Caution With DDT For Home Use Still In Conclusion
In a Shafter Press notice the University of California reviews DDT use under varying conditions. It notes that most large scale uses were by trained personnel and that civilian safe uses are limited. The Agricultural Extension Service offers cooperation with dairymen to apply safe DDT in dairy barns for insect control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Public Health Service
University of California
Agricultural Extension Service
Repeats of history may lower postwar crop prices
M A Lindsay of the Agricultural Extension Service suggests price declines after this World War may mirror postwar trends after World War I and the War of 1812. He cites cotton dropping from 3 75 to 0 94 per pound between April 1920 and April 1921 and butter slipping from 72 to 82 cents from December 1919 to May 1921, with alfalfa hay also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Lindsay
Agricultural Extension Service
Lindsay
Farm commodity price declines vary by crop says Kern farmers urged to act
Potatoes fell from 4.01 per bushelf in May 1920 to 59 cents by December 1922 showing prices do not fall uniformly. Cotton dropped to under one third in 12 months while wheat declined over 28 months. Kern County farmers urged to be cautious in all operations.
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Kern County
Lindsay
Attracts Crowd as Atkins Headlines Nazarene Meeting
Art Atkins, a former medicine showman, draws large crowds at the Church of the Nazarene on west Lerdo Road. Rev. Orval Seago notes his evangelistic show blends sermon and song with original poems and personal experiences. Through September 16 he shares his life story From the Night Club to the Pulpit.
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Art Atkins
Church of the Nazarene
West Lerdo Road
Orval Seago
Atkins
Walker Fry and Phyllis Champion United in Marriage
Last Sunday at 4 p.m. in First Methodist church Bakersfield Lt. (jg) Phyllis Marie Champion and Walker O. Fry wed with Dr. John Kenny officiating. The bride, a WAVES communications officer, is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Champion of Bakersfield. The groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Opan Fry of Shafter, recently discharged after serving as a paratrooper in multiple theaters earning a Presidential Citation and two Purple Hearts. They plan a permanent home in the Shafter area where the groom will farm.
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Bakerefield
Phyllis Marie Champion
Walker O. Fry
John Kenny
Terminal Island
Bakersfield High School
Fresno State College
Opan Fry
Shafter
Germany
Africa
Sicily
Italy
Belgium
Holland
France
Private Jr. Howard Takes Day Furlough at Shafter
Private Jr. Howard spent a day on furlough visiting Mrs. Howard in Shafter and reporting back to Ford Ord. The text notes that a competent witness must be of sound mind and have established residence and be a beneficiary under the will.
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Shafter
Private Jr
Howard
Mrs. Howard
Ford Ord
Fats salvage drive urged as wartime need persists
M A Lind of the University of California Extension Service warns reconversion will suffer if the fats salvage program collapses. He stresses continued collection of waste fats from rural kitchens and farm slaughter, noting delays in Pacific imports and the need to move fats to central points for industrial use. Housewives are urged to maximize recovery of fats even after they become unusable for cooking. Copper in California is typically found as chalcopyrite.
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M. A. Lindsay
Agricultural Extension Service
University’ of California
Lindsay
South Pacific
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Shafter Press
Art Hein
Firestone
Walker Fry
Phyllis Champion
State Theatre
Kiddies Cartoon Revue
Popeye
Donald Duck
Tom and Jerry
Bugs Bunny
Paulette Goddard
Bill Elliott
Lone Star Vigilantes
Humphrey Bogart
Saturda
Otto Kruger
Johnny Mack Brow
The
Randolph Scott
China
Jack Benny
California
Cotton Growers
Mid-State Chemical Supply
Bakersfield
P. O
Dan Loewen
Electric Shop
Lifornia Ave
Ellen Hall
Romor E
Pastel Plutocrat
Shafter Mercantile CO
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