Shafter Firm Makes Defense Tin Snips For Air Projects
Shafter based Janzen Moore Cutlery produces tin snips used in airplane and defense plants. Manufactured at the Shafter plant and marketed through a Los Angeles wholesale house, the tools feature double above material handles and a guide to cut circles or square points. Two Shafter men, H C Janzen and D O Moore, run the operation with elaborate milling, grinding, drilling, tempering, polishing, and boxing steps.
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Janzen-Moore Cutlery Company
H. C. Janzen Aand
Fresno Street
Shafter
Los Angeles
Cafeteria And Garage Work Moves Ahead
Construction on the Richland cafeteria and boiler room on the west side of Shafter highway, and the school bus garage on the east side, progresses steadily. Concrete foundations are done, steel framing is rising, and the west building will house the cafeteria central boiler and heating plant while the garage will hold seven buses with future expansion possible.
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Richland
Shafter Highway
Nichols Held In Mayfield Assault Case In California
Ray Nichols, 26, is jailed without bail in Kern County on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and intent to commit murder for an alleged attempt to kill his father in law Guy Mayfield at the Mayfield home in Shafter. Mayfield is recovering at Mercy Hospital in Bakersfield after a 38 caliber gunshot wound. Nichols surrendered at the city hall after the shooting and has a preliminary hearing scheduled for September 26 before Judge Frank Noriega.
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Ray Nichols
Kern County
Guy Mayfield
Mayfield
Mercy Hospital
Bakersfield
Nichols
North Shafter
Guy
John Reily
Frank Noriega
Shafter
Patoysfield
Cotton picking to start about October first
Shafter area expects cotton picking to begin around October 1 with some fields picked by September 24. J H Fuller notes the 1941 crop will be 20 to 25 percent smaller than 1940, with statewide forecasts aligning to a lighter California crop for the season.
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Shafter
J. H. Fuller
California Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
California
Shafter Cotton Growers
Onion Seed Beds Being Prepared in Shafter Area
Seed beds for onion planting are being prepared on several farms in the Shafter community. Growers plan to start seed in the next several days. Last season's high prices prompted higher acreage, with seed costs ranging from 4.50 to 7.50 per pound, up from 2.50 last year. About two pounds of seed are needed to start one acre.
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Shafter
County show livestock entries list multiple exhibitors
About 120 head will be shown by ranchers and the Future Farmers of Shafter in Kern County's annual show September 16 to 21 at Bakersfield. Entries span sheep cattle and hogs with many exhibitors from Shafter and farm groups detailing specific steers lambs hogs and breeding animals in open and Future Farmer divisions.
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Shafter High School
Kern County
Bakersfield
Holger. Hansen
Art Johnson
Agricultural Department
Shafter High School Agricultural Department
Kefil
Corriedale
Corriedale Range
Orval Roberson
Farmer
LeRoy Henderson
Eugene Mayer
Robert Senn
Fred Starrh
Pete Hey
Calvin Roberson
G. L. Starrh
Louis Starrh
Alvin Roberson
Carroll Hansen
Kenneth Burkhard
F. Kimbriel
Hampshire
Buck Kimbriel
Rachmaninoff Uses Heated Wool Muff For Warm Hands
Pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff employs a woolen electric muff with inner wiring that heats when connected to a baseplug to keep his hands warm while awaiting his stage entrance.
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Superior Qil Abandons Brush Pasture Wildcat
Oil drilling reports show Superior Qil abandoning the Brush Pasture Wildcat location in section 18 29-25 after reaching about 14 123 feet with no producing formation. Nearby Griffith No 2 between Shafter and Greeley fields is drilling at 11316 feet Lewis 2 Greeley field is rigging Osborn No 14 north Shafter at 9320 feet.
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KCL No
Continental
Wasco
Griffith No. 2
Shafter
Greeley Fields
Lewis 2
Greeley Field
Osborn No
North Shafter
Derrick Up At G P Wildcat Location On Lerdo
A derrick was erected this week at General Petroleum’s wildcat location in Section 15 28 24 four miles west of Shafter on Lerdo road. Rigging in and sump completion proceed as workers prepare to spud in days. The effort could establish a new field in Shafter. Clarksig No 1 Section 1 28 25 completes a link between Shafter and Greeley fields. Depth 11 520 feet tubing pressure 900 pounds and easing 1200 pounds. No test figures released since shutdown for field allowable. Additional work ongoing on Rice Oughton and Mitchell projects in north Greeley area.
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General Petroleum
Shafter
Lerdo Road
G. P
Clarksig No
Greeley Fields
Rice, Oughton and Mitchell
North Greeley
Legion Post 213 Plans Monday Meeting
The first season meeting of Leslie L. Robinson Post No. 213, American Legion, will be held Monday evening at the Legion hall. Commander W. W. Tannahill presides as G. L. Starrh prepares to take over for the new year. a business session will set plans for an upcoming installation.
