Begonia and Shade Plant Show Shines in Hayward
Southern Alameda County Begonia society members celebrate a successful fourth annual Begonia and Shade Plant show at Hayward Union High School on Bloom Island. An estimated 500 attended preview night with thousands more visiting as the exhibit runs through Sunday, praising the display and local organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alameda County
American Begonia Society
Hayward Area
Oakland
San Francisco
Begonia Society
Hayward Union High
Hotany Island
Hayward
Holy Island
Hayward Art Club
Sheaw
California
Ayward Lions Elib
Goel Rothe
California Dairy Council
World gold panner contest set for California State Fair
Sacramento announces the world championship gold panning contest at the State Fair from September 1 to 11. top prize is 590 dollars with 500 to the world champion, 250 to runner up, and 100 to third place. entrants must send qualifications age and address to the Gold Panning Contest, California State Fair, Sacramento.
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Sacramento
Wed Grean
California
Mather Lode
Green
California State Fair
Rattlesnakes And Puts All In Day's Work
Hutchinson Kansas field report describes methods to deter a mad bull by grabbing its nose ring and yanking. George Roberson, a Kansas Power and Light line walker, claims the tactic works after decades of work. He suggests using boots to invite a strike but cover the head, then a knife cut to end the threat.
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Hutchinson
Kan
U.P
Lung Guonga
George Roberson
Kansas Power & Light Co
Robeson
Robersony
Phen
London Dock Workers End 25 Day Strike
London dock workers vote to end the 25 day walkout that paralysed the port and sparked a Cabinet crisis. Over 3,000 members approve return to work, as authorities detain two Americans and a Dalieh national on suspicion of Communist involvement tied to the dispute.
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London Dock Workers
London
Jabor
King George
Mantas
Cane
Britain
Enge Jan
Sonia Goldblatt
CLO International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
Jolay Malvtla
National Maritime Union
Ten Years Ago in Hayward and Beyond
Nostalgic notes recall a Souther Pacific diversion to the Marin route and a daily Los Angeles arrival. Recreation Week in California announced by Mayor Arthur Clanter, with upcoming events including a Rattlesnakes vs Woodchucks game for Hayward’s league. Also listed are historic items from 10, 20, and 50 years ago including National Guard arrivals, driving license exams, garden club happenings, and a Tale of local civic life with figures such as Chas Nauert and the Richard Foote Dramatic Company.
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Hayward
Southern Pacific Railroad
S. P
Los Angeles
Arthur &. Clanter
California
Federal Recreation Project
Alameda County
Charles Wall
Police Chief Probes If Officers Involved in Rival Shooting
Los Angeles police chief William Worton ordered a probe after state officials suggested department members may have engineered the predawn shooting of mob figure Racketeer Cohen to avenge his police protection allegations. The reveal followed a grand jury inquiry into vice charges and Cohen’s claims of payoffs. Chief Worton and Attorney General Howser sought names from Rummel, who refused to confirm or deny any disclosure.
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Los Angeles
U.P
William Werton
Dvickey Cohen
Workton
Fred N. Howser
Howser
Cohen
Painuel Dummel
Hummel
Worton
Vice
Sunset Strip
Grand Jury
Fiether Bowron
Brendan Allen
Rummel
14 Ton Theft Foiled In Chester Paint Disguise
Thieves who stole a 14 ton canary yellow crane with a 40 foot boom succeeded in hiding it for days near the theft site. The $10000 crane was recovered after being given a new bright red paint coat as a disguise.
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Chester
Marriage News is Bonanza in Munich
Hans Stang, a former POW from Russia, started the Bavarian Marriage Newspaper to offer affordable marriage ads. The fortnightly four page paper sells for 20 pfennig a copy with ad rates from 1.40 DMs to 8 DMs. Stang, still seeking a wife, runs the operation and features ads from Hamburg Holstein and Berlin.
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Munich
Hans Stang
Stang
Russia
Klang
Bavaria
Hamburg
Holstein
Berlin
Germany
Lumsell
Wile Lumsell
California Seeks Field Representatives for School Building Plan
California will need three field representatives to assist planning for 1.3 billion dollars in school construction by 1954. Positions start at 395 dollars monthly and require a state civil service exam August 20, 1949. Applications due by August 6 with citizenship required.
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Sacramento
California
Fick
State Department of Education
Charles W. Bursch
Bursch
Wis
State Personnel Board
Department of Social Welfare
United States
L Street
State Building
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Flying Game Wardens Battle Poachers in Louisiana Swamps
In Louisiana, state wildlife wardens using amphibious planes and rifles engage poachers in mangrove swamps. Senior warden Nat Pedro shoots at a shrimp poacher, then lands to arrest him, illustrating a harsh new approach to curb illegal fishing and hunting in the bayous.
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New Orleans
Landy
Mel Washburn
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fishing
Audt
Nat Pedro
Washburn
Pedro
Gulf of Mexico
Lawler
Pardo
Miides
Ile
Batts
One Hins Viewpoint About a Martini Drinker Cat
Harman W. Nichols recounts Mrs. Winifred Hunter’s Spanish rescue cat Kiki a martini sipping boxing tabby now in Washington. The tale mixes humor with oddball details revealing Kiki’s fondness for gin and vermouth and lessons in his Spanish upbringing and English limitations.
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Harman W.nichols
Washington
U.R
Kiki
Land of Plenty
Old Madrid
Winifred Hunter
Spain
Hunter-Kiki Hole
Mel
Hunter
New York
Vna
Cat
Wana Lini
New York Herald Triune
Mrs. Hunter
Aiki
Madrid
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BR. C. Odell
Hayward Review
Lucerre
Castro Street
H. E. Duarte
Sheet Metal Works
Coca-Cola Company
Coca: Coloting CO
Kahiun
Congress
Commerce
Lalwies
Louny
Weedy
Wie
Wwihicheo
Labre Fragrang
Dunuay
Weide
Benelal Uti
LOW
Bysineyss
Nbs
aVeroly
Raul Deugis
Yala
A. meCuy
Luregier
Olle
U. Te
The
Daily Review
Rattlesnakes
Bret Harte
At & Pielock
Decca Records
Hauschildis
National —Guard
San Luis Obispo
American Legion Band
Southern Pacific
Trvin
Justice Courtroom
Florthee Eichwardt
Hayward Garden Club
B. J. Bettencourt
Gaden Lea
Acacia Villa
Lee
Nur Locr
Lodge
Clevelands
W. R. Daly
Pat San Amteraco
Chas. Nauert
Alvarado
J. A. Holmgren
San Leandro
Truckee
Holmgren
Lake ‘Fahoe
Charles W. Heyer
Richard Foote Dramatic Company
Jandierd Frantz
Villar
Hanna’s Stadium Club
Bonanza
Jackson
Tenn
Hhlans
Castro Sts
Elmer Orella
Kent
Lewis & Lewis
Wilton
Broadway
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