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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1941
Page
6
The list shows cadets from Santa Maria Oxnard and Hemet California including names such as Robert John Alexander Dexter Baumgardner and James Louis Eubanks with ranks and assignments. It notes large groups from A T D and A T D Hemet with dozens of cadets and ends with a brief crime note about Atlantic City thieves caught with jewelry.
The report lists officers reporting for duty at the Basic Flying School during the week. Captains A C Norman A Leet of Spokane Washington and Wilbur W Weed of Redding California. First Lieutenants A C Donald Ford Hollywood William Allows Pasadena William Penrod Robert A Griesser and Willard A Fisk Los Angeles and Philip E B Wainscott Forst Lewis Washington. Second Lieutenant A J Breeden transferred from the Advanced Flying School at Stockton California.
Evaporative cooling system installations at Lerdo Field and nearby Taft and Fresno fields were cancelled this week by the United States Engineers office in Sacramento. Officials said plans and specifications would not be issued and the work would be postponed until spring due to the seasonal lateness.
Sergeant Settrini of the Army Recruiting Office Bakersfield announces available regular army assignments across multiple departments and posts including Air Corps Jefferson Barracks Missouri and Wichita Falls Texas Medical Dept Philippine Dept Infantry Hawaiian Dept Engineers Elmendorf Field Alaska Field Artillery Camp Roberts California Coast Artillery Camp Callan California Cavalry Ft Riley Kansas Signal Corps Ft Monmouth New Jersey Ordnance Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland Chemical Warfare Edgewood Arsenal Maryland for further enlistment details visit room 10 post office Bakersfield.
Concord New Hampshire girl Marjorie Ross on her first fishing trip at sea caught the day’s pool with a 25 pound haddock. The fish typically weighs around 10 pounds, making her catch notable for a novice.
New London Conn. Surrette, 23, was taken to hospital after a car accident. While answering questions she suddenly asked about a safety pin she says she held in her teeth during the crash. Doctors found the pin lodged in her esophagus and removed it.
Revelstoke board of trade sponsors a climbing party next summer to settle the 74 year old tale of the dead man on Mount Begbie in the Canadian Rockies. The legend, with two main theories about a French Canadian prospector or a Salish Indian, has persisted despite lack of proof.
In Red River valley farmer Carl Lucken, famed for a hard block this season, faced a danger when his auto surged toward him. He dodged behind a milkhouse wall and sprang at the oncoming car, triggering a crash that left the radiator grill needing about $12 in repairs.
In Gilroy California at dusk a fast train struck a light truck after the driver Gilbert Annip failed to see a warning signal. The impact sliced the radiator and front of the vehicle but the driver escaped injury, with witnesses saying a slower train might have dragged the car several feet and proved deadly.
Burlington New Jersey: John Corbett hired a repairman for his new seventy dollar radio. The wife asked the man at the door if he wanted the radio and he took it, then vanished. He wasn’t the expected repairman.
Mrs Mary Jo Hanovics awoke to find her son’s bed on fire after a vivid dream and saved him by entering the room. She had dozed while smoking a cigarette and reacted when the smoke alarmed her in Toledo Ohio.
A state review committee of San Joaquin valley farmers is hearing 21 appeals of 1941 wheat marketing excesses. Hearings took place at the county agricultural building Bakersfield with Herman H Willis Floyd S Nelson and Francis J McCarthy as committee members. J R Bright chaired the local county committee and oversaw two hearings in Fresno and Tulare counties on August 25 and 26.
Bank of America president L M Giannini says Federal Reserve instalment credit rules effective September 1 do not materially alter Timeplan terms. Down payments may rise slightly and contracts may be shorter for some purchases, but customers still have up to 18 months to repay as before.
In Denver 83 year old Sam Butcher refuses to ride in a car and pedals a bicycle through city streets. A Hungarian immigrant who arrived at 18, he prospected during the Colorado gold rush and later built a real estate portfolio valued at about $50,000.
The government will raise farm incomes in California by 50 million dollars this year through purchases of dried fruits from local farmers, supporting growers and regional markets.
Shafter high school graduate Louis L. Heinrichs, stationed with the United States Marines in Iceland, describes long daylight hours, persistent cold, and rugged terrain. He notes no trees, reliance on imports, and a diet of mutton and fish. He expects a short stay but gives no definite timeline for Marines.
Dr H E Pratt of the Abraham Lincoln association cites a figure of 55.70 dollars for a span ending in spring 19 48 for the first quarter next year based on an old copy of the official Register of Government Employes. The text references incomprehensible names and dates.
Tangible property in California has reached an all time high assessed value of 17.3555 billion dollars, indicating a peak in tax base and market activity. The figure reflects broad growth across sectors and regional increases in asset valuations.
The United States Weather Bureau lists San Francisco as the nation’s second sunniest large city, highlighting its unusually clear skies among major urban areas.
A joint meeting of the Delano and Shafter Rotary clubs was held Tuesday noon at Motel Un Wel o. Speakers were Arthur Crites of Bakersfield a past district president and Jim Thrasher past president of the Bakersfield club. E B Stringham president of the Shafter club presided and introduced the speakers.
Santa Rosa public safety warns against tampering with the monkey puzzle trees on the courthouse lawn. Super intendent George Smith states the trees bear heavy nuts and loosely attached scales that can crack sharply when shaken, posing a serious head injury risk.
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