Water supplies key to rural fire protection near Shafter
Fire Warden Art Craig urges farmers to create quick water sources near farms and to position suction pits within 100 feet of a fire. A Shafter fire truck can pump 500 gallons per minute and irrigation wells can supply ample water with proper pits and hoses. He offers guidance from his office on building small concrete water boxes two by four feet deep to cut future losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Art Craig
Craig
Federal Perpetual Motion Adopted To New Farm Plan
Secretary Wallace unveils a broad farm program retaining crop control referenda for cotton tobacco rice and wheat while proposing processing taxes to fund subsidies and departs reorganized to boost domestic markets. Critics warn the plan is a temporary fix doomed to fail over time and liken it to a perpetual motion scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Supreme Court
Federal Crop Reporting Board
California Farmers Face Worries From Taxes and Drought
A federal forecast predicts a 12 212 000 bale cotton crop with total supply near 25 million bales by fall. Average national yield is 214.1 pounds per acre. Despite curtailment programs and poor markets, beetle outlook is brighter as calcium cyanide spray can exterminate the pest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal
Department of Agriculture
California
Golden Age in Forestry Marks Nationwide Reforestation Effort
Forty years into conservation work in America forests face renewed hope as California leads with 2,200 acres added and 750,000 pines planted. The article highlights seedling pine production, low planting costs, and the goal to restore land for wildlife, flood control, and sustained lumbering.
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America
Walter Mulford
University of California
Mulford
California
S. B. Shaw
United States Forest Service
Tahoe National Forest
Eldorado National Forest
Lassen Forest
Sierra Forest
Modoc National Forest
Durbin Nursery
Susanville
National Forest
How to survive a street robbery a police guide
A local police advisory urges calm during a robbery. It advises surrender of valuables, avoid heroics, and focus on details such as the robber’s appearance, hands, jewelry, weapon, vehicle, and license to aid later identification and capture. The guidance stresses not hanging up until officers finish questioning.
Creator of Popeye Dies at 43
E C Segar the creator of Popeye the sailor died aged 43 after a year of illness. The cartoonist rose from Castor Oil's Thimble Theatre origin to a beloved figure whose spinach fueled strength and witty slogans lived on in his millions of readers.
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E. C. Segar
Paul Bunyan
Popeye the Sailor
Castor
Oil of the “Thimble Theatre
Dice Island
Fadewell
Popeye
J. Wellington Wimpy
Lemmon elected commander of Leslie L. Robinson Post
George S. Lemmon won the post election by six votes over adjutant Jack Zimmerman, with Zimmerman reelected adjutant. Other officers include J. B. Henderson, J. W. Compton, H. L. Annis, Hugh Skaggs, John R. Isaac, A. J. Zimmerman, and an executive committee.
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George S. Lemmon
Leslie L. Robinson
American Legion
Jack Zimmerman
Zimmerman
J. B. Henderson
J. W. Compton
H. L. Annis
Hugh Skaggs
John R. Isaac
A. J. Zimmerman
R. Bobst
W. H. Hitchcock
John Compton
G. I. Lemmon
J. S. Watson
Shafter Hopson
Southern Hotel
Bakersfield
Clifford P. Hopson
Otto Zimmerman
Eddie Unruh
Gwin Mettler
Denny Simpson
William Kliewer
Gordon Bennett
Bill Weiss
Werrel Wilson
Elmo Morris
Bill Peters
Don Peters
Albert Hammer
Edelman Oil Company
PW. Handel
E. J.wallace
August Bender
Philip Bender
A. S. Edelman
Glenrock
Wyoming
McKittrick
Emil A. Bender
L.E. Chenoweth
C. A. Campbell
Shafter Business Men
L. E. Chenoweth
J. W. Vorhees
P.T. A
F. G. Matteson
Messrs. Poetker and Schmitz
Maple P.T.A
Z. C. Bartel
M. B
Peter Nikkel, Jr
Shafter District
J. W. Nickel
Home Sweet Home
Old Rugged Cross
Notary Public Insurance Counselor and Weighmaster Named
A. J. "Jack" Zimmerman is identified as notary public insurance counselor and public weighmaster in connection with automobile matters.
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Casualty
A. J
Jack” Zimmerman
Notary Public
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H. G. Comfort
Central Avenue
Kern County
Jack A. Lighthill, M. D
Sunset Ave
The
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Waldemar Fluhrer
J. B. Engle
Neils Pedersen
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Congregational Church Ladies Aid
T. V. Little
Mesdames L. Scott
H. Miller
J. H. Maurer Sr
J. H. Maurer Jr
Howes
Nottingham
Peterson
Royal Jumper
W.B. Fox
MM. Fluhrer
R. A. Maurer
T. Peters
D. Potter
Edward Isaac
Dreamland Dance Orchestra
Stockton
George Isaac
M. W. Pascoe
M. D
Complete Machine Shop
Ad Welding Shafter
Shafter Garbage Service
Roy Pasley
Prop. Garbage and Trash Collected
Janzen Funeral Home Ambulance Service
P&gay
Bantam Golden
BURY
Duchess
Suburb Gran
van Camp
Safeway
Morrell
Lux
Pillsbury’s
B&m
Stokely
Jacobs
Libby
Burbank
Lac
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