Giant Oil Rig at Work Near Shafter California
Preparations to drill 14 000 feet are underway at the Superior Oil Company deep K C L No 2 in Section 44 Towship 27 South Range 24 East about seven miles from Shafter. The 175 foot McKlintock Marshall derrick towers over boilers and mud pumps as the site aims to become one of the state’s deepest wells and boost Shafter as an oil town.
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California
Shafter
Superior Oil Company
deep + K. C. L. No
McKlintock-Marshall
Noted entomologist Dr. Muchmore visits Shafter
Dr Lyman Muchmore a renowned entomologist at Los Angeles Exposition Park museum and his wife Mrs Muchmore plus daughter Margaret visit Shafter guests of Mr and Mrs A W Eckmann. They tour Kern river country including Greenhorn Mountain Park Isabella Kernville and other historic spots while sharing cotton pest specimens with Mr Harrison of the U S Experimental Farm.
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Shafter
Lyman Muchmore
Margaret
A. W. Eckmann
Doctor Muchmore
Exposition Park Museum
Los Angeles
Compton
Harrison
U. S
Mudmores
Kern River
Greenhorn Mountain Park
Isabella
Kernville
Eckmann
Farm Banks Pass 4 Million in Loans to Cooperatives
President E. A. Stokdyk of the Bank of Cooperatives, part of the Farm Credit Administration’s eleventh district in Oakland, announced loans outstanding to purchasing and marketing agricultural cooperatives in California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona surpassed 4 million dollars. He noted the total loans since inception nearly 7.8 million dollars, with about 3.69 million repaid, and an additional 1 million Treasury allotment authorized by Governor W. L Myers.
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E. A. Stokdyk
Bank of Cooperatives
Farm Credit Administration
Oakland
California
Nevada
Utah
Arizona
U. S. Treasury
Stekdyk
Berkeley Bank
W. L Myers
School enrollment in United States 1938 reach 32.5 million
The total number of persons in school in the United States in 1938 was estimated at 32,500,000.
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United States
Potato Act of 1935 Tax on First Sale of Potatoes
The act levies a tax of three fourths of a cent per pound on first sales of potatoes harvested after December 1 1935 in the continental U S paid by the seller. It also allows the secretary of agriculture to adjust or suspend taxes during certain marketing periods and requires referendum with producer votes to continue taxes. Tax proceeds fund internal revenue with stamps issued and distributed through post offices.
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Continental
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Treasury
Internal Revenue Collections
Internal Revenue
Four killed in Delano gun battle ends deadly spree
A violent shooting spree in Delano Kern County left four dead including Frank Perez and Mike Barron. Filipino suspect Gregario Pico, 25, fled between west side resorts firing at pursuers. Carlos Sandoval, 30, was mortally wounded before Pico was killed by patrolman Tommy Comer in a later gun battle.
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Kern County
West Side
Delano
Frank Perez
Mike Barron
Greegario Pico
Lynwood
Pico
Carlos Sandoval
Tommy Comer
Singing Convention Held Every Sunday at German Adventist Church
The Shafter Singing Convention meets each Sunday at 3 o clock in the German Adventist church building. Sponsored by Henry Mouser C R Thompson Ambrose Rogers and others, the event invites all to attend non denominationally.
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Shafter
Henry Mouser
C. R. Thompson
Ambrose Rogers
Bones identified as missing Shafter teacher near drowning site
The right arm shoulder blade and collar bone found near the Kern River drowning site last May are identified as partial remains of Dorothy Miller a 20 year old Shafter teacher. George Miller of San Jose declares them his daughter after match with a blue wool bathing suit fragment.
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Dorothy Miller
Shafter
George Miller
San Jose
Jerry Leake
Stuart Chenard
Korbel Davis
Bakersfield
Perry Potter
Dick Arnold
Bill White
J. C. Lloyd
Doyl
Ira
Jim
Glen
Roy Wattenbarger
Howard Russell
Troy Cowan
Oildale
Ray Solo
Earl McConnel
San Joaquin
Greenhorn Mountain Park a hunter’s paradise near Shafter
Good hunting here in Kern describes Greenhorn Mountain Park near Shafter as a hunter’s paradise. The area offers deer hunting in Sequoia National Forest at 6100 feet with hiking to Sunday Peak Crystal Caves and Indian rock paintings plus pack trains for long Sierra trips.
