Hayward Plans City Hall and Memorial Center
Hayward officials urged county backing for a city hall on Castro Street forming a civic center with a Veterans Memorial building. Mayor Wilbur outlined a coordinated plan to reuse bonds, avoid duplicating space, and build with a single heat plant and caretaker, while awaiting a memorial building in Hayward.
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Veterans’ Memorial
Hayward
County Board of Supervisor
Oakland
John Lee Wilbur
Castro Street
City Plaza
Myers
Wilbur
Ruth Rogers
Frank Cunha
C. W. White
Charles W. Heyer
W. H Heamilton
Board of Supervisors
Wilburn
Hoover
Veterans’ Council
Livermore
White
Heyer
Harvard Dale
James
Namitton
Hamilton
Alameda
AM Myers
City Hall
Memorias Park
Sacramento
Twenty Thirties Completing Plans For Kids Party
Twenty Thirties completing plans for a Christmas party for thirty boys, wards of the Southern Alameda County Welfare board, at the Green Shutter hotel. A dinner, Santa Claus, sweaters, fruit, candy and nuts are on the program. Entertainment includes Kelly's Clover Kids in A Christmas Wed faing and Joy Silva the harmonica king, with Misses Ruth Graff and Elea nor Lang in pranologues assisted by Dorothea Lang. The Twenty Thirtians will also host their ladies and end with a mock party and whist after the youngsters depart. Each member will bring a gift for another member to heighten the evening's fun.
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Southern
Alameda County Welfare Board
Twenty-Thirty Club
Green Shutter Hotel
Santa Claus
Kelly's Clover
Joy Silva
Harmonica King
Ruth Graff
Eleanor Lang
Dorothea Lang
Helen Wills to marry Frederick Moody Jr soon
Berkeley report that plans for the marriage of Miss Helen Wills and Frederick Moody Jr will be announced Thursday by Mrs C A Wills. The ceremony is expected to be held in a few days.
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Berkeley
United Press
Helen Wills
Frederick Moody Jr
C. A. Wils
Chauncer's Collar Button Marks 32 Years Worn
Detroit reporter notes Chauncey Rundle Watson wore a shiny gold collar button since his 17th birthday and has kept it on for 32 years, claiming it has never been misplaced. The piece ends with an ad urging gifts from Frager's.
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Detroit
Chauncey Rundle Watson
Alameda County Farm Bureau to outline annual program
Directors and members of the water and membership committees meet at the Palace hotel in Livermore to perfect next year’s program. H. H. Morrill will address the gathering, with Richard C. Kennedy presiding. Plans include appointing water district representatives and studying southern Alameda water supply and conservation.
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Alameda
Farm Bureau
Alameda County
Hayward
Herch Wheteby
Alvarado
Livermore Farm Bureau Center
Unemployment Sets Low Record in California Industries
In October 1928 California manufacturing employed 163,062 at 720 establishments while October this year shows 170,214 workers, up 7,252 from 1928. Weekly payroll rose from 4,898,338 to 5,264,303 dollars, an increase of 353,965.
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Sacramento
California
Witt J. French
Young
63 Men Die In Oldtown Mine Explosion Near McAlester
In Oklahoma the Oldtown mine blast at 5000 foot level claimed 63 miners, with two survivors found. Families face a relief drive of 20000 dollars. 42 of the dead were married and leave 176 children. Gas caused by unknown origin triggered collapses in walls and ceilings.
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Mcalester
Okla
United Press
Oldtown
Atlantic Flight Ends in Crash Near Brazil Coast
A U Sflight from Spain to South America crashed in a Brazilian coastal forest killing Lieut. Col. Tadeo Larte Borges and Capt. Leon Challe. Challe was slightly injured while the other pilot perished in the wreck.
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Baria
Brazil
United Press
Tadeo Larte-Borges
Leon Challe
Spain
South America
Chalig
Pedestrian Struck On Decoto Highway and Simpson Inquest Verdict
A pedestrian identified as William Walker of Decoto was struck by a car driven by John Wilson of Niles on Decoto Highway around 8 oclock. The inquest verdict found Dr Frank Simpson and his wife died in an accidental crash on Telegraph Road, with cerebral hemorrhage and skull fractures as causes.
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Decoto
Frank Simpson
Berkeley
Telegraph Road
William Walker
John Wilson
Niles
Wilson
Walker
Wison
Hayward Central Hospital
Ernest Jackson
Paul Patterson
Simpson Cate
Dr. Simpson
Mrs. Simpson
Robert Rode
Ralph Ward
John Mitchel
Roz Hutto
Grant D. Miller
Walter F. Flier
Pratt Mortuary
Richard Young
Piedmont
Altamont Pass
Mountain House
Lions to fete wives and children at Christmas party
More than 125 attendees are expected at the Lions family Christmas party for wives and children at the Green Shutter hotel on Wednesday at 12 15. Hans Hennington, chairman, arranged the program featuring four Santa Clauses, Kelly's Klever Kiddies dance numbers, and a presentation titled A Christmas Wedding in Toyland.
