Yankee Bombers Raid Toulouse in Second Triangular Strike
A large task force of American bombers landed in England to complete the war's second triangular raid to Russia and Italy, bombing a German airdrome at Toulouse. An additional unit of 750 heavies attacked Metz railway yards and a German airfield nearby. The Brest attack used 12,000 bombs on U boat shelters as part of the week-long 4000 mile voyage. The force lost no bombers and downed four German fighters while losing none.
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London
England
Russia
Italy
Toulouse
France
Eighth Air Force
Metz
IAAF
Shetters
Brest
Drunken Driver Fined in Hayward Court
Tay W Watlers aged 7 08 Sever Hilly Wa received a $125 fine from Judge A W Bruner for drunken driving charges. Bruner presided in Hayward court in Judge Warder’s absence after Watlers’ car allegedly crashed into Marty Huston’s while turning from Castro Valley Ave onto Lake Chabot Rd. Authorities noted Watlers was intoxicated according to the California State Highway Patrol.
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Tay W. Watlers
Hilly
A. W. Bruner
Drunnken
Bruner
Hayward Court
Jacobh Warder
Watlers
Marty i. Huston
Sulluna
Castro Valley
Refinery Burns After Explosion Of Naphtha Tank
NEWHALL CALIF UP Fire and several explosions ripped through the Newhall Refinery today forcing residents within a mile square from their homes for hours. A missing woman rushed toward the blaze believing her husband was there. A 28 000 barrel tank fed crude oil into the canyon as tanks blew up and a bulldozer built a dike to halt the flow.
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Newhall
Calif
California Highway Patrol
William Sorgoss
Marre
Maywird Gas Ration Board Suspensions And Coupon Forfeits
At the Maywird gas ration board meeting on a Wednesday night the tribunal handed down two suspensions and four coupon forfeits. Individuals cited include Lloyd Clark 29558 Baumberg Ave 2 coupons 40 mph Ron ald Mohr 772 Sunset mis-use 2 coupons Doreen Smoot 5120 Parkylkde Dr mis-use 50 day suspension Joseph Nevis 2157 Western Blvd misuse 90 day suspension Florence Ilene Mans on 4925 Stanton Ave 40 mph 2 coupons Mrs Frances Dyer 6043 Castro Valley Blvd 50 mph 8 coupons.
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Maywird Gas Ration Board
Lloyd Clark
Baumberg Ave
Ronald Mohr
Doreen Smoot
Parkylkde Dr
Joseph Nevis
Western Blvd
Florence Ilene Manson
Stanton Ave
Frances Dyer
Castro Valley
Missing Son Highlighted By Cannery Volunteer Help
Mrs Olive Furtado laments her son missing since D Day while describing her cannery volunteer work. She recalls his Navy service began before Pearl Harbor with burns and deployment to England as a gun pointer. Her brother Sgt Fred Walker serves with Military Police in Italy amid hospital stays. she notes household routines and pride in cannery duties.
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Olive Furtacca
Tole
Wsailey
Unely Sanv
Redurl
Navy
Theatinel
Pearl Harbor
England
Purtado
Fred Walker
Military Polien Force
Italy
Aho
Divorce Plea by Victoria Sindelar After False War Death
Mrs Victoria Sindelar seeks annulment to remarry her husband George Freeman believed dead after the War Department notified her he was killed. She had married Nownan Sindelar in Las Vegas in 1942 and hopes custody of daughter Mary, born after the second marriage, with the next steps unclear due to a recent letter from the husband.
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Los Angeles
Victoria J. Sindelar
War Department
Nownan J. Sindelar
Las Vegas
Nev
George Freeman
Axis
Mary
Sindelar
Bindelar
Fer
Pearl Harbor
Need Blood Donors For Next Tuesday
Hayward Reel Cross Blood Procurement committee seeks first time blood donors as mobile unit visits Hayward monthly starting Tuesday Aug 15. Registration for Tuesday’s block bank at 280, cancellations and medical rejections threaten the goal of 340 pints.
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Hayward
B Card Holders May Get More Gasoline
Washington officials consider raising monthly gasoline allowances for B card holders from 350 to 600 miles while cutting C card allocations to balance the rise. The plan aims to help preferred users without creating hardships, affecting overall consumption little.
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Washington
U.P
Office of Price Administration
Hit and Run Driver to Enter Plea Friday Morning
Byron Stone of 846 Filbert Street Oakland faces hit and run charges. In Centerville Justice Court Judge Allen Norris ordered a further appearance Friday morning to enter a plea for a preliminary trial. Stone allegedly seriously injured Clarence Teague, 14, on the Centerville-Alvarado highway Sunday night August 6. Clarence was hospitalized at Highland with a head injury and cuts. condition listed as slightly better today.
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Byron Stone
Filbert St
Oakland
Hiteran
Hayward Highway Patrol
Juego Allen Norris
Centurville Sustice Court
Slone
Clarance Teague
Canterville
Alvarado Highway
Clarence
Highland Hospital
Eleven Die in Gas Tank Explosion at Shawneetown Plant
Eleven people died and several were injured when a barrel storage tank at the Wabash Valley Co. farm cooperative gasol ine storage plant exploded, splintering two homes. Sheriff Moye reported watchman Joseph Ryder and his son in law Wayne Roark among the dead, six of the victims were children and two unidentified youngsters were listed missing. Identified dead included Roark, Ryder, and three of Ryder’s daughters, Mrs. Roark, Mrs. Hazel Baek, and Betty Jo Ryder.
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Shawneetown, Ell
Ieen Tolay
Wabash Valley Co
W. ©. Moye
Joseph Ryder
Seaman
Wayne Roark
Moye
Roark
Ryder
Hazel Baek
Betty Jo Ryder
Woolsey Considered For Alameda Superior Judge Seat
In Sacramento Gov Hart Warren said A J Woolsey of Oakland is under review for the Alameda County Superior Judge vacancy following the resignation of 81 year old John D Murphey. Woolsey, a former State Bar Association president, is a native of Oakland.
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Sacramento
ULP
Bay
A. J. Woolsey
Oakland
Alameda County
Hart Warren
John D. Murphey
Woolsey
State Bar Association
Russell City Man Reports Stolen Car
Raymond Lee Newby of 25087 Washington Ave Russell City told police his car vanished last night from a Safeway lot after he attended the State Theatre. He left at about 2 hours past, finding the ignition locked and doors open when he returned.
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Raymond Lee Newby
Washington Ave
Russell City
Newby
Safeway
State Theatre
Lawyer challenges proof of love affair in Carmel Valley murder case
San Francisco based reports say Mrs Frances Andrews faces trial for fatally shooting farmboy Jay Lovett near her Carmel Valley ranch last July 25. Leo Friedman appeals to Monterey County District Attorney Anthony Brazil to prove a love affair existed while Brazil argues motive and opportunity show guilt. The case moves toward a Salinas court appearance on August 38 for bail consideration. Brazil opposes bail in murder cases.
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San Francisco
Frances Andress
Jay Lovett
Carmel Valley
Leo Friedman
Anthony Brazil
Monterey County
Frank
Brazil
Friedman
Salinas
Calif
Mrs. Andrews
Roosevelt Gives West Coast Radio Address From Bremerton Yard
President Roosevelt prepares a first hand report on Pacific war efforts after visits to Fear Hai lyor and the Aleutian Islands. Broadcast at 5 p.m. from Bremerton Navy Yard, the speech follows a long West Coast tour including Oahu and western Aleutians with commanders MacArthur and Nimitz.
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Merhiman Smith
United Press
Seattle
Roosevelt
West Coast
Fear Hai~ Lyor
Aleutian Islands
Bremerton Navy Yard
Bi 'Pet Sount
Pwt
Washington
Treverice Wilks
Oahu
Aleutias
Mr. Roosevelt
Pacific
Gon
Douglas MacArthur
Adin
Chester W. Ninltz
Johns Receives Air Medal and Honors From Army Air Forces
Staff Sergeant Eugene C. Johns, 23, of 23314 Maud Ave, is awarded the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters and other decorations for service with the 570th bomber squadron. He took part in a 7000 mile shuttle bombing run from England to Italy and Russia and flew missions over Nazi targets and French coast defenses. His unit has earned two presidential citations for gallantry. Johns is a graduate of Mayward Union High School with the June 1942 class.
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Eugene C. Johns
Clyde R. Johns
Maud Ave
Ammy Air Force
Sgt. Johns
Johns
England
Italy
Russia
Aayward Union High School
San Francisco policemen suspended for beating seaman
United Press reports two San Francisco police officers Jack Countryman and Hugh OConnor were suspended after merchant seaman Manuel Valle 17 accused them of beating him into unconsciousness and threatening him with a gun A show up confirmed a scuffle and Deputy Police Chief Riordan said assault charges would be filed with the Police Commission by Acting Station Captain Lt Arne Dietel
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San Francisco
Jack Countryman
Hugh O'Connor
Force
Manuel D. Valle
Countryman
O'Connor
Michael Riordan
Arne Dietel
Police Commission
San Francisco War Worker Murder Probe Grows
San Mateo reports identify Hazel Violet Bounds, 25, of 129 Octavia Street as a war worker found murdered beside Skyline Boulevard near Angelo's Corners. A Western Pipe & Steel badge on her clothes aided identification. Soldiers found the body and alerted the California Highway Patrol. the sheriff’s office, from an initial inquiry, believes the woman was slain.
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San Mateo
Girl awarded damages after altercation with motorman
In Los Angeles Marion Dozoretz, a 16 year old schoolgirl, won $340 damages from a railway motorman after a dispute escalated from words to physical force. Witnesses said the man knocked her down and then struck her again, prompting the lawsuit.
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Los Angeles
Marion Dozoretz
Allies Near Paris Today Says Rumor
Allied assault power circled the German Seventh Army in the Normandy pocket. American First Army columns north and east of Le Mans pressed forward as British and Canadian forces struck at German positions below Caen. German confusion grew as Bradley’s main attack maneuvered across southwestern roads toward Paris.
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Paris
Virgil & Pinkley
United Press
Supreme Headquarters
AEF
France
Normandy
Virgil Pinkley
Seine
Caen
First
le Mans
Omar N. Gradley
Kidnapper Chooses Trial Over Electric Chair in Des Plaines Case
CHICAGO United Press reports Harry Glenn Page once willing to plead guilty to kidnapping three boys from a Des Plaines training school, but at arraignment he opted to risk acquittal or death in the electric chair. Page, linked to prior sex charges, was indicted under the Lindbergh Law and arrested in Los Angeles after a long search. One boy remained with him in a trailer in 20 months of pursuit. The two other boys, Frank and Ignatius Fanlis, had left the trailer near New Orleans and told police Page had kidnapped them.
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Chicago
U.P
Harry Glenn Page
Teasday
Des Plaines
Elwyn BR. Shaw
Page
Los Angeles
Constantine Matza
Frank
Ignatius Fanliss
New Orle
Pape
Weather Outlook for Hay Region and Valley Areas
Hay region shows clearing in after noon with high fog at night and morning today and Sunday. Fog near the ocean and normal temperatures overall. Livermore and Santa Clara Valley should be clear today tonight and Sunday with cooler conditions Sunday morning due to lingering fog.
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Hay Region
Cloar
Ocean
Livermore
Santa Clara Valley
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Durham
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