Democrats Plan Fall Campaign Under Roosevelt Backing
The Democratic National convention nominated Harry S. Truman of Missouri for president with John Nance Garner as running mate, after rejecting Vice President Wallace. Roosevelt plans a late campaign with Garner elected VP in 1932 and 1936, pledging vigorous efforts. committee chair Robert K. Hannegan of Missouri urged a strong push.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Harry S. Truman
Missouri
John Nance Garner
Texas
Democratic National Committee
Robert K. Hannegan
Hocking Named New Trustee for Alvarado School Board
Vaughn D. Selder announces George Hocking of Alvarado named trustee to fill the unexpired term of Mrs. Frances R. Robie. Hocking will serve alongside M. P. Goularte, clerk, and FP. E. Mechedo, president, on the Alvarado Elementary School District Board.
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Vaughn D. Selder
George Hocking
Alvarado
Frances R. Robie
Mr. Hocking
M. P. Goularte
FP. E. Mechedo
Kaiser predicts shipbuilding revival after war
Henry J. Kaiser, War Production executive, told a San Francisco meeting of the state reconstruction and re employment commission that postwar employment prospects lie in shipping, shipbuilding and repairs. He added the state can advance strides in small industries, hospital clinics, housing and private airports.
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Sacramento
U.A
Henry J. Kaiser
State Reconstruction and Re-Employment Commission
San Francisco
Kaiser
Ginny Simms Denies Wedding Plans With Nerney
Hollywood singer Ginny Simms, back from San Diego Naval Hospital, says there are no definite marriage plans with Radioman 2c Pat Nerney. Nerney, son of a Los Angeles car dealer, recently returned from the central Pacific for treatment of a shoulder injury.
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Ginny Simms
Nerney
Hollywood
Ginny Siming
Pat Nerney
San Diego Naval Hospital
Hamlin Nerney
Los Angeles
Central Pacific
Money Parley Ends Today at Bretton Woods
Delegates to the United Nations monetary conference in Bretton Woods New Hampshire complete details of a postwar trade and rehabilitation plan totaling 17.6 billion dollars. The United States commits 5.925 billion, Russia's quota set at 900 million for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and 1.2 billion for the International Monetary Fund. Signing is set for tomorrow with Australia absent pending government permission. Morgenthau Keynes and White head the talks as China and Canada receive small increases while other nations gain reductions.
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N. H
United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference
United States
Russia
International Bank For
International Monetary Fund
New Hampshire
the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Lord Keynes
Harry D. White
United Kingdom
China
Canada
Japanese Soldier's Mother at Tule Lake Honors Star
At Tule Lake segregation center Mrs. Yakatara Akiyema, a Japanese mother, wears a gold star for her son TSgt. Zomtaro Akiyama, killed in action in Italy. His family, evacuated from a Sacramento area truck farm, includes father five brothers and two sisters. War Relocation Authority notes it as the first death of a Japanese-American soldier whose parents reside there.
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Newell
Calif
Tuler Lake
United States
Italy
Yakatara Akiyema
War Department
Zomtaro Akiyama
Akiyaima
Sacramento
The
War Relocation Authority
Tule Lake Center
Negro Hotel Burns In Little Tokyo
In downtown Little Tokyo Los Angeles a crowded tenement hotel for African American residents burned early today. Flames destroyed part of the building and three panicked guests leaped from second story windows in nightclothes. Five firefighters rescued other occupants. only those who jumped were injured. Firemen prevented spread to neighboring structures.
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Los Angeles
Negro District
Little Tokyo
Navy reports two U S submarines sunk in Pacific losses
The Navy announced the loss of two submarines, the Trout and the Tullibee, overdue in the Pacific after missions including the Corregidor run. Both boats carried no standard crew of 65 and their skippers remain listed as missing.
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Washington
Navy Today
U. S
Pacific
Manila Bay
Corregidor
Trout
Tullibee
Endsietao Intaof
Portsmouth
Albert H. Clark
Orinda
Calif
Two Men Sentenced for Treason in Chicago Case
Walter Otto Froehling and Otto Richard Wergin received five year prison terms as accessories to treason. Mrs Hans Max Haupt and the two other women were released from treason charges. Haupt received life imprisonment on retrial. The earlier death sentences from January 1943 were set aside on legal grounds. Mrs Haupt agreed to denaturalization and alien detention after 30 days.
