Mojave Desert News

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Mojave Desert News
Type Weekly newspaper
OwnerDirect Results Media LLC.
Founded1938
Language English
Headquarters8016 California City Blvd.St#7 California City, California
Country United States
Website desertnews.com

Mojave Desert News is a weekly newspaper published in California City, California. Named after the Mojave Desert, it reports on news in Kern County. [1]

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History

In 1937, Mrs. Joseph Hillenbrand and her husband launched the Hinkley Valley News in Hinkley, California. Mr. Hillenbrand previously worked at the Barstow Weekly Review and was employed at the Tehachapi News when his wife launched her own weekly paper. [2]

A year later the couple moved their printing plant to Kern County and relaunched the paper as the Mojave Desert News. [3] In December 1938, the couple helped launch a student paper at Mojave Elementary School called The Scoop. Their daughter Peggy Hillenbrand served as its first editor-in-chief. [4]

In June 1939, Joseph Smith, brother of "Singing Jimmie" Smith, bought the News from the Hillenbrands. [5] He published the paper for 18 years until his death in 1960. The paper was then published by his sons, Milton and William Smith. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Rickman, Sarah Byrn (September 28, 2009). Nancy Batson Crews: Alabama's First Lady of Flight. University of Alabama Press. p. 198. ISBN   978-0-8173-5553-1.
  2. ↑ "Paper Published In Hinkley Valley". Desert Dispatch. Palm Springs, California. September 30, 1937. p. 7.
  3. ↑ "Hinkley Valley News Moves Out of County". Desert Dispatch. Palm Springs, California. May 26, 1938. p. 1.
  4. ↑ "First Edition of School Paper Out". The Bakersfield Californian. December 5, 1938. p. 5.
  5. ↑ "Kin of "Singing Jimmie" Buys A Newspaper". Desert Dispatch. Palm Springs, California. June 8, 1939. p. 1.
  6. ↑ "Publisher Of Mojave Desert News Dies". South Pasadena Review. July 5, 1960. p. 1.


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