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Leslie L. Robinson
American Legion
The
Legion Hall
Timshie Haan Ant A
W. W. Tannahill
G. L. Starrh
Pony Express Launch From St Joseph Marks 1860 Mail Ride
At noon on April 3, 1860 the first pony express rider left St Joseph Missouri carrying a letter from President Buchanan to the governor of California initiating a rapid mail service between the eastern and western states.
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Pony Express
St. Joseph
Buchanan
California
Final Action Taken On- Project in Shafter Assembly District No 2
City council in regular session approved final routine action for con qutters in Shafter Assessment District No 2. Property owners must pay within 30 days or the amount will bond for 410 years at 6 percent with two yearly payments. No protests were filed and notices were sent via Bank of America. First principal and interest delinquent January 2, 1942. interest only delinquent July 2, 1942. Other business noted health-related staff change, police applicants, and pending junior police formation near schools.
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Shafter
Bank of America
L. Black
Glendale
Southern
California
A. Cleheny
John Reily
Frank Shaw
State Highway Department
Santa Fe Way
Central Avenue
Richland
Phil Channeson
H. Midgley
Gleny O. Nay
Joe Frizzell
F. S
Currie
Kern County Farm Bureau Board Meeting Attendees
Kern County Farm Bureau board of directors met Saturday at the Bakersfield agricultural building. Attendees included W. A. Livers A W Eckmann Harlan Wilson and John DeVincentzo. Routine reports were presented and business transacted. Steps to organize the local center for fall activity are being taken by Wilson, the local chairman.
Shafter Boys Take Second In Livestock Judging
Shafter team of Calvin Roberson Kenneth Burkhard and Carroll Hansen finished second among 22 teams at the state fair in Sacramento earning a silver plaque. They placed third sheep fourth horses fifth hogs and sixth beef cattle with Hansen tying for first in hogs and Roberson placing second in horses.
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Calvin Roberson
Kenneth Burkhard
Carroll Hansen
Sacramento
Bakersfield
Shafter Boys
Calvi Roberson
Shafter
Reduced Price For Army At School In Kern County
An advisory council of high school principals in Kern County met Monday evening to set a price schedule for local football games and to announce servicemen price reductions before the season opens. E P Jones Shafter principal attended and reported the plan.
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Kern County
E. P. Jones
Shafter
Pioneers On Parade Gala Tehachapi Event
Tehachapi hosts a two day gala September 27 and 28 to honor longtime residents and celebrate 75 years of growth. Sponsored by the city and the Exchange Club, the event features a parade, exhibits, open houses, old fashioned costumes, a two day rodeo, street carnivals and massed band concerts drawing about 10 000 attendees.
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Tehachapi
Kern County
City of
Madagascar's Island Location Off Southeast Africa
Madagascar lies off the southeast coast of Africa separated by the Mozambique Channel about 240 miles wide.
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Madagascar
Africa
Mozambique Channel
Major General Barton Yount Visits Lerdo Airfield
Major General Barton K. Yount commanding West Coast Air Corps Training Center arrived at Lerdo on Tuesday during a rapid inspection tour visiting nine of the center’s 22 schools. He briefly reviewed cadet training progress and conferred with Lerdo’s Lt. Col. C. W. Pyle before continuing the whirlwind itinerary.
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Barton K. Yount
West Coast Air Corps Training Center
Lerdo
Yount
C. W. Pyle
First School Day Attendance Drops at Shafter Region
The SW community opened all schools with 1567 students on day one, down from 1940 figures due to late harvest. Shafter High had 368 then 377 students, Richland saw 75 and 1049, Maple 120, while Farm Security housing expected to boost Maple enrollment. Officials expect rapid attendance growth later in fall.
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Etekigen Saegidi
Shafter High School
Shafter High
Richland School
T. Olson
Olson
Maple
J. R. Singer
Farm Security Administration
Lerdo sports shift as first eliminations begin
Baseball has dominated Lerdo teams but volleyball horseshoe and ping pong eliminations started Tuesday. The competitions move from squadron rounds to post championship matches with prizes funded by the post fund. Football talent noted for future events.
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Shafter Firm
H. C. Janzen
D. O. Moore
Janzen
Ing
Reily
Jewel Rose
Ernest Evans
Superior Qil
Legion Post
Case County Bureau Meatine
Barton Yount
Army
PVT
Don Engstrom
Nesta Sac
Maple P.T. A
Kern Academy
Clarence QC
Trubey
U. S. Army Air Corps
Signal Corps
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
United Brotherhood of Telephone ‘Workers
J. E. Dolph
Theg Electrical Workers
Telephone Compas
Eeeess Te Ae Si Itn
Lerdo Field
Air Corps
Warren Austin
Central Par
Post
Army Post
United States
Edwin Kraemer
Post Chaplei
Ninth Corps
San Francisco
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