US B-29s Hit Manchuria Industry Amid Pacific Victories
United Press reports American B-29 Superfortresses struck industrial targets in the Mukden area of Manchuria marking the third major B-29 raid in six weeks. U S invasion forces gained ground on Guam and Tinian while Allied planes hit scattered targets across the Pacific. Nimitz said Titian Island airstrip and west Guam position were strengthened as casualties rose to 3 651 dead 15 958 wounded and 500 missing amid six weeks of Marianas combat.
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United Press
Japan
Mukden
Manchuria
U. S
Guam
Tinian
Pacific
Apra Harbor
Nimitz
Marianas
Saipan
Union
American Tanks Drive Deep Into Western Normandy
American armour crushed German counteraction in western Normandy driving toward the sea. Lt Gen. Patton’s leapfrog tactics aided a breakthrough from Coulances toward the coast, trapping thousands of Germans in a widening pocket. Multiple U S tank columns pressed along the Sienne and Soulle rivers as German withdrawal appeared orderly near Avranches.
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Supreme Headquarters
AEF
Normandy
Coutances
Coulances
Norman- Idy Peninsula
George 5
Blond
Guts
Patton, Jr
West Coast
Sienne
Soulle
Patton
Avranches
Brittany
France
Paris
STS
Vire
St. Lo
Coutanees
Brehal
Granville
Granvilles Vire
Japan Announces Resignation of Puppet Cabinet
Tokyo Radio reported from Bangkok that Thailand's Luang Piul Songeram led cabinet has resigned. it was a puppet regime under Japanese control after the Thai capitulation on December 8. The broadcast cited Bangkok dispatches via the Thai publicity bureau, noting changes in foreign affairs and leadership as Tojo’s war cabinet resigned days earlier.
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San Francisco
WWR
Thailand
Luang Piul Songeram
Tokyo Radio
Bangkok
United Press
Songeram
Tokyo
Thai Publicity Bureau
Songavay
Foreign Ministry
Wichil Wathakun
Japan
Ananda Mahidol
Songgram
Gen
Hideki Tojo
Weather Forecast for San Francisco Bay Area and Valleys
Bay area expected high fog late night and morning with otherwise clear skies today and Sunday. Normal temperatures. Livermore Santa Clara and Salinas valleys: clear today tonight and Sunday with high fog in mornings and mild temperatures.
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San Francisco Bay Region
Ocean
Livermore
Santa Clara
Salinas
Stanton Selected Head of Hayward Red Cross Board
E K Stanton was elected chairman of the Hayward Red Cross branch of the Oakland chapter at a city hall meeting of the newly elected executive board. The nominating committee of Eric Ruus, chairman, R J Barbey, and Mrs. Lee Pearce presented the officers who were all elected unanimously. Other officers include Mary Ramm as first vice president William Cryer as second vice president Mrs Ann Testerman as secretary and Russ Wing as treasurer. Advisory board members will be appointed by Stanton later.
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KK. Stanton
Hayward
OPA Refuses 30 Day Point Holiday on Lamb Sales
Portland gleaned that the OPA declined a request for a 30 day point holiday on lamb sales across Oregon and Washington. The denial came after discussions in Washington with Chester Bowles noting the market glut, with support from Rep. Harris and A. Guy Cordon and about 20 farm and livestock groups. James C. Derleux relayed Bowles decision after the conference.
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OPA
Portland
Ore
Oregon
Washington
D. C
San Francisco
A. Guy Cordon
Harrish
Chester Bowles
James C. Derleux
Mission Worker Weds Presbyterian Pastor
BERKELEY Calif yesterday Rev Gra ham C Hunter 81 longtime First Presbyterian Ful lerton Calif and Marsha Kerr of New York assistant secretary for primary personnel of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions were married here. Hunter previously led the Church of the Covenant in New York City 1914 to 192? The bride is the daughter of the late Rev John W Kerr former pastor of Trinity Church San Francisco.
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Berkeley
Graham C. Hunter
First Presbyterian Church of
War in Brief Europe Asia and Pacific fronts shift rapidly
World war brief reports B-29 raids over Mukden in Manchuria and Allied strikes across France and Germany. French armored thrusts trap Germans near Coutances while Soviet forces breach Warsaw outskirts after a long push along the Vistula. German counterpressure risk to Florence and Pisa siege slows. Allied air power concentrates on Hamburg Stuttgart and central Germany.
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United Press Pacific
Mukden
Manchuria
France
Normandy
Russia
Warsaw
Vistula
Tascan
Nile
Florence
Pisa
Hamburg
Stuttgart
Germany
Cannery Booths Planned by Local Committee
The Cannery Help Committee in Hayward City Hall discussed action to be effective August 1. A program to erect downtown registration booths for cannery workers will be staffed by volunteers and the U S Employment Service, with advertising and a campaign through the season underwritten by local canneries.
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Cannery Help Committee
Hayward
W. St. B. Eustice
Hunt Brothers.Publissing Co
Ernest Kroeger
California Conserving Co
United States Employment Service
Walter Gamman
George A. Mays
Walter Gammaen
William Oswill
J. L. Ligholtz
Brovil Kroeger
Irene Jamieson
C. B. Paulsen
J. S. Haines
Glen Wright
W. St. B. Bustice
Manza Blake
Swerve Minesweeper Sunk in the Mediterranean Navy Report
The Navy reports the minesweeper Swerve was lost in the Mediterranean due to enemy action. It was the 172nd war loss, built by John J. Mathis Co and delivered in 1941, with 60 crew including Lt. Andrew Morthland of Los Angeles, who survived. His wife Mrs. Constance G. Morthland resides in Tujunga, California.
