Gestapo Sets 1 Million Mark Reward on Goerdler Head
London dispatch reports Adolf Hitler’s purge culminated with eight conspirators hanged in Berlin within hours after a Nazi court condemned them. A 1,000,000 mark price is posted for Karl Goerdler Leipzig’s missing mayor chosen to head a rebel peace government. Russian advances in the Birgai and Birazei sectors, with thousands killed and hundreds of prisoners, are also noted.
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London
Adolf Mitler
Berlin
Gestapo
Karl Goerdles
Leipzig
Fuehrer
Court of Honor
Germany
Hitler
Manhurst
Goerdeler
Reith
Three Children Die In Fire Near Selma
Three children perished last night as a three room collage west of Selma burned. Four other children and their mother escaped with burns. Betty Lou Thompson aged nine died after rushing back to save her one month old brother John who also died. The third victim was five year old Doyle Thompson. Parents are Dexter and Mrs Thompson.
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Selma,w.p
Here
Betty Lou Thompson
John
Doyle Thompson
Dexter Thompson
Local Women Report Theft of Fur Coats
City police seek burglar who ransacked the home of Mrs Tilotsen and Mrs Knoles at 116 Carleton Way. Two fur coats a wool dress and a squirrel nape valued at 500 dollars were taken. The women were away Sunday and returned to discover the loss. The rear door was often left unlocked during brief absences.
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Eulalia
Tilotsen
Greece Knoles
Carleton Way
Tillotsen
Kayoles
McNair Widows Share Strength After Dual Losses
Close friends say Clare Huster McNair carries on bravely after losing her husband Lt Gen Lesley J. McNair and her son Col Douglas McNair in wartime action. In Santa Barbara, Mrs Friedale Nair, widow of Col Douglas McNair, shelters with 10 month old Bonnie Claire as sister-in-law Teresa McNair plans a visit.
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Washington
Clare Huster McNair
Hey
Col
Douglas McNair
Santa Barbara
Cal
Lesley
J. McNair
Friedale
Normandy
Two Nair
Colt Douglas
Gangster Caught Was One of Three In Jail Delivery
PHOENIX ARIZONA UPJ T Nettle a youth caught in a trio of gangsters involved in an armed jail delivery at Inglewood California last week told Phoenix police he was forced by Charles Adams to take part in the plan. He hitch hiked to Phoenix and did not know Adams whereabouts, and investigators found Army papers and a car with Adams Ham tags and a machine gun sling. Inglewood Police Capt Collings said Phoenix authorities reported Nettle admitted his role in the jail delivery.
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Phoenix
Ariz
UPJ
T. Nettle
Inglewood
Calif
Phoenix Police
Charles Adams
Robert Ham
Clark
Camp Ham
Ingtowacd
Nettle
Adams
Long Beach
Camp Haan
Army
Ham
Dillinger
R. F
New York Edges PittsBurgh In Narrow Baseball Win
Vaisello and Lombardi lead New York to an 8 to 4 victory over PittsBurgh. Butcher and Lopez contribute offensively in a low scoring National League affair with strong pitching from both sides.
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National League
New York
PittsBurgh
Vaisello
Hearing Opened On Race Charges Against Railway
Public hearings began in Los Angeles on alleged discrimination by Los Angeles Railway Co. in hiring streetcar and bus operators due to race. Chairman Malcolm Ross noted wartime focus on equality, while attorney John J. Neary cross examined witnesses alleging denial of employment to Negroes. Washington counsel Maceo Hubbard said the company’s labor not used worsened transit service.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Presisent Hoosewelt
Fair Employment Practices Committee
Los Angeles Railway Co
Malcolm Ross
John J. Neary
Chicago
Cleveland
Buffalo
New York
Detroit
San Francisco
Maceo W. Hubbard
Washington
Bus Routes For Cannery Workers In Hayward
Cannery employers in Hayward establish bus pickup systems to shuttle workers. Hunt Bros cannery runs two day buses with flag stops from 5:00 am and 5:30 am routes via East 14th Lewelling Blvd Meekland and Castro Valley area. California Conserving plans a bus system starting in September.
