Massive Explosive Blast Hits Hercules Plant Kills Two
In Hercules California a nitroglycerine neutralizer blast at the Hercules Powder plant killed two workers Louis Sapir 26 and Andrew J. Hutt 40 of Hercules injured more than 26 and leveled two buildings. The blast shattered windows across Pinole Rodeo and San Francisco Bay area with flying glass and aftershocks felt miles away. Red Cross teams set up aid stations and dispatched eye specialists as authorities warned residents to stay indoors and avoid highways while rescue and curfew plans were considered.
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Remo Suey
Red Cross
Claude Christensen
United Press
Richmond
Calif
American Red Cross
Call of Pacific
Don Cramer
San Francisco
Itérisen
Wu Pine
Hercules
Contra Costa
Christensen
Peice
Sherif Long
Lereules
Wer
Two More Added To Quiz List State Dept
The Senate Foreign Relations committee will hold hearings on six state department appointees after Roosevelt nominated James C Dunn and Brig Gen Tulots C Holmes as assistant secretaries. Other nominees include Joseph Clark Grew for undersecretary and W L Clayton Archibald MacLeish and Nelson Rockefeller as assistant secretaries. Debate focused on Clayton MacLeish Dunn and cartels with opposition from liberal senators and labor figures.
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Washington
Senate
State Department
Roosevelt
James C. Dunn
Tulots C. Holmes
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Tom Connally
Tex
Clayton
van A. Bittner
United States Steel Workers
CIO
United States
Fishermen Meet Coordinator Over Monterey Dispute
A group of 800 Monterey sardine fishermen meet O E Sette in San Francisco to resolve a stand over landing quotas. 72 boats idle as union members demand limiting catches to Monterey and optional transfers to San Francisco.
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San Francisco
USA
Monterey
O. E. Sette
U. S
Monterey Seine and Line Fishermen's Union
AFL
Sette
Lodiy
Pugsley Awarded Bronze Star for Bravery in Germany
Aaron Dr. Pugsley of Hayward California earned the Bronze Star for bravery as a mortar squad leader in the 29th division in Germany. On Oct 14 1944 at Hatterath he repaired a dead line, alerted guards, and held a position under mortar fire to repulse the enemy. He is the son of Mrs Irene Pugsley. News from Division Headquarters.
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Aaron Dr. Pugsley
Grand View Ave
Hayward
Germany
Charles H. Gerhardt
Hatterath
Pugsley
Torsid Tor
Irene Pugsley
Child's Body Found On Shore Of Lake Merritt
Oakland police recovered the body of 31 year old John Mahle from the east shore of Lake Merritt after a child report indicated he had fallen from a boat landing. The body was lodged under a piling about 20 feet offshore.
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Oakland
W.P
John Mahle
Lake Merritt
Arthur Brown
WPB predicts five years of Jap War in Pacific
Boston WPB regional director Walker Mason told a WPB conference that Navy estimates foresee five more years of fighting in the Pacific before Japan falls. He said European victory will not affect naval armament and cited astronomical ammunition use. Shelves are nearly cleared and demand for a stockpile remains as ammunition moves directly from plants to fronts.
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Boston
Walker Mason
War Producting Board
Pence
Navy
Pacific
Mason
WPB
Inboy
New England Metal Industriatists
Japan
Tsee
Income refunds delayed by return errors in 1943 taxes
Washington reported that about 10 million taxpayers who filed correctly have received refunds, while roughly 1 million more await payments due to return errors. The Internal Revenue Service blamed clerical mistakes and minor discrepancies for the delays.
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Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Bureau
Farm Bureau Drafts New Set of By Laws
The Farm Bureau Board of directors will adopt a new by law set at a special meeting in Niles on December 13. The board recently incorporated and aims to modernize the organization. President Edwin Orloff leads the group.
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Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Niles
Edwin Orloff
Gure Verdingt
Deny
Roosevelt signs 90 day reemployment aid for veterans
The White House announced President Roosevelt signed legislation extending the period for veterans to apply for reemployment at their prewar jobs from 40 to 90 days after release from service. The act also allows veterans who are hospitalized on release to apply within 90 days after hospitalization ends, provided confinement does not exceed a year.
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Washington
U.P
White House
Roosevelt
Bonds Drive Civic War Effort Urged in Hayward
A call to patriotic duty urges residents to buy war bonds in Hayward. The message emphasizes voluntary service as a personal responsibility and praises those who fulfill their duties without compulsion.
Bond Sale Lags as Hayward Sells Half Quota
Hayward has sold just over half its Sixth War Bond quota with $1,052,000 raised of $1,185,142. Bond sales lag in the E bonds with $291,709 still to go of a larger target. Markham schools promote bonds and Hayward Union High plans to reach its $25,000 share as Wea premiere is shown at the Hayward theatre Tuesday night with tickets tied to bond purchases.
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Hayward
FBI
Markham School
Hayward Union High
Haywarites
Wea
Hayward Theatre
Acwar Bomtbiy
Tokyo Raid Gets Little Opposition
United Press report from Saipan says a late mission of Boeing B-29 Superfortresses bombed the Tokyo area with heavy bombs and met little enemy resistance. Pilots reported no enemy fighters in the skies and minimal anti aircraft fire, with one airfield damaged and several planes hit during a dawn raid on Saipan prior to the Tokyo strike.
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Mac RB
Johnson United Press
21St Bomber Command
Saipan
Navy
Iwo
Tokyo
Walter Kelly
Norristown
Jap Dinfield
Lloyd R. Turk
Washash
Garold
Chaplin
Chappaqua
Forest Home
Branlon H. Hamrick
Manhattan Beach
Cal
Greenville
Ray Hamrick
Philadelphia Phillies
Wisconsin Man Dies in Airplane Crash on Hesper Inn Blvd
A Wisconsin man Allan Bourain, 25, of Appleton, was killed Friday morning when his P-88 plane crashed near Hesper Inn Blvd. The incident report states Bourain, the pilot, died at the scene with authorities confirming the tragedy.
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Wisconsin
Hesper
Inn Blvd
Allan Bourain
Appleton
Wis
Boy on Bike Breaks Leg After Car Collision
Ten year old Donald Hatni suffered a fractured right leg when a sedan driven by Navy sailor Thomas Lee Hardman struck his bicycle on Redwood Road Friday evening. Donald, of 9183 Heyer Avenue, is hospitalized at Hayward, with no lights or reflectors on the bike.
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Donald Hatni
Redwood Rd
Donald
Heyer Ave
Hayward Hospital
Highway Patrol
Thomas Lee Hardman
Naval Air Station
Alameda
Castro Valley Blvd
Judges Urge Reform Plan for Juvenile Delinquency
Three superior court judges urged broad reforms in juvenile delinquency handling before the State Interim committee on the California Youth Authority. They pressed for code revisions affecting ages 18 to 21 and proposed amending the welfare and institutions code to grant judges discretion in placing cases with the authority. Judge Samuel R. Blake, former presiding justice of the juvenile court, backed the proposal.
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Los Angeles
California Youth Authority
Missing Second Lt Wallace Glass In Actions Over Europe
Second Lt Wallace Glass has been missing in action over Yugoslavia since November 17. His parents Mr and Mrs Clarence Glass of Lake Chabot Road Hayward were informed. Wally, a bombardier on B-24 Liberator based in Italy, has been overseas since August. A Hayward Union High School graduate, he completed bombardier school at Carlsbad New Mexico last March and married Nelda MacGlaas of Carlsbad shortly after.
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Wallace Glass
Yugo- Slavia
Clarence Glass
Lake Chabot
Wally
Nelda Mac Glaas
Italy
Hayward Union High School
Bombardier
Carlsbad
N. M
Ife
Nelda Mac Mai
Dewey Visits Farm After Transcontinental Campaign Trip
Governor Thomas B. Dewey heads to his Pauling farm for the first visit since leaving in September on a cross country tour as the Republican presidential candidate.
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Dewey
Albany
Thomas B. Dewey
Pauling
Smash Hot Nazi Counter Attack East of Saar
American infantry smashed 12 pillboxes near Saarlautern with flame throwers and grenades, pushing into Siegfried Line defenses after repelling a fierce German counterattack. About 600 Germans with 11 tanks retreated to Dillingen as Third Army and Seventh Army expanded in the Saar basin and toward Saarbruck en and the Rhine frontier.
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Saar
James McGlincy
United Press
Paris
Saarlautern
Barr River
Dillingen
Saar Basin
Apai
George 5. Patton
Saarbrucken
Saar River
Saarguemines
Third
Svar
Dilligen
Seventh
Third Army
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh Army
France
Boarder
Sarre Union
Gumbshien
Rhine
Strasbourg
Vosges River
Courtney H. Hodes
First Army
Cologne Plain
Grosshian
Scouts Will Collect Marine Clippings
Boy Scouts have been asked by the U S Marine Corps to gather newspaper and magazine clippings about Marines. Scout executive Ben Lamkin says the clippings will serve as morale builders for Marines in action.
Workers Out In Protest At Columbia Steel Mill
Five thousand Columbia Steel workers in Pittsburg walk out in sympathy with riggers protesting a Sunday work ban. Local 1440 CIO plans a mass meeting to decide on returning to work as talks proceed. Union leaders note a six day week since April and new contracts threaten Sunday shifts for 21 weeks. An unrelated Hayward ordinance on bar dancing to be read at Monday council meeting with PTA representatives set to attend.
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Pittsburg
Muri
Columbia Steel Company
Army
Navy
Oned Steel Workers of
Amorivi
CIO
Righgers
Mare Island Navy Yard
Maarine
Army Ardnance
Smith
Hayward
Gen. A. Mays
Mays
C. W. White
P.T.A
Laverns
Hayward Union High School
P.T. A
Robert Smith
Clarence Rust
PTA
Plymouth Dealers Meet in San Francisco With Plymouth Officials
Alvin Joseph George F Juel and William B Clarke Hayward Plymouth dealers conferred with Plymouth factory executives at the Padumont hotel Friday. Plans and methods of operation vital to America's war and post war transportation were discussed.
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Alvin Joseph
George F. Juel
William B. Clarke
Hayward
Plymouth
Padumont
America
Fahm Center Plans Its Christmas Party
The Livermore Pleasanton nym Center will hold its annual Christmas party in the For hall in Livermore on Friday.
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Fahm Center
Livermore
Pleasanton
Nym Center
For
Rift Over Allied Policy Toward Liberated Lands Deepens
United States and Britain show widening gaps on policy toward liberated European governments. Despite Lord Halifax's claim of substantial understanding, officials expect no full agreement until a Roosevelt Churchill Stalin meeting. Britain seeks intervention rights, while the U S favors a hands off approach, with both sides pledging renewed consultation on future actions.
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Robert J. Manning
United Press
Washington
United States
Great Britain
U. and
Britain
Aber
U. S
Thalifax
Sletlinias
Fairview Fire Commissioner Election Set for Wednesday
Fairview residents will gather at the fire house on Wednesday December 13 at 8 to elect three fire commissioners for two year terms. Incumbents Alfred Sorensen Chris Goulard t Edward Garcia have terms expiring while Jake Dalke and Harry Staltengren remain in office. Firemen will still collect papers for the 1945 season and money will go into the truck fund savings account after the war with residents urged to donate.
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Wemensday
Fairview Tire District
Alfred Sorensen
Chris Goulardt
Edward Garcia
Oither
We Board
Jake Dalke
Harry Staltengren
Une
Film Executive Dies From Auto Injuries
New York film executive Ti dwell, 48, vice president at 20th Century Fox, died at Jewish Memorial Hospital from injuries after a Riverside Boulevard collision. His wife Gladys and three children survive. San Leandro girl June Woods, 50, was bitten by a dog on Rincon by Luciel Garside. sheriff warns to keep dog tied for 10 days.
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New York
Wwe
Ovaney Tidwell
20Th Century-Fox Films Corporation
Jewish Memorial Hospital
Towallis
Averbunna
Riverside
Dalya
Wgth
St Giles Golliding
Cutoe Company
Sines WR
Gladys
San Leandho
June Woods
Rincon
Luciel Garside
San Leandro
Mise Garside
Weather forecast for Bay Area and valleys
United Press reports clear conditions today across San Francisco Bay Region and valleys with partial cloud cover tonight and Sunday. Northern California remains clear in the north and partly cloudy in the south with very light rain possible in the extreme south Sunday and minor temperature changes expected.
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United Press
San Francisco Bay Region
Livermore Valley
Santo
Clara Valley
Monterey Bay Area
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Glass
Charles J. Smith
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Edward J. Stettinius, Jr
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