Honey Production Increase Urged For 1942
Weather-impacted 1942 honey and beeswax output runs about 13 percent below normal per a UC report to M A Lindsay. Beekeepers should cull 20 percent of extracting combs, preserve wires, render wax, and ship to a wax plant. If winter shortage looms, contact Sugar Buttoning Boards for about 15 pounds of sugar per colony to sustain the bees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Lindsay
J.E. Eckert
University of California
Lindsay
Postal Employee Injured in Tuesday Motorcycle Crash
Shafter post office worker John Roskam sustained a deep neck cut and burns after being thrown from his motorcycle while commuting between Wasco and Shafter on Tuesday. He was rushed to a Bakersfield hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Roskam
Shafter Post Office
Wasco
Shafter
Bakersfield
Air Mail Packages Must Be Inspected Before Transmission
Postmaster Lois Rosens t i e l announces a Washington directive that no air mail package may be sent until examined by a postal employee to prevent unmail able matter. Patrons should present unsealed air mail parcels for inspection with a stamp or endorsement noting may be opened for postal inspection. A second employee should witness the inspection. the ruling takes effect October 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Rosenstiel
Potatoes On November Food Stamp List
The AMA announces November food stamp list items for blue stamps including apples, vegetables, potatoes, shell eggs, corn meal, hominy, grits, beans, flour and whole wheat flour. Supervisor K May notes the selections emphasize abundant foods to support war production, available at participating grocers for eligible low income groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Nevada
Agricultural Marketing Administration
AMA
U. S. Department of Agriculture
May
Mettler Wins Social Chairman Post At Shafter High
Elsie Mettler defeats Marjorie Bergman to become social chairman of the Shafter High School student body. Rosie Rexius chosen as yell leader over Pat Mettler, Rachel Ray, and Pat Myrick as new student leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Mettler
Marjorie Bergman
Shafter High School
Rosie Rexius
Pat Mettler
Rachel Ray
Pat Myrick
Former Minter Sergeant Named Camp Adjutant
Former Minter Sergeant Tom Richardson has become Post Adjutant at a new camp in Louisiana after completing Adjutant General school in Washington. Michael Barbieri, previously 326th First Sergeant, is appointed Assistant Administrative Inspector at March Field following his Miami graduation in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Meeks
Minter
Tom Richardson
Michael Barbieri
826Th
326Th
Richardson
Louisiana
Washington
Adjutant General School
Barbieri
March Field
Flight Line Takes 400 Mechanics Through Minter Training
More than 400 line mechanics graduated from Minter's flight line specialist school in six months. The Casual Detachment recruited civilian mechanics for three weeks of basic training before four weeks of fundamentals and three weeks on the flight line. Under Capt. Horton the program runs seven hours daily six days a week with about 200 trainees and 16 army technicians plus civilian instructors. The course ends with on plane work and assignment to a squadron, praised as excellent after a Santa Ana inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minter
R. E. Horton
West Coast Training Center
Santa Ana
Look To Your Uniform Described By Army Officers
Maj. Dougery the Post Adjutant warns soldiers to follow the official uniform regulations at all times on and off the post. Capt. Russell Smith from the Provost Marshal's office says emphasis will be on correcting sloppy dress and any deviation from standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maj
Dougery
Capt
Russell Smith
Soldier Detective Tracks Deserter and Dopes Ring
Pvt. Gene Orr of Minter Field’s Unassigned Pool served as a British ambassador guard of honor in San Antonio. A military police plainclothes detective, he led crime work including liquor law enforcement and dope-smuggling cases, later training in Judo under Maj. W. C. Smith. He founded an MP school in March 1941 for 100 trainees studying crime detection and law, qualified as a pistol expert and Thompson submachine gun ace, and previously worked as an airplane mechanic. He now aims to be an aerial gunner and continues playing football.
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Lord Halifax
San Antonio
Tex
Géne Orr
Minter Field
State Liquor Commission
Orr
Maj. W. C. Smith
Orient
Maj. Smith
Pvt. Orr
Infantry
Coast Artillery
Air Force
Randolph Field
Minter
Old Lady Sees Soldiers Eat Chow as Dog Meat Joke
An elderly visitor asks soldiers what they eat. They answer chow. She protests that soldiers are fed dog meat, expressing disbelief and dismay at the notion.