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Chicago
U.P
Walter Otto Froehling
Otto Richard Wergin
Hans Max Haupt
Freahling
Wergin
Haupt
Maupt
Froehling
Bishop Spellman Arrives in Vatican City for Papal Meeting
The Most Rev Francis J Spellman Catholic Archbishop of New York arrived in Vatican City last night and was expected to be received by Pope Pius XI late today or tomorrow.
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Vatican
Weather forecast for San Francisco Bay Area and valleys
Fair and mild through Sunday with fog west of Twin Peaks tonight and Sunday morning. Livermore Santa Clara and Salinas Valleys stay clear and mild through Sunday with high fog early Sunday morning.
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San Francisco Bay Region
Twin Peaks
Livermore
Santa Clara
Salinas Valleya
U S Marines Advance on Guams West Coast Front
Pearl Harbor dispatch reports U S Marines and Army troops moving from the north toward a junction on Guam's west coast near Guanttocay to encircle the Grate Peninsula and its airfield. Tokyo Radio claimed heavy Japanese losses while noting American casualties and fierce inland fighting as beaches from Adelup to Bangi Point were secured.
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Ing
Guant Tocay
Grate Peninsula
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United Press
Francisco
Ings
Guam
Tokyo
Wips
Adelup
Asan
Orole
Agut
Bangi
Motorcyclist Is 4 Critically Hurt In City Crash
Tra M Rowell 33 of Camp Parks and Ernest A Perry 27 of FP Box died? No. Motorcyclist Rowell was critically injured when the bike they rode skidded and overturned at the corner of Alice and Jackson streets. Perry escaped with minor cuts and bruises and the pair were riding when the accident occurred near Winton road. Rowell was taken to the U S Naval Hospital at Shoemaker.
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M. Rowell
Si Camp Parks
Ernest A. Perry
Niles Rd
Alice
Jackson
Perry
Winton Road
Rowell
U. S. Naval Hospital
Shoemaker
Taxi Driver Fends Off Seven Foot Snake In Cab
Indianapolis driver Charles R. Smith halted his fare and wrestled a seven foot blue ball snake from Mexico from the cab roof while he kept driving to police headquarters. Dancer Jeannette Lions claimed the reptile was part of her act and calmly retrieved it from the driver.
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Indianapolis
Charles R. Smith
Jeannette Lions
Smith
Driver cremated as truck burns on State Highway 17
A truck and semi trailer loaded with apricots crashed after the driver fell asleep, the truck jackknifed and a tree toppled onto the car, burying the cab. The driver, believed to be Everett Manning, 24, of Sunnyvale, died in the blaze. About 20 tons of fruit spilled across the highway. boxes bore a Santa Cruz packing company mark. Authorities say the Sunnyvale firm sent Manning to haul cots to Santa Cnna. Frank Cardoza reported waking to the crash at 3:15 AM near his home in Centerville Irvington.
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Everett Manning
Sunnyvale
Centerville
Irvington
Santa Cruz
Everett
Santa Cnna
Frank Cardoza
Japan Names New Cabinet Amid Tojo Retirement
Gen Kunishi Koiso was named premier of a new conservative Japanese cabinet to replace the Tojo regime. The lineup includes Sugiyama as war minister and Mamoy Shigemitsu to the foreign ministry, with Yonai taking navy portfolio and joint leadership with Yonai as deputy premier and activities.
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Kunishi Koiso
Korea
Ben
Navy
Hideki Tojo
Gen. Sugiyama
Army
Mamoy Shigemitsu
Foreign
Tojo
Adm
Mitsumase Yonai
Tokyo
United Press
San Francisco
Kaisy
Yunai
Tive
Japan
Demei
FEC
Shigeo Odachi
Setato Ishiwata
Reid Moved to Markham Office at Markham School
The Hayward school superintendent office will move to Markham school after a board vote at a July 1 meeting following citizen requests. Reid asked to relocate from Uret Hams and received approval to use new quarters with Katherine Borneman purchasing a desk and chair for the Markham offices. He plans to move before the fall term begins.
