California Voices on Postwar Outlook and Sports Faith
A group of postwar opinions includes D Martin warning on taxes and Social Security funding, Ensign Ernest Ingold recalling a wartime Christmas, Justice William Douglas stressing national prestige tied to domestic progress, Lt Norman Strader urging recognition of nonfootball team sports as masculine after the war.
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D. Martin
Hollywood
Savo Island
Ernest Ingold
S. F
Pacific
Supreme Court
Douglas
Commonsweath Club
S.F
Norman “Red” Strader
St. Mary’s
Editor Letters Praise Cooperation After Victory Foods Fair
A reader letter from Ralph F. Krieser praises The Shafter Press for space and cooperation that helped the Victory Foods Fair, noting strong public enthusiasm for Kern County agriculture. The note, dated Sept 17, 1943, expresses continued best wishes.
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Shafter Press
Shafter
Calif
Kern County
Fifteenth District Agricultural Association
Ralph F. Kreiser
Kern Lounty
Local Notes and Visits Across Shafter in Weekend Roundup
Murray Arnold is reported ill with blood poisoning from a dog bite. Janzens visit Fresno for the weekend. Russell family travels to Dinuba. Littles host Dr. Ursula Mandel from Los Angeles. Roy Duerksen visits parents. his father accompanies him to Cedar City, Utah. Sgt Harold Janzen visits his Shafter parents. Dewey Hapken reports for hospital duty in San Antonio. Corporal Isaac B. Weitz on furlough in Shafter. Dorey Dupey of Long Beach visits the Loewen home. Klingenbergs and Kirschenmanns on furlough from Fort Sumner. Pic Wallace Loewen transferred to Brigham Utah. Guenther family visits Tehachapi relatives. Mrs. Marion Wells recovering from illness.
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Roy Duerksen
B. Duerksen
Cedar City
Utah
Army Air Corps
Harold Janzen
Hamilton Field
San Francisco
Shafter
H. A. Janzen
Dewey Havken
Dewey Hapken
San Antonio
Tex
Mrs. J. Hopken
Local residents share news of travels and health updates
Mrs Wells recovers at Franklin hospital San Francisco and plans to return to Shafter by November first to resume teaching duties with Mrs G H Crampton substituting. Lilian Reinhart heads to Los Angeles for a brief stay before a vacation to the east and then Ventura to work as a registered nurse for the Agricultural Workers Health and Medical Association. Local resident C C Neufeld visits Reedley, Gertrude Meade meets en route to the coast, Mrs Jack Zimmerman visits Los Angeles relatives, and Mr and Mrs E B Strin tour San Francisco on a med trip.
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iNian Reinhart
L. A
Lilian Reinhart
Los Angeles
Ventura
The
Agricultural Workers Health and Medical Association
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Klassen Drive
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Mite
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Standard of California
Smitty
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Silver City Raiders
George Sanders
Anna Sten
America
Pat O’brien
Randolph Scott
Bombardier
William Holden
Susan Hayward
Electricity and Gas
J. A. Krug
Office of War Utilities
War Production Board
Pacific Cas and Electric Company
California
Shorter Press
Paul Newell
Central Avenue
North Africa
U. S
Coast
Murray Arnold
Murray ‘Arnold
Russels
Dinuba
Frank and
Louella Russell
Mrs. Russell
Harold Unruh
Littles
T. V. Little
Ursula Mandel
Mandel
John Gibson
Corporal Weitz
Isaac B. Weitz
J. P. Weitz
Long Beach
Loewen
Dorey Dupey
Dan Loewen
Sevylla Loewen
Pic
Wallace Loewen
Camp Barkeley
Brigham, Utah
Guenthers
Mrs
George Guenther
Tehachapi
Wells
Marion , Wells
Shafter Primary School
Sam
Lachenmaier
Central
C. C. Neufeld
Reedley
Gertrude Meade
Jack Zimmerman
Wm. Hedley
William Hedley
Galene Sue
C.J. Haycock
Elizabeth Rice
Stringhams
Mrs. E. B. Strin
Shafter Sheet Metal Works
R. E. Youell Telephone
Ver Udee
Bakersfield
Truxtun
Snaeleaty
Goto
Dax
Rots Red & Brown
Schilling
Leslie
Household Institute
Blue Rose
Ten Point Wales
Bartlett Pears
Fancy Lake
Countey Peers
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