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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1949
Page
4
After 40 months the Hayward City Council again discharges the city manager amid concerns over publicity. Reporters note a pattern of turnover under city manager government, while supporters urge focus on future cooperation with the next manager and the council to stabilize governance.
San Lorenzo Sea Scout Ship Dolphin held a Neptune party at the Village Community Center drawing about 78 members, parents, and friends. Seven boys were initiated as crew members including Cameron Milliron Jr, Walter Germond, Howard Miller Jr, Ronald Grosjean, Allan Wolverton, Robert Chody, and Stanley Hering. Tivug Kato was unable to attend the rites. Skipper Stuart Clapp gave an informal talk at the Dolphin party.
Auburn Indiana report states a motorist said her car lurched and hacked at a gas station. An attendant noted the brake was out and asked if she knew its purpose. The driver replied she uses it to hang her something while driving.
Emory J. Lawton of Andrew Williams Stores Oakland announced Frank Jacobs of Oakland as manager of the Andrew Williams market in San Lorenzo Village. Jacobs has eight years in Sherwood Swan's 10th Street market Oakland and resides at 1622 106th Avenue with wife Lillian and children Jacqueline Joseph and Vernon. He succeeds Al Bottany who resigned to enter the grocery business with Jack Geastin in Castro Valley.
A brief note links Ming era printing with 1041 in China, suggesting a sane evaluation of movable type. It contrasts the Chinese practice with a metaphor about a Python consuming vast annals, implying an abundance of literature and records in the period.
Hollister graduate geologist Howard Harris, living in California, claimed in the Hollister Evening Freelance that a large quake would strike South America near Lima Peru in August. He based this on relief of tension from a preceding northwest earthquake, noting his home near the San Andreas fault.
The document outlines a three step financing plan for the Southern Crossing. It covers timing for each step from March 1950 to 1985, with alternate schedules for 1952 and 1957, and totals for construction and real estate as well as operating reserves. It notes varying estimates of reserves and the possible need for an insurance reserve, arguing the plan remains within fiscal limits.
A reader letter challenges claims about a national health bill. It argues no socialist aim exists in the current measure and highlights the mortality toll from lack of medical care. The letter cites California hospital beds and infant population issues to illustrate the need for reform.
The Poultry Producers of Central California publish today’s egg quotations and live fowl prices. Nulaid grades show large to small sizes with standard at one. Fryers and roasters list weights and color categories with price ranges.
A brief excerpt from W. Yeoman, a carpenter, stressing it is the duty to tell the news and to be true. The fragment mentions maternal deaths per 1000 live births and Federal hospitals, reflecting concern over public health reporting.
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