Church News Focuses on Local Congregations and Services
Mennonite Brethren Church at Kern street led by H. D. Wiebe lists Sunday activities from 9:30 a.m. Sunday school to 7:45 p.m. midweek prayer. Reformed Church at James and Sunset with R. Klaudt reports morning services in English. First Baptist Church at Lerdo highway, E. M. Anderson pastor, outlines services from 10 a.m. Sunday school to 8 p.m. Thursday Bible study and prayer meetings. The calendar includes youth, adult classes, and a quote about life and faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mennonite Brethren Church
Kern Street
H. D. Wiebe
The
Lord’s Vineyard
Christian Fellowship
Ingendverein
First Baptist Church
Lerdo Highway
M. Anderson
P. A. Schmidt
Prayer League
Christ
Religious notices for Wasco churches and science society
St John s Catholic Church on Broadway St offers 8 and 10 a m Masses under Rev Owen McMullen. The Christian Science Society of Wasco meets at Sixth and E streets with 11 a m service 10 a m Sunday school and a first Wednesday 8 o clock meeting. Quotes from Proverbs and Mary Baker Eddy appear with passages from Matthew and Science and Health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Catholic Church
Ninth and Broadway Sts
Wasco
Owen McMullen
The
Christian Science Society
First Church of Christ
Scientist
Boston
Mass
Sixth
E Streets
Christ
Mary Baker Eddy
Faithful Prayer Inspires Honest Work and Wisdom
A historic exhortation urges believers to resolve to take up the cross with honest hearts, work diligently, watch for wisdom truth and love, and pray without ceasing. It emphasizes praying in secret while letting daily lives attest sincerity and devotion.
Petroleum fuels early lubrication of steam engines
In 1869 petroleum began to be used to lubricate cylinder walls of steam engines marking an early application of crude oil.
Lerdo School District plans budget increase and bus lease funding
The Lerdo School District board met October 5 1942 and declared intentions to raise the current year budget for 1942 43 They propose allocating 3930 46 to Capital Outlay to liquidate a school bus lease and transferring 1360 26 from General to Reserve Funds A public hearing is set for November 2 1942 at ten o clock Henry M Rowell Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lerdo
Lerdo School
Henry M. Rowell
Notice to Creditors in the Estate of Andrew D Mettler
Jerome Mettler is administrator of the Andrew D Mettler estate. Creditors and claimants must present their claims with vouchers within six months of the first publication to A Peter Channonso in Shafter California or file with the Superior Court in Kern County. Published October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ee Court of
Ee D. Mettler
Jero. Mettler
Andrew D. Mettler
A. Peter Channeson
Shafter
Kern County
California
Superior Court
State of
Kern
Jerome Mettler
Andrew D. Es
A. Peter Ohanneso
Calif
Warren Leads Democratic Rally for Governor Victory
The article reports a strong Democratic rally behind Earl Warren for governor, with official tabulations showing nearly a half million supporters. Warren pledges full cooperation with President Roosevelt in wartime efforts, while leaders Gordon Garland and Henry Meehan push for Warren as a better Democrat. The piece notes the November 3 election date and party unity under the banner Leadership not Politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Warren
Warren
California
Roosevelt
Gordon H. Garland
State Assembly
Henry Meehan
Meehan
Lane
Description of German Heinkel HE 113 and British Hawker Hurricane
The text describes the German Heinkel HE 113 fighter with a pointed nose, rounded fuselage, low wings, and inline engine. It contrasts it with the British Hawker Hurricane as a companion single seater with low wings and rounded wing tips, noting the tailplane shape and rear projection under the fuselage.
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Cadillac
Herb Peters
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Charleses
Diane
Ceneral Avenue
E. K. Grant
California Avenue
Min- Yer Field
Myrick’s Corner
Fresno Street
Ben Brown
Klassen Street
North Shafter
P. L. Arnold
Central Avenue
Myrtle Cornelius
Marengo
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Unites California
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Gordon Garland
Union Labor Friends
KPMC
Kern County Committee
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