Churchill Reveals American Advance Across Brittany Front
United Press reports supreme Allied forces driving west and south of Pontorson. tanks and infantry breach disintegrating German lines as RAF and US units race toward Rennes. Churchill confirms near Rennes and seaward thrusts toward St Malo with fluid front lines. Bradley commanded armor pushing into Breton break of Nazi positions.
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Supreme Headquarters
AEF
Pontorton
Rennes
Breton
Avranches
St. Malo
Pomerson
Brest
Radio Atlantic
United States
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Dya
Virgil Pinkley
Brittany
Hit Run Case Continued to August Ninth
William Brown, 43, of 1010 Melody Way, appeared in Hayward Justice Court on a hit and run charge. He was ordered to appear Wednesday August 9 to enter a plea and is held on $1000 bail. The incident seriously injured Ashley Campbell, 25, seaman, on East Street in Ashland last Sunday night.
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William Brown
Melody Way
Hayward
State Casualties Exceed World War II Figures
Los Angeles report shows California casualties overseas for the U S armed forces at 8,498 as of July 1. The record contrasts World War I deaths at 1,033 with World War II figures including 1,516 killed, 2,200 wounded, 3,362 prisoners and 420 missing among allied forces.
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Los Angeles
U.P
U. S
California War History Project
Jiminez Fight Called Off By Coast Guard
A boxing match between Matt Jiminez and Gil Mojice in Oakland was canceled at the last minute by the State Athletic Commission at the Coast Guard's request Mojice is Coast Guard. No reason was provided for the change.
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Matt Jiminez
Gil Mojice
Oakland
State Athletic
Coast Guard
Mojice
Tunnel Planned Connect Alameda With Oakland
Rep. Albert C. Carter said plans and specifications for a new 6.5 million dollar tunnel from Oakland to Alameda are prepared and a construction contract could be set after the war. The federal government would fund a substantial portion, linking Alameda Naval Air Base and the Army Supply Depot at Oakland.
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Washington
U.P
AlbertcCarter
Calli
Oakland
Alameda
Carter
Naval Air Base
Onlland
Weather Outlook for Bay Area and Valleys
San Francisco Bay Region shows clear skies today tonight and Thursday with mild temperatures. Livermore and Santa Clara Valleys remain clear through tonight and Thursday with slightly warmer early morning readings. Highs and lows are mild across regions with minimal cloud cover expected.
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San Francisco Bay Region
Livermore
Santa Clara
Sailors Return To Oak Knoll After Bus Crash
Sailors Patrick LaBreno and John Clerico with Marine Kenneth Crumley on leave from Oak Knoll Navy Hospital were in a bus crash one mile north of Warm Springs on the lower San Jose highway. Their car bumped the bus at the Southern Pacific crossing. all suffered cuts and bruises and Crumley had broken ribs. They were taken back to Oak Knoll Hospital. no bus passengers were injured. Patrol officers alerted Navy Shore Patrol.
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Patrick LaBreno
John Clerico
Kenneth Crumley
Oak Knoll Navy Hospital
Sick Bay
Warm Springs
San Jose Highway
Yue
Leonard Klein
Arthu Krause Aia
Tony Rose
Southern Pacific
Crumley
Oak Knoll Hospital
Navy Shore Patrol
Saltors
Man Sentenced 30 Days Then 60 Days For Battery
Wendell Patterson of 21143 Silve Ave appeared in Hayward Justice Court on battery charges brought by his wife Nina. He was first sentenced to 30 days in jail and then to 60 days hard labor after refusing to work on the county prison farm. Nina Patterson testified of a drunken incident Sunday night July 30 when her husband struck her after she asked him to stop the phonograph. She said the family includes four children and another on the way, and described Patterson as often drinking heavily on weekends. Patterson claimed self defense, cited poor health, and said he did not know about the new baby. He insisted jail food would harm his ulcers and refused farm work. He also urged the judge to ensure his wife stays home to care for the children instead of working.