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Green Shutter Hotel
Hans Hennington
Kelly
Toyland
Two Small Boys Caught Shoplifting at Woolworth Store
Two boys aged 14 and 15 were found shoplifting at Woolworth Monday evening. They slipped two toy locks and a package of screw eyes from the store display but were stopped by staff. Officer Walter Alves took them into custody and they paid for the items before release. Sterson Hat Orders advertised at Frager's, a man’s store. Theatre Building. dia tit
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Woolworth
Walter Alves
Sterson
Frager’s
Hayward
Forestry talk and club events at Hill and Valley meeting
Winfield Scott of San Francisco spoke on Forestry and Reforestation in the Sierra region at the Hill and Valley club meeting in the Masonic hall. He warned that water storage is mostly below ground and urged stronger forest protection to prevent farmers reverting to dry farming as waters drop. A Christmas party for 47 Welfare board children was scheduled for Wednesday at 2 PM. The club hosted a “Christmas Links” event with Mrs. R Morton Manson’s hosted tea and social hour at her Castro Street home attended by numerous members and guests.
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Sierra Region
Winfield Scott
San Francisco
California Forbat Protective Association
Hill and Valley Club
Masonic Hall
Scott
Welfare Board
R. Morton Manson
Castro Street
Minnie Seaver
J. G. Simpson
James D. Smalley
James Smith
W. J. Strobel
E. K. Strobridge
J. H. Strobridge
Daniel Sullivan
Oscar Swedenborg
Mesdames
M. B. Templeton
Joseph A. Ten Bro
Legion Christmas Party Planned by Hayward Post and Auxiliaries
Members of the Hayward post of the American Legion and its Auxiliary will host a Christmas party for their children Friday night at the Legion ball with a tree gifts and refreshments. A theatre party at Hayward theatre Tuesday night at 8 30 draws a large crowd of Legionnaires and Auxiliary members as part of fund-raisers for Livermore Veterans Hospital patients. The post holds a regular meeting Thursday evening.
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Hayward Post
The
American Legion
Legion
Hayward Theatre
Livermore Veterans' Hospital
Legion Post
Hayward Gym Class Extends Holiday Sessions
Another session of the Hayward business men's gym class will begin at the high school at 6 o'clock Tuesday evening and continue through the holiday season. Meetings are planned twice weekly on Tuesday and Thursday nights starting late January. Ned Kay of the high school faculty directs setting up exercises and volleyball for about a dozen to 15 men enjoying the activity.
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Hayward
Ned Kay
Californians Break Law At Rate Of Four Thousand Monthly
Sacramento reports 4000 Californians break the law monthly based on fingerprint filings. Clarence Morrill, head of the state bureau of criminal identification, notes nearly 2000 fingerprint files involve felonies and 1378 show prior criminal records among those prints.
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Sacramento
Chief Riggs Warns of Peril in Lights On Decorations
Fire Chief Manuel G. Riggs issues the annual Christmastide warning about fire risks from Christmas trees and decorations. He urges using electric lights instead of candles and cautions against inflammable materials to prevent tragedies during Hayward’s Christmas season.
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Chief Riggs
Manuel G. Riggs
Hayward
Methodist Xmas Cantata at Church Sunday
The Methodist Church choir presents the sacred cantata His Natal Day at 2 30 Sunday evening at the church. Roy J Bennett directs with over 20 choir members assisting. Next Monday the Sunday school holds a Christmas tree and entertainment. D Hough superintendent and teachers will assist.
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Methodist Church
Roy J. Bennett
D. Hough
Laboratory Blaze Invites Hayward Firedept Engagement
An alarm of fire at 11 plus Monday night drew the Hayward fire department to a Main Street laboratory, where sparks from an experiment in oil ignited a small blaze. James E. Cox, connected with a process manufacturing firm developing a project in Pajomares canyon, had been at work when the fire started. He extinguished the flames before fire crews arrived, causing negligible damage.
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Main Street
Hayward
James E. Cox
Pajomares
Canyon
Cox
Hayward Man Loses Father in Santa Cruz Funeral
Preston Slye of The Review attended funeral services for his father John Franklin Slye who died in Santa Cruz on December 9. A longtime Chico resident, he moved to Santa Cruz months earlier for health reasons. He was a native of Ohio. Friends express sympathy.
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Preston Slye
The
Review
Santa Cruz
John Franklin Slye
Chico
Ohio
Hayward
Firemen Plan Christmas Party for Hayward Volunteer Crew
Hayward's volunteer fire department prepares a Christmas party for members wives and children at the firehouse on December 7 1929 marking the last meeting of the year. Committee in charge includes Ed Mendonca Frank Marshall and Johnny Machado with tree gifts and refreshments.
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Hayward
Fire Department
Ed Mendonca
Frank Marshall
Johnny Machado
Southern Alameda Welfare Board Incorporates At Green Shutter Dinner
The Southern Alameda County Welfare board was incorporated at a Green Shutter hotel dinner with 25 signatories. F. W. Jones presided as the board expands powers to receive bequests, help families, and operate with legal permanence. D. R. Roberts added as director, Ruth McCord reads incorporation papers, and E. W. Burr notes bequest opportunities and past achievements.
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Alameda
Niles
Southern
Alameda County
Ruth McCord
Southern Alameda County Welfare Board
Yote
Frank Pereira
D. R. Roberts
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Chauncer
Lampdet
Water Committee
Atlantic
Decoto Highway
Lions
Hill and Valley
S. F
Fortland
Leelie F. Sherwood
Frager
Group Incorporated
Mr. Burr
E. W. Burr
Burr
McCord
Ernest Swain
Pleasanton
Swain
T. G. Hodgking
Rsubts
Arry
Rachve
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