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Newspaper
Hayward Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1944
Page
3
San Francisco markets show vegetable sections with coop buyers and potato mentions. Dairy entries list butter scores and wholesale prices and grade A milk indicators, with several broken terms and unclear figures across markets.
Market report notes irregular readings with bonds steady and government issues steady. Wheat prices show a decline of about 14 cents per bushel while other grains fluctuate.
Oakland debits 4.41 million dollars and San Francisco records 36.2 million. Berkeley posts 3.16 million in bill clearings, reflecting regional financial movements across the Bay Area.
The market opened unsettled as German troop news pressured Paris proximity and enthusiasm waned for overvalued motor shares. Graham Paige led a late rally before a downturn. gas and utility stocks rose, while settler utility firms posted gains and standards held firm. Dow Jones closes mixed with slight gains in rails and utilities while overall volume dropped from the prior session.
San Francisco poultry market reports unchanged as high temperatures hurt quality plus strong truck receipts from nearby areas. Broilers and leghorn ranges listed, including fryers 29-31c, roasters 29-31c, leghorn hens under 4 pounds 24-25c, colored hens 25-27c, squabs 7c, rabbits 17-18c, and turkeys varied from 42-44c for young hens 20 pounds and over 42-41c.
South San Francisco market notes show slow demand for cattle and lambs with mixed lots. Slaughter cows and heifers sell steady in lower ranges. bulls mostly good to average. Barrows and gilts price at 15.75. yearlings and small lots hover near 10.60 to 11.60. Cadet Nurse Corps quota reached in first year with 65,000 new nurses.
The OPA announced ceiling price cuts for tomatoes and plums in the Bay Area. Tomatoes drop up to five cents a pound with regional ceilings set at 14 cents in the Bay and North Bay, 13 in San Jose, and 18 in Vallejo. Plums fall to 12.1 cents in the Bay Area and Vallejo, 15 cents in the North Bay, and 10.74 cents in San Jose.
Sir Harald MacMichael British High Commissioner to Palestine was slightly injured in a failed assassination attempt on the Jerusalem Tel Aviv road. His private secretary was hurt. Lady MacMichael escaped unhurt. Police detained several suspects as the investigation proceeds.
Allied forces seized Le Mans 112 miles southeast of Paris after a rapid push through the Sarthe river junction. British and American units pressed toward Angers on the Loire while Brest and St Malo operations advanced, and German general Karl Spang was captured in the Brest push.
The State Council of Cannery Unions authorized an immediate strike request by 4000 Puget Sound cannery workers after negotiations with 24 cannery operators broke down. Oscar Williams, secretary, said packers gave no assurance to comply with a War Labor Board directive for oversie pay, night differential, and a 4 percent retroactive wage increase to March 1.
Brig Gen Arthur E Easterbrook assumed command at Santa Ana Army Air Base succeeding Col W A Robertson who goes overseas. Easterbrook, a veteran officer, previously led the Army Air Force West Coast Training Center at Moffett Field Calif. He earned the Distinguished Service Cross Purple Heart and Croix de Guerre and served from World War I through postwar duties.
The San Francisco grand jury indicted Arthur Guiry of Los Angeles and Jonathan Brewster of San Francisco on charges of illegal sale of ration gas coupons. OPA agents arrested them Monday after finding stolen "C" coupons allegedly taken from the Los Angeles Ration Board.
The Senate confirmed Lt. Gen Joseph W. Stilwell as a temporary four star general. Stilwell, commander of American forces in the China Burma India Theater, serves as chief of staff to Chinese General Chiang Kai-Shek. The elevation signals anticipated large-scale actions in his theatre.
The body of Orlando Bailey Foote 45 a machinery manufacturing executive from Oakland died apparently of a heart attack late Tuesday while water skiing on Lake Tahoe He and his wife and two children were vacationing at the lake and his body was brought to Placerville for removal to Oakland.
In Los Angeles the chamber of commerce reports a sustained decline in durable goods employment since January, with June marking the first drop in non durable sectors for a total of 14 000 factory workers. Ship building and aircraft lead losses. four of nine major industries show job gains. A Gamma Globulin blood derivative will soon be available to help prevent or modify measles, derived as a byproduct of serum albumin.
The county chamber of commerce reported that cool July weather slowed matur ing of cantaloupes cucumbers and peppers in Los Angeles. Green dry lima beans walnuts and tea fruit crops were not harmed and heavier fruit and nut crops were forecast.
The Naval Supply Depot in Oakland announces a need for more civilian workers to handle increased shipping of supplies. Openings include laborers and related roles as the facility expands operations and seeks qualified applicants. Local job offices and military recruiters will advise on eligibility and application procedures.
Day by A H Gulch recorder of the labor board for the Twelfth Naval District agencies requests several hundred laborers to move material passing through the depot. Packers are needed for day and night shifts along with auto mechanics yard switchmen track men chemists electricians machinists ordnance and general helpers and 5 lithographers. All appointments are under Civil Service and War Manpower Commission regulations and are made at the Branch Labor Board main gate of the Naval Supply Depot.
COLUSA W P Donald Har wick 93 civilian pilot for Falcon Flying Company was burned to death when the crop dusting plane he was flying crashed and burst into flames the sheriffs office reported today
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