Marines Train To Knock Out Pillboxes With Mitchell Bombers
Cherry Point North Carolina reports Marine air crews testing modified Mitchell bombers to strike Japanese pillboxes. Pilots fly low level cannon strafing missions using 76 mm cannon aboard B-25 derived PBJs led by Squadron Leader Bodda Hancock. The exercise demonstrates using cannon carrier planes to neutralize well fortified artillery positions.
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Cherry Point
N.C
Marine
Army
Marine ‘Corps
PBJ
Lke
Li. R
Bodda” Hancock
Ava
Fla
Annie
Stalin Announces Fifth-Order Day Over Lithuanian Rail Captures
Premier Josef Stalin announced that Frussians had captured iwuliad in Lithuania, severing the Riga Tilsit and Riga Kau rail links.
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London
Josef Stalin
Frussians
Iwuliad
Lithuania
Rige-Tilsit
Riga-Kaurail
OPA Sets Ceiling on Melons Amid Wholesale Price Move
Fresno report says the district OPA office fixed 614 cents per pound for cantaloupes and honeydew at six cents, aiming to reinforce the wholesale ceiling of 42.80 per box. The new retail ceiling took effect yesterday, signaling a declared stand on melon pricing.
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Fresno
U.P
OPA
Catholics May Use Public School Bus in Visalia
In Visalia California Superior Judge I Glenn Moran denied W Browker a request for an injunction to stop Porterville school officials from allowing public school buses to pick up parish school pupils. Browker claimed the practice used public funds to support private schools.
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Visalia
Calif
W. Browker
Porterville
I Glenn Moran
Browker
Proposed Budget for Tennyson School District 1946 Hearing
The Tennyson School District in Alameda County proposes expenditures for the 1944-45 year totaling 20 543 dollars with current expenses of 20 043 dollars and capital outlay 500 dollars. A public hearing is set at Tennyson School on August 2 at 8:00 PM, VAUGHN D. SEIDEL, County Superintendent of Schools, announces.
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Tennyson
Alameda County
Tennyson School
Vaughn D. Seidel
Valle Vista
Niles Road
Market summary for South San Francisco cattle hogs and sheep
Markets for today show cattle salable 50 for week receipts near 1,900 steady on steers heifers and grass cows with some declines to 260 lower. Goats, vealers, hogs and sheep also noted with lambs largely steady at 12.50 to 13.00, yearlings 100 to 21, and hogs 180 to 220 pounds 14.75. Receipts for the week total about 4,200 hogs and 9,830 sheep with varied pricing across grades.
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San Francisco
Fruits and vegetables market prices by district and local shops
SAN FRANCISCO Fruits and vegetables market reports show apricots at five dollars per unit, currants from Alameda County at fifty, figs from Sondina and other firms at varying cents, peaches from Joag and associates around five dollars, plums across districts at about one dollar seventy-five to two dollars, beans cauliflower celery corn cucumbers lettuce peas and red Klamath potatoes listed as local market items with prices noted as unchanged and totals around two hundred fifty one dollars and fifty cents.
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San Francisco
U.P
Clara Co
Alameda Co
Sondina Co
S. Joag
Joag. Co
San Francisco Dairy Market Prices Flash report
Dairy market in San Francisco lists butter scores 93 92 90 with prices 43 4214 424 4144. Cheese wholesale loaves 27.9 triplets 27.2. Eggs large Grade A 46-47c, Medium Grade A 3044c 4014, Small Grade A 244-254, Large Grade B 33-34. Central California Large I Grade A 4844, Medium Grade A 42, Small Grade A 27.
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California
San Francisco Poultry Prices and OPA Ration Plans
San Francisco reports unchanged poultry prices as the OPA plans rationing ham and pork loins starting August 13. Listings include various weights for broilers, fryers, roasters, hens, squabs, rabbits, and turkeys with prices per pound and notes on seasonal demand. The piece also notes that the western pine beetle destroys 2.8 billion board feet of timber annually.
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San Francisco
OPA
Markets At A Glance Irregular Stocks Slip In Quiet Trade
United Press reports steadiness in U S government securities and dull curb stocks with irregular moves. Cotton declines up to 60 cents per bale while wheat holds steady to slightly down.
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United Press
Egular
U. S
Final Stocks on Mild Downturn in New York Market
Trading eased to the lightest total since May 16 as prices declined unevenly across sectors. Dow Jones prelims showed mixed to lower closes with declines in chemicals and oils, while a few issues like Bethlehem Steel Preferred and Bristol Myers rose. Volume was moderate with about 562,000 shares traded.
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New York
U.2
du Font
Mack Trucks
Allied Chemical
Coca-Cala
Firestone
Safeway
Bethlehem Steel
Bristol Myers
International Railways of
Central America
Detroit
Hillside
Southwestern Railroad
Dow Jones
San Francisco Stock Exchange Shows Weak Trading
The San Francisco Stock Exchange opened with a weak market as the average fell to 34.61, down 14 cents. At the fourth-hour close, 5 issues rose, 9 fell and 9 were unchanged. Bank clearings list Oakland at 2,793,900 dollars, Los Angeles 64,894,876, San Francisco 43,700,000, and Berkeley 1,585,498.
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San Francisco
U.R
San Francisco Stock Exchange
Oakland
Los Angeles
Burkeley
Peach Growers to Get $50-$60 Per Ton Under Plan
The Food Administration and the Office of Price Administration extend an arrangement raising the average return to peach growers to 60 dollars a ton in all states except California where it remains 50 dollars a ton. The plan, originally set for 12 southeastern states, guides processors ceilings for the 1944 peach pack. Washington dispatch notes the expansion of the price scheme.
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Food Administration
Office of Price Administration
California
Washington
Stamp compliance offer for 90000 motorists in California
Harold Aerliner, Northern California IRS collector, says motorists who have not bought the use tax stamp by Aug. 1 may file a $5 offer in compromise of penalties. Those failing to report within 10 days of a deputy’s citation face a $35 fine or 30 days in jail or both. About 90,000 northern California motorists have been warned.
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San Francisco
Harold Aerliner
Internal Revenue
California
Berliner
Kiwanis Hear Lt Governor Jesse Stafford Speak
Hayward Kiwanis heard Lieut Governor Jesse Stafford of District Two discuss the international convention in Chicago last month. Capt Charles Sandby shared flying experiences in Asia and Burma, with Lt Col Sack and Lt Hawthorne of the Hayward Army Air Base as guests. The District Convention will be in Los Angeles October 2 9 and 4 at the Elks Club. no local delegates named.
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Jesse Stafford
Kiwanis Clubs
Hayward
China
Burma
Col
Sack
Hawtthorne
Hayward Army Air Base
Col. Sack
Frank Demo
Los Angeles
Elks Club
Farm Loan Association Meets At Berkeley
A regional conferees of all Coast County National Farm Loan Associations met in the Farm Credit Administration Building at Berkeley. War and postwar financing was discussed and plans made to meet farmers credit needs. Ben Schulte and Hugh S Walker were elected to the advisory committee. Attendees included Peter H Hoare John F Viera Rosie Jacuzzi Carl Gober among others.
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All Coast County National Farm Loan Associations
Farm Credit Administration
Berkeley
Ben Schulte
Monterey County National Farm Loan Association
Hugh S. Walker
Alameda-Contra Costa National Farm Loan Association
Walker
Peter H. Hoare
Hayward
John F. Viera
Rosie Jacuzzi
Antice
Carl Gober
Valle Vista School District Proposed Expenditures 1944-45
Legal notice from Valle Vista School District Alameda County outlines proposed expenditures for the 1944-45 school year including administration instruction operation of plant and auxiliary agency costs. It sets total proposed expenditures and budget requirements with current receipts and taxes, and notes Valle Vista Elementary School on Niles Road with a public August 4 time.
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IV General Reserve
Valle Vista
Alameda pCounty
OPA Upheld Right For Woman To Snore In Sleep
CHICAGO UP A worried tenant asked John P. McCarthy director of OPA rent division if a landlord could evict a tenant for snoring. McCarthy replied the right to snore is protected and eviction solely for snoring cannot be imposed.
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Chicago
Office of Price Administration
John P. McCarthy
Rent Division
The
OPA
McCarthy
Navy wells begin to ease west coast oil shortage
Petroluem Administrator Harold L Tekes said drilling new wells on the navy Mik Hills reserve will somewhat relieve the west coast oil shortage. He noted the navy's tightly locked Elk Hills reserve had been the only remaining California source and that tapping reserves was chosen to avert a major crisis. July 16 saw the first of about 300 wells completed with seven more to start as the program aims to lift production from 15 000 to 65 000 barrels daily.
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Washington
U.R
Harold L. Tekes
Navy
Mik Hills
California
Elk Hills
Naval Reserve
Obituary: Hannah O'Brien Cain 67 in Hayward
Hannah O'Brien Cain 67 died in Hayward on Thursday July 27 wife of the late Thomas Cain and mother of Margaret H. Linton and Lester M. Cain. A Ontario Canada native she had lived here 11 years. Funeral from Pratt Pliers Mortuary Saturday July 29 at 9 am with mass at All Saints church. Interment at Holy Sepulchre cemetery.
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Hannah O'Brien Cain
Hayward
Thomas Cain
Margaret H. Linton
Lester M. Cain
Ontario
Canada
A Year With Continues Tense Break Between Lovers
A dramatic scene unfolds as Angelica asks Dennis to relay a blunt message to Ivan and hints a final break may be needed. Dennis relays the message, Angelica doubts, and a late-night brandy signals waning resolve amid tangled relationships and looming days with Dennis, Joan, and Vernon.
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Tinar
Dennis
Angelica
Ivan
Joan
Vernon
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Elmer
Walzer United Press
Finncial
Gospel Church
Nora Cauble
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Castro Valley Blvd
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