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Washington
Navy Today
Mediterranean
John J. Mathis Co
Camden
N.a
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Sweden
Wnd
Sheear
Andrew Morthland
Los Angeles
Constance G. Morthlend
Inspiration Way
Tujunga
Calif
Dies Charges 72 Federal Workers With Collusion
The House Special Committee on Un American Activities released a preliminary report alleging 72 federal employees had frequent communications with CIO political action officials to promote New Deal candidates. Names include C P Baldwin and others tied to the War Production Board and Farm Security programs, with alleged influence over presidential campaigns and White House figures.
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Washington
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Martin Dies
Tex
CIO
Blesnor Roosevelt
Irony Baldwin
PAC
Sidney Hillman
White House
Verda Barnes
Sen
J Worth Clark
Hunger Strike Reaches 11th Day at Tule Lake Center
Newell Calif UP reports Japanese American inmates at the Tule Lake segregation center continue a hunger strike into the eleventh day. Two more were hospitalized but later discharged after evaluation. Six inmates have been examined. one accepted food and treatment as officials note a pattern of renewed protests following last fall incidents.
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Tule Lake Center
Newell
Calif
Flootade
Tule Lake
Atta
Safe Driving Course For Hayward Union High Students
Hayward Union High will offer automobile driving next fall as part of the orientation department effort. Superintendent O. B. Paulsen announced the plan in cooperation with Captain Louis Bile of the California State Highway Patrol. Instructors include Mrs Dean Ferguson, Miss Elizabeth Lee, Miss Marian Nielsen, and Wallace Por Thig. The course is new in California schools this year and aims to promote safe driving on state highways.
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Hayward Union High School
Supt
O. B. Paulsen
Gapt. Louis Bile
California State Highway Patrol
Dean Ferguson
Elizabeth
Lee
Marian Nielsen
Wallace
California
Nafton's Top Pilot Missing In Action After Downing 23
CIL CITY Pa WALA Cal Francis Grabeski nation s leading fighter pilot is missing in action his family notified today by the War Department Col Grabeski whose 28 planes destroyed in the air surpassed that of any other 1 had been digit at the European theater he also has destroyed three planes on the ground
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Nafton
Cil City
Wala
Cal
Francis Grabeski
Was Department
Col. Grabeski
Mental cases crowd California hospitals above capacity
California mental hospitals ran 30 percent over capacity as 604 more patients joined the rolls in the fiscal year ended June. Agnews reported 3 percent over capacity, Mendocino 16 percent, and Sonoma State Home 37 percent. Women’s wards were the most overcrowded. wartime restrictions delayed improvements and expansions.
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California
Sacramento
U.P
State Department of Institutions
Earl Wareren
Dora Shaw Heffner
Agnews
Mendocino Hospital
Sonoma State Home
Mrs. Heffner
Mass
Heffner
Plan Playgrounds On Vacant Lots
Police Chief George Forth and Wesley Gordon recreation superintendent survey the city to locate vacant lots in neighborhoods for child play areas. Permits from lot owners will be sought, with youngsters helping clear weeds and debris. The aim is to provide neighborhood spaces for ball and related games alongside school playgrounds, though these sites will lack equipment or supervision.
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George Forth
Wesley Gordon
Bids Sought for Castro Valley Sewer Project Worth $300000
At a Castro Valley District meeting last night a call for bids was issued for a $300,000 continuation of the Castro Valley sewer system. Nearly all property owners attended as officials outlined the project, funding, and the need for a sewage treatment plant.
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Castro Vals
Castro Valley
Castro Valley Section 1
Warp
Lum
He Huvet
WPA
Worth
Lay
Hayward
Castra Vat
Ora Loma
Sheriff Drags For Body of Fisherman Near Rockport
Sacramento sheriff's crew dragged the water of a slough near Rockport in Sacramento County for the body of William Stephen 27 of RL 3 Boxx Sanduse. Stephen drowned yesterday during a fishing trip with his father George Stephen. The search resumed at daybreak after a brief suspension during the Ment.
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Sacramento, W.pj
Rockport
Sacramento County
William Stephen
RL 3
Boxx
Sanduse
Stephen
George Stephen
Tenants Refuse Boost In Vallejo Rent
Vallejo. War housing residents reject rent increase approved for Chabot Terrace Med eval Terrace and Carquines projects. FPHA official defends raise as needed for war effort while tenants vow to pay old rates and resist evictions. Chamber of Commerce backs tenants and will seek congressional action.
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Vallejo
Langdon Post
Federal Public Housing Authority
Chabiot
Terrace
Chabot Terrace
Medeval Terrace
Stork Race Won By Air Transport Stork Race Won By Air Transport
Mrs. Maurice J. O'Connor Winslow California gave birth en route as her air transport beat the stork by four hairbreadths. She and her newborn were reported resting comfortably at Wilshire Hospital after the routine flight from Burbank to Los Angeles.
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Los Angelies
U.P
Maurice J. O'Connor
Winslow
Aviz
Jodl
Wilshire Hospital
Stork
Bns
Helen Zimmerton
San Diego Naval Hospital
Wegan
O'Connay
Burbank
Bret Harte Receives Free Playground Dirt Delivery
One hundred cubic yards of red sandy foam will be delivered to Bret Harte school soon at no charge. Larry TL Arnold, general superintendent of construction for the Gohannon & Chamberlain San Lorenzo housing project, arranged the courtesy. The stony ground at Bret Harte has been unsatisfactory, and the finer dirt will be used as a topping.
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Bret Harte
Bret Harte School
Larry TL. Arnold
Gohannon & Chamberlain San Lorenzo
Bret Harle
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PSA
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