Halsey’s Plane Brings Father To Ailing Baby Son
Five month old Alan Williams, son of Seaman 2/e and Mrs Vernon Williams of 826 Watkins St, was near death from heart enlargement and pneumonia. Admiral Nimitz Halsey’s plane carried his father from Washington to Hayward, then home. The baby began recovering at home with grandparents nearby.
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Alan Willams
Vernon
Williams
Watkins St. Jay
Tayward Hospital
Seaboard
American Red Cross
Washington
Admiral Win. F. Halsey I
Fairfield
Hayward
Alan
Earl Williams
Inductees From Local Board 74 Free Armed Service
The Local Board No 74 registrants inducted into the armed services in July include Joseph Jernigan Jr Vernon Daily Joy Simimeans James L Eiris Fred Ferreira Edward Jergents Armand Santistevan Dogme Lopez Marvin E Martin Edward Cambra Warren Wong John W Vote Rollie Mitchell Hugh Leshey Harrison Kotler Valentino Piannetta William Hill Millis Bueholz Herbert Ki Struss Jack Paine Cecil Kaufman Rodney Larson and others.
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Local Board No. 74
The
Armed Services
Joseph Jernigan
Vernon R. Daily
Joy Id. Simimeans
Ames L. Eiris
Fred B. Ferreira
Edward Jergents
Armand Santistevan
Dogme Lopez
Marvin E. Martin
Edward G. Cambra
Warren C. Wong
John W. Vote
Rollie Mitchell
Hugh J. Leshey
Harrison D. Kotler
Valentino P. Piannetta
William G. Hill
Millis E. Bueh~holz
Herbert F. Ki
Struss
Jack QD
Paine
Cecil I
Pert Kaufman
Rodney &. Larson, D
Two Boys Face Charge Of Grand Auto Theft
Two of four Decota boys held by Hayward sheriff s office on charges of grand theft alleged auto stealing were certified to the juvenile court. George Hinkle 17 and Rudolph Cruz 19 were certified to the juvenile court. George Cruz Rudy s older brother was held to answer on grand theft and certified to the Superior court. William Silva was held to answer in Superior court on two counts of grand theft auto. George Cruz and George Hinkle to appear in Justice court later this afternoon with attempted burglary charges.
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Hayward
George Hinkle
Rudolph Cruz
George Cruz
Rudy
William Silva
Dhe
Nites
Weather Forecast for San Francisco Bay Region and Valleys
High fog today and tonight with Saturday morning tired clear by afternoon except west of Twin Peaks. Temperature normal at Livermore Santa Clara and Salinas Valleys. Clear after noons in the Valleys, otherwise high fog today tonight and Saturday with mild temperatures.
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San Francisco Bay Region
Twin Peaks
Livermore
Santa Clara
Salinas
Red Cross Cuts Blood Donor Schedule in Hayward
The Hayward unit of the Oakland Red Cross chapter will hold blood donor days once a month at the Veterans building on Main Street, third Tuesday each month. Chairman Mrs. C. A. Poole says the goal is 140 to 160 pints daily, with the Mobilized Blood Measurement unit arriving from San Francisco.
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Hayward
Oakland
Red Cross
Veterans
Main Street
C. A. Poole
San Francisco
Make Redemption Of War Bonds Easier
Washington announces a new program within 60 days allowing bondholders to redeem war bonds at any commercial bank by presenting proof of identity for full purchase price plus due interest. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau aims to speed cash returns and reduce redemption rate by simplifying the process.
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Washington
Tupi
Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Red Cross Will Hold Closed Directors Meet
A closed meeting of the board of Hayward Red Cross branch of Oakland Chapter will be held tonight at City Hall under outgoing chair Mrs. R. Morton Manson. The session aims to vote in a new slate of officers presented by the nominating committee. Mrs. Manson said at the last board meeting on Thursday, July 20, she will remain as chair until the election.