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Canneries
Hayward
California Conserving
Hunt Bros. Cannery
Kelly Ave
Castro Valley Blvd
Mattox Rd
East 14Th
Hesperian, A
Front Streets
California
Hayward Man Awarded Air Medal in WWII service
Second Lieutenant Marcellus H. Stromberg, 27, son of Mr and Mrs Marcellus Stromberg of 1791 Norris Canyon Hayward, was awarded the Air Medal for meritorious achievement in aerial flight while serving as a B 24 Liberator pilot in Italy. He completed 22 combat missions against enemy forces over France Italy Germany Austria Hungary Russia and Yugoslavia since arriving in Italy last February. He is a graduate of M Eden School and worked as a dry kitchen operator for Medford Corp Hayward before enlisting on August 5 1941.
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AAP
Italy
Marcellus H. Stromberg
Marcellus Stromberg
Norris ‘Canyon
Hayward
Air Medal
Stromberg
Maly
France
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Rushania
Yugoslavia
Lt. Stromberg
M. Eden School
Medford Corp
Germans Dig Tunnel From Fort Ord Stockade
Fort Ord Army officials reported that an undetermined number of German prisoners of war attempted to escape by tunneling from the recreational hall to outside the stockade. The tunnel, about 120 feet long at five feet deep, was discovered before completion and dynamited. prisoners were ordered to refill the shaft.
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Fort Ord
U.P
Fort Ord Stockade
Karl F. Bichler
Bichler
Allies Drive On Toward Paris on Two Fronts
Allied forces push from Caen and Brittany into German lines near Le Mans as Canadian and British units seize villages south of Caen while American tanks under Omar Bradley advance toward Paris. Front reports claim six miles gained by the Canadians and capture of seven hostiles as smoke and flames envelop the countryside.
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Supreme Headquarters
AEF
U.P
Caen
Paris
Virgil Pinkley Unins
Brittany
le Mans
Aleady
Omar N. Bradley
Tilly-La Campagne
United Press
Richard D. McMillan
Bicyclists Warned Stay Off Sidewalks In City
Police Chief George Forth warned bicyclists to avoid sidewalks or face traffic citations after numerous pedestrian injury reports. Officers were instructed to file reports on any rider seen on sidewalks, amid concerns for pedestrian safety.
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George Forth
Forth
Paliva
Curb Pick Up U S Mail Is Success Here
Post master Anthony Foster said curb delivery boxes reduce walking to the corner for letters and save tires and gasoline by collecting mail at main street intersections. July reports show 85 percent rise in air mail cancellations, 65 799 pieces handled, stamp sales up 54 percent to 13687, total mail cancellations up 13 percent from 1943 to 1948.
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Anthony Foster
Vallejo Teen Killed as Truck Crashes into Car Freight
Sixteen year old Ronald Comstock of Lindsay was killed when the truck carrying him crashed into a moving Vi salis Electric Car freight. The driver Harold Poreman, 16, and Wayne Comstock, 18, the victim’s brother, were critically injured. The deceased was son of G. J. Comstock of Vallejo and Mrs. Otha Comstock of Lindsay.
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Lindsay
Calif
Ronald Comstock
Visalis
Harold Poreman
Wayne Comstock
G. J. Comstock
Vallejo
Otha Comstock
Hit and Run Victim In Critical Condition In Centerville
Clarence Teague Jr. a 14 year old from Centerville remains in critical condition at Highland Hospital after a severe head injury from a Sunday night hit and run on the Centerville Alvarado highway. Byron Stone of Oakland is detained by Hayward State Highway Patrol on hit run investigation.
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Clarence Teague, Jr
Centerville
Highland Hospital
Centerville-Alvarado
Byron Stone
Oakland
Hayward
Admiral Moon commits suicide amid Normandy action front
Rear Admiral Don P. Moon, 50, veteran of the Normandy invasion, commanded naval forces on the Cherbourg front. He died by his own hand, reportedly due to combat fatigue. Survived by widow Mrs Sybil H. Moon of Arlington and two children. Moon previously served in Admiral King’s plans division before sailing for England.
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Washington
James Forrestal
Don P. Moon
Normandy
Moon
Kokomo
Ind
Cherbourg
Alan G. Kim
Sybil H. Moon
Arlington
Don
Fp, Moon, Jr
Meredith W. Moon
England
Ernest J. King
U.S. Fleet
Crap Shooters Land In Jail In Decoto Barber Shop
Hayward sheriffs broke up a gambling den in a Decoto barber shop and seized eight gamblers, four of them juveniles. Names include Caminada, Garcia, and Pagen of Decoto and Oakland. the barber shop at 813 10th St. used for dice games. Juveniles cited. adults to face Niles Justice Court.
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Hayward
Decoto
Rinaldo Caminada
11Th St
Paul Garcia
Alex Pagen
12Th St
Thomas Pagen
Foothill Blvd
Oakland
Caminada
10Th St
Niles Justice Court
Arm Injured When Torch Ignites Gas Fumes
Jim Perry a mechanic for Coca Cola in Hayward sustained a fractured left forearm after an acetylene torch ignited gasoline fumes in an empty fuel tank on a pickup truck he was working on. The tank, heated by sun, was blown off the truck.
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Jim Perry
Sota Rd
Coca Cola Company
Hayward
Perry
Horses Tramp Garden Spark Gunfire Feud in Norris Canyon
Jim Opperman, 25, of 1629 Crow Canyon, was jailed on 800 bail after a Sunday feud with neighbor Hurt over trampled garden. Opperman blocked a bridge with his pickup and fired once. Hurt claimed four or five shots were fired at him as he argued about the horse trampling. Sheriff's deputies intervened, ordered the truck moved, and towed it from the bridge.
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Jim Opperman
Crow Canyon
Charles
Opperman
Hayward
Norris Canyon
Hurt
Pan Am Clipper Crashes Near Antilla Cuba
Pan American Airways reports a flying boat crashed in Nipe Bay near Antilla Cuba while the crew survived. About 26 passengers are unaccounted for as rescue boats search the waters. the craft had been taking off for Miami when engines failed. The plane, a four masted Sky 5-42, was a veteran of Pan American service. The crew of five is safe and most passengers were said to be saved.
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Miami
Fla
Pan American Airways
Nipe Bay
Antila
Cuba
Cuban Aviation Company
Pan-Amerian
Antilla Bay
Pan American
San Juan
Antilla
American
P American
China
Midway
Wake
Guam
Youngster Bucks Car Thru Store Window
Bonnie Juan Harris five years old escaped injury today after starting her daddy's car and driving it through the window of the Hitch merchandise store in Irvington. Guy Harris of Salinas said he and three sailors stopped for a rest near Alameda Air Base, leaving Bonnie in the car. he believes he left the car in reverse gear and the child turned the ignition key, backing the car across seven feet of highway, tipping the curb and smashing into the store window.
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Bonnie Juan Harris
Hitch Merchandise
Irvington
Guy Harris
Roosevelt St
Salinas
Alameda Air Base
Bonnie
Irvington-San Jose
Bicycle Rider Jailed For Drunken Driving
Phoenix A r t z report Russell Moreno 19 began a 15 day jail term for drunken bicycle riding after patrolman Fred Gittner saw him weaving through traffic on a snake like course and causing drivers to swerve to avoid him. The arrest details describe Moreno falling several times during the incident.
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Phoenix
Artz
U.P
Russell Moreno
Moreno
Fred Gittner
Gittner
Weather forecast for San Francisco Bay Region and valleys
Weather forecast for the San Francisco Bay Region predicts clear skies today tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. The Santa Clara and Salinas Valleys expect clear conditions today and tonight with Wednesday overcast mornings and temperatures slightly below normal.
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San Francisco Bay Region
Ligermors
Santo Clara
Salinas
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