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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1941
Page
2
A clipped historical note from a Shafter California paper mentions a 19th century editorials section and a 1878 second class entry. It references a local association and a postal or telecommunication line with a 765 telephone mark as part of the era’s layout.
A wartime advisory praises defense stamps as a cheap home purchase that both supports national defense and builds personal savings. It notes a projected 85 billion dollar income and urges households to buy stamps to fund future needs while aiding troops.
Three Oakland to Honolulu transports cut the Pacific crossing to 13 hours 55 minutes meeting Hawaii's airport time, while an American bomber ferried to England sped across the Atlantic in seven and a half hours. The feat suggests a rapid narrowing of ocean barriers.
Soldiers stationed in England boo Prime Minister Mackenzie King during a routine inspection. Officers reject punishment, asserting the right to boo as a democratic principle. A captain quips that quiet would require the prime minister to wear an officer's uniform. A separate remark questions women leading international relations and the likelihood of wars.
The piece surveys the $4.5 billion annual installment trade and a debt total near $9 billion. It notes high shares of autos, furniture, and appliances bought on time plans, especially among the middle class, with tighter terms likely as manufacturers fear government limits and defense demand rises.
A U S senator proposes that Uncle Sam file income tax returns for small taxpayers by sending a simple questionnaire. If approved by the Senate Finance Committee, exemptions would fall, creating six million new direct taxpayers and requiring thousands more clerks to compute and bill taxes. Separately, California gardeners are promoting many new ornamental tree varieties each year to expand horticulture.
A compiled set of quoted remarks from notable California figures. Salvador Dali discusses the Golden Gate as a prehistoric monster highway to San Francisco. Major Frank G. Nolan cites Amazon parachutists ready to assist as lawful belligerents. Police Chas. W. Duller speaks on sabotage prevention and submarines. Senator Hiram Johnson imagines caging Hitler and Stalin for a public fight. Warden Clinton T. Duffy asserts rehabilitation is possible. Dr John W Studebaker notes education helps expose totalitarian tricks.
University of California figures show average egg production per hen rose from 164 in 1933 to 177 in 1940 while hen mortality fell from 33 percent to 21 percent. Poultry studies in six counties indicate an average income of $1.03 per hen for the year, about the statewide average for 16 years.
English traveler Anthony Trollope visited California in 1875 and offered sharp, grousing views. Dr. Bradford A. Booth of UCLA edited twenty Trollope letters into The Tireless Traveler, a UC Press publication. Trollope mocked San Francisco’s sights and climate, complained of hot sun and sudden cold, and found Yosemite’s wonders less than awe inspiring.
Public transit transfers issued by Salt Lake City Bus lines bear the inscription Intentional misuse of this transfer is dishonest. The city’s transit system emphasizes honesty in the use of these transfers.
Leon Wood Ruff swapped a kid goat for a flock of hens and found a freak bird in the flock that looks like a rooster crows like a cock yet cackles like a hen and lays eggs.
W H Alison of the Merced County Agricultural Extension Service notes in a walk through dairy barn that cows in an outside corral respond to being called before entering for milking. He contrasts bovine attention with equine intelligence while highlighting dairy practice.
A reader asks about securing retirement income via Defense Savings Bonds. Answer shows buying bonds for 37.50 each month yields 50 monthly after 10 years. increasing monthly investment to 75 yields 100 after a decade. It notes bonds support the government during wartime and directs inquiries to post offices, banks, or the Treasurer of the United States.
A postcard mailed in 1914 by Miss Gertrude Fox of Wilmington, Delaware, while visiting Philadelphia, took 27 years to arrive at a nearby address three miles from its origin, delivering only recently.
Four Boston and Maine locomotives pulled a 91 car freight train carrying 4 505 net tons up Washington Mountain in the Berkshires setting a century‑old hauling record for the railroad.
Coventry, England shops rebuilt fast after the November and April blitzes. Mushroom shops, lightweight structures quickly erected, allow merchants to reopen within a day or so, helping the city resume trade amid continued air raids.
A University of California physician warns that mistaken diagnosis of heart disease in young soldiers can cause prolonged disability through fear. He notes heart murmurs irregular pulses and fainting are often misattributed to real heart disease.
H M Butterfield, specialist in the University of California Agricultural Extension Service, suggests expanding the range of ornamental trees grown in similar settings to improve landscape value and adaptability.
About 250 cars of grapes valued around 225000 have left Shafter as growers praise a strong season aided by government raisin funds. Shafter packing houses stay busy led by Siemens Fruit Co. with Malagas and Thompsons shipped. independent buyers pay four cents per pound.
On the season opener many Shafter hunters reported limits including George Weigum Dutch Wittmayer Jack Wittmayer Bill Lachenmaier and Ted Suess as they brought in their flush of birds.
Miss Edna Prieve and Willene Camp spend the week in San Francisco visiting Mr. and Mrs. Earl Rose and other friends.
J C Thomas and parents left Monday for Los Angeles for a visit. Mr and Mrs John KH Maurer Jr and Jean Maurer returned after a two week vacation in Santa Cruz and vicinity. Mr and Mrs R M Bobst left Shafter for Oakland to visit relatives for a week or ten days. Walker Karber is now employed in Shafter at the Safeway store and plans to move his family from Rosedale immediately.
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