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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1949
Page
2
Quito reports drenching rains worsen the Ambuto quake aftermath as 125000 homeless and 700 tents are urgently needed. Families huddle in public squares for shelter while aid groups scramble to send tents and relief supplies.
Three Hayward men Sloups Finyl Iris Linn Bradley join a subcommittee for National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week planned for the first week in October. Richard J. Chamberlain chairs the subcommittee with Taywird Coordination aiding the effort. Staops will coordinate San Francisco and Contra Costa counties. The group aims to draw public attention to placing competent workers with disabilities in useful employment and to promote awareness of their contributions.
Fires raged across Montana and Idaho with over 12,000 acres burned and 530 firefighters on the Payette forest blaze in Idaho. A firefighter was killed as crews struggled to contain the fast moving fires. Reinforcements and new crews were expected to arrive, while winds moderated aiding containment efforts. In Lawton, Oklahoma, Kiowa parishioner Loleta Meldhaney, the first Kiowa to earn a university degree, is honored at Saddle Mountain Baptist Church for her service to the community.
Movie timetable lists showings for Lust for Gold at 3:49 7:08 10:29 and Streets on Laredo at Dayward Theatre amid a cluttered page of irregular theater notices and a brief, incomplete local agricultural anecdote about a farm incident in Stayton Oregon with mentions of George Wilson and an overturned land road scene.
Former President Hoover, turning 75, plans a Palo Alto address at Stanford to press his view that government must cut costs and avoid a welfare state. The piece notes Hoover’s enduring popularity, his California visit, and his hope of unity with Truman while acknowledging lingering bitterness from early New Deal attacks.
Walter Reammarius will be thalvmia of the sp rin benedict, an entertainment program for the Hayward Highland improvement club. Residents are urged to attend the August 26 event. Honored guests include Mrs. SH Hazel Webber and Mrs. Olga Jean Watts among others assisting.
Mr and Mrs Sol Ciross of San Leandro establish the Standard Driving school at 76 Castro Street Hayward to teach safe driving. The Grosses bring 23 years in the driving service and promise professional instruction not available from relatives or friends. Their central car base supports lessons for homewives and the public.
John McCune, co owner with George Force at Peoples Drug, was unanimously elected president of the San Lorenzo Village Merchants Association at a special board meeting. He succeeds AL Boitano, who resigned to enter a new retail venture in Castro Valley with Jack Geaslin.
The Buick Special shown ahead of its public debut tomorrow at Carson Buick in Hayward features a shorter overall length, a longer wheelbase, and a fresh bumper grille design. Offered in three models a six passenger four door sedan a six passenger two door sedan and a three passenger business coupe the car adds an optional torque converter transmission and distinct sweeping fenders with redesigned vent ports.
The Mio Bay Area council reports the manufacturing outlook improved with 400 new workers added monthly in April, May, and June. If sustained, 5,000 new manufacturing jobs could emerge by year end. Data from the State Division shows most sectors rose in June, with stable hours and earnings around $1.66 per hour including overtime.
An Idabel hunter injured his foot in a self inflicted gunshot and then demonstrated the accident to others. The display proved too vivid and resulted in a second wound to the same foot. The report notes odd formatting and references to Buick engine specs and pricing.
Theodore Kritikos of BD3 Smiley, Hayward, owner of the Village Creamery and Restaurant in San Lorenzo, leaves Oakland for New York en route to Greece. He plans a two month visit to his native country, visiting his mother and relatives, with son Theodore Jr taking over the Village Creamery during his absence.
Lou Pi Bobby Smith, 12, felt a greater thrill at the police open house than the crowds. While viewing a display of recovered stolen items, he spotted his own bike missing a year ago. Omar Khayyam, noted author of the Rubaiyat, is mentioned as an agent mathematician.
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