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Wendell Patterson
Silve Ave
Hayward
Nina
Patterson
City Dads set agenda for Hayward library project plans
City Council adjourned session to discuss a new Hayward library building and licensing ordinance. The meeting will operate as a committee of the whole to finish unfinished business and review street light issues with P G and E. A one way bridge over Sulphur Creek was proposed for earliest possible date.
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Hayward
George A. Mays
Boy Arrested Under Sacramento Juvenile Curfew
Sacramento police detained Frank Hernandez, 17, the first juvenile taken into custody for the 10 PM curfew adopted after street fights between local youths and servicemen. He was nabbed at 2 AM as he left an all night restaurant. Navy patrols assigned to quell disturbances were recalled.
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Sacramento
U.P
Polinn
Frank Hernandez
Hernandez
Shelly
Navy
Yank Bomb Kills McNair in Normandy Action
The War Department announced General Lesley J. McNair, former Commanding General of the Army Ground Forces, was killed by an American bombing during the Normandy breakout crash. The bomb fell during an intensive bombardment of enemy lines and artillery preparation for the Allied advance.
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Bulletin
Washington
U.R
Lesley J. McNair
Army Ground Forces
Normandy
War Department
Department Anid
Japs May Move Into Manchuria
In Tacoma this week Kilsop Haan the Korean spy predicts Japan will invade the southeastern Siberian peninsula from Manchuria and Lake Khashin to seize Manchuria Iberia to move factories and munitions onto the peninsula if Japan can be defended against capture of the homeland.
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Japan
Tacoma
Pacific
Siberian
Hah
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Lakehalin
Manchuria- Iberia
Penisula
Tain
Gordon Reports On Hayward Playground Work
Wesley Gordon’s approved recreation department report covers July 4 to 31 with total playground attendance of 2244.80 and Bret Barte’s 298.80. Council supports clearing vacant lots for neighborhood playgrounds, notes strong craftwork at Markham and Burbank schools, and highlights equipment gaps. After school hours show archery, badminton, tennis, volleyball, basketball. Hay Loft attendance averages 147 daily totaling 7650 over 52 days. Federal agent George Vestal expects Lanham Act funds for Hayward programs within three weeks.
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Recreation Department
Wesley Gordon
Bret Barte
Gordon
Markham
Burbank
Hay Loft
Community Council
Aft
George Vestal
Hayward
Points Off Steak By August
The Office of Price Administration will lift rationing on utility grade beef steaks and roasts by August 13, returning hams and pork products to the ration list. Sources say War Food Administrator Marvin Jones will also free better commercial grade beef from rationing by September 1, making most beef types non rationed. Remaining grades will go to the armed forces or to restaurants and hotels.
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Washington
U.A
Office of Price Administration
War Food
Marvin Jones
Pleads Not Guilty to Concealed Weapon Charge
Lonnie Trayweek of Russell City stands accused in Hayward sheriff s office investigation of carrying a concealed weapon. He appeared this morning in court with facial injuries and bandages. Trayweek pleaded not guilty and said he wrested a .38 revolver from Herman Crawford during a fight. Trial slated for next Wednesday morning.
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Lonnie
Trayweek
Russell City
Hayward
Tray Week
Ife
Herman Crawford
Dustlea
Warren Seeks Federal Aid for California Peaches
Governor Earl Warren telegraphed War Food Administration chief Marvin Jones requesting favorable consideration of a support price program for second grade California peaches. He warned that about 100000 tons of No 2 peaches, roughly a quarter of the crop, would be wasted due to hail damage. Canning and drying are unviable, and distilling is costly, leaving surplus No 1 peaches and high picking costs.
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Sacramento
U.P
Earl Warren
Marvin Jones
War Food Administration
Washington
California Ealing
Jones
Poultry Disease Program Pullorum Meeting Planned in San Jose
An Official Pullorum Disease Program meeting will be held in San Jose on Wednesday August 9 at 8 p.m. in two rooms of the San Jose Post Office building. The event aims to elect a committee of poultry and turkey growers to implement the program in District Six. Guests include Dr J H Haar from the state agriculture department M S Buckley a war emergency food production assistant and W E Newton an extension poultry specialist.
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San Jose
P. T. Meyers
Hayward
United States Department of Agriculture Office
J. H. Haar
State Department of Agriculture
M. 5. Buckley
W. Eo. Newton
Check Passer Now In Jail Faces Court
C A Brown an ex Army sergeant is in county jail serving two one year probation terms for passing a $20 check to J M McCullough in 1941. He appeared in Hayward Justice court this morning on the charge and has prior bad check offenses in Watsonville Portland and other cities. He will return next Wednesday to obtain counsel and enter plea.
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C. A. Brown
Hayward
J. M. McCullough
Castro St
Bounerd
Watsonville
Portland
Brown
Pleg
Turkey Breaks with Germany war warning from Foreign Office
London reporting German foreign office says Turkey's break with Germany may lead to war. Meanwhile Italian defense minister Gragieni named commander of a new army of German and Italian divisions to front in Italy. On Tinian hundreds of Japanese civilians surrender to U S Marines as remaining garrison is thought wiped out. In China Tokyo radio claims American troops fight in Hengyang defense of a key railway center in Hunan Province.
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Germany
Transocean
Rodolfo Gragieni
Italy
Tinian
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U.R
Chungking
Tokyo
Hengyang
China Railway Center
Hunan
China
Cannery Union Donates Volunteers Dues to Charity
Cannery Workers Union says its fifty cent weekly dues from ten volunteers are entirely used for charity or war service. Harry Rizzo notes last year’s funds supported a ward solarium, war chest, Red Cross, Boy Scouts, USD, Salvation Army, and cigarets for sailors. Volunteers who invest all cannery earnings in War Bonds earn a dues exemption. A union committee also delivers candy and comforts to wounded or ill men in hospitals.
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Cannery Workers Union
Harry Rizzo
Rizzo
Ward B-1
War Chest
Red Cross
Boy Scouts
USD
Salvation Army
The
Union
Continuation On Liquor Charge For Garden Inn Owner
The case against Ferdinand Quiriconi, owner of the Garden Inn at 800 Castro St, and Bertha Rushing, a waitress, for serving liquor to minors was continued until Wednesday Oct 4 in Hayward justice court after evidence was deemed incomplete.
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Ferdinand Quiriconi
Garden Inn
Castro St
Bertha Rushing
Hayward
Baseball game report Philadelphia Chicago recap
Philadelphia and Chicago played a rough game with rain affecting play. The scoreline shows Philadelphia behind early, then evening action tied and swung by late hits from Harris of Chicago. Officials recorded a 4 to 3 final in a rain shortened contest.
Reds Push In Poland
Moscow reports final Warsaw offensive stages with Red Armies storming eastern suburbs crossing the Vistula. Soviet forces press 200-mile Vistula front toward Krakow as Rokossovsky prepares for a major push on the Polish capital. Baltic operations trap up to 200000 Germans. Russians cross on pontoons and improvised craft amid claims amphibious tanks are false.
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Henry Shapiro
Procs
Moscow
U.P
Warsaw
Vistula River
Baltics
Berlin
Villkovish
Baltic
Carpathians
Stalingrad
Latvia
Estonia
Konstantin K. Rokossevsky
Ivan
Koney
Vistula
Krakow
Seek Indictment Social Leader For Lad's Death
Monterey District Attorney Anthony Brazil seeks grand jury murder indictment against Frances Andrews 40 social leader in connection with the fatal Carmel Valley shooting of Jay Lovett a 17 or 18 year old farmboy coroner jury found death by gunshot. Deputy Gene Vrenner said he arrived July 18 and found Lovett dead with a six inch pistol and cartridges nearby. Andrews refused to testify at the inquest. Brazil said evidence will likely indict Andrews for shooting Lovett void of self-inflicted death. Leo Friedman said it is a homicide case. Doctor Archach said a four foot shot to Lovett's temple and no finger prints on the weapon. Andrews wife of corporal Frank Andrews reported finding the body on a highway near their home ten miles from here.
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Salinas
Monterey County
Anthony Brazil
Frances Andrews
Carmel
Jay Lovett
Levett
Gene Vrenner
Monterey
Carmel Valley
L. J. Levett
Lovatt
Brazil
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