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Hayward
Wage differential set for cannery workers
The National War Labor Board ordered a night shift wage of seven and one half cents per hour for the cannery workers' union dispute with California Processors and Growers, Inc. The 7 pm to 7 am shift receives the differential.
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National War Labor Board
Cannery Workers
California Processors and Growers, Inc
Hunger Strikers Continue Fast At Tule Lake Center
Thirteen Japanese-Americans held at Tule Lake Segregation Center push hunger strike into ninth day while another inmate remains hospitalized for effects of the fast. Authorities report no end to protest as the group denounces internment and demands relief or release.
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Tule Lake
U.A
Lad Injured in Accidental Swing Hanging Incident
Weldon Vance Barrickman 10 son of Mrs Hazel Barrickman of 8029 Russell Rd played on a home made rope swing in the garage. The rope looped around his neck as the rope end draped over a rafter, causing him to pass out before his sister Nancy Ames eight alerted their mother. He was rushed to Fairmont hospital and revived, now in favorable condition.
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Weldon Vance Barrickman
Hazel
Barrickman
Russell Rd
Fairmont Hospital
Weldon
Nancy Ames
Mixx
County to Pay $65,000 Tuition Tour Col leges
Alameda county taxpayers will pay $45,000 in tuition for 517 county students at public junior colleges in other counties during the 1943-44 school year. Figures released by Vaughn D Seidel highlight a wartime decline from prior years and anticipate continued decreases in enrollment and tuition bills through the war period.
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Vaughn D. Seidel
Alameda County
Seidel
Price Control Easier Under New Ruling in Bay Area
San Francisco reports a new price control ruling adds simplicity for over 9,000 service businesses in the bay region starting Aug 1. George Moncharsh, director of the district Office of Price Administration, said the nationwide regulation keeps most March 1942 maximums but makes a few changes. It will affect about 801 laundries and dry cleaners, 500 apparel alterations, 00 show repair shops, 2,000 garants, 300 farm equipment repair firms, 600 appliance repair shops, 200 frozen food lockers, and 4,000 other small businesses including fruit and vegetable processing, photography and house cleaning.
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San Francisco
URI
San Francisco Bay
George Moncharsh
District Office of Price Administration
Actress Frances Palmer booked on vagrancy charge
Washington police report actress Frances Palmer recently released from a Washington sanitarium was booked on a vagrancy charge in Antioch. Chief Al LeRay reported the incident.
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Antiochur
Washington
Frances Palmer
Folloe
al LeRay
Roberts Named New Principal of Bret Harte Grammar School
H A Roberts of 2126 45th Ave Oakland was appointed principal of Bret Harte grammar school by the Hayward Elementary school board at a special meeting. The election was unanimous per Judge Jacob Harder Jr. Roberts replaces J Bounds Christian on medical leave. He cites nine years of teaching experience and prior posts at Garberville Union Elementary Hayfork Valley Union Elementary Douglas City and leadership roles in local teachers groups and county committees. He is a graduate of San Francisco State College and studied at the UC postgrad school.
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H. A. Roberts
45Th
Ave
Oakland
Bret Harte Grammar School
Hayward
Jacob Harder, Jr
Roberts
J. Bounds Christian
Garberville Union
Hayfork Valley Union
Douglas City
Trinity County ‘Teachers’ Association
Mumboldt County
San Francisco State College
University of California
War Dept. Asked To Allow Japanese to Return
SAN JOSE WRIA resolution to permit royal Japanese Americans to return to the west coast was approved unanimously by delegates to the California Nevada Presbyterian Synod in its final conference session. The body also voted against the right to employment initiative on the November California ballot, warning it would fuel labor dispute.
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San Jose
WRIA
War Department
West Coast
California-Nevada
Haywardites Lose Gas Rations in June
The Price Administration district office reports 500 motorists in 16 counties lost all or part of their gasoline rations in June for speeding. Penalties included removal of a ration coupon or suspension of rations for the war, with 87 San Francisco motorists penalized along with 4 in Oakland 37 in Hayward 11 in Alameda and 20 in Berkeley. In San Mateo Santa Clara Monterey San Benito and other counties 136 motorists were penalized while 45 lost privileges in Marin Solano and additional north coastal counties.
