Mindoro Invasion Expands Philippine Campaign Reach
Allied forces land on Mindoro's southwest coast after a 600 mile amphibious assault, driving inland to seize initial objectives near San Jose and an airfield site. MacArthur says it splits the Philippines and dominates sea routes to China. Japanese claim several ships sunk or damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas MacArthur
China
Domei Agency
America
San Jose
Mindarg
Thebroad
Tokyo
Sulu
Mindoro
Doughboys
Leyte
Caminawitt Point
St. Augustin Wharf
Stores Warn Merchants Against Forger Threats
Chief of Police George Porth warns merchants during the holiday rush to tighten checks and train staff. He urges initialing checks, noting IDs, and maintaining records to locate payers if a forged item is returned. He emphasizes questioning whether loss can be recovered and urges vigilance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pulice
George Porth
Forth
Roosevelts Visit White House In-Laws
Hollywood notes say Col Elliott Roosevelt and actress Faye Emerson left town quietly then headed to visit Emerson's mother in Texas and the White House. The couple wed December on the Grand Canyon rim during a snowstorm and may travel by private plane amid a Warner Bros. rumor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
URI
Elliott Roosevelt
Faye Emerson
Miss Emerson
Texas
White House
Dee
Grand Canyon
Californian Loses Teeth in South Pacific Action
Richard A. Hall of Venice California officially listed as missing in action after an assault on Japanese pill boxes in the Southwest Pacific. While advancing with his rifle platoon a grenade pin ripped free when Hall pulled it with his teeth, sending his upper plate away. he survived the encounter and quipped about earning a purple heart for his teeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Pacific
Fie
Richard A. Hall
Venice
Cal
Hall
Boy Cut Severely By Popcorn Machine Cord
A boy around years old at 965 Hesperian Blvd tripped over the loose cord of a popcorn machine at a soft drink stand. The machine toppled onto him, leaving an eight to nine inch horse shoe shaped cut requiring 20 stitches. The injury involved skin and hair tearing from the ear. two women in a car later took him to Dr. F. K. Kearney for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Chilicoat
Hesperian Blvd
F. K. Kearney
SV Herperian Blvd
T He Whill
Fire damages basement of island avenue church
A Friday night blaze damaged a section of the Congregational Church basement on Island A Sts. The fire scorched 10 by 16 feet of space, burned floor joints, and damaged or missing the organ. Estimated loss about 400 dollars. Cause undetermined. alarm reported to Hayward Fire Dept at 8 05 by a passing child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church
Island A Sts
Godfrey Matthews
Anthony August
Hayward
Seven Burned In Berkeley Rooming House Fire
Seven residents were burned or overwhelmed by smoke as a three alarm blaze gutted Stebbins Hall near the University of California campus. Damage was set at 10,000 dollars. Firemen fought the flames for two hours after discovery shortly before 3 30 am.
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Berkeley
University of California
Stebbins Hall
Alice Messinger
San Bernardino
Marion Weisstein
Jean Goedenour
Hungry Soldier Looks Forward To War’s End Feast
Excerpts from a wartime letter by Pat George Jr to his wife in 1944 Philippine Islands describe relentless rain, food shortages, and longing for home meals. He jokes about enemy conditions, imagines private banquets with dog scraps, and vows to eat turkey and enjoy long baths once home. The message ends noting the war is hell, with continuation on page 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippine Islands
Ubi
Ike
Ping
King
Inductees Named By Local Draft Board No 4
Registrants inducted today by Draft Board No 4 include Rhinehart G Quiring Henry Giordann Willard A Rule Waldon Rivers Diaz Arthur B Medeiros Joseph Green Joe M Morena Wendell K Morrison Robert J McAdoo Lawrence R Garcia Rudolph C Monnz Edwin Wilborn Lawrence Donald Cardoza Frederick C Albert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Draft Board No.4
Rhinehart G. Quiring
Henry Giordann
Willard A. Rule Waldon
Rivers Dess Diaz Arthur B. Medeiros
Joseph Green
Joe M. Morena
Wendell K. Morrison
Robert J. McAdoo
Lawrence R. Garcia
Rudolph C. Monnz
Edwin Wilborn Lawrence Donald Cardoza
Frederick C. Albert
H U H S Grad Plays On Giants Game Broadcast Suit
A Castro Valley boy, Francis Frank Cope, former Hayward Union athlete, will play left tackle for the New York Giants when they face the Green Bay Packers tomorrow in New York. The game will be broadcast on WLPO according to United Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.U.H.S. Grad
New York Giants
Green Bay Packers
New York
Castro Valley
Giants
Francis Frank Cope
M. Cope
Strawbridge Ave
Hayward Union High School
Wlom
United Press
San Lorenzo Man Held For Theft Of Cash And Papers
John Seymour of 16169 Via Andeta San Lorenzo is jailed on $2500 bail on charges of stealing $65 from Dick Fung 47 of Box 1144 San Lorenzo. Fung says Seymour lured him from Manuel Gamen ava Service Station last Sunday, beat him, stole his pocketbook and ID, then left him nearby with injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Seymour
Andeta
San Lorenzo
Dick Fung
Fung
Seymour
Manuel Gamenava
Lewelling Blvd
Sheriff's Office
Samplain
War in Brief: Allied advances in Pacific and European theaters
Western Front sees Germans rushing panzer reserves in upper Rhineland to stop American penetration. U S 7th Army secures new gains. In the Pacific, American forces land across Leyte and Mindoro regions, penetrating toward Manila. Eastern Front reports Russian tanks and Cossack horsemen advancing toward Vienna and Bratislava as air raids target Ludwigshaven. Burma observes collapse of Japanese resistance with Chinese mop up near Irrawaddy Bhamo. In Italy, Canadian corps widen the Naviolio Canal bridgehead west of Ravena as British and Polish units advance southwest of Faenza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Western Front
Rhineland
U.S
7Th Army
Pacific
Leyte
Manila
Philippines
Mindoro
Hungary
Vienna
Bratislava
Ludwigshaven
Burma
Irrawaddy
Bhamo
Italy
Bir
Naviolio Canal
Ravenaa
Faonaa
Overseas Wave First Wave Arrives at Shoemeker
Lorena Brasfield, Y2c, of Dallas Texas, arrives with Overseas Wave First Wave 9 at Shoemeker for overseas transfer. At her previous station in San Pedro she handled overseas drafts. She is 21 years old.
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Shoemeker
Lorena Brasfield
Y2c
Dallas
Texas
San Pedro
Miss Brasfield
Waves Arrive At Shoemaker Enroute Overseas
One hundred seventy two Waves and officers report to Shoemaker Naval Receiving Barracks as the sole pre embarkation site for overseas duty in World War II. The group trains for deployment to Hawaii, the Canal Zone and Alaska in 1945, with 18 months continuous duty and no leave. Training overseen by Lt. Margaret Kuchel, Ens. Adele McGuane, and Ens. Helen Rose includes lectures, movies, physical fitness, and medical examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Kuechle
Ens
Adele McGuane
Helen Rose
Cash Stolen From Ashland Gas Station
Money and articles valued at eighteen dollars were stolen from Fred Balty Service Station at 141-105th Ave Ashland after a break in Thursday night. Eight dollars in change, a tool link, ignition pliers, a flashlight, and several files were taken. The front door was broken and drawers left open when Balty opened the station in the morning. Balty reported multiple prior break ins and gasoline thefts over four months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Balty
105Th Ave
Ashland
Balt
Balty
Baltz
Pleasure Drivers Lose Their Gas
Daywatch motorists received suspensions from the local war price and rationing board. Milton W. Lewis avoided surrendering coupons for Day Meadows gas for 3 coupons. Louis Verrett bought gas without coupons for 90 days. Carl W. Vaden failed to surrender enough coupons on leaving employment for 2 coupons. Dale Mummah faced 15 days for pleasure driving at Bay Meadows. William A. Fassnachi received 18 days for Bay Meadows pleasure driving. J. M. Hess moved to Oklahoma with special gasoline and was returned after 6 months. Robert J. Will used occupational gasoline for other purposes for 80 days. Dennis L. Robe received special gasoline to move to Miami, Ohio and returned. statements claim stations did not ask for new coupons for return trip for 4 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daywatch
War Price and Rationing Board
Milton W. Lewis
Ard St
Day Meadows
Louis Verrett
Quarry Rd
Carl W. Vaden
Marin Ave
Dale Mummah
Hayward
Bay Meadows
William A. Fassnachi
Harmony Dr
J. M. Hess
Fuller Ave
Oklahoma
Robert J. Will
Alden Rel
Dennis L. Robe
Rodw Wood Rd
Miami
Ohla
Wade
Boys Chop Down 15 Eucalyptus To Build House
Four boys aged nine to eleven cut down thirteen small eucalyptus trees on Edith Flores’s property at 16979 Stanton Ave to build a playhouse. Deputies found the trees sawed and piled, trees shoved under a fence. Boys promised not to repeat the act. parents to reimburse Mrs. Flores for loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Flores
Stanton Ave
Slight Rise in Jobless Benefits Reported
The State Employment Stabilization Commission reported a small but persistent rise in unemployment benefit payments for November with a seasonal uptick. The upturn is most noticeable in Southern California and the San Francisco Bay Area, especially in Los Angeles County's aircraft industry. 940 veterans drew benefits in November, up about 350 a week from October, though totals remain lower than the number of returning veterans and most unemployment among veterans lasts only briefly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento U
State
War Loan Drive Extended to January 1
The Sixth War Loan Drive, though officially ended today, is extended to January 1 for individual bond purchasers. Wart Finance Committee Chairman Val Hollingsworth expressed confidence that the quota will be met by year’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan J
Val Hollingsworth
Wart Finance
Streen
Hollingsworth
Maynard
Glass broken at Rio Grande Gas Station pumps
J J Mitchell proprietor of Rio Grande Gas Station reported to police at 10 this morning that three gas pumpers had their glass broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.J. Mitchell
Castra St
Rio Grande
Brain Injury Claims Death Of Local Motorcyclist
Loren Base aged 27 of 22774 Santa Clara Ave Hanford dies from brain injuries after a motorcycle collision Thursday in Hayward. He was taken to Haysward Hinsypital by John J. Feira Jr. and discharged at his request. Base is survived by wife Leni F. Bass and numerous relatives. Funeral arrangements are pending at Sorensen Bros. Mortuary as his father travels from Washington.
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Tugaday
Loren
Oak Knoll Hospital
Hugh L. Bass
U.S. M.C
South Pacific
Charles Bass
Oklahoma
Buddy Bass
Hayward
Jack
Billy and
Mary Bass
Hanford
Washington
Fern Bass
Chicago
Kerry Don
Billie Mack Rushing
Joplin
Sorensen Bros
Car rolls off shoulder injuring San Francisco man
Juhi' Cretan, 60, of San Francisco, suffered neck and shoulder injuries Friday afternoon when a station wagon and a Wailer veered off Highway 50 near Livermore. Driver George TH. Steuros of Lodi said a left rear tire failure caused loss of control, tossing the vehicle across the road with 30 lugs of grapes inside, then rolling onto the shoulder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juhi
San Francisco
Highway 50
Livermore
George TH. Steuros
Lodi
Posthumous Purple Heart Award for James Serpa
The Purple Heart is awarded posthumously to James Serpa son of Joseph J Serpa of 1229 B Street. The citation notes wounds received in battle led to his death. James was believed killed in action in France on August 8 and had been reported missing in action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Serpa
Joseph J. Serpa
James
France
Seven Families Flee Two-Alarm Fire in San Francisco
A two alarm blaze forced seven families from two flats in San Francisco today. Estimated damage set at 30000 dollars. One firefighter sustained a slight injury.
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San Francisco
Oarty
Funeral Services For Lupe Velez Planned For Tuesday
Hollywood mourns tempestuous star Lupe Velez as funeral services were tentatively set for Tuesday at 10 a.m. in Mollywood with arrangements likely to change. Her sister Mrs Josefin Anderson travels from San Antonio to attend, while Mexican officials consider burial options in Mexico or California. Authorities label the death as a self inflicted tragedy with notes indicating she planned to harm herself rather to bear an unwed pregnancy. her mother remains ill in Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Lupa Velez
Mollywood
Charles E. Trezona
Misseles
Forest Lawn
Contimird Oo
Defense Of France Crumples On Lauterbourg Breakthrough
Paris dispatch reports General Patch’s Seventh Army breached the French border at Lauterbourg, pushing toward the Siegfried line as Patton’s Third Army advances into Germany. Heavy artillery and house to house fighting marked the southern Dil lingen sector with intense bombardment on the Luxembourg frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McGlincy
United Press
Paris
URI
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh Army
Lauterbourg
Karlsruhe
Rhine
France
West Wall
Patch
Germany
Palatinate
George
Patton
Third
Erehing
Sarregue
Third Army
Dillingen
Saar
Saariauters
Cathearal
Courtney H. Houges
Fishermen Sail Today After Union Reaches New Pact
Eight hundred Monterey sardine fishermen, who had a two week holiday, will sail today after union leaders and G B Sette, Pacific area coordinator, reach a new agreement. The plan, to be explained at a Monterey meeting, resolves objections of the Monterey seine and line fishermen's union. The deal allows landings in San Francisco and Monterey, limits totals, and follows a previously vetoed settlement that would have sent some catches to San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
U.al
Monterey
G. B. Sette
Pacific Area
Sette
Monterey Seine and Line Fishermen’s Union
APL
Union
Wien
Sefie
Weather Forecast for Northern California and Bay Area Regions
Partly cloudy today tonight and Sunday with a few light showers this afternoon or tonight. Mild temperatures. Northern California partly cloudy today tonight and Sunday with few light showers along southern and central coasts and in the hills with little temperature change.
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San Francisco Bay Region
Monterey Bay Area
Santa Clara Valley
Livermorn
Silinus
California
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William B. Dickinson
Tieadquarters
Nt. Hansports
Pat George Jr
Francis
Courtesy
Fleet City News
Shoemaker Enroute
Lupe
Panzer
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