Shafter Community Notes Highlight Visits and Events
Local residents and visitors populate Shafter over the weekend with trips to Fresno Los Angeles and Chowchilla. Names include Clair Dragoo D C Moore and Elvin Schmidt with social dinners noted and multiple confirmations of travel to Encino Taft and Bakersfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clair Dragoo
Shafter
Fresno
McKinley
Rascoe
Los Angeles
John Wastbinder
John Wastbilder
Taft
Lerdo Field Builds Fire Department To Modern Standards
Lerdo Field has a fully fledged fire department with 18 members and new equipment including a 500 gallon pumper, a crash truck with a 255 gallon chemical tank, and a 750 gallon pumper on order. Major Carl L. Elver notes plans for fog nozzles and a water tower while each building gains fire extinguishers and each vehicle carbon dioxide units. A booster water system, dedicated fire alarm phones, and hydrants fed by wells strengthen post safety. the group is supported by Chief Louis W. Munn and assistants Lieut. Thomas E. McLeod and Sgt. Robert D. Mahaney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lerdo
Air Corps
Carl L. Elver
Louis
W. Minn
Taft
Elver
Air Corps School
Mann
Munnere
Thomas E. McLeod
Robert D. Mahaney
Mahaney
du Bois
Memory Lane continues with a Bakersfield football setback
The article notes the football team lost to Bakersfield 18 to 0 on Saturday. It mentions a high school party in honor of the freshmen class that evening with games as diversions, naming Miss Hermson Miss Voth Mrs Robertson and Mr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield
Hermson
Voth
Robertson
Cigarettes May Be Tax Free On Military Bases
Representative Merritt of New York introduces a bill to exempt cigarettes and other tobacco products sold on Army Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard bases camps and vessels from Federal taxes. The measure, expected to pass in about 30 days, would cut prices by about half and use distinctive stamps to show tax exemption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Merritt
New York
House
Military Affairs Committee
Naval
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Army
Navy
Transfer to Lemoore Base Expands West Coast Air Corps School
The Lemoore Air Corps Base Flying School grows rapidly with Lieut Donald Union Officer and others joining under Major Arthur J. Lehman as Project Officer. Major John E. Patrinelis Lieut Lewis Blau and Lieut Winston C. Defieux previously stationed at this post also remain involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald
w. —_ nion
Lerde
Lemoore
Lemoore Air Corps
Basie Flying School
West Coast ‘Air Corps Training Center
Arthur J. Lehman
John E. Patrinelis
Lewis Blau
Winston C. Defieux
Jackson Posthumous Son President Andrew Jackson
Posthumous son of Andrew Jackson traced to his northern Ireland birth and arrival in America. The text notes his lineage and migration hints within early U.S. history.
Bill imposes heavy fines for illegal tax free cigarettes
Military personnel in uniform are cited as targets of a bill that imposes heavy fines for violations involving purchasing or selling tax free cigarettes and tobaccos illegally. The measure aims to curb tax evasion in military and civilian commerce.
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Aircraft
Red”. Myers
Ray Fast
Navy Aircraft Department
San Diego
D. C. Moores
D. C. Moore
New England
Les Hobson
Ralph Locke
Higgins
Bill Higgins
Trona
Tip
Chowchilla
Vernon Pierce
Blanche Hunter
Delano
Sam White
Oliver White
Elvin Schmidt
Ronald Carl
Mercy Hospital
George Isaac
Isaac
Abe Strauss
Helene Nightengale
W. K. Peterson
Norval Fair
Gene Mettier
Fred Vandenberg
E. P. Jones Shafter
Central “Section
California Teachers’ Association
Mojave
T. V. ‘Littles
Mrs
Oliver Sly
Jack Curran
Justice and Constabic
California
Justices’ and Constables’ Association
H. A. Rightmire
Dinuba
J. M. Dick
Mr. Dick
Margaret Dueck
Encino
Lena Shultz
J. P. Shultz
Mrs. H. M. Martins
Ernest Siemens
Abe Unruh
Leonard Funk
Wasco
Viola Hodel
Charles H. Shomate
Hugo McKinley
Marion Littlefield
Palo Alto
Lois L. Berry
R. W. Partridge
Selma
A. C.casner
Oklahoma
Clarence Gaede
Enid
Okla
Dan Loewen
A. W. Gaede
Gaedes
Tulare
San Pedro
Jack. _Hare
Charlie Henderson
W. B. Casterson
Turlock
H. B. Leedom
E. P. Jones
Central Section
Fresnb
Tank Corps
Foster White
Porterville
Bill Stone
Dallas
Tex
Fort Knox
Northam
B. T. Coursey
Salinas
Dewey Northam
John Deere
Allis-Chalmers
McCormick Deering
A. H. Karpe
East 19Th Street
Lerdo Field
Taylor
C. P. Morgan
Kern County
The
Federation Woman’s Clubs
State Department of ‘Social
Ocean
Dr. Stadmuller
Miss Weed
John Plover
Emil Bartel
Hillsboro, Kansas
Z.C. .Bartels
Sam and
Charles. Schneider
Kingfisher, Okla
Carl Schneider
Pete Schnapansky
K. G. Neufeld
Rosali Bergen
Lves
Midgrey Hotel
Dos Palos
Edna Grant
Edne Prieve
Love Doctor
California Theater
AMES
Chevrolet
Ubermet
N & K Chevrolet Co
Calif
Safeway
Jonathan
Rome
Eithe
Kellogg's
Glenn Aire
Kraft
By Julia Lee Wright
Homemakers’ Bureau
Prunes Fair Play Brand
Stokely
Pimrwssena
Libby Brand
Tieut. Con
New Lemoore
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