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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1935
Page
4
The SHAFTER PRESS publishes weekly on Central Avenue Shafter Kern County California with editor H G Comfort. Subscription is 2.00 per year in advance and single copies cost 5 cents. Advertising rates available on request. Entered as second class matter August 1 1935 at Shafter post office under act of March 3 1879.
A satirical piece jokes that after December 1 the Irish potato will receive a noble, taxed status similar to the green stamp on bonded whiskey. It imagines a grand parade through Chicago with officials, then vaulting the spud in city treasury, as a Roman holiday follows in November talk.
A collage of items discusses the publishing industry in California as the second largest, behind movies, and notes the speed of modern news, postal costs, typographical error rates, aerial photography, and ink usage. It also presents a tongue in cheek political glossary introducing terms for various factions and a study note on Bangs disease and dairy cattle with local farm bureau funding context. It ends with a remark on Kentucky colonels.
Oakland will serve as the temporary hub for the Pacific Slope dairy industry during the November 5–8 gathering. The event features the fifth annual conference and multiple association meetings at Hotel Oakland, with the highlight a debate titled Where Do We Go From Here.
Sixteen of California’s 58 counties boosted tax rates this year despite utilities and property returning to local rolls. Del Norte, Humboldt, Imperial, Inyo, Kings, Mariposa, Modoc, Monterey, Orange, Santa Barbara, Sonoma, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo, and Yuba saw rate increases, with total county tax up about 6.5 million dollars though utility taxes bring in roughly 12 million. Overall local assessments total 6.62 billion, Kern County at 223.19 million. Debt statewide stands at 219.59 million with a levy near 94.36 million.
A statewide conference of 36 California labor councils and about 140 building trades delegates in San Francisco on October 26 aims to press for prevailing wage scales to replace WPA security wages. The plan would raise hourly pay with fewer hours, potentially increasing project costs. Frank Y. McLaughlin signaled openness, though district project constraints remain.
Capitol Comment surveys a crowded political picture in California as state finance investigations unfold. Donahue and Babcock press audits while Merriam welcomes inquiry amid civil service pay disputes and proposed constitutional changes.
The American Red Cross leads a national effort to cut deaths from home and farm hazards, citing about 35 000 annual fatalities. James L. Fieser urges every chapter to act, with school lists for children and homeowner checklists distributed through partner groups.
Figures from the year show the American Red Cross aided 54 305 veterans and 587 public health nurses. The organization made 921 455 visits to 186 326 patients, issued 98 441 first aid certificates, and trained 46 693 people in life saving. Volunteers produced 3 102 843 surgical dressings with 80 901 volunteers on active duty.
The Red Cross issued over 187000 first aid certificates last year, up 56000 from the prior year. About 64200 CCC camp boys passed tests, and nearly one million people have been trained since the program began. Junior Red Cross enrollments rose by 402000, with exchanges with 62 allied countries.
On certain golf or athletic courses the Mississippian era mounds present hazards to players and spectators, requiring caution and warning signs. Clear guidance is needed to ensure safety around ancient earthworks and related terrain.
The report notes 3,837,941 people joined the Red Cross last year. It highlights broad public support and ongoing recruitment efforts across communities.
State Labor Commissioner Heard L Nolan reports September 1935 payrolls for 1,086 representative California factories at 174,630 employees and total payrolls of 4,105,675 dollars, up from 1934 totals. Can ning industry largely accounts for the increases, with 11.3 percent rise in employment and 21.5 percent in payrolls.
The excerpt notes 4 per cent employment and 15 per cent in payrolls for September 1934 and September 1935. It also states that 200 pounds of hay corn and roots provide a day’s meal for an elephant.
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