Infant's body found near Pleasanton sparking murder theories
A one year old infant’s mutilated body was found in a shallow grave on the southern outskirts of Pleasanton. Alameda County officers initially weighed murder then shifted to natural causes due to poverty. The infant likely died of natural causes and was buried without funeral services.
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Alameda
Goroner Grant D. Miller
Oakland
Bhoritts L. E. van Patten
Hugo Radbrusch
Alber
Vervals
Pleasanton
Heyer to Address Tennyson Chair on County Roads
Supervisor Charles W. Heyer is set to address the Tennyson Improvement Club at its February meeting at the Tennyson schoolhouse on the topic County Roads. The program includes entertainment and refreshments prepared by club women, promising a pleasant occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Heyer
Tennyson Improvement Club
Tenneyton
Odd Fellows May Move Hospital to Irvington
Rumor says the Three Link hospital now in Livermore could relocate to Irvington with Irvington business leaders offering bids and a subsidy. The Livermore lease ends July and the IOOF may relocate, with cottages valued around 90000 planned for staff housing and patient facilities.
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Odd Fellows
Irvington
Three Link
Rich
Order of Odd Fellows
Fmore
Niles
Norman
Three Ink
Livermore
Liveroré
I. O. O. F. Lodge
Manintains
Moe
Imeda County
Washington Raship
Hayward High Basketball Season Ends Quietly at Richmond
Hayward high school teams closed their season at Richmond with a Class B win 20 19 after two overtimes, while the varsity lost 17 to 15 and the Class C fell 19 to 12. Lovell Turner led Class B with 5 points, hitting the winning shot in the final minute. Harvard squads led by Kesti Hodgson Sweaty and Giordano trounced Hayward in the varsity tilt.
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Hayward High School
Richmond
Richmond High School
Hayward
Lovell Turner
Turner
Brown
Anderson
F. Turner
Arrington
Wilisford
Suotts
L. Turner
Kesti
Hodgson
Harvard
Giordano
Lucas
Marcus
Haywera
Smith
Butler
Nielsen
Swearingen
Lewis
Parrott
Rideout
Hackett
G. Lundgren
Souza
Jones
Ronald Souza
Western Auto Building Plan Denied by Sorensen
The Re view reports that Carl A Sorensen denies occupation plans for the Watkins street building opposite Rosenberg company by Western Auto Supply. Supervisor Charles W Heyer and Linyd Overhulser confirm the building is under construction but sponsor identities are undisclosed. Concrete foundations are being poured and brick work will begin soon.
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Carl A Sorensen
Watkins Street
Rosenberg Company
Western Auto Supply Company
Sorensen
Charles W. Heyer
Linyd Overhulser
Waus
Dr Manley Appointed District Physician for SPB
Dr Manley, former district physician and advisor for the Southern Pacific, is named district physician for the United States Veterans Bureau. He will conduct preliminary examinations of disabled war veterans seeking hospitalisation, succeeding the late Dr Frederick W Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Den
J. Manley
Southern Pacific
Frederick W. Brownie
Pr. Manley
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Plowing of Vacant Lots Urged as Fire Prevention Action
Fire Chief Manuel G. Rigas urges citywide plowing of vacant lots to prevent summer fires. He suggests planting crops or flowers to turn empty spaces into assets, noting drought and weeds increase fire risk. Owners can hire workers to grow produce or maintain a flower garden for profit or beauty.
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Manuel G. Rigas
Twenty Thirties Set Ladies Night Date as March 1
The Twenty- Thirty club fixed a tentative March 1 Ladies Night dinner and dance with past presidents in charge and Leland Hawke as chair. Members discussed a swimming pool project and water issues in California. Guy Warren reviewed state water plans including dams on the Sacramento, Feather, and American rivers and a 15-dam plan on the San Joaquin to aid irrigation. The group noted one new major industry between Richmond and Antioch amid water concerns.
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Ciuy
Leland Hawke
Guy Warren
Sacramento
Carquinez Straits
California
San Joaquin Valley
Sacramento Valley
Kennett
Feather
San Joaquin
Warren
Richmond
Antoid
Clut
Blondie
Roward Irish
Fred Beh- Tinger
Petaluma
Armstrong Heads to Army Chemical Warfare School
Captain N. W. Armstrong of San Leandro and aide to General Barrows departed Sunday for Edgewood Arsenal Maryland to attend the army chemical warfare school. He joins the 40th division's general staff and will serve as a special officer if called to active duty, with an expected three month absence.
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N. W. Armstrong
San Leandro
Hayward
David P. Barrows
40Th Division
National Guard
Edgewood Arsenal
Maryland
Army
Old and New Will Mingle at D A V Dance Saturday
Rayward chapter of the Disabled American Veterans plans its first dance at the Burbank school to raise funds for a Bay Region Veterans Hospital campaign in Hayward. The event blends old-fashioned reels with modern waltzes as Chaffee's orchestra and F G Schrader lead a mix of dance styles for all ages.
