Hayward Seeks Community Float For Jubilee Parade
Frank Marshall of the Native Sons jubilee committee favors a town wide float in the Diamond Jubilee celebration in San Francisco. A community float proposed for the Dons of Peralta festival in Oakland could showcase Hayward at the seventy fifth birthday events with shared costs and wider publicity.
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Hayward
San Francisco
Frank Marshall
Eden Parlor
Marshall
Native Sons Parior
Oakland
Hayward Native Sons
Ray Felton
Alameda County
James P. Cronin
Harvard
Harry J. Gaeton
Sacramento Chief of Police Resigns Abruptly
Bernard McShane, four years chief of police in Sacramento, tendered his resignation to city manager H C Brettor, effective tomorrow morning. He said he plans to enter business. Ped Kownig was named to succeed him. A truck carrying cantaloupe overturned on East Fourteenth street near Hayward, spilling fruit and driving off before police arrived.
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Sacramento
Bernard McShane
H. C. Brettorif
McShane
Ped Kownig
East Fourteenth Street
Hayward
Permits total 47250 granted by Hayward trustees
Building permits amounting to 47250 were approved by the Hayward trustees at Wednesday night’s meeting. The list includes alterations and new constructions for residents and businesses, with the Hayward School District adding 22509 for a four room concrete grammar school addition.
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Hayward
Mark Templeton
James Smith
B Street
M. T. Pereira
Cornt
John Fernandez
J. J. Millard
Stowe-Lima Lumber Company
Commercial Street
J. C. Rasmussen, Watkins
Shenvandoah to Receive Armament for Experimental Trial
Washington, Aug. 6. The naval department announced the dirigible Shenvandoah will be filled this week with a battery of machine guns and a trained crew of four, installed for experimental purposes. The ship's trial trip is planned for about Sept. 1.
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Washington
Naval Department
Party on Highway Drunk but Happy Till Cop Arrives
A drunken party of three men and three women on Dublin Canyon highway was arrested by Traffic Officer Walter Alves after a morning singalong. The group faced disorderly conduct charges and the driver was charged with driving while intoxicated. All six were jailed to sober up before court. Names listed include Percy Peel and wife of Oaklodge and William Farley and wife of Oakland.
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Dublin Canyon
Walter Alves
Jacob Harder
Percy Peel
Oaklzod
William Farley
Oakland
Giant merger rumored for revolutionary gasoline car
A powerful synthetic fuel powered car weighing about 8000 pounds is described at a convention. A five billion merger involving General Motors Standard Oil and others is hinted but not confirmed. GM officials deny any merger plans while noting experiments with a new high powered fuel.
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Los Angeles
American Chemical Society
General Motors
Standard Oil
Detroit
General Motors Company
State sanity vs insanity rests its case today
In Chicago on August 6 the state finished proving Russel Scott sane for execution in the Maurer murder. Dr. William A. Cohn testified Scott was in full mental command as the case goes to the jury. Chris Olsen and his wife face a double charge next Monday.
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United Press
Chicago
Russel Scott
Jolph Maurer
William A. Cohn
Scott
Chris Olsen
Stockton Olsen
Over One Million View Buick Debut At Exhibits
Over one million people saw the new 1926 Buick models during the first three days of the public debut. Buick dealers across the United States reported 1,013,322 attendees, surpassing prior records and signaling growing interest in automotive innovation. Local showrooms remain crowded as orders exceed last year’s first-week totals.
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United States
William Stebbins
Stebbins §Bros
Buick
William Stbbins
Second hand typewriter wanted cheap and in good condition
Classifieds list a second hand typewriter wanted cheap and in good condition at P. O. Box 5533 Hayward California. Also sale items include Chicken Ranch 300 Panels 1922 Ford and building loan offers through R F Hood Castro at Sunset plus a missing collie named Bonnie sought by Hugh Linthicum Jr with contact details.
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P. O
Hayward
Calif
Ford
Chas. Waxham
Cor
Antta and
Williams
Castro Valley
Heyward
R. F. Hood
Castro
Sunset
Bonnie
Hugh Linthicum, Jr
J. Ang So
California Second in Cheese and Milk Production in 1924
California ranked second among states in evaporated milk production in 1924, with butter ranking seventh and cheese ninth. The report by Herbert C. Hooks of the Evaporated Milk Association notes U S cheese output at 417,940,000 pounds and evaporated milk at 1,189,756,000 pounds, with Wisconsin leading in both cheese and evaporated milk.
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Chicago
California
Herbert C. Hooks
Evaporated Milk Association
Golden State
United States
Hooks
Wisconsin
Buick’s 1926 Line Draws Praise With Low Prices
Silastic motor fans noted improvements in Buick’s 1926 line. Buick’s prices have been slashed, fueling a sensational reception and anticipated record business year. Mr. Stebbins asserts the new models prove Buick offers greater value at the new prices.
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Buick
Stebbins
Chinese bandits treat American captive kindly
A private letter from Dr. Harvey Howard of the Rockefeller Foundation hospital in Pekin reports American ranch owner Morgan Palmer killed by bandits and the doctor being treated well by his captors during captivity.
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United Press
Pekin
Harvey Howard
Rockefeller Foundation Hospital
Bangits
Morgan Palmer
Berkeley chemist Swartz believed aboard Nordic to Sweden
August 6 Berkeley chemist Charles Henry Swartz wanted for murder is thought to be aboard the Nordic a General Steamship Co vessel that sailed from San Francisco yesterday bound for Sweden Officials at Moore Shipyard said a man matching Swartz description asked for directions to the Nordic the day after the Walnut Creek explosion and homicide The ship is due to dock at West Port Oregon tomorrow for a search and possible arrest if Swartz is aboard
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Oakland
Charles Henry Swartz
Berkeley
Nordic
General Steamship Company
San Francisco Bay
Sweden
Moore Shipyard
Inus Swartz
Walnut Creek
West Port
Oregon
Swartz
Paige Jewett distribution deal lands in Mt Eden district
Swenson Brothers Automotive of Mt. Eden has acquired Page and Jewett distributing rights for Harvard Centerville San Lorenzo Mt Eden and nearby areas. The firm will offer a full car line and service from its Mt Eden garage as it pushes the Paige Jewell line to local buyers.
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Page and Jewett Automobiles
Harvard
Centerville
San Lorenzo
Mt. Eden
Swenson
City to tax vacant lots 500 extra per fifty feet
City council declares war on vacant lot clutter and votes a 500 raise per fifty feet if not cleaned by next Monday. Board of equalization to review at Monday meeting. Protests against paving Ather ton Street denied while Lion Club requests playground report pending December funding.
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Board of Equalization
Atherton Street
Jet
Lion Club
Hugh Linthicum
New York Guests Visit Hodgkins Family
Mrs H Morgan and Mrs B Davis of New York City visit W P Hodgkins on Lower A Street. Morgan is related to Hodgkins and from Carbondale Pennsylvania. They plan to travel to Portland Oregon next Sunday, then return to Carbondale Pennsylvania.
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H. Morgan
B. Davis
New York City
W. P. Hodgkins
Lower A Street
Morgan
Carbondale
Pennsylvania
Portland
Oregon
New York
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Hayward, Cal
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Dohner & Galbraith
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Sid Loewenthal
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Graham Brothers
Walter H. Daniels
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