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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1942
Page
2
A 1935 public note argues repealing the California state personal income tax would relieve hard pressed taxpayers while federal war taxes fund the war effort. It urges local support, cites costs, and warns of home shopping benefits as New Deal era policy discussion continues.
The Shafter Kiwanis club held a luncheon meeting to complete arrangements for Friday night's annual Halloween parade. The event has been staged by local Kiwanians for several years and is eagerly anticipated by residents of all ages.
A collage of California quotes includes EVA GARDNER and Mickey Rooney’s bride discussing divorce, Bodie Wallman railing against LA skid-row wines, Congressman COSTELLO urging unified command after Guadalcanal, Charlotte Thompson and William Miller charged with child kidnapping, Papa Molinari on restrictions for Italians, and Alfred Frankenstein praising Gilbert and Sullivan above opera tuxedos. The piece also notes new federal civil service openings for photographers and technicians offering 1440 to 3800 dollars, with John F. Roskam in San Francisco and a 1942 poultry rise in Oakland/San Francisco.
General DeWitt’s Western Defense Command issues War Order No. 12 requiring poultrymen to extinguish or control lighting from sunset to sunrise. Interior lighting must not exceed one foot candle on outdoor areas, with shaded 40 to 60 watt bulbs recommended to keep direct rays inside poultry houses while restricting exterior illumination.
The Shafter maternity home at the former Midgley hotel on Central Avenue is now run by Mrs. Vida Sanders.
Voters head to polls Tuesday for governor and other statewide seats in a light campaign. Earl Warren leads against Culbert Olson while lieutenant governor, controller, treasurer and attorney general contests unfold with multiple party lines and third party candidates.
A. J. Zimmerman known as Jack served as notary public and insurance counselor. He was also listed as a public weighmaster with ties to the automotive field.
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