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Newspaper
Hayward Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1944
Page
3
The market lists cattle and hog values with ranges for grass steers at 5.00 and 10.90 for good grass medium. Cows and canners steady, bulls medium, stockers and calves varied. Hogs show barrows and Californias large at 14.90, sows 9.50 to 9.75. Lambs at 13, ewes at 4.00.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a San Francisco market listing with references to fruits vegetables and local counties such as Alameda Sacramento and Joaqlina areas. Mentions price-like figures and broker terms but lacks coherent events or names.
Francisco Dairy report lists Rutter scores 43 and 92, Worcester wheat? No, 4244 and 4144 figures. Heese Wholegale prices, loaf D, triplets 27.2. Large Grade A 40–47%. Grade A 39–40%. Grade A 24–25%. California-Large 481% appears erroneous. Medium Grade A 27 and 44% noted.
The fragment shows a Francisco Poultry catalog with prices and weight ranges for broilers, leghorn varieties, hens, roasters, and turkeys. It lists under 1 percent birds, 4 to 5 pound hens, old red hens, and young toms with weight classifications and numeric ranges, though many figures are corrupted.
Fragmented note shows an egg market update with grade and lot details. Key terms include Grade Av and Grade 4, suggesting a listing of egg quality classifications. No clear dates or complete figures are present in readable text.
Announcement made today by Fred J. Lundberg president of System details new schedule beginning 1 for local passengers on the N East Oakland Motor coach line. Eastbound trips open to all while westbound trips accept only passengers headed to San Francisco under the new arrangement.
Wi Dee, vice-president of y Stores Inc and Oakland Chamber of Commerce member, was appointed to a domestic district committee. Chnston, Chamber president, appointed the retail related industries representative chaired by oN Allen of Hartford to oversee operations and distri related efforts.
Key System urges riders to refrain from smoking on all local transit vehicles due to wartime crowding. President Alfred J. Lundberg cites limited automobile use and state that trains retain smoking sections, but buses and street cars should be smoke free for comfort and cooperation.
Harold Crary announces the appointment of Jack Misselhorn as district traffic manager for United Air Lines in Oakland. He succeeds John Standish, transferred to Portland. Misselhorn joined United in 1937 and has led Sacramento district since January 1944, after serving as passenger agent and traffic representative in Portland and Spokane. A Spokane native, he studied at Washington State College.
State Department of Agriculture seeks men as canning to mate standardization inspectors in Sacramento San Joaquin valleys Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay area districts until November. Salaries from 175 to 205 a month based on inspection experience. Apply at State Department of Agriculture or State Personnel Board offices in Sacramento Los Angeles or San Francisco.
Secretary of State Cordell Hull warned against over optimism while stating Germany nears defeat as Reich shifts under Himmler leadership. He urged heightened U S efforts at home to hasten victory. Separate note shows dentists averaged 60 hours weekly on 41 patents and prior year 47 hours on 44 patients.
Pvt Willard T Feverhelm, son of Mr and Mrs William Feverhelm of 419 Laurel Ave, received an honorable discharge after nearly four years at Kodiak and hospital time since March 1944. Lt William C Hoff Jr, son of Mr and Mrs W C Hoff of 2832 Medford Ave, is on 40 day leave after participating in D Day. Hoff, first pilot and troop carrier, has been overseas 22 months in England and the Mediterranean, earning air corps wings at Luke Field in 1942.
The State War Council and Contra Costa County recreation commission jointly operate a summer camp 18 miles from Port Chicago for 125 children aged five to fifteen. The facility, set up after a munitions explosion damaged the local school, will be staffed by five people including a director, funded by the Lanham Act. Cliff Dunn returns to work after a two week vacation, parts of which were spent on his ranch.
Scott B. Ellett 42 a carpenter's helper stationed at Camp Parks died this morning after Hayward firefighters failed to revive him following an attack of pneumonia suffered in the Aleutians He was spending the weekend with his wife Jessie at an auto court on East 14th Street Mrs Ellett awoke to find him ill and notified the sheriff's office which summoned the fire department Efforts with an inhalator lasted about half an hour but he did not respond.
Obituaries for Otis Kelly McGregor 66 of Hayward and Otis Lang of Wayward note their survivor families and funeral details at Pratt Pliers Mortuary and Little Chapel of the Chimes. Mabel Lewis of Hayward dies, services pending with Sorensen Brothers. Also mentioned is Red Cross relief this spring aiding Kansas families with total funds reported at 45,941.40 by Harold R. Fowler.
An advertiser promotes a line labeled Birth to Kindergarten 1 19 with a price of 2.49 and suggests it covers all sizes. The copy emphasizes value and appeal to boys, claiming it as exactly what every boy wants and noting heavy reductions to a two dollar price point.
Philadelphia reports a new major league professional football circuit, the United States Football League, to begin operations in 1945 with 10 franchise cities including Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Pittsburgh Akron Cincinnati Chicago St Louis and Honolulu. The league will have eastern and western divisions and teams will travel by airplane. War conditions permitting.
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