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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1941
Page
8
A roundup cites Nazi advances around Moscow and Kharkov with Zhukov’s new defense role, air raids on Naples, and Japan‑Russia border clashes. U S politics see neutrality revision talks, labor strikes, and wartime production plans while California projects and local civic events fill the home front page.
Tom Eveleth, head of the Bakersfield IRS office, outlined new taxes to Shafter Rotary members. Retailers handling jewelry furs and toilet articles face a 10 percent excise and monthly returns. other items flow through manufacturers. Floor taxes apply to liquors, tires, matches, and bowling alleys. pool tables taxed per table. pinball machines taxed by payout type. auto use tax begins February 1 with rising annual fees. admission tax applies to all entertainment. one cent per dollar of admission required. nightclub tax set at five percent of total intake.
H E Ash deputy collector of internal revenue. Lt. Lee Frankovich of the US Army Air. Rotarians Bob Codham Clyde Heslop Dr Cok Mead Angus Crites J C Rector Harry Hopkins Seah Wharton Phil Ohanneson and A P Ohanneson attended a Bakersfield club meeting. Jim Camp and J F Cooper were welcomed as new members. President EB B Stringham announced a visit by District Governor Vic Larson of Lodi next week and scheduled a board and officers meeting at his home tomorrow evening. A community committee and county Agricultural Conservation representatives met last week to discuss food production for defense.
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