Harvest junk crop volunteers canvass the city
Chamber of commerce members at Hotel Kern met Wednesday noon to take the day off and man trucks to canvass the city and harvest the junk crop. Fire crews battled a brush fire atop Golden Queen hill Sunday, reaching 4 30 PM with limited damage and uphill access. Tulare county groups plan a $3000 fundraising drive to oppose hot cargo and secondary boycotts, Exeter district allocated $500. Pioneers of Couterville to be honored with a monument in public square. Jim Goss wins prizes at county fair to fund the monument, John Musante to craft the work.
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Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Kern
Delano Record
Golden Queen Hill
Mojave
Visalia
Tulare County
Exeter
Exeter Sun
Couterville
Jim Goss
John Musante
Pixley Oil Well Continues Deep Core Test Near Pixley
Continental Oil company reports Reynold's No. 1 test well in the Pixley area drilling below 5,000 feet and advancing to 5,200 feet late last week. Pixley Enterprise notes Bret Harte's first California publication appeared in the Golden Era in 1857.
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Continental Oil Company
Pixley
Reynold
Pixley Enterprise
California
Bret Harte
San Francisco
The
Colored unit boasts many record holders at Minter Field
The 23rd Aviation squadron at Minter Field features top athletes across sports from golf to ping pong. Notable members include Pvt. Roland M. Alexander, a former Missouri Training School head and West Virginia standout. Pvt. Ralph H. Brown, holder of a 49.10 sec quarter and 1:56 half mile. and Pvt. Chic Howard, a former Harlem Globetrotter affiliate who won the Des Moines open golf title.
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23Rd Aviation Squadron
Minterfield
Minter
Roland M. Alexander
Missouri Training School
Bonneville
West Virginia State College
Alexander
West Virginia
Ralph H
Paddy” Brown
Kansas City Vocational High School
Red Cross First Aid Courses See Western Lead
Eighteen percent of the 3,000,000 Americans who completed Red Cross First Aid courses since Pearl Harbor live in seven western states. California Arizona Idaho Nevada Oregon Utah Washington and Alaska report 539,012 certificates, about one in six homes, below the national one in nine. Charles Smith notes training pace is ten times last year and nearing a goal of a trained first aider in every area.
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Red Cross
Pearl Harbor
Charles Smith
Minter Field
Pacific
California
Arizona
Idaho
Nevada
Oregon
Utah
Washington
Alaska
Smith
Cow drinks milk and sings in quirky Bay Area tale
Jefferson Barracks Hub notes San Francisco handles about 80 carloads or 1000 tons of fresh fruits and vegetables daily. The anecdote about a cow drinking a pail of milk and singing echoes the lighthearted local flavor in the report.
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Jefferson Barracks
San Francisco
Promotions For Min ter Field Captains And Lieutenants
Four captains and seven second lieutenants at Min ter Field have received promotions per the Adjutant General's office in Washington. Major rank advances include Carter C. Speed J F Dougery G L Boyer and Wilbur W Weed with speed a Powell Texas A M graduate and post grad work at State. Dougery studied at the University of San Francisco and joined the AAF in 1935. Weed is a World War I veteran formerly with the Bureau of Reclamation. Boyer, Los Angeles, serves on special assignment with the WCAA FTC in Santa Ana.
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Ter Field
Adjutant General’s Office
Washington, D.C
Carter
C. Speed
J. F. Dougery
G. L. Boyer
Wilbur
W. Weed
California Voices War Bond Cheer and War Work Figures
A collage quotes Heddy Lamarr on selling War Bonds to men with a coy smile. Pacific Coast League umpire Bill Doran passes a Navy eyesight test. Ethel Huot and Olive Meeeks discover bigamy in Louis L Huot. Leonard Allison urges Cal students to join football. Gertrude Christy comments on meat rationing and historic railways. The San Francisco Fed Reserve Bank sits above hulls of buried ships once used as a prison.
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Federal Reserve Bank of
San Francisco
Army Hour broadcast hailed as military operation
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson described NBCs weekly hour long program The Army Hour as a military operation of the Army of the United States. The program is produced for soldiers with personnel including N. D. Pool Colville Washington W Smedberg Oakland and A G Wilder Presque Isle Maine.
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Army ‘Hour
Army of the
United States
Secretary of War
Henry L. Stimson
Uncle Sam
NBC
Army
N. D
O. L. Pool
Colville
Washro. W
Smedberg
Oakland
A. G. Wilder
Presque Isle
Church News and Listings in Wasco Area Churches
Church notices list Tartine EA Alfred T Chend ler minister Sunday school at 9 45 a m services at 11 a m with Dr Ridward D Gaylord sermon and 3 p m memorial for Mrs Martha Hampton. The Coup lers meet at 7 p m. Christian Youth invite high school students. Also brief outlines for Metinonite Brethren First Baptist St John Catholic and Christian Science churches with service times sermons and activities.
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Alfred T. Chendler
Ridward D. Gaylord
Pilgrim Place
Claremont
Martha . Hampton
Gaylord
Genevieve Craig
David Powell
Doris Davis
Metinonite Brethren Church
Kern
H. D. Wiebe
Germany
Christian Fellowship
Jugendverein
Christian Science Eera
Mother Chrst
Church of Christ
Sciake
Iy Toda
Wasco
Churches of Christ
Scientist
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Shafter
H. G. Comfort
Central Avenue
Kern County
Re. Biaigre
Bes
National Editorial Association
Kentucky
New York
Alvin Tiller
America
Brown
Pitt Teachers College
Bishop College
Texas
Pots “Chic” Howard
Yewell Steverson
Ralph Brown
Frank Walker
Ralph Alexander
Howard
Chicago
Harlem Globe Trotters
New York City
Steverson
Torcre Ayer
Auucu Eke Smith
Ond
Min
Bill, Doran
Ethel Mary Huot
I. A
Olive Blanche Meeks
L. A
Louis L. Huot
Leonard
Stub” Allison
U. C
Gertrude Christy
J. C. Penner
Notary Public
Shafter County
Christopher
E. B. Stringham Drug
Church News
First Baptist Church
E. M. Anderson
St. John’s Catholic Church
Ninth and Broadway
Owen McMullen
Peter
Jesus Christ
Nazareth
Mary. Baker Eddy
Christian Science
Eels
Em. Joys
God
Chonified
Ans
Soarter
A. J
Jack” Zimmerman Notary Public Insurance Counselor Public Weighmaster Automobiles
Pioneer Shafter Barber
Bay Area
Pacific Greyhound Lines
E. F. Parks
Los Angeles
Los Angel Calif
A. V. Allen
Market Street
Calif
R. M. Aherns
Kansas Street
Cafe Neuman
Kern County Livestock Show
Robert Mettler
Harvey Neuman
Ryrero
Graham Gems
Saneek Sherbet
Colley Cotter
Home Service
HFEF
Fhazier’s Furniture Mmorplane Store
Ford Garage
Seventh Street
Southern
U.S
Nerps
Brtad & Cereal
Office OF Defense Healih and Welfare Services
Paul V. McWart
UFT
Washington, D. C
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