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San Francisco
District Office of Price Administration Today
Oakland
Hayward
Alameda
Berkeley
San Mateo
Santa Clara
Monterey
San Benits
Marin
Solano
Navy Offers $500 Reward For Lost Helldiver
The Twelfth Naval District announces a $500 reward for information leading to the discovery of an SB2C 3 Helldiver numbered 18740 missing since a July 7 1944 weather flight from U S Naval Air Station Alameda. Calls or mail to Commandant Twelfth Naval District Headquarters Federal Office Building San Francisco Market 3428 Extension 609 Air Control Office.
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Twelfth Naval District
Bureau of Aeronautics
U. S. Naval Air Station
Alameda
I Shee
Federal Office
Sat. Francisco
Americans close on Coutances in Normandy pocket
U S forces consolidate gains south of Periers and reach Coutances. Two armored columns trap seven German divisions, closing the escape corridor as German troops retreat north and east toward shrinking pockets. American units seize Coutances outskirts, tightening encirclement and severing last escape routes.
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First Army
Normandy
Periers
Coutances
Supreme Headquarters
AEF
Countances
Bette
Mrs Flack Sentenced for Manslaughter in Child's Death
Mrs Louise Flack was convicted of manslaughter in the death of her six year old daughter. She received one year in prison and five years probation. The sentence was handed down by Superior Judge Alfred Ritz after a trial that concluded with a leniency recommendation. The body was found in an abandoned apartment while she was in Iola Kansas.
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San Francisco
U.P
Louise Flack
Alfred Ritz
Navy Blamed For Ballot Mixup in California
SACRAMENTO Cal UPI Navy officials faced blame as Navy post or ship commanders were cited for premature return of war ballots. Federal War Ballot Commission official Robert Cutler told Secretary Frank M Jordan that premature ballots traced to naval personnel, possibly submarine crews, caused misrouting across Atlantic and Pacific fleets. Jordan noted some ballots came from a construction battalion and stressed state deadline rules for ballots and state bill applications.
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Sacramento
U.pi
Cal
Robert Cutler
Federal War Ballot Commission
Secretary of States
Frank M. Jordan
Navy
Cutler
Jordan
Washington
California
Atlantic
Pacific Fleet
Two Babies Die In Richmond Nursery Home
A California coroner's jury in Richmond investigated the deaths of two infants at a nursery home. Parents testified the children seemed healthy the day before. Jeanette Cooper, in charge, said she prepared formula in the usual fashion and disinfected bottles, finding the infants unconscious two hours after feeding. Police found no disinfectants in the kitchen.
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Richmond
U.P
University of California
Trudy Sue Reach
Douglas Hansen
Jeanette Cooper
B. B. Smith
Greatest Show Goes On Without Big Tap
The Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey circus, which recently returned to its winter quarters in Sarasota, will leave Monday for Akron to resume its tour on August 4. General manager George Smith said the show has been revised to conform with a new policy of outdoor performances after the Hartford fire.
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Sarsota
Fla
U P.-Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Hartford, Conn
Akron
George Smith
Mail Permit Denied For Marriage Book
Federal judge Junge F Dickinson Letts ruled that Postmaster General Frank C Walker wrongfully denied second class mail privileges to Paul Popenoe of the American Institute of Family Relations Los Angeles for distributing a pamphlet titled Preparing for Marriage The order was issued without a hearing violating the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution
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Washington
Junge F. Dickinson
Frank C. Walker
Paul Popenoe
American Institute of Family Relations
Los Angeles
Lelis
Walker
Shortest Allied routes to Berlin from Moor today
Own to Berlin lists distances from Moor to the city for Allied support. Russia 345 miles, Italy 807 miles, Franco 624 miles. Distances highlight relative proximity and strategic reach for postwar planning.
