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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1949
Page
7
At the Saint Louis Zoo two chimps perform in the amphitheater then rush to a stand by the ape house to hawk souvenir postcards. Keepers reward them with soda pops and ice cream cones as patrons buy the cards to help pay their keep.
More than 600 firemen from 300 Texas towns gathered on the Texas A&M College campus for a week long school to learn the latest fire fighting methods and safety practices under state sponsored training programs.
Fire crews contained a week long blaze in Texas consuming three thousand gallons of gasoline, 11,000 gallons of crude oil, two carloads of railroad ties, two junked cars, and several small houses. Firefighters used various equipment to extinguish the flames.
COMMERCE Texas Miss Emma Creagh an art professor at East Texas State Teachers College owns a plane and has logged over 300 flight hours. She says aerial patterns spark painting designs and advises pilots not to get lost in landscapes.
Buena Park California record notes how Mabel the Morgan family's cat prefers tomatoes from the garden. Morgan guards the ripening fruit at night to keep the cat from snagging them for the table.
The Lewis brothers from Klamath Falls Ore reentered service at Lackland AFB after a mission in the Pacific on a B-29 with Crew C and Doran G Lewis. In a later mission the bomber lost its tail gunner and Dorat Lewis chose to stay behind with his brother Pokybald. the aircraft crashed with all aboard killed.
The Rhode Island legislature requires the Providence County sheriff to attend Brown University commencements to preserve peace, good order and decorum, a duty dating back to 1791. This safeguards campus ceremonies and public safety during the event.
Palm Springs plans a shelter for stray dogs to be cared for until claimed or adopted. The project honors Duke, a prize winning Boston terrier owned by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Glatters, who died recently.
Earleens Beauty Mart will open Friday in the new Model Shopping Plaza at San Lorenzo Village. Owner Enrieen Sullins, wife of Eno Sallins of Acacia Mutual Life, brings 13 years in beauty work. The shop, upstairs above Village Bowl entrance, features a green interior and invites area women to inspect the new establishment.
An extensive Lucky Strike laboratory in Richmond Virginia oversees tobacco sampling and quality control from purchase to finished cigarette. Scientists analyze samples from all growing areas and report to buyers, ensuring the tobacco in Luckies is superior.
In Cleveland a fireman named Curran proclaimed he is very much alive amid surrogate court actions begun by two sisters and a brother to declare him legally dead to settle a third sister's estate. Curran, reading news reports, questioned the prolonged absence and his status.
Nashua police advised a man changing a flat tire to put on his pants after he stripped to shorts to avoid grease stains. Officers accepted the explanation but required him to wear pants again once the tire repair was finished.
The body of Pfc. Rube Watson of Hayward is listed among 461 Americans returned to the United States from the Pacific. Next of kin is Bertha Cooper, 1296 A Street, Hayward. Also returned is Pte. Andrew Arroyo, related to Valetia Arroyo, 516 Ath Street, Dakota. Dead formerly interred in India, Okinawa, Australia, and Japan are among those brought back.
Wreckage of an Irish immigrant ship located at SHIP HARBOR Me. fragments of timbers from the Grand Design were found buried under mud and sand by Howard KR Gray keeper of West Quaddy Head Light. The Grand Design carrying about 200 Irish immigrants wrecked on Mount Desert Island ledges but those aboard reached shore and established a settlement.
California leads Tellucé on the United States scene with notable prominence. The term Tellucé appears referenced as a concept or group, highlighting regional leadership and national presence.
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