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Greenhorn Mountain Park
Shafter
Sequoia National Forest
Greenhorn Mountain
Kern County Park
Greenhorn
Sunday Peak
Crystal Caves
Sierras
Kern County
Local Boy Wins Music Scholarship
Allen Bartel son of Mr and Mrs Z B Bartel leaves for Lindsburg Kansas to enter Bethany college with a wind instrument scholarship. He graduated from Shafter high school last June and is known locally as a promising musician.
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Allen Bartel
Z. B. Bartel
Lindsburg
Kansas
Bethany College
Allen
Shafter High School
Shafter Youth Wins Top State Fair Dairy Award
Victor Voth of Shafter high school led the dairy judging contest at the California State Fair in Sacramento earning a gold medal as outstanding dairy judge. Harry Bergen and Herbert Neuman joined Voth on the team which placed second overall and won the Future Farmers of America trophy. The dairy cattle team tied for sixth with Walker Fry, Tommy Dorris, and Johnny Spitzer, with Fry as third high individual. The squad, plus poultry judges, will compete at the Los Angeles county fair on September 20 with instructor Walter Emerick.
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California
Sacramento
Victor Voth
Shafter High School
Voth
Harry Bergen
Herbert Neuman
Bergen
Neuman
Future Farmers of America
Victor
Agricultural Department
Harold
University of California At Davis
Marvin
Bakersfield Junior College
Walker Fry
Tommy Dorris
Johnny Spitzer
Los Angeles
Mr. Nay
Walter Emerick
John R. Isaac Elected County American Legion Commander
John R. Isaac, Shafter builder and World War veteran, was elected and installed as commander of the Kern County American Legion Council at Tehachapi. He becomes the first commander of the Leslie Robinson post in the county. Mrs. Clara Isaac was chosen first vice president of the county auxiliary.
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John R. Isaac
Shafter Building
Kern County American Legion Council
Tehachapi
Leslie Robinson
Legion
Clara Isaac
California Highway Deaths Fall in June 1938
California reports 103 rural highway fatalities in June under CHP jurisdiction down from 120 in June 1934, a 14 percent drop. Director Ray Ingall notes progress but urges stricter enforcement as 26,230 violations were filed, the highest monthly figure in state history. 25,223 convictions followed, with 861 jailed or sent to road camps and 26 held for manslaughter or murder.
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California
Department of Motor Vehicles
California Highway Patrol
Ray Ingall
Local Fire District Plan Movements by Aid Ward Association
The Ef fort to form a fire protection district gains momentum as the Men's Association votes to pursue a thoroughly modern firefighting apparatus. A petition of 50 taxpayers triggers a district election with a three member board to oversee a three year budget funded by local supervisors and potentially lower insurance rates. President Dye Zimmerman and Hitchcock lead boundary and petition efforts.
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Rsh Deaness Men’s Association
Effortts
Ray L. Dye
Jack Zimmerman
W. H. Hitchcock
Special Evangelistic Services at Mennonite Brethren Church
The Rev. J. D. Hofer will begin a two weeks campaign at the Mennonite Brethren church next Sunday evening. Meetings will be held every evening at 7 30 o clock. He is known in this community as an earnest Christian worker and it is hoped the meetings will prove successful in every way.
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J. D. Hofer
Mennonite Brethren Church
Hofer
Mrs Strauss Visits Family From Mountain Park
Mrs. Strauss former The Press staff member spends a few days with her parents the Rev and Mrs Bestwater at Greenhorn Mountain Park. Her health improved since moving to the mountains. Mr Strauss works as an engineer at a Kern River country mine and they plan to spend the winter there.
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Strauss
Geo. J.strauss
Greenhorn Mountain Park
Wm. J. Bestwater
Kern River
Deer Hunt Ends in Modoc County Trip Notes
Mr and Mrs Roy Skaggs and Mr and Mrs Henry Goshen spent last evening on a week long deer hunting trip in Modoc County.
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Roy Skaggs
Henry Goshen
Modoc County
Snake Seeked Shelter in Butte Woman's Bathroom
In Butte Mrs. E. MelIntire found a rattlesnake in a bathroom hole. She tried to kill it but it escaped back through the opening. A mousetrap lay by the hole and next morning the snake was caught. No bait details were given.
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Butte City
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State
Superior
Department of Agriculture
Kern
State Fair
JNO Isaac New Head County Legion
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