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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1940
Page
2
The notice lists publication terms for a Thursday paper based in Shafter California at 169 Central Avenue. It specifies a subscription price of 2.00 annually payable in advance and single copies at 5 cents. Advertising rates available on application. It states second class matter and registration under act of March 3 1879.
Residents of Shafter push plans for a November meeting to decide administration and funding for the Shafter Wasco cemetery district. They urge independent operation or revised governance, noting years of minimal care and a need for a workable agreement.
The National Audubon Society and Richard H. Pough warn that protected birds and foreign species face extinction as fashion fuels plume hunting. A century ago public backlash ended feathered hats. now plumes are again in demand after feathers were bought from New York and Philadelphia millinery shops.
Plumes from 40 wild bird species supposedly protected by law were found. Golden eagle feathers sold at 30 shops, bald eagle at 12, and other birds' feathers sold by millinery houses. Audubon society members urge public opinion to end the slaughter of protected birds, arguing no hat justifies extinction risk to beauty in wild birds.
The piece notes yearly spending of about 2 million dollars on dog foods medicines and supplies and cites 15000 veterinarians and many animal hospitals from 5 000 to 100 000 dollars in equipage. Dr David E Buckingham argues dogs are growing soft due to modern luxuries and lack of exercise.
Dr Constantine Panunzio of UCLA argues that high birth rates among low income and unskilled groups do not imply inferiority. He notes the common people have historically supplied leadership and that without them the upper classes would shrink. The piece invites reflection on population and leadership dynamics.
A column argues a Roosevelt third term would delay national defense and threaten current defense leaders like Knudsen Stettinius and Douglas. It cites The New Republic as a left-leaning prop for the New Deal and predicts post election purges of business-backed advisers and a shift toward New Deal aims.
In notes from Delano Record and Wasco News Ed Nossoff cites Irvin Cobb praising Wendell Willkie as the sole Democratic candidate this year with twelve reasons including Madame Perkins and Harold Ickes. The Pacific Rural Press reports 105 bulging gunny sacks of ladybird beetles stored in Modesto to combat pests, noting their long hibernation.
The Tulare Times notes California draws new orders from the East and North Central states for destroyers submarines and aircraft. Within a fortnight California will handle over 250 million in naval crafts and 36 million for Southern California aircraft plants brings total to 677 million. 60 000 workers are employed now and by spring the workforce is expected to reach 100 000.
A Pathfinder reporter relinquished his street car seat to four women, held doors for sixty, turned water taps for twenty, and let women precede him out of elevators on thirty occasions. For 124 polite acts, he was thanked only twice.
Representatives of the United States army are touring the San Joaquin valley to purchase horses suitable for army work and breeding. Definite specifications for the animals are set, guiding the selection process.
A Shafter party led by Sam Lachenmaier, Earl Ellenwood, Charles Hitchcock and others hunted in the mountains beyond Porterville from Thursday to Saturday. They climbed Mount Moses and Mount Maggie, found snow and ice, saw 32 deer but none were killed, and plan a bear hunt in early November.
The grammar school auditorium expands to 45 by 60 feet with a 16 by 40 feet stage and wings. brick construction aims for completion in about 40 days. H T Chambles of Arvin is contractor with John Isaac foreman. Richland school trustees include Sam Lachenmaier J W Nickel and Ed Kolbenstetter.
Eddie Unruh was hurt Sunday evening when struck by Jimmie Beller driving Herman Schultz's car. The accident happened on Central Avenue opposite the Safeway store as Beller's car met an oncoming vehicle. Unruh, crossing between the cars, suffered a badly strained ankle.
Leslie L. Robinson Post No. 213 of Shafter elected officers led by Commander Jack Zimmerman and first vice commander J. B. Hansen. The executive committee includes Zimmerman Hansen Bell Terry Annis Enns Henderson. A gift offer of a lot in the Lachenmaier subdivision on Shafter highway was discussed.
Dr William B Munro of the California Institute of Technology asserts that free government arose with printing and that the newspaper press enabled modern democracy. John Francis Neylan of San Francisco counters that a change of leadership is imminent before a crisis engulfs them.
Frank Pierrepont Graves, president National Scholarship Society, Mills College address cites California as the foremost educational state, supported by the claim that nearly all other states rank it second to theirs. Dr Karl Brandt, former German official, now at Stanford, contends Germany lost not by starvation but by U S industrial power and manpower.
A returning newspaperman from the Orient warns that if Japan dominates rubber, it will force the sale of tires rather than raw rubber, potentially crippling American factories and industry. He stresses the impact on production and price.
Marjorie Glass, president of the S. F. Career Women club, writes a membership solicitation urging women to join. The letter promotes a 20 cent per month contribution as the path to support career-oriented women and related activities.
Dr Maynard Joslyn explains that darkening of dried fruit and juices signals loss of vitamin C which prevents scurvy. Retaining natural color yields a more attractive and healthier product, he says.
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