B 29 Raid On Hankow And Mindoro Advance Reported
B 29s from Saipan punched Hankow China and Nagoya as Tokyo warned of heavy raids on Japan industry. The Nagoya attack followed a similar operation last week with 100 planes. In the Philippines Allied forces advanced on Mindoro, pushing inland and splitting the Yamashita line on Leyte.
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Washington Kup
Kik
Japan
Unite Ve
Nuagoye
Hankow
China
Nagoya
Mitsubishiircraft
Saipan
Tokyo
Allied Headquarters
Philippines
Mindoro
Manila
Leyte
War In Brief: Western Front German Counteroffensive Rolls Deep
Western Front reports describe the heaviest German counteroffensive of the western campaign, coordinated with V bomb strikes, punching into Belgium and Luxembourg along a 70 mile front. Allied forces push 12 miles inland on Mindoro in the Philippines as Nagoya and Han kaw targets draw airstrikes. Eastern Front sees renewed Red Army pressure near Budepost Mires and near the capital. Italian front notes Eighth Army activity along the Sertio river with Canadian advances toward Bagnacavallo Faenza area.
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United Press
Western Front
First Army
Belgium
Luxembourg
Nagoya
Japan
Hankaw
Mindoro
Philippines
Budepost
Red Army
Eighth Army
Sertio
Faenza
Bagnacayaillo
Army Dischargee Dies Under Wheels of Train
Albert A. Samora a 34 year old Army dischargee from Pinedale California was killed last night by a Pacific Electric train while lying on the tracks near Compton witnesses said the motorman Je HH Campbell reported seeing the man only half a car length away police reported the accident is under investigation the incident occurred shortly after his discharge from the army in January.
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Compton
Calif
Kya
Albert A. Samora
Pinedale
Wye
Army
Pacific Electric
Je HH. Campbell
Boy Confesses Bicycle Theft Near Tehama Street
A 22 year old boy confessed taking Raymond Steagall s bicycle from 1160 Lemony Drive on Saturday with a 1 year old boy. They removed the fenders in a creek near Tehama Street. The bicycle was returned but its fenders are beyond repair. The theft report was sent to juvenile probation.
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Raymond Steagall
Lemony Drive
Togfether
Tehama Street
Raymond
Juvenile Probation Office
US backs possible Polish border settlement by end of war
The United States in a policy statement said it would not object to finalizing a Polish Russian boundary settlement before the war ends if a mutual agreement is reached by the United Nations directly concerned. It stopped short of urging immediate action, but noted such an agreement could aid the war effort. Secretary of State Stettinius highlighted support for a strong independent Poland with full internal self-determination.
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Washington
U.P
United States
Hilicy
Poland
United Nations
Russia
Britain
Edward R. Stetinius, Jr
Ranch Hand Held for Not Reporting for Induction
Sacramento report states Herbert Franklin Rabedew was ordered held on $1000 bail by Commissioner Adcellia McCabe for failing to report for induction into the armed forces. Rabedew, arrested last week on a ranch near Oroville, will face federal proceedings in Los Angeles.
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Sacramento
US 8
Adcellia McCabe
Herbert Franklin Rabedew
Los Angeles
Rabedew
Oroville
Police Take In Stray Child Who Wandered From Sunday School
A one and a half year old girl Nedra Calvin was found wandering the streets Sunday morning and brought to the police station by 9 passersby. Her parents retrieved her at 11:40 a.m. after reporting she had strayed from a Sunday school group. Also reported, four gallons of gasoline were stolen from Mary Bralen’s car parked in front of the Valley post office.
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Ono
Nedra Calvin
Gas Meek Avey
Nedra
Mary Bralen
Center
Tho Valley
California War Draft Quota Raised 20 Percent
Sacramento state director of selective service K H Leitch announced California's January induction quota will grow by 20 percent due to military necessity. A 20 percent expansion of pre induction physical exams is also ordered for January, with a substantial increase during the last two weeks. February inductions will be 40 percent higher than December levels.
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Sacramento
U.pi
K. H. Leitch
Selective Service
California
Armed Services
Leitch
Switch
Death by Own Action Ends Former San Lorenzo Resident Life
Albert Nistad, 35, a cement finisher and former president of Sam Linen, hanged himself in a shed near the Clubbs’ home in Martinez, U P. He left a note indicating despondency over health. The incident occurred yesterday.
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Martinez
U.P
Albert. Nistac
Leon Clubb
Nistad
4 Construction
DL Health
Sam Linen
Former Local Man Hurt In France
Former Hayward resident Shigeru Yabumatu, 27, noted as wounded in action with the 42nd Infantry on the French front November 7, telegrams his sister Mrs. Kinuye Yanagi at the Central Utah Relocation Center in Topaz Utah. Inducted in Lodi California in early 1941, he went overseas last August after attending Hayward High School.
