Hayward adopts civil service ordinance 1942
The Hayward City Council introduced and later adopted a civil service ordinance establishing a three member Civil Service Commission. It covers appointments, qualifications, tenure, residency rules for police and fire, payroll certification, and prohibits political activity by civil service members. The measure outlines commission duties, meeting procedures, and enforcement via subpoenas and rules.
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City of
Hayward
Arthur T. Mantey
Kolze
Leidig
Mater
Absend
Maenber Ang Paterson
Civil Service Commission
Susarenson
Fire Department
Huge Crowd Sees Apricot Festival Parade in Washington Township
A Sunday parade for the two day Washington Township Apricot Festival drew about 80 000 spectators along the route led by the American Legion colors the board of supervisors and the high school band. Prize winners in the float contest included Lie Conterville Chamber of Commerce Mission San Jose Fire Department and the VUI of Irvington. Coronation night crowned Ellen Morie Hall of Irvington as queen with Assemblyman Francis Dunn officiating and Pinto's orchestra providing the music.
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Washington Township
Irvington
Francis Dunn
Joe Blacow
Pinto
Oakland
Stockton
San Leandro
San Francisco
Fresno
Tim O'Neil
Tivington Promanaders
Thirty Jewish youths on trial for life in Jerusalem
Thirty Jewish youths of Irgun Zvai Leumi faced a British military court in Jerusalem with life on the line and the possibility that hostage sales could hinge on the verdict. The group, mostly teens, was charged with illegal possession of seven automatics and several pistols, rifles, and machine guns. A leader remained unlisted as the court heard psalms recited by the defendants while a spokesman rejected the court’s jurisdiction in Hebrew.
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Jerusalem
Irgun
Zvai Lweumi
Hay
Pro-OPA Groups Rally to Save Price Controls at Congress
Pro-OPA groups converge on Washington urging Congress to extend price controls. They warn a weakened bill could trigger a consumer strike and mobilize public backlash against any rollback of the controls.
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Washington
Congress
Calendar of events for Eden area lodges and clubs
Readers receive a compact events list for today and tomorrow featuring Eden Parlor No 111 Native Suns Golden Wast and Sycamore Lodge No 129. Ashland improvement club. Sunset Diggers meet at Sunset school. Legion Hayward Post 11d Veterans Memorial building. Dads Ride Garden Hayward. Women's Shutter club. Orchard Farm Home Cent rok Loma Sanitary. Foothill Boulevard 21045. Presbyterian church Fra9 P.TM. Camp No ede Dania hall. era.
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Eden Parlor
Sunsete
Golden Wast
Dania All
Hayward Sibvae Board
Sycamore Lodge
Ashland Improvement Club
Sunset Diggers
Sunset School
Oo Legion
Hayward
Veterans” Memorial
Ayenn Haywa
Colfes
Centro Loma Sanitary
Foothill Boulevard
Wintome Circle
Presbyterian Church
Foodman of World, Oy
Camp No
Ede
Dania
Look Forward To Alameds County Parade Plans
Local notes indicate upcoming events in Alameds County including a parade setting, Lions Club involvement, and community improvements. Tentative date in August is mentioned with chamber commerce coordination and potential dance and parade activities. Community groups including Lions Club Ic and Southern Alamedi unty Devoria are listed among organizers.
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Alameds
Aly
Lions Club Ic
Merce Werk
Mervin Blank Graduates DDS After Navy Service
Mervin Blank son of Joe Blank a Maynard merchant participated in University of California commencement last Saturday earning a DDS after Navy V-12 training. He was commissioned lieutenant junior grade and slated for active duty around August 1. He is taking state dental board exams while awaiting a base assignment.
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Marvin Blank
Joe Blank
Maynard
University of California
Blank
Navy
Us, Navy College
San Francsco
State Board
Irwin Beechen
Wit Corps
Baseball 7 United Precs Nation League Sarionst
Fragmentary sports blurb mentions teams and players with scattered names. References include Wathen at Chicago and Hexion at Detsols with twilight scheduling. The text reads like a garbled update from a league notes page with mixed team names and outcomes, lacking clear results or complete facts.
