This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1957
Page
3
Police said a jealous wife chased her husband through city streets in two cars. Wilma Smallfield, 42, allegedly rammed and blocked his car at multiple intersections, wielded a club, and claimed she only wanted to scare him. Robert Smallfield, 42, reported escaping and police arrested the woman nearby.
A fire at the Made-Rite Container Corporation plant on Main and Bradford in Redwood City burned for five hours, injuring 14 firefighters. The one story sheet metal building was leveled, with losses around 835,000. Fire units battled the blaze starting late yesterday evening, with cause not yet known.
Hollywood stars and industry figures faced a two hour call to testify as defense witnesses in the Fred and Marjorie Meade Confidential trial in Superior Court. Robert Harrison's magazine faces scrutiny while Gary Cooper Corinne Calvet Lana Turner and others were subpoenaed for what could be a landmark movieland case.
FRAZIER PARK a forest fire burned out of control today after consuming more than 200 acres in Los Padres National Forest north of Castaic and 12 miles west of U.S. Highway 98. District Ranger Robert James said hunters were not in danger and the blaze had not threatened populated areas. Several hundred firefighters, five bulldozers, helicopters and tankers fought the fire under very poor weather with low humidity and high temperatures.
A 1956 field study by the Special Study Commission on Correctional Facilities and Services found about 60 percent of California’s county jails rated as poor or very poor. Overcrowding ranged from 132 percent in Sacramento to 468 percent in San Joaquin, with half of jails over 32 years old in 1955. Medical services were weak in many small systems, while sanitation and records fared better in some larger ones.
The House weighs a bill to cut the cabaret tax from 20 to 10 percent on food and drink in hotel dining rooms and night spots with entertainment. The musicians union backs the measure, arguing the tax kills jobs, while prohibitionists and Treasury oppose, saying it would cut revenue by about 21 million dollars annually.
Joseph O Bellini, owner of Village Pharmacy at 1205 Davis St in San Leandro, said remodeling will add almost 1000 square feet of selling area after walls along Douglas Dr were moved. Work should be completed late this week and the Davis St frontage will stay unchanged.
A 27-year-old Newark man was booked for investigation of statutory incident improper and lascivious conduct and family mistreatment after his wife reported he molested their three year old daughter. A doctor confirmed the injuries and the wife said he had mistreated her teenage sisters for six years.
Twenty military policemen at Fort Wayne in Detroit were held in custody as the army investigates the theft of clothing from a quartermaster warehouse. Col. M. Thompson, post commander, said no evidence of arms theft exists yet, but hundreds of dollars in clothing are missing. The 65 man MP detachment saw about one third detained. the looting has allegedly continued for six months.
Washington District of Columbia again tops states in per capita wine intake at 2.434 gallons per person for the ninth consecutive year. California follows with 2.080 gallons and Nevada with 1.762 gallons.
New York City deputy police commissioner Walter Arm y says the force is almost helpless against escalating teenage violence that produced three killings last week. He notes violence is broader than gangs and describes undisciplined youth running wild across the city, a trend building over two years with recent murder outbreaks.
Visalia dispatch reports ih a ground and air search underway for A W Wittington 37 of Long Beach and his son Wayne in the Sierra east of Visalia. The pair were missing after camping at Stony Creek in Sequoia National Forest since Saturday and were due back Sunday. rangers described the area as rugged and the wife reported them missing after they did not return from a fishing trip via Cherry Gap.
An escapee from Santa Rita Center, Don Shaw aged 28, remains at large after a wreck near Scranton. A restrained mother, Mrs Irwin Bartleson, gave birth in a crash car. the newborn is reported healthy. Deputies said Bartleson and her husband were rushing to a hospital two miles from Moscow when their car collided with another.
Health officials investigated a Batesville fire department benefit after 250 people were struck by food poisoning. No one reported in serious condition.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.