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Berlin
Russia
Italy
Franco
Chicago Ball Games National Report
The item notes national baseball results with teams Chicago and Brooklyn, referencing players Chipman and WilHame, and Davia and Bragan. This brief reads as a compact listing of scores or matchups in a national context, highlighting players associated with the teams.
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National
Chicago
Brooklyn
Chipman & WilHame
Davia & Bragan
Marines Hold One Third of Tinian Island
A U S task force struck the western Carolines as invasion forces pressed Guam and Tinian and a battle loomed on British New Guinea. Nimitz said carrier planes hit Palau Yap and Ulithi sinking 10 vessels and destroying 21 on the ground, with five American planes lost. Marines held one third of Tinian after six days of fighting as 1139 U S dead 441 wounded and 32 missing versus 209 enemy dead and 42 captured were reported. Seabees and engineers landed on Tinian to repair a 4504 foot air strip within bomber range of Tokyo. On Guam troops continued annihilation of trapped Japanese on Oropenin Peninsula and the 16th Army counterassaults were anticipated.
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U. S
Carolines
Guam
Tinian
British New Guinea
Chester Nimitz
Palau
Yap
Ulithi
Tokyo
Nimitz
Orate Penin
16Th
Red Army captures Brest-Litovsk Przemysl and Jaroslaw
Moscow announced the Red Army seized Brest-Litovsk and the twin citadels of Przemysl and Jaroslaw in lower Poland, part of a two day surge that claimed nine German defense bases. The report notes the string of victories across Polish cities.
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London
U.P
Brest Lotvsk
Przemysl
Jaroslaw
Lower Poland
Red Army
Moscow
Special Election Set for Hayward City Manager Vote
Hayward City Council set September 26 as the date for a special election to decide the city manager form of government and to elect a new council member replacing E D McFarland who resigned. Polls mirror the last city election with consolidated locations. Officials will travel to Sacramento on September 18 20 and 21 for related matters.
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Hayward
Arm
George Ja. Mays
E. d. McFarland
Sacramento
Russell City Men Organize Local Fire Department
Russell City men organized a group to form a volunteer fire department. Kenneth Garcia named chief with commissioners Jack Reynolds Frank Burres Marlin Garren John Deberew and Carmello Liranzo. Al Parrish elected treasurer Hal Ny Bien secretary. The department owns two lots and a fire truck. Tonight plans likely for volunteers to man the truck in fires.
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Russell City
Kenneth Garcia
Jack Reynolds
Frank Burres
Marlin Garren
Johm Deberew
Carmello Liranzo
al Parrish
Hal’ C. Ny- Bien
Cannery Show Program Announced By Western Defense Band
A cannery show announced for Hayward Union High School Aug 4 features the Western Defense Command Band and a war frontdrill program. Army cooperation aims to boost cannery labor as peak season nears, with 63 percent of California fruit and vegetable pack handled by the Army effort. The program includes a drum drill, small arms demo, and a screening of The Hidden Army, with speeches by wounded warriors and local speakers. Local committee led by Mrs Manza Blake and others arranged for the event and the show will travel to Marysville Lodi Sacramento Modesto Palo Alto and Oakland with brief stops and concerts in several cities.
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Western Defense Command
West
Army
California
Office of War Manpower Commissions
Gammon
Gamman
West Coast
War Workers
Howard Union High School
Manza Blake
A. d. Foster
EG. Friedrichs
J. L. Hobsson
G. B. Paulsen
F. R. Weisman
Mary Carr Reid
Inge Sorensen
William B. Sutherland
W. D. Oswill
Orland Close
Gron Wright
Leonard
J. A. Matzko
Jaco Harder
le S. Robinson
Carl I. Roberts
Howell Planmons
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Halsey
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Lee
J. M. Larsens
Castro Valley
Lad
Sister
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War Dept
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War Ballot Commission
Pacific
Coast
Big Tap
Marines
Tinian Island
United Press
Russell
Cannery
Amy
Hayward Union High School
Walter Gamman
U.S.H.8
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