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PLC
Shigeru Yabumatu
Hayiward
42Nd Infantry
War Department
Kinuye Yanagi
Central Utah Relocation Center
Topaz
Utah
Pfe
Yabumoto
Lodi
Calif
Hayward High School
U. S. Moves to Seize Montgomery Ward Assets
The government prepared to act against Montgomery Ward & Co. with sanctions or seizure if it fails a midnight deadline to comply with War Labor Board wage and union rules. WLB member Graham likened Ward’s defiance to 1943 coal strikes, as hearings Ward did not attend ordered actions affecting stores in Detroit Chicago Jamaica Denver St Paul San Rafael and Portland.
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Washington
U.P
Montgomery Ward & Co
War Labor Board
WLB
Frank PT. Graham
United Mine Worksers
Montgomery Ward
Detroit
Chicaga
Jamaica
N. Y
Denver
St. Paul
Hayworth and Welles Welcome Rebecca Rebecca
Hollywood couple Rit Hayworth and Orson Welles welcomed a baby daughter weighing six pounds six ounces born last night at St Johns Hospital. Rebecca is the name the pair plan for their child, born to the glamorous actress who wed Welles in October 1943.
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Hollywood
A.P
Rit Hayworth
Orson Today
Rebecca
St. Johns Hospital
Welles
Lift Mass Exclusion Order On Jap Citizens Return Permitted
United Press reports a 24 year mass exclusion for Japanese residents ending with gradual returns. Maj. Gen. Pratt warns of few incidents but no large intervention. California officials and Legion oppose but will comply. Gov Warren urges order adherence to prevent unrest. Local leaders fear possible race riots and renewed anti Japanese sentiment along the Pacific coast.
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Sam Hanson
United Press
San Francisco
Pi—West
California
Henry C. Pratt
Gene Real
Western Defense Vete
Wess
Prath
Margit
War Bonds Drive Urges Support For Sixth War Loan
Guy Warren appeals to readers in Hayward to buy war bonds now to fund ammunition for front line troops in Germany and the Philippines. He frames the Sixth War Loan as a personal duty, stressing the desperate need and urging citizens not to let soldiers down.
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Germany
Philippines
Hayward
Holcomb Is Prisoner In Germany
Pvt Edward Howard Holcomb, long overseas, is a prisoner of war in Germany. His mother, Mrs Eula L Holcomb of 602 D street, says the Red Cross sent a telegram after reports he was missing in action and later captured by Germans in Italy.
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Pvt
Edward Howard Holcomb
Germany
Eula L. Holcomb
D Street
Holcomb
Red Cross
Italy
Arrest Chinese For Opium Sale In Auburn Calif
Three Chinese individuals linked to opium and morphine sales were arrested in Auburn California. Let Yon Gon, 39, faces possession and sale charges. Wong Pey Lin, 46, proprietor of a local restaurant, is accused after opium was found there. Ing Ho, a soldier, was surrendered to military authorities.
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Auburn
Calif.u.p
Dewitt General Hospital
Let Yon Gon
Wong Pey Lin
California
Federal Narratives
Arnold Lachenaar
Ing Ho
Ing
Pitch saves $1000 cash in Los Angeles robbery
Mrs Mabel C Walls and husband Forrest E Walls were robbed after a tire blew out near their cafe. A bandit jumped from a hedge and demanded their money. The wife tossed her purse over a hedge as the thief searched the man and his wallets. The bandit escaped with $30 plus $50 in change and $200 earlier token, while the purse remained missing.
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Los Angeles
Mabel. C. Walls
Woman Cited After Car Hits Bus on A Street
Helen Theresa McDonough of 25502 Franklin Avenue was cited for reckless driving after her car struck the rear of a Key System bus parked on A Street near Myrtle Street at 12 15 this morning. Passenger Pte Edward Domsher of Le Hayward Army Airfield suffered facial injuries and a sprained ankle, treated at Mont hospital. The bus was driven by Thomas Ray Lemmond at Oakland and was pushing a stalled elevator car. Skid marks suggested high speed before police arrived as the bus rear lights burned.
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Helen Theresa McDonough
Franklin Ave
Hayward
Myrtle Street
Pte
Edward Domsher
le Hayward Army Airfield
Mairmont Hospital
Miss McDonough
Thomas Ray Lemmond
Gakland
Eilerons
Donough My
Armed Thug Steals Cash and Gas Stamps at Gas Station
Early Sunday a masked robber at 16208 East Fourth Street forced proprietor George C. Tyler to lie on the floor, tied his hands and feet, cut telephone lines, and fled with 110 dollars, 942 gallons of gas stamps, five gallons of oil, and candy bars after filling a pump. Sheriff’s deputies were notified by Tyler and his wife.
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4Th St
George C. Tyler
Tyler
Officers Give 500 Pints Blood For Battlefronts
In San Francisco 500 Army officers led by Brig. Gen. G. H. Kells donated blood at the Fones Street Blood Bank as a Christmas gift to battlefronts. Donors from Fort Mason Fort MacDowell Camp Knight and Outland Army base began arriving at 8 am, exceeding the 400 requested.
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San Francisco
G. H. Kells
San Francisco Port of Embarkation
Fones Street
Fort Mason
Fort MacDowell
Camp Knight
Outland Army Base
Kells
Red Cross
Plan Hearing On Status Of 87 Japanese Anployees
The California state personnel board plans to reopen consideration of 87 employees of Japanese ancestry relocated during wartime. Charges had sought dismissal on loyalty grounds and were suspended in 1944 until after the war or when the defendants could return and remain unrestricted in California.
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Eaenadilinlu
State Personnel Board
William K. Smith
United States
Personnel Board
California
Ortiz Cited Drunk Driver
Ortiz 41 of 20598 Meekland Ave was cited by Officer M T Nas for drunken driving after being observed erratically on B Street at 12 02 a m Sunday. He will appear before Judge Marder Foray. Ortiz admitted a prior charge a year ago.
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Ortiz
Meekland Ave
M.T. Nas
Marder Foray
Enos
Man Kills Self Under Key System Train at Treasure Island
James F L McGonigle, 32, a Camp Parks stationed man, killed himself by throwing under a Key System trolley at Treasure Island. He was identified after the incident, with authorities noting a self-inflicted act and the victim’s rank or assignment not fully detailed in the report.
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Treasure Island
James FL McGonigle
Camp Parks
Enlif
San Jose Driver Hits Pedestrians on Centerville Alvarado Road
A 19 year old San Jose driver collided with three Mexican men walking along Centerville Alvarado Road at 2 23 a m Sunday. Pedro Diaz Lopez died at hospital. Jesus Pacheco Chavez and Vincente Casillas Gutierrez were killed at the scene. The driver Joseph Velpi and two passengers remained at the scene after seeking help. Police questioned Velpi. no charges indicated. The victims all lived on 563 Spruce Street Newark. Velpi said he sounded his horn, swerved to avoid them, and was traveling between 41 and 43 mph.
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San Jose
Centerville-Alvarado
Highway Patrol
Louis Bike
Joseph Velpi
Patcot
Pedro Diaz Lopez
Fairmont Hospital
Jesus Pacheco Chavez
Vincente Casillas Gutierrez
Spruce Street
Newark
Volpi
Valpi
Age Improves Luck as Cash and Watch Returned
Miss Marjorie Giblin answered a doorbell inquiry about her date of birth and received her lost purse from a stranger. The wallet held $280 in cash and a $200 wrist watch, matching her birth date on her driver’s license. The man, who identified as Lawrence W. Howe, accepted a $50 reward.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Marjorie Giblin
Hollywood Race Track
Lawrence W. Howe
Befriend Sailor Steals Ration Books At Niles Apt
Quinton Kelling of the Cavanaugh Apartments in Niles reports a drunken sailor he befriended spent Sunday night at his home then fled with loot. Missing items include three dresses a brown suit four white shirts two ration books silverware and a brown leather purse. The man is described as a Lexbee about five seven and 135 pounds with blonde hair.
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Quinton Kelling
Cavanaugh
Niles C
Sheriff's Office
Kelling
Missing shrubs reported at Nelson nursery in Ban. Leandra
Three valuable shrubs valued at 32.50 were reported missing from Nelson nursery at 10001 Foothill Blvd Ban. Leandra. Proprietor Clif ford G. Nelson said two Koster blue spruce shrubs and ometie Lawson shrub were dug out Friday night near the sun house and dragged toward 1Sdth Ave where they were placed into a cay. No suspects identified.
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Nelson Nursery
Foothill Blvd
Ban
Leandra
Clifford G. Nelson
Nelson
Sun House
Hodges Leads U S Against German Breakthrough
General Hodges reports American First Army countermeasures against a major German offensive across Belgium and Luxembourg. Allied air power, including British Spitfires and Tempests, supported the fight as U S Thunderbolts and other aircraft claimed several German planes downed with losses on both sides.
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Courtney
Hodges
Dwight M. Eisenhower
Luxembourg
Karl Gerdner Runstedt
U. S
Governor Calls California School Meeting On Japanese Return
Burl Warren asked Dr. Walter F. Dexter to convene California school authorities from eight to ten areas likely to be affected by Japanese reentry after January 3. Warren said many Japanese children may return as exclusion ends, calling it a test of public will and wartime duty. He noted another coordination meeting would occur in the next few days in Sacramento.
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Bacramento
Burl Warren
Walter F. Dexter
Sacramento
Heo
Governors Council
Sauermonte
Warren
California
Owe
Schools Ask for Aid In Making Survey Youth Center Needs
A preliminary survey of the need for a child care and youth center in Hayward has been submitted to Frank W. Davis, regional engineer of the Federal Works Administration. If plans materialize, a separate building on the high school grounds may be built.
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Hayward
Frank W. Davis
Federal Works Administration
Paulsen
Weather Forecast for San Francisco Bay Area
Partly cloudy today and tonight with a mild temperature. Tuesday cloudy with light rain probable in the evening. Northern California remains cloudy in the north with scattered clouds in the south today tonight and Tuesday. Light rain along the north coast late Tuesday with little temperature change.
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United Press
San Francisco Bay Area
California
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