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American League
Wathen
Chicago
Detsols
Austria's Frontiers Rejected by Paris Council
At Paris the foreign ministers council, urged by V M Molotov, rejected Austria's demand for the Austertal valley in South Tyrol and ruled out major frontier changes. The decision upheld Italy's hold on South Tyrol while leaving open possible minor changes and left unresolved the status of the Tendes and Brigue valleys with their hydroelectric stations supplying Genoa.
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Paris
WRI
V. M. Molotov
Foreign Ministers Council
Austria
Yaly
Austertal
South
Tyrol
Pustertal
Molostov
South Tyrol
Molotov
Italy
Triesia
Tendes
Brigue
Genoa
Local student wins scholarship at University of California
Rosemary Carol Tanghe daughter of Mr and Mrs W Tanghe 1728 B Street has been awarded the Henry M Holbrook scholarship in music at the University of California for the coming year announced by B C Voerhies chairman of the undergraduate scholarship committee Tanghe will be a senior this fall in the college of letters and science at Berkeley She was graduated from the Union High School with the class of 1944
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Rosemary Carol Tanghe
W. 4. Tanghe
B Street
University of California
Lig
B.C. Voerhies
I'anghe
College of Letters and Science
Berkeley
Henry M. Holbrook
Slag Union High School
Veteran in need of a pair of crutches
Sam Lugo, a longtime veteran discharged March 27, broke a shin bone after turning his ankle Saturday night. He will need crutches for a month or six weeks. Crutches are hard to find. donations can be sent via Andrew F. Monahan, Veteran service office, Hayward 400.
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Sam Lugo
Ramos Avenue
Joseph Stephenson
Sam
Andrew F. Monahan
Veteran Service Office
Hayward 400
Cadet Nurse Killed In Auto Crash Near Livermore
One person died and three others were injured when two motorcycles crashed into a car near Livermore. Galia Brown a 20 year old cadet nurse at Mary's Help hospital San Francisco died from injuries. Willie Minsky 29 sustained minor injuries along with Leonard Dowler 22 and Beverly Mac Rossie 17 who also had minor injuries. They were treated at St. Paul’s hospital in Livermore. The car driver Joe Louis Moniz 9 of Pleasanton was unhurt.
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Livermore
Galia Brown
Mary's Help Hospital
San Francisco
Willie Minsky
mLeonard Leroy Dowler
Beverly MacRossie
Daly City
St. Paul's ' Hospital
Art
Santa Rita
Joe Louis Moniz
Pleasanton
Girl Swims 13 Miles To Safety
Patsy Smith, 18, daughter of Leather D. Smith, shipbuilder, survived after seven hours in icy Lake Michigan. The sloop overturned in Green Bay amid a sudden squall. Survivors include Alvin Washburn, Howard Hust, and Mary Loomis. Patsy is the lone rescuer.
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Mary Loomis
Lake Michigan
Green Bay
Pan
Meat Supply Drops as Miners Threaten Food Strike
Meat production falls to 10 percent of normal across the nation with many retailers closing or cutting operations. The American Meat Institute reports a 35 percent weekly drop and 80 percent decline from a year ago as coal miners in western Pennsylvania, eastern Kentucky, and southern Illinois threaten to strike over meat access.
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Avons
Reat
Chester Bowles
Bowles
American Meat Institute
Meat Packers
Japan
The
Meat Institute
Institute
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Ilinois
Security Council votes down Polish anti Franco Spain measure
In New York the United Nations Security Council rejected a Polish resolution urging all UN members to sever diplomatic relations with Franco Spain. Polis delegate Oscar Lange warned the move would pressure Spain but the council split on action embracing the Francо regime. Separately India urged UN assembly to intervene in the South Africa treated Indians case, warning it could strain British Empire relations.
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Security Council
Spain
New York
U.2
United Nations Security Council
United Nation
Oscar Lange
Polis
Lange
Franco
India
South Africa
United Nations General Assembly
Ramaswami Mudaliar
Assembly
Hayward Chickens to Guam in Navy Shipment
A convoy of 5000 Hayward bred chickens will depart Oakland docks aboard Navy transports Thursday and Friday bound for Guam. The birds, aged 2.5 to 4 months, are Foundation stock for Pacific poultry, starter flocks for areas hit by Japanese invasions, and naval establishments. Birds sourced from Bay Farms and several breeders. 250 crates built for onboard transport. vaccination for fowl pox and tracheitis to be overseen by Frank Minduich.
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Naval Supply Depot
Oakland
Navy Tansport
Guam
Navy
U. S. Commercial Company
Willis D. Parker
The
Bay Farms
East 4Th Street
New Hampshire
P. ‘T. Meyers
John Nominee
Glidden
R. A. Caron
Cook
Livermore
Stockton and Clark
Eugene Gomes
Hayward
Frank Minduich
South Pacific
Parker
Von Neurath Reveals 1936 Espionage Claims at Trial
Konstantin von Neurath, former German foreign minister, testified in his war crimes defense that Naz intelligence agents were active as early as 1980 and that France and Russia plotted a pincers attack on the Reich. He cited the Naval Treaty with Britain to illustrate Germany's peace efforts and argued Czechoslovakia and France's military service moves spurred German fears.
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Mernberg (P
Konstantin von Neurath
Naz
France
Russia
Reich
von Neurath
Germany
Britain
Interim Plan Rejected by Indian Congress Wavell to Decide Next Steps
London dispatch quotes All India Congress working committee rejecting the Viceroy Vincount Wavell interim government plan. Radio New Delhi reports the decision sent by letter to Wavell, with a formal reply expected as plans move forward. The timing foreshadows further government steps anticipated tomorrow.
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London
Telegraph
Radio New
Successful Atom Bomb Test Dress Rehearsal Completed
Aboard the USS MT, Admiral Blandy and Joint Task Force One conducted a radiological safety rehearsal at Bikini Atoll. A live meteorological challenge and a ground crew accident marred the final run as a crewmember was fatally injured near the test site.
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Mt, Mckinley
Bikint
W. HP
Blandy
Bikini Lagoon
Dave
Bikini Lagen
Adm
Ulandy
Jony Nough
McKinley
Bombardiey Mae
Harold Wood
Bordertown
Nevada
Wood
Pines
Deal
Airplane Stolen From Martinez Field
A small two seat Aeronea plane bearing NC82638 was stolen from Martinez airport after an attempted theft left a wrecked craft. The aircraft had two hours of fuel, was painted red and yellow, and belonged to the Martinez flying school. A nationwide alert was issued by the Civil Aeronautics authority and Contra Costa sheriff's office. An arrest warrant was issued for Pvt Henry R Freeman after his billfold was found at the airport. Officers reported the theft occurred around 1 45 am and another Aeronea was found damaged near a hangar.
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Martinez
Aeronea
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Contra Costa
Camp Stoneman
Pvt
Henry R. Freeman
Kansas City
Robert Fischer
Robert Andrewsen
Contra Custa
Charles Peck Injured In Auto Accident
Charles L. Peck of Castro Valley is hospitalized with major injuries after his light car collided with a manure truck at Castro Valley Boulevard and Staunton Pond. Truck driver Frank E. Barge of San Leandro escaped injury as the truck skidded and overturned spilling manure. Witnesses placed Peck driving south attempting a left turn into Stanton Road when the crash occurred.
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Charles L. Peck
Williams Street
Castro Valley
Hayward Hospital
Castro Valley ‘Boulevard
Staunton Pond
Frank E. Barge
158Th Avenue
San Leandro
Peck
Lisep
Peek
Wagale
Stanton Road
Castro Valley Boulevard
State Airports to Hold Meetings in California Cities
State Reconstruction and Reemployment Commission announced that state airports Sacramento and UPA sovies SE meetings will be held in California cities to prepare a state master Airