamber of Commerce
Kern County Junior Chamber of Commerce
Friant Dam
Emory Gay Hoffman
County Chamber
Hoffman
A. G. Hardy
Kern
California
Friant
Harold Ickes
Griffith Company
Bent Company
Los Angeles
Central Valley
Sacramento
Federal Reclamation Service
San Joaquin
Maple P.T.A. Sets Meeting for October 27
The Maple P.T.A. will meet at Maple School on October 27. President Mrs. Ruby Nikkel says the group is still considering offering hot lunches at the school.
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Maple P.T.A
Maple School
Ruby Nikkel
Local Men in Look Magazine Feature Photos
Look magazine Oct 24 issue includes W. B. Camp and L. E. Plymare photos tied to a story on banning Grapes of Wrath. Also shown are Supervisor Stanley Abel and Emory Gay Hoffman secretary of the Kern County Chamber of Commerce.
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W. B. Camp
L.E. Plymare
Look Magazine
Hown
Stanley Abel
Emory Gay Hoffman
Kern County Chamber of Commerce
Generals Defeat East Bakersfield 18 12 In Sierra Opener
Shafter Generals overcome East Bakersfield Blades 18 to 12 at Griffith Stadium Bakersfield in the Sierra League opener. Omer Evans led with a rushing touchdown and multiple runs, while Calvin Newton and Bill Barbee aided the scoring drive.
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Generals Flash Power
East Bakersfield
Merwin Olson
Bill Barbee
Calvin Newton
Omer Evans
Shafter High School Generals
East Bakersfield Blades
Griffith Stadium
Bakersfield
Generals
Blade
Dyton Ogden
Blades
Evans
Olson
Newton
Olsen
Barbee
Jack Salcide
Jack Read
Seegar
Shafter
Ogden
Jess Combs
Colonels
Shafter Colonels
Jack Flynn
Gillespie
Kellogg
Bill White
Witcher
Combs
Gaskins
Annis
Hildebrand
Channeson
Haag
Kirschenmann
Pierce
Don Shoup
McClain
Hackney
Miller
Cancio
Spangler
Scott
Phillips
Salcido
Johnson
Livermore
Advertising Expenditures in 1938 by Media Type
Motion Picture advertising costs totaled 64 million dollars for newspapers and magazines, 8 million for outdoor advertising, and 8.9 million for accessories and direct mail in 1938.
Fellowship Meet Held Sunday At Pentecostal Gospel Mission
A fellowship meeting was held Sunday afternoon in Shafter at the Pentecostal Gospel Mission with representatives from Buttonwillow Taft Wasco Derby Acres and Shafter Pentecostal Church of God. The Rev Thelma Edwards pastor led the gathering. Afternoon lunch followed, a baptismal was conducted at two o clock and the fellowship meeting continued through the afternoon.
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Shafter
Pentecostal Gospel Mission
Buttonwillow
Taft
Wasco
Derby Acres
The
Gospel Mission
Match demand shapes timber vision in 1940 supply
About 300000 mature trees will be needed in 1940 to manufacture 287 billion wooden matches for U S consumption. It is noted that repair work on radios is thorough with no dissatisfied customers and moderate charges, reflecting a strong service record.
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U. S
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Goodyear
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Goodyear Export
Rubber Company
White House
Harding
Wilson
P.T.A
Blade Lake Ph
Cmarl
Eugene Ford
Cornelius
Hamilton
McClure
Stone
Pyle
Short
Wilcoxen
Allen
Pasley
Homer McDonald
Daniels
Aso
Crafton
Smith
Myrick
Mouser
Poston
Harold Cornelius
O’neill
Ragland
Siebert
Loewen
Dequine
Roy McDonald
James Tinkle
Daggers
Parra
Armstead
Churchill
Bayless
Les
Valenzuela
Dominguez
Pruett
Gunning
Flynn
the Builder
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Eny
Christopher
Shafter Drug Store
Milo
San Joaquin Grain Co
Shafter Radio Electric
John T. Suderman
Central Ave
Western Auto Supply Co
Penn Preme
Penn Supreme Finest
Pennsylvania
Duro
Western Giant Tires
de Luxe Catalin Knob
Pennsylvania Oil
Tas Ost
Hi Western Oil
Estern
Funet
Herbert L. Comfort
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