Explosions Hit San Lorenzo Post Office
Two dynamite caps exploded near the San Lorenzo post office Saturday night and again near the creek bed. Postmaster Richard Kessler and family heard nothing. damage appeared Sunday morning. Deputy Sheriff Swain investigates with possible suspects named as local vagrants or youths amid rumors of a postal robbery attempt.
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San Lorenzo
Mooney- Billings
San Lorenzo Creek
Richard T. Kessler
Sheriff
Frank Swain
Poisoner at Work Again Affects Local Dogs
A dog poisoned in the Dean and Grand streets area prompts a police report. Sally, a police dog owned by Mr and Mrs Canty, convulsed after eating meat threaded with cord but was saved by Dr Nels Clemens. Canty urges action to stop the attacks, even hinting at volunteers with a baseball bat.
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Dean
Grand Streets
Louis Silva
Edward J. Canty
San Francisco
Postal Telegraph Company
Sally
Canty
Review
Silva
Legion Hope Chest Party At Legion Ball Set
Members of the American Legion Auxiliary and the American Legion and their friends will attend a stunt dance and stop at the Legion ball Thursday evening. Leonard Lustig directs the program with assistants Roy Hutto David Watrous William Hoff Stanton Soares D R Galbraith and Liz Lorentzen. The Legion’s gentlemen’s hope chest winner will be announced a cedar chest with items donated by many Legionnaires.
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American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion
Legion
Leonard Lustig
Roy Hutto
David Watrous
William Hoff
Stanton Soares
D. R. Galbraith
Liz Lorentzen
Six-eared corn plant on Percy Hoag ranch puzzles locals
A farm news item reports a freak six ear corn plant on the Percy Hoag ranch with five side ears all bearing kernels. A separate note mentions a police roundup in Santa Barbara where youths were rounded up and peppered with green apples.
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Davis
U.P
Percy Hoag
Santa Barbara
Miss Jorgensen Visits Capitol On Eastern Trip
Miss Dora Jorgensen office manager for the Hayward exchange of the Pacific Telephone company returned from a month long vacation. Her route went down the west coast through the Panama Canal to New York and back via the Canadian Rockies. She visited the White House and Capitol, viewed the Green Blue and Red rooms, and met with President Hoover and senators in session.伴
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Dora Jorgensen
Hayward Exchange
Pacific Telephone Company
Panama Canal
New York
Canadian Rockies
White House
Capitol
Washington
Albert E. Carter
Jorgensen
Claire Evans
San Francisco
Hoover
Senate
Johnson and
Shortridge
Canal
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Pear Harvest Starts in Alameda County Prices Rise for Apricots
Alameda County begins pear harvest this week with an expected peak around August 10 for about a month. Blight control under Charles Long boosts local prospects while apricot growers near season end see Hunt Brothers and California Conserving Company canneries handling much fruit. San Jose reports improved market when prune and apricot growers’ association raises advance payments. dried fruit packers increase offers by 1 to 2 cents.
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Alameda County
Charles Long
Alameda
Hunt Brothers and
California Conserving Company
San Jose
California Prune and Apricot Growers’ Association
San Jose Mercury-Herald
Changes Made at Traffic Office
Tony Rose, a veteran state highway patrol member, acts as clerk in charge at the local patrol HQ replacing Officer George Barron who returns to a high watt beat after Mrs Elvira Sjoberg vacated the post. Mrs Sjoberg is expected to transfer to the Oakland office. Cliff Ralph and Ed Dyas Jr. are promoted to trade inspectors for Alameda and Contra Costa counties. Ralph was given a detail to study overloaded trucks. Dyas has often led the local division in Captain Elke's absence.
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Tony Rose
State Highway Patrol
George Barron
Hishwatt
Elvira Sjoberg
Oakland
Cliff Ralph
Ed Dyas Jr
Alameda
Contra Costa
Ralph
Speeding Foe Wilson Jailed For Unpaid Fine
Carl A. Wilson of San Francisco could not pay a ten dollar speeding fine and was ordered jailed for two days by Judge Jack Harder Jr in justice court. Wilson, arrested by Traffic Officer Norman Vadnais after failing to answer his citation, reportedly sped at 60 miles an hour while asking for directions to Dumbarton bridge.
