Beet harvest wraps up as growers plan larger crop next year
Harvest of the 3000 acre sugar beet crop in the Shafter area ends this week with growers predicting a larger area to be set out next year. Average yield was 18 tons per acre and the labor problem was solved by employing Mexican Nationals. Principal beet growers in the Shafter area include Shafter Farms Woods Stone W F Metter Camp West Lowe John Peters Dick Lundy and Williams brothers.
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Shafter
Shafter Farms
Woods Stone
W. F.metter
Camp West-Lowe
John Peters
Dick Lundy
Williams Brothers
American Infantry Divisions to France in World War I
In World War I, forty two American infantry divisions were sent to France to reinforce Allied forces, marking a major deployment phase and signaling U.S. escalation in the conflict.
Marysville Named for Donner Survivor Mary Murphy Covilland
Marysville bears the name of Mary Murphy Covilland, survivor of the Donner party and wife of a townsite owner, reflecting early settlement lore in the region.
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Marysville
Mary Murphy Covilland
Donner
California Speaks on Hoboes and War Talk From Leaders
Jeff Davis denounces hoboes as distanced from tramps and bums while noting their travel for work. Lt. Gen. Emmons discusses Western Defense Area and Hawaii. Dr. Frank Munk envisions a new era of peaceful collaboration in Central Europe if Allies stay united after victory.
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Jeff Davis
L. A
Delos C. Emmons
Western Defense Area
Hawaii
Frank Munk
UL C. Berkeley
Europe
Vitory
War memories from Samp Roberts onboard grim front line
Staff Sgt Robert Cha Mer recounts five months on Gdsdatcans learning to set pup tents over oxholes to shield from Japanese grenades. He notes many escaped serious injury, some were blinded, but few killed, as troops endured harsh conditions.
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Robert Chamer
Samp Roberts
Marlings Headed to Mayo Clinic for Checkup and Treatment
Dr Paul F Marling Mrs Marling and daughter Clarige depart by car for Mayo Clinic Rochester to seek medical checkup and care He suffered severe acid burn on face hands and body in past illness unresolved for Mrs Marling who has been bedridden for four weeks. they expect to be away at least a month.
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Paul F. Marling
Clarige
Mayo Clinic
Hoe *Hester
U S Camps Hold War Prisoners Across 17 States
The War Department lists 21 U S prisoner camps in 17 states holding 36 688 captives including 22 110 Germans 14 516 Italians and 62 Japanese with capacity ~55 000. Camps are expanding and new sites planned. Reports allow limited visitor access and restrict publishing inmate photos.
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Washington
War Department
United States
Tunisia
Khesma Club Honors New Members at Dinner
The Khesma Club held a dinner to honor new members and to elect officers for the coming year. New officers are President Erma McCoy Vice President Aldine Beese Secretary and Treasurer Clara Nikkel and Reporter Dorothy Gene Sieger. New members include Linda Gloeckler Clara Nikkel Vera Klassen and Dorothy Gene Sieger. Attendees included Edna Beese Edna Nikkel Mrs Harold Wiems Mrs Waldo Unruh and Mrs Donald Klingenberg who is visiting from Ft Sumner New Mexico.
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Khesma Club
Erma McCoy
Aldine Beese
Clara Nikkel
Dorothy Gene Sieger
Linda Gloeckler
Clara ‘Nikkel
Vera Klassen
Alcove
Edna Beese
Edna Nikkel
Harold Wiems
Lost man's brown billfold near Fuqua's Cafe
Brown billfold missing with ration book and birth certificate found at Smith's corner near Fuqua's Cafe. Please return to Mrs. Bayless via Mes.
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Fuqua
Smith’s Corner
Roosevelt and ragged Sicilian greet near Messina
General Theodore Roosevelt meets a weathered Sicilian peasant who welcomes him as a brother. The man says German troops fled toward Messina just an hour before American forces arrived, highlighting the retreat.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Messina
Kern County to Lead Boy Scout Council Training
The Bakersfield area appoints Harold K. Fox Wilson Al Ames and J L Toole to head committees for the Kern County Boy Scout Council. H W Pat Kelly of Shafter will direct the training program with Beecher Rintoul of Taft as finance head. District chairmen under four divisions will aid each department.
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Beecher Rintoul
Taft
Council
H. W
Pat) Kelly
Shafter
Bakersfield
Harold K. Fox
Wilson
al Ames
J. L. Toole
Hi-Y Plans Vaudeville Show at Shafter High
Shafter Hi-Y will stage a vaudeville show in mid November. Wayne Heffley Harvey Neuman and Harvey Dahl will write the script with assistance from Miss Ida Rosenmah. Rehearsals start in about two weeks. J. V. Wilson is the club advisor.
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Shafter Wi-Y
Shafter High School
Wayne Heffley
Harvey Neuman
Harvey’Dahl
Ida Rosenmah
J. V. Wilson
Copper plate theft by two boys shocks mint window break
San locale news notes two schoolboys squeezed through a window at the United States Mint and tossed out a copper plate, claiming they wanted to prove it could be done. Shafter Press Classified Ads.
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United States Mint
San
British Finance Chief Errs Over 18.75 Million in Debate
In a post war currency debate in the House of Commons, Chancellor Kingsley warned he had made an £18,750,000 error. F W Pethick-Lawrence pressed whether he meant $25,000 in the proposed UN credit quotas for the international reunion, to which Kingsley replied yes he did.
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Britain
London
House of Commons
F. W. Pethick-Lawrence
Laborite
United Nations
Kingsley
Name Stamps Machine They Call Him Vandy
At Albany naval training station a memo notes a name omitted from a list due to tabulating machine limits. The name Ni Vandervoortmaarschalk spans twenty one letters, illustrating the quirks of mechanical name handling.
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Vandy
Albany
N. Y
U. S. Naval Training Station
Ni Vandervoortmaarschalk
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