Money Paid To Red Vollmann Senator Cashier Stated
District Attorney Ralph Hoyt said Tillie McCoy identified a 5000 dollar cashier’s check drawn by Nelson & Ewing and paid to A L Red Vollmann while he was an officer of the State Farm Production Council. The Hayward firm later won a council contract now under Alameda grand jury scrutiny. Kyne confirmed Vollmann once worked for Bay Meadows at 100 dollars weekly and later received 1000 dollars for race meet advice.
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Ralph Hoyt
Tillie McCoy
Bank of Haywards
Nels Nelsen
Nelson & Ewing
A. L
Red) Vollmann
State Farm Production Council
Hayward
Alameda County
Grand Jury
Willian P. Kyne
California Jockey Club
Vollmann
Bay Meadows
Hoyt
Kyne
Council
Kidnapping Charged in Stockton Store Case
Two men, William H. Nelson and Alton R. Jones, were held on $50,000 bail each on a warrant accusing them of kidnapping a Stockton food market operator and robbing him of $11,700 in a mid day holdup last Saturday. They were arrested at Venice homes after detectives traced large denomination bills.
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Los Angeles
Stockton
William H. Nelson
Alton R. Jones
Venice
Calves at Castro Valley Slaughter House Disturb Night
West Coast Meat Company in Castro Valley faces complaints from the Castro Valley Improvement Club over noisy calves and offensive odors from the sewage. The group asks county supervisors to remedy conditions. B J Davis of Newark, plant manager, says only one complaint reached him and he moved calves from the lower corral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Coast Meat Company
Madison Ave
Casery Valley
Castro Valley Improvement Club
B. J. Davis
Newark
Davis
Baseball Scores From A Skewed Box Score Fragment
Incomplete baseball box score snippets show Detroit and New York, Philadelphia, Cincinnati and Chicago games with uneven innings and varied pitching lines. The fragment references Overmike, Goniry, Bonham, Garbark, Shoun, Dela crux, Mueller, Olexa, Poli, Adame, Mancurs, Wyse, Krelt ner, and Williams amid erratic scoring lines and unclear final outcomes.
146 Dead in Circus Fire Identified and Unidentified
Hartford reports 146 killed in the big top blaze with 110 identified as families file through the State Armory. Many victims are stated to be children, some recognized by anguished parents amid the scene of burned tents and scorched remains.
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Hartford
Conn
State Armory
Big Top
Two Homes Burn In Morning Fire At Russell City
A five hour blaze in Russell City destroyed two homes early this morning. Betty McFlarand 10 awoke to smoke and alerted her family, allowing escape. The neighboring Molina residence also burned. fire chief Alfred Sorensen said nothing could be saved. Losses include McFlarand home furniture and clothing valued around 7,000 and a border Mae Beltrami’s war bond and cash totaling 79 dollars. Fire crews remained on scene until six this morning.
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Russell City
Betty McFlarand
Washington Ave
McFlarand
Victor Molina
Alfred Sorensen
Fairview Fire Department
Robert McFlarand
Betty
Maliny
Anthony Hutter
Oakland
Mae Beltrami
Sorensen
Molina
Protest On Purchaser Has Too Few Signers Fizzles Out
A Hayward petition to block hiring a city purchasing agent failed after county audit found only 184 of 201 names on the petition were registered voters. With Hayward's 3226 registered voters, the 10 percent signature threshold was not met, and the 30 day protest window expired with no council action.
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Hayward
Mrs Friedrichs Return From Yosemite Park Trip
Mrs Emma Friedrichs of 214 Prospect Street has returned from a Yosemite trip with friends. She had been away from Hayward for about a week.
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Mrs. Friedrichs
Yosemite Park
Emma, Friedrichs
Prospect Streen
Yosemite
Hayward
Weel
City Dads Fail To Choose Member
City fathers fail to pick a new City Council member to fill the vacancy left by J. McFarland's June 20 resignation. Six candidates were named as votes were counted, with each option debated but no clear winner, forcing a potential July 20 special election.
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J. McFarland
Palming—Manter
Mays
Silva—Manter Phillips
Haar
Manter
Phillips
Kilgore
Sandoval—Holland
Macabee
Holland
Local Men Fined Freed From Jail In Hayward Case
Two local youths Nick Alonso Rizzo 18 and Ralph Nelson 22 appeared in Hayward Justice court on charges of feckless driving and drunkenness. Rizzo paid a $25 fine for driving while Nelson pleaded not guilty and awaits a trial next Wednesday. They were held overnight on suspicion of stealing handcuff and locker keys and damaging an ignition key from a patrol car after being stopped at UK and Casire streets by Officer Clifford Thompson.
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Haysward Polee
Nichkalos Rizzo
Foothill Blvd
Ralph Nelson
Montgomery Ave
Hayward Justice Court
Rizzo
Nelson
Casire
Clifford Thompson
Thompson
Ses
Meyers
Car Stolen After Leaving It Unlocked on Street
Walter A. Maar of 2970 A St reports to police that his car was stolen while he was at work. He entered his grocery store at 2384 A Street about six o clock last night and returned two hours later to find the vehicle missing. He said the car was left unlocked and the keys were in his pocket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter A. Maar
Haar
Saipan civilians offered safety as US forces drive toward surrender
American forces opened a lifeline to 10 000 to 15 000 Japanese civilians hiding on Saipan Island. A designated highway became the road to surrender, with nearly 7 000 already interned. Civilians elsewhere fled hills and canebrakes as planes dropped pamphlets offering protection. Japanese artillery from northern Tinian briefly fired, quickly silenced by American batteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joint Expeditionary Force
Saipan
Saipan Island
Tinian
2 Way Attack on Germanys Heart
U S Second Tactical Air Force reports 114 German planes shot down in today’s raids over central Germany. More than 1 500 American bombers attacked from bases in the British Isles and Italy, while Eighth Air Force fighters destroyed 75 enemy planes. Fortress and Liberator formations dropped 3 000 tons of bombs on aircraft plants and factories near Leipzig and Mockau, threatening German war production.