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Robert M. Reid
Hayward Grammar Schools
Markham
Reid
Uret Hams
Katherine Borneman
Board of Trustees
Warehouse Fire Destroys McKuen Molding Works in Sacramento
A fire of undetermined origin wiped out the McKuen Molding Works and damaged a Triangle Produce warehouse. It was Sacramento’s second general alarm blaze that week. Fire Chief Mulligan could not estimate the damage immediately. Four bystanders were injured when they fell into an open creasing pit at a nearby service station.
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Sacramento
McKuen
Triangle Produce Company
Terence Mulligan
Chula Vista Population Surges by 11.7 Percent
Census Bureau data show Chula Vista's population rising 11.7 percent from April 1, 1940 to June 1944. The city’s current population stands at 11,981, with a noted pay figure of 138 dollars.
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Washington
Chula Vista
Man Is Injured in Beer Bottle Battle
Nayward sheriffs seek Joe Romero, 19, of Bod Fourth St. Decoto, alleged to have cut roommate Robert Orasca, 17, on throat and chin during a brawl at a cafe in Wiles. Orasca bled badly, sought medical help, and eleven stitches were needed for his wounds. Romero fled with Orasca’s belongings.
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Joe Romero
Bod Fourth St. Decoto
Robert Oresco
Orasco
Wiles
Romero
Orasca
Hayward
Remeron
Mrs Anderson Plans Visit to Son in North Carolina
Mrs. Frank Anderson of 550 Poplar Street will depart Tuesday morning to visit her son Lt. Frank E. Anderson and his wife in Durham North Carolina. She expects to be away until September.
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Anderson
N. C
Frank Anderson
Poplar St
Frank E. Anderson
Durham
Polestri Target of Eighth Air Force in Rome and Pisa Front
Allied reports say about 750 American bombers struck Ploesti in Romania targeting rocket weapon sources. American troops advanced along Italy’s west coast toward Pisa, four miles from the Gothic line, with Fifth Army forces near Florence. Swiss and British dispatches note unrest in Germany and arrests of officers in a Nazi purge, including Rundstadt and Brauchitsch.
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London
U.P
Italy
Ploastl
Eighth Air Force
Germany
Romeo
Pisa
Fifth Army
Florence
Rome
U.2
Eighth
Arno
Pina
Leaning Tower
W.P
Dipatchws
Ballic Bages
Kiel
Stettin
Gerd von Rundstadt
Walther von Brauehusel
Basel
Gestapo
Heinrich
Hitler
London Daily Mail
Stockholm
Malmo
Berlin
Bern
von Rundstedt
Wiriter
von Brauchitsch
Port Chicago blocks roads after blast.
After the Port Chicago naval ammunition depot explosion that killed over 30, roads into the town will be blocked to deter sightseers tonight and tomorrow. A three captain naval board of inquiry will report to Redr Adm Carleton Wright, who will review and forward the findings to the Navy department. A Red Cross survey counted 46 homes 100 barns 100 stores 10 churches and 10 schools damaged. Army warning urged residents to avoid unexploded shells and let authorities remove any duds kept as souvenirs.
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Port Chicago
Naval Ammounition
Naval Board of Inquiry
James Long
Contra Costa County
Board of Inquiry
Redr Adm
Carleton H. Wright
F2th Naval District
Navy Department
Washington
Red Cross
Army
Gas Thefts Blamed On Local Gang
Hayward reports blame gas thefts on a local gang after a fourth incident. Violet Johnson, owner of a gas station on Foothill Boulevard, says 150 gallons were bought July 17 and 60 gallons sold since, leaving tanks dry with hoses locked but pumps accessible. Roy Thornton also reports seven gallons stolen from his car in his yard.
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Hayward
Violet Johnson
Foothill Blvd
Johnson
Roy Thornton
Tyrell Ave
Bawl
Smith Overdraws His Bank Account
John Smith a 24 year old man admitted to police he overdrawn his bank account while attempting to cash an $82 check to cover debts. He was stopped after the check was declared bad by Emeryville authorities and held for investigation.
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John Smith
Johnson
Emeryville
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