Reno in 1940s mood amid boom hotels and gambling glare
A writer tours Reno and nearby Carson City describing a ten story hotel nearing completion off Virginia Street, lingering on luxury purchases, ongoing divorces, and economic strain as postwar western money tightens. The piece sketches Nevada diversions, gambling denizens, and local landmarks from the Riverside Casino to Mt. Rose views.
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Reno
Bricl and Steel
Virginia Street
Ut Ig
Nevada
Nevada Desert
San Francisco
Riverside
Washoe Valley
Carson City
Mt. Rose Range
Castle
Sandy
Bower
Court House
Heydey
Faro-Bank
Sacramento Bee
East Bay
The
Fire investigators probe Winecoff ruins for prevention lessons
In Atlanta investigators comb the Winecoff hotel ruins after 120 died, seeking causes to prevent future fires. Families of four missing teens plan to meet at First Baptist Gainesville Gap to decide on identifying remains, as 88 hurt endure critical conditions. The city councils and national bodies study the catastrophe while theories range from spontaneous combustion to possible short circuits.
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Atlanta
Winecoff
First Baptist
Gainesville Gap
National Fire Prevention Association
National Conference of Building Officials
Farm Bureau Meet Heads Alamedd County Delegation
Alamedd County Farm Bureau leaders under H. Underwood attend the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 24th annual meeting in San Francisco. About 5000 delegates gather for four days of speeches by Governor Earl Warren and undersecretary N. E. Dodd. The bureau, with 1,250,000 members, plans a drive to reach 2,000,000 as key 1947 policy resolutions are acted on Thursday.
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Alamedd County
Farm Bureau
H. Underwood
American Farm Bureau Federation
San Francisco
Earl Warren
California
N. E. Dodd
Chamber Directors To Meet Tomorrow
Hayward area chamber directors plan a regu lar luncheon meeting to discuss operations and activities for 1947. Members are asked to send written suggestions in time for the meeting, as reported by Secretary George Cracknell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce
Hayward, Area
George Cracknell
11 Killed in Hotel Blaze in Saskatchewan
SAKASTOON Saskatchewan authorities sought to identify 11 people killed in a Sunday hotel blaze that largely destroyed the Barry three story hotel. Eighteen injured as guests jumped or fell from windows while attempting to descend improvised ropes. Firefighters rescued almost 60 guests using ladders and fire escapes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sakastoon
Saskatchewan
Higgins
Man Held Here for Brandishing Gun
Andrew M. Iverson aged 47 at 6119 Strobridge Avenue Castro Valley was arrested by sheriff deputies on charges of brandishing a deadly weapon during an argument. Helen C. Proper 40 and her son Terry Sullivan 21 reported Iverson fired a shotgun toward them during the dispute. Iverson claimed he fired into the air while Sullivan picked up a rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew M. Iverson
Strobridge Avenue
Castro Valley
Helen C. Proper
Woman Treated After Denatured Alcohol Attempt
Mrs Francis H Padavena aged 29 of 18897 Melody Way was treated at Fairmont hospital after swallowing denatured alcohol in an argument with her husband Joseph P Padavena 34. Officers report she returned home this morning.
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Ater
Francis H. Padavena
Melody Way
Fairmont Hospital
Padavena
Joseph P. Padavena
Auto crash suspect held after pedestrian struck in Oakland
Lewis Jr Traylor a 26 year old Hayward electrician was held by Oakland police on driving while intoxicated investigation after a weekend crash near MacArthur boulevard and 90th avenue. He allegedly struck a woman pedestrian and fled, later saying he panicked. Mrs Vivian Bunsen, a Monterey School teacher, suffered a possible hip fracture, and four passersby covered her. Two other weekend crashes injured a second driver and a passerby. Police also reported a motorcycle skid and multiple minor injuries in separate collisions on Highway 50 and local streets. A pilot in Torrance faced drunk driving charges after flying dangerously low over homes.
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Taylor
Vivian Burnsen
Monterey
Bunsen
Highland Hospital
Diane Bartlett
13Th Street
Oakland
Itmont Hospital
Harry Lendell Bartlett
Highway 50
Crow Canyon Road
Bartlett
James Carnesecci
San Francisco
James Jacob Grover
Willow Street
Hayward
Upper A
Ruby Streets
Wallace Dowane Douglas
Third Street
Alameda
David Glen Wright
Box 25
San Lorenzo Village
Washington Boulevard
Nalycon Street
Elmer James Abbott
Bartlett Street
George Kegler Nelson
Paseo Grande
Hesperian Boulevard
Hit Run Horse Menaces Local Traffic Lanes
William J. Giacometti, 29, a San Francisco newspaper carrier, reported a horse escaped from a pasture and darted into South Garden Avenue at 4:90 a m. The horse Glecometti sand trotted in front of his Austin coupe, buckling the hood, breaking the windshield, denting the top, and snapping the clutch wire. The vehicle was towed. the horse owner was Joe Chitta of 1000 A Street.
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William J. Giacometti
Cochas
San Lorenzo Village
Giacometti
San Francisco
South Garden Avenue
Glecometti
Airfield Title Due This Year
Ownership of the Hayward army airfield is to transfer to the City of Hayward by year end. War Assets Administration will take custody from the U S Army Engineers December 20, then full ownership transfers follow. The city has operated the port under an interim permit for about a year. The agreement requires 25 percent of the field for federal use, port maintenance, and a future return to the government on demand in a national emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayward
War Assets Administration
U.S. Army Engineers
Emmanueal Silva Dies at Work In Hayward
Emmanuel Silva a longtime Pacific Telephone and Telegraph employee collapsed and died at work this morning from a heart attack. A Tiburon native and Castro Street resident, the 26 year company veteran leaves five children Edwin Ra mona Paul Kenneth and Vivian with three sisters Mary Isabel Lyda. Funeral services at Sorensen Brothers chapel are pending the arrival of his children.
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Emmanuel Sylvia
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Companied
The
Telephone Company
Telephone Pioneers of America
Sylvia
Tiburon
Castro Street
Hayward
Edwin Sylvia
Ramona Sylvia
Fresno
Paul
Kenneth Sylvia
U.S. Navy
Vivian McDowell
Mary Cook
Isabel Wolf
San Francisco
Lyda Leonesio
San Rafael
Sorensen Brothers
18 Marooned Scouts Found By Rescuers
Sheriff deputies and forest rangers led by the rescue party found 18 Los Angeles Boy Scouts and four adults on a freezing mountain ledge near Mount Wilson after darkness ended a 14 mile climb. All were unhurt except a newspaper reporter who suffered a heart attack and was evacuated.
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Montrose
Cal
Lri
Fighteen
Los Angeles
Sheriff's
Forest Rangers
Mount Wilson
Strutder
Carl Halverstradt, Jr
H. M. Voss
Sheriff's Deputies
Mrs Ehriser Gets Tehachapi Sentence
Mrs Billie Ehriser an eight year old expectant mother was sentenced to an indefinite prison term after being convicted of manslaughter in the death of her husband Harold 19. Superior Judge Momer Patterson sent her to the California institution for women at Tehachapi. Deputy District Attorney Wakefield Taylor said he would petition the state adult authority for leniency in the length of her prison term.
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Martine
Billie Ehriser
Harold
Momer Patter
Ehriser
California Institution For Women
Tehachapi
Wakefield Taylor
State Adult Authority
Hayward Scout Joins Southern District Camping and Activities Panel
Joseph Koenig of Hayward has been appointed vice chairman of the Camping and Activities committee for the southern district of the Boy Scouts. Dr. W. R. Krag confirmed the appointment noting Koenig’s years in Oakland scouting. He sits on the district executive committee and will help coordinate the upcoming giant scout-a-rama at the Oakland auditorium in February 1947.
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Joseph Koenig
Hayward
Boy Scouts
W. R. Krag
Koenig
Oakland
Oakland Auditorium
Hayward Merchants See Slower Christmas Sales Than Nation
Local merchants report a mixed pre Christmas outlook with ten of twelve Hayward stores saying sales proceed normally but overall 1946 gains lag behind national optimism. A general strike in the East Bay and a 40 percent tax hike dampen spending while shoppers favor better quality toys and practical items like shirts pajamas and lingerie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayward
Yale
HART
East Bay
Powers Agree to Withdraw Armies in Disarmament Plan
In a United Nations disarmament debate, allied powers, led by India, move to begin withdrawing troops from foreign soil and demobilize national forces as a first step. The subcommittee approved the principle of the Indian amendment with 16 votes in favor and 2 abstentions, while drafting details remain to be written. Egypt and France join Britain in urging early troop repatriation and demobilization of foreign forces.
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Lake Success
United Nations
Foregn
Andrei Yvishincky
Britain
Workers Return to Nation's Soft Coal Mines
The nation’s soft coal production jumped as united mine workers ended a two and a half week strike. Over 280,000 diggers returned to pits, with day shifts expanding nationwide and night shifts to follow as unions held meetings and awaited official strike cancellation orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
U.P
United Mine Workers
John K. Lewis
Charles Ward Dies at 85 in Ashland Home
Charles Ward, 85, died at his residence on Haven Street after a heart attack. The Ashland Fire Department resuscitation squad arrived after the attending physician called to the home. Funeral services are being arranged by Sorensen Brothers.
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Charles Ward
Infl Haven Street
J Ashland Fire Department
Sorensen Brothers
Union Men Go to Work
The Supreme Court agreed to speed a decision on the contempt conviction of John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers as 406,000 miners returned to work after an 18 day strike. The court set January 14 for oral argument and aims to issue a ruling before the March 3 strike deadline.
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Washington
U.P
Supreme Court
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UPL
Lewis
Truman
District Court
U.S. Court of Appeals
High Court
Whion
Altorneys
Republicans Renew Efforts for Laws
Washington reports Republican leaders insist the end of the softening strike does not lessen the need for strong new labor laws by the incoming Congress. Many Democrats agree the walkouts show a risk to vital industries and call for measures to prevent future disruptions. National Labor Relations Board notes a backlog of 6,552 cases, up 54 percent from last year, risking delays as Congress cut NLR funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U-P
Congress
Nation Labor Relations Board
NLAB
Dard
Nlrs
Year strike ends at J Case plant in Rockford
Workers at the J I Case Co plant in Rockford Illinois returned to work today ending one of the longest strikes in farm machinery history The walkout began December 26 1945 and lasted almost a year The dispute centered on labor terms and productivity at the plant and the resolution marks a major moment for the local industry and its workers
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Rockford, Hl
U.P
J. §. Case Co
Toeni
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