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Rayward
Burbank
Bay Region
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Hayward
Chaffee
F. G. Schrader
Girl Found on Car Tracks in San Jose Attack
Betty Moran 18 of Oakland is in a San Jose hospital in critical condition after being found unconscious on East Santa Clara street car tracks with torn clothing and injuries including a fractured skull. Police suspect she was attacked by an unknown man and left on the tracks or leaped from a vehicle. friends cannot identify her companion. Moran's father reportedly at the Lorraine Hotel in Oakland.
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San Jose
United Press
Betty Moran
Oakland
Fes
Santa Clara Street
Migs Moran
Lorraine
Dr Bullis Confirms He Is Alive After Rumor of Death
Local Haywardite Dr Bullis, famed as the grand old man of chiropractors, dispels a circulating report of his death after a recent arm fracture. He states he is alive and well, not asleep, and ready to resume practice with his arm fully healed.
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B. &. Bullis
Mark Twain
Dickam
Bullies
Usnal
Legion Session Relives Thrills of Trench War
American Legion members recalled World War I trench fighting in a meeting headlined by Major Alvin Colburn who described the capture of Vaux France and Chateau-Thierry battles. He led H Company 7th Infantry during the 1918 offensives and recounted waiting under German fire for the over the top moment.
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American Legion
France
Alvin Colburn
159Th ‘Infantry
National Guard of
Hayward
Vaux
Welnity
Chateau-Thierry
Sth Infantry
Colburn
DPD
McDonald
Massachusetts Artillery
Archie Kesserson
San Francisco
Legion Auxiliary
David R.galdbraith
Michael Offer
Auto show attendees include Ward, Ward, Young, Rackts in San Francisco
Mr and Mrs Ralph Ward Mr and Mrs James Young and Miss Laurie Rackts were among those who attended the auto show this week in San Francisco.
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Ralph Ward
James. Young
Laurie Rackts
Lsen Francisco
Hodgkins to Retire From Telephone Co. Work on July 1
After 35 years with Pacific Telephone and Telegraph T G Hodgkins of Tennyson will retire with a full pay five months vacation, under a company rule mandating pension for workers 60 and over on July 1. The septuagenarian will devote time to local improvement groups and welfare boards.
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Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
T. G. Hodgkins
Tennyson
Naval accord outlines parity and limits between Britain and U S
A memorandum from London details the British position on the U S naval accord. It notes approximate parity in battleships with 15 capital ships each, planned timelines for abolition of battleships, cruiser parity ideas favoring different tonnages, a push for submarine abolition or revised conv entions, and agreed carrier tonnage equality.
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London
United Press
Bae
United States
Great Britain
Henry L. Stimson
Stimson
Britain
Erimson
Herate
Fast Motor Coach Could Signal New Hayward Service
Indications of a new fast transportation service for Hayward appear as a large motor coach drags several passenger cars along Southern Pacific tracks. The vehicle passed Hayward on Thursday likely operating between Oakland or San Leandro and Niles, reaching speeds higher than steam locomotives.
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Hayward
Southern Pacific
Oakland
San Leandro
Niles
Court battle ends as ex spouses remarry in district court
Sioux City reports Policeman Frank Mahr and Mrs. Leoia Mahr settle differences. Earlier the wife filed for divorce in district court and, five days later, she and her former husband appeared together before another judge, where they were quarried.
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Sioux City
Frank Mahr
Leoia Mahr
Mahrid
Deters
East Bay fight over location of new veterans hospital
General Hines asks the War Department to cede 25 acres in the Presidio for a million dollar veterans hospital. East Bay advocates push Hayward Oakland and Pinole sites claiming better service for 54 000 veterans and bay climate, while San Francisco group backs the Presidio site. Decision expected in months with a bureau inquiry visit upcoming.
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San Francisco
Robert Pomeroy
Congress
Bay
East Bay
Veterans’ Hospital Committee
Hayward
Ease
Oakland
Pinole
Pomeror
Veterans’ Bureau
Inquest Set for Saturday in Death of C. C. Johnson
Inquest into the death of C. C. Johnson, longtime East Bay businessman and Heyward resident, is scheduled for 9:26 a.m. Saturday at Pratt mortuary. Deputy Coroner Walter Hierl will preside. Johnson died weeks after a streetcar collision at Castro and Simon streets in Oakland that fractured his legs. The inquiry will determine driver responsibility in the accident. Funeral services include a Masonic service at 2 p.m. at Sorensen Brothers mortuary and an Odd Fellows service at the California Columbarium Jam.
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C. C. Johnson
East Bay Area
Heyward
Pratt Mortuary
Walter Fherl
Souza
Johnson
Flier
Sorensen Brothers’ Mortuary
California
Ward's Saturday Bargain Event for Men
A. H. Crafts of the Montgomery Ward store announces a one day Saturday event in Hayward. Any suit or overcoat in stock is priced at 25 dollars. Arthur Deniz leads the men’s wear department and invites old and new friends to seek style guidance.
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A. H. Crafts
Montgomery Ward & Co
Ward
Hayward
Arthur Deniz
Newsraver
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