Victory Garden Part Against Holiday Travel Advice
In wartime advice from the Office of Defense Transportation, citizens are urged to avoid long rail and bus trips on July Fourth. Travel should be reduced to nearby outings, while apricot harvests and canneries loom, with $2,000,000 apricot crops and a push for local volunteer labor. Rotary International promotes peace time employment and international understanding as key postwar efforts.
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Office of Defense ‘Transportation
United States
Hayward
Oakland
San Francisco
Rotary International
Hemenya
Oroville Mercury
Rotary
British, Russian Drive in War Update From Caen and Minsk
British forces tighten Caen encirclement and push to widen the bridgehead across the Orne while repeating counterattacks. Soviet spearheads near Minsk close in on multiple fronts as Red Army counts 184,230 German casualties in seven days, signaling waning German reserves and growing eastern pressure.
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Caen
Qdon
Christopher Dempsey
White Russia
Mingk
Dempsey
Erwin Rommel
Friedrich Hopaiay
Minsk
Moscow
A Year With Angelica At Army Ball Awakens Mary Lou
Mary Lou Fenton feels estranged at the Officers Ball while awaiting a life changing letter about her mother’s death and a bequest from her sister Angelica. A year in New York to study art beckons, funded by a three thousand dollar gift if she stays with Angelica one year. Mary Lou learns her mother favored Angelica, healing a long wound as she contemplates a new life.
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Army
Mary Lou Fenton
Margaret
Mary Lou
New York
Mac
Mary Low
Angelica
Industrial plants hire 1700 in Hayward area survey
John S Sandoval outlines postwar plans with Hayward Area Planning Committee. The Hayward district hosts 30 plants employing 1799 steady workers plus 2250 four month canneries workers. Niles-Decoto adds 42 1 000 workers and 6 131 178 annual payroll, showing a 29 percent rise since 1940. New plants add 152 workers and 325 896 payroll. Total area industrial payroll about 6.13 million, with expansion plans totaling 2.52 million.
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Hayward High School
Niles-Decote
Hayward Area Rr
Hay+ ward
Niles-Deepto
Hayward
Niles-Decoto
Hayward Area
Birthday reader finds independence and impulsive drive
The note describes a July 4 birthday personality: independent thinker, reserved, stubborn, influenced by affection but not easily pushed, with latent impulsiveness. Keen intuition and self confidence aid navigating a challenging life path, though the mind remains alert and ready for action.
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Reich‘s
Fanny
Mary oLn
Father
Mae
Sway
Lieutenant Charles McIvor
Mee
Mary Tou
Plano
Charles McIvar
Charles
Pudge
Mesa
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Jeomey Hoare
Jothdr
Plange
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Papa
Goodwill Industries
Martiardom
Stella
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