Turner Writes Booklet on Cotton History Expansion in Valley
Turner details a postwar leap in San Joaquin Valley cotton, with income rising from 44 million in 1915 to 313 million in 1962 and lint yield doubling to 1 085 pounds per acre. The booklet traces development from 1925 when the one variety district formed, through Acala 442 release and seed-testing at Shafter, explaining selection, testing, and the three year path to field release.
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Turner
San Joaquin Valley
San Joaquin
California
Seed distribution and testing shape next cotton season
Seed from the planting seed is distributed next year to valley cotton growers for their plantings. Annual model test plots help growers, ginners, and cotton merchants learn varietal improvements. Only seed meeting rigid specs enters growers’ fields. Turner’s booklet can be obtained from the U S Cotton Research Station Shafter or local cotton farm advisor.
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Turner
Shafter
U. S
Local Man On Craft Carrier USS Kitty Hawk
Fo r a iy men third class, USN, son of Mrs Bessie L Hight of 319 Terra Road. The item notes a Navy crew member aboard the USS Kitty Hawk, a craft carrier, with details of parentage and residence.
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Bessie L. Hight
Witnesses look for resumption of full control
Knorr told 118,447 convention delegates at the Rose Bowl eight day Everlasting Good News Assembly that God will resume full control soon. He cited failed human governments, rising costs, labor problems, hunger, overpopulation and war fears as signs that world leadership by humans is ending. He traced history to Eden and predicted burdens such as taxes and death will vanish under God’s kingdom.
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Pasadena
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Christ
No- Watch Tower Society
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Rose Bowl
Knorr
God
Eden
Tome
Chaffee Speaks At Kern County Historical Society Dinner
Jess Chaffee District 4 Monterey superintendent will be principal speaker at the Kern County Historical Society annual dinner September 17 at Crown Cafeteria. His slide talk covers the new State Maritime Museum project in San Francisco. Betty Potter will perform a dance specialty as part of the program.
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Jess Chaffee
Division of
Monterey
Kern County Historical Society
Crown
State Maritime Museum
San Francisco
Oakland
Calif
Chaffee
Bay Area
State Park Service
Betty Potter
Kern County
Maid of California
Gee -See & Dowty
Eva Grandes
Kerner Museum
Fairview
Knorr Extolls Earth Blessings and Resurrection Claims
Knorr asserts believers will enjoy paradise on earth with billions resurrected to share the earth with survivors. He says the dead will be brought back before the grave is destroyed and stresses that inheritors must do more than pray to receive these blessings.
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Knorr
Stand for God's Proclamation Sparks Public Debate
A brief religious proclamation quoted as he declares a stand for God's word, framing it as news to be shared. The statement prompts discussion about interpretation, public reception, and the role of faith messaging in community life.
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