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London
W.A
U. S. Second Tactical Air Force
Germany
U.P
Earl of Germany
British Isles
Italy
Eighth Air Force
Squab Pigeon Industry Booms In Hayward Castrovile Area
Nutrition study cites squab as four times the food value of two pounds beef and ideal for convalescents. C R King, famed breeder, details rapid industry growth from one plant in 1911 to about 100000 birds producing 60000 squabs yearly, with San Francisco viewed as top US market. King owns about 2000 pigeons and promotes silver king variety. Chinese in San Francisco handle most production and distribution. Squabs fetch around 70 cents to $1 per pound dressed. King offers cooking tips and aging in icebox for tenderness.
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Hayward
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Squad Producers of California Association
San Francisco Center
Army
Navy
Hayward W
Castro Valley
C. R. King
United States
Hig Nill
King
Los Angeles
G. A. Reimers
John B. Smith
Russell City
Clarence Glass
Joseph Bell
Bond Sale Trails Quota By $380,000 For War Drive
An overall total of 725000 dollars in War bonds has been purchased to date, far below the area quota of 1486798 dollars to be met before Saturday July 8. Chairman Wals Hollingsworth announced the shortfall in the Fifth War Loan Drive. For series B bonds only 220000 of 600000 had been bought, leaving the division short by 380000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wals Hollingsworth
Hollings
Wworth
U S Carrier Planes Blast Guam as Saipan Presses On
U S carrier task force planes bomb Guam and Hota in the southern Marianas as pre invasion moves unfold while American ground forces on Saipan push toward entrenched Japanese resistance. Admiral Nimitz reports trapped Japanese on Saipan attempt to evacuate, fighting to the last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S
Guam
Hota
Merianas Islands
Saipan
Navy
William F. Tyree
United Press
Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
California Cannery C Day Urged As Harvest Demand Rises
Walter Gamman of the U S Employment Service Hayward warns of a severe manpower shortage amid a record harvest. Apricot crop expected around 400000 tons, last year 70000 by midsummer, peaches projected to 490000 tons. All vegetables likely above normal. Volunteers to can fruit urged for a season starting in early July and continuing through tall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Walter Gamman
Hayward
United States Employment Service
Ganwnan
Norn
Bradley Starts New Normandy Offensive Ahead of St Lo
Allied advance in mid Normandy north of St Lo reports American forces capturing Aires rail hub and crossing the Vire river for over a mile. Encirclement efforts near La Haye Du Buits push the German defense, Caen area patrols report a possible German withdrawal from the port.
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Allied Supreme Headquarters
London
Omar
Bradley
Mid- Normandy
St. Lo
Aires
Vire
la Haye-Du Buits
Caen
United States
St. Jean-de Haye
City Council Backs Sgt Meyers in Carnival Dispute
City leaders backed Sgt. R. T. Meyers after he closed several Dodge carnival concessions deemed gambling games. Meyers, temporary head of the police, stood firm as VFW and Dadue show representatives pressed to reopen one game. Council affirmed his authority and upheld the closures with carnival operations to follow strict rules.
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City Council
Sgt. R. T. Meyers
Army
R.T. Meyers
Sgt. Meyers
Geo. Forth
Robert Pomeroy
V.F.W
Dadue
V. FW
VFLW
Meyers
Bombers Push Out From Eastern England To France
RAF heavy bombers from eastern England take off in a large force bound for another mission to France. The huge formation moved southerly and took about forty five minutes to pass overhead.
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London
England
France
Servicemen Held After Capture Near Mare Island
Arch ie Boynton Andrews and Wallace H Sayrell were captured near Mare Island and turned over to navy shore patrol. The ex Marines were held by authorities and await further processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Archie Boynton Andrews
Wallace H. Sayrell
Naval
Bilson
Mare Island
Navy
Reds Break Into Nazi Kowel Line
London dispatches report Russian forces breaking the Nazi line near Kowel in lower Poland with progress toward Beranowiczs and Wilno. The German side calls the breakthrough likely a precursor to a major Red Army offensive on the southern front. A radio commentator notes propaganda claims that the wedge was eliminated by counterattack.
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London
Berlin
Kowel
Poland
Keomin
Ernst von Hammer
DNB
Lyons
Wowel
Weather notices for San Francisco and Livermore Valleys
The article notes clear conditions in San Francisco and the Livermore and Santa Clara Valleys this afternoon and Saturday afternoon. It warns of high fog tonight and Saturday morning. Cooler temperatures are expected today.
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San Francico
Livermore
Santa Clara
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Red Vollmann
Adyr
Detroit
New York
BO Overmike
Goniry
Bo Swift
Schant & Finley
Shoun, Delacrux
Mueller
Chicago
Olexa
George A. Mays
E. L. Mavibee
Arthur Phillips
Arthur E. Manter
John D. Haar
J. M. Rolland
Leo Palming
John Sandoval
Miller
Jesse Silva
K. J. Kilgore
Merrymen
Hayward Area
English Channel
Mockou
Leipzi
Normandy
Virgil Pinkley
Henry T. Gorrell
Goughboys
Garrell
St. Jean
U.S
Airel
Gorrell
Corentin Peninsula
U.S. Irist
Corentan-Periers
Bulletin
Nazi Kowel
U.R
Beranowiczs
Wilno
Moscow
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