Cotton wage ceiling set for six San Joaquin Valley counties
The War Food Administration announces a $2.25 per hundredweight ceiling on cotton picking effective immediately in Kern Kings Tulare Fresno Madera and Merced counties. Kern County War Board chair J R Bright says the figure is final with no second-picking rate planned. A USDA War Board survey found current rate satisfactory while cautions about potential future adjustments if conditions worsen. Also noted are 1942 interceptions of 23944 lots of contraband fruits and vegetables and California predator kill tallies of six mountain lions 122 bears 1430 bobcats and 7501 coyotes.
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War Food Administration
San Joaquin Valley
Kern
Kings
Tulare
Fresno
Madera
Merced
J. R. Bright
Kern County
Usda War Board
Bright
Ght
California
State Department of Briculture
Registration for War Ration Book Four Announced
Instructions issued by Kenneth L. Hampton district director specify that a single application may cover all related family members living in the same household. Those away up to 60 days may be included. armed forces personnel and certain others are excluded. Distribution in Kern district runs three days from Oct 25 to Oct 27 with no extension. Last rites for Mrs. Helen J. White held in Janzen Chapel. she was born in 1870 and lived in Kern county. Sequoia National Park contains 1,156,000 giant sequoias, 9,722 over 10 feet diameter.
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Kenneth L. Hampton
Fresno
Price Administration
Hampton
United States
United Nations
Kern
White
Helen J. White
Janzen
Byron P. Hovey
New York
Kern County
Wasco
Shafter
Shafter Cemetery
Allied air battles halt Japanese reinforcements at port area
In bitter fighting near Finschhafen and Wewak harbor, Allied air fighters repelled Japanese efforts to reinforce their bases. The clashes stopped the enemy from tightening grip on the port area as Allied aircraft targeted supply routes and shipping.
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Finschafen
Wewak
Kern Old Age Cases Opened
Old age aid rolls in Kern county show 2137 people for August versus 2101 in June. The June count preceded a $50 maximum boost and other liberal increases in old age assistance. California fruit growers contributed 345,594,000 of the state's 1.5 billion agricultural income in 1942.
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Kern County
California
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California Agricultural Border Inspection
Sequoia National Park
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
U. S
Africa
Shafter, California
Ralasa
Tsalamaua
New Guinea
Lex Kokoda
Buna
Peter
B. Peeve
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