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Carl A. Wilson F
San Francisco
Jack Harder Jr
Justice Court
Norman Vadnais
Dumbarton Bridge
Mooney's Plea for Hearing Denied by Court
California Supreme Court rejects Mooney's bid to have him summoned as a material witness at Warren Billings pardon's hearing. Court announced informally, with Chief Justice Waste noting Billings would likely not appear. Mooney, in a new pardon petition drafted by Frank P. Walsh, cites 1916 Preparedness Day bombing testimony and MacDonald's confession, while Oxman’s testimony is said to be discredited. Disappearance of two police reports linked to Captain Goff's denial of identification is reported.
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San Francisco
Inir
U.P
California Supreme Court
Thomas J. Mooney
Warren K. Billings
William H Waste
Billings
Youngs
Mooner
Frank P. Walsh
New York
MacDonald
Frank Oxman
Oregon
Oxman
Mooney
Charles Goff
Local De Molay Team Triumphs Over Richmond Squad
The De Molay team defeats Richmond with strong pitching by Conner and Hood. Notable hits include Triples by O Lundgren and Doubles by G Lundgren and Kane, with Nor Hood contributing a 7 strikeout effort and multiple outs. Umpires Wussenbaum Kime and Lindsay listed for the game.
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de Molay
Richmond
O. Lundgren
G. Lundgren
Kane
Nor Hood
Conner
Hood
Wussenbaum
Kime
Lindsay
Washington
Norman Conner
al Waterman
George
Oscar Dundgren
Brown
Anderson
Waterman
Henry
Ec Nussenbaum
Ee Williford
Sinesee
Nor
Stace
Athe
Dr George Gillespie Hosts Health Talk on KZM Radio
Local chiropractor Dr George Alvin Gillespie broadcast a health talk Monday morning over KZM radio station here. He discussed wellness tips and community health resources, inviting listener questions during the segment.
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George Alvin Gillespie
KZM
Magnet collection on Arizona roads raises harvest of metal
During the past two years the Arizona Road Commission's home built magnetized system has collected 159000 pounds of iron nails screws wire and machinery from roads. The effort aims to reclaim materials from highway maintenance debris and support state projects.
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Phoents
Ariz. W
Arizona Rusaway Commission
Magleet
Tha
Geius J
Forty-Niners Honored at California State Fair
Eight surviving Forty-Niners from the San Francisco Bay area will be saluted at a Pioneers' bar program on September 7 during the California state fair in Sacramento. Notables include Col. Y L G Armstrong and Jules Auradow of San Francisco, and James P Taylor of Oakland. The fair theme is Eighty Years of Progress.
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San Francisco Bay District
Sacramento
Col. Y. L. G. Armstrong
Isabelle Green McMahon
Jules Auradow
San Francisco
J. H. P. Gedge
Charles D. Robinson
San Rafael
James P Taylor
F. W. Miller
Mary B. Haskell
Oakland
Foreign Markets Held Big Need For Fruit Growers
California deciduous fruit growers must push foreign markets to meet rising competition. Lochiel M King of the Harbor Board told San Joaquin County Farm Bureau in La Fayette that grading packing and handling must ensure superior quality for export. He cited South Africa Australia Soviet Russia and Britain as strong competitors and urged California to maintain high standards to gain access to Europe the Pacific and the Orient.
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Sax Francisco
California
Board of State Harbor Commissioners
Lochiel M King
Harbor Board
Farm Bureau of
San Joaquim County
LaFayette
King
Europe
South America
Pacific Isles
Orient
South Africa
Australia
Soviet Russia
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Cape Town
South Afriea
London
Germany
Scandinavian
Aviation Study in Schools Planned
Sacramento reports the state board of education studies a standardized ground aviation course for all California high schools. Flying courses remain prohibited. Vierling Kersey announces the curriculum commission will assist in designing the ground curriculum for statewide adoption.
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Sacramento
State Board of Education
California
Vierling Kersey
Atate
California Curriculum Commission
Collier Sentenced to San Quentin for Alameda County Loot
J. J. Collier former Alameda county deputy sheriff was convicted of bribery with bootleggers in the East Bay graft ring. He appeared in court and received a sentence of one to 14 years in San Quentin. His son plans an appeal calling his father a victim of circumstance.
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Oakland
U.P
East Bay
San Quentin
J. J. Collier
Alameda County
Stanley Murray
Madera
Collier
Bomb marked death to Filipinos found in San Francisco Ferry Building
A hand grenade wrapped in paper bearing the slogan Death to the Filipinos was found in a telephone booth at the Southern Pacific Ferry Building. Harbor police evacuated the area as Detective Sgt. Dick Tathem examined the device, which also bore a skull and crossbones.
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San Francisco
U.P
Southern Pacific
State Harbor
Harbor
Dick Tathem
Stribling Knocks Out Phil Scott in London Battle
Georgia boxer Stribling knocked out England's Phil Scott in the second round before 45 000 fans at Ringside Wembley during a match billed as the world's heavyweight championship. The contest ended early in the second round as the bout was just starting its ten round schedule.
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Stribling
Phil Scott
Wimbledon
London
U.P
Young Stribling
Georgia
England
Bandit La Verne to Hang October 10
Edward La Verne, confessed robber, was sentenced to hang at San Quentin on October 10 for killing Marcel LaGoria, an Oakland grocer, during a holdup. He pleaded guilty to the shooting and claimed the gun fired by accident. Public defender Willard Shea filed notice of appeal.
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Oakland
Edward la Verne
San Quentin Prison
Marcel LaGoria
la Verne
Willard Shea
Greenwood Family Returns After Oregon Trip
Mr and Mrs Charles Greenwood concluded an 11 day journey along the Redwood highway visiting Mrs Mary Lee Greenwood and Mrs Tony Franco in Ashland Oregon. They toured Crater Lake noted for its depth and blue color and Mr Greenwood fished at Klamath Falls catching a salmon over 20 pounds. They stopped at Richardson s Grove and Harbin Springs during the Saturn trip.
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Charles Greenwood
Redwood Highway
Mr. Greenwood
Ashland
Oregon
Mary Lee Greenwood
Tony Franco
Crater
Cascade Range
Greenwood
Klamath Falls
Richardson's Grove
Harbin Springs
Lonley Life at Big Sable Point Coast Guard Station
A lone life of isolation marks the Big Sable Point coast guard and lighthouse crew north of Ludington. Crew members find coins and antiques suggesting early exploration. a 1731 Spanish coin was recovered near the sands ten miles south of the point where Perr I Maranatts died on May 18, 1676.
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Ludington
Mich
Coast Guard
Big Sable Point
Albert Howard
Bulliueu
Teach
Perr I Maranatts
Merchants Handed Game After Row
A seventh inning safety dispute halted the Hayward Merchants versus Selby game at Bret Harte School. The umpire ruled a runner out, teammates argued safe, and the game ended 2 to 6. Dutch Roetucker pitched for Hayward with Al Cambra catching.
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Hayward Merchants
Selby Club
Bret Harte School
Dutch Roetucker
Huge sturgeon trapped in East Bay inches from life
A 150 pound sturgeon weighing six inches long was captured from a pound net in East Bay near Traverse City Michigan. The fish bore a three foot girth and conservationists are attempting to keep it alive in a local aquarium.
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Traverse City
Mich
East Bay
Courtroom bouquet theft shocks Medford crowd
In Medford Oregon a bouquet disappeared from a clerk's desk in the courtroom of Judge Alex Sparrow, signaling a notable lack of respect for the court. The incident reflects tensions within the courthouse and raises questions about decorum and security.
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Court House
Medford
Ore
Rotary Link Bridge Progress Talk At Hayward Meeting
Horace W. Ambler of the San Mateo Times urged cooperation between Hayward and San Mateo in regional development. He framed the Bay Area as central to westward civilization, calling Rotary clubs to lead joint meetings, a Castlewood Country Club picnic, and community projects with golf, swimming, tennis, and bridge with prizes for ladies.
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Hayward
San Mateo
Set Mateo
Alameda
Hayrward
Bay
Horace W. Amblett
Arrer Tate
Greece
Rome
America
California
New York
Rotary
Rotarians
Walter Trobee
Hayward Club
I. B. Parsons
Clem Clements
Castlewood Country Club
Dave Galbraith
Bernie O'Brien
Sig Lorentzen
Harry Bratford
al Frager
Bill Oswill
Biz
Two Governors For State Urged By Political Speaker
A recent speaker advocating reelection of California Governor James Rolph Jr proposed a “high hat governor” to do the work while wearing the stovepipe hat. Mayo Ed Rainey Rolph’s secretary denounced the idea in a radio address heard in Hayward. Southern Alameda county manager Jezz T. Edner sent congratulations on the speech and signaled the situation was being handled.
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Young
California
Alameda
Rolph
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Gillespie
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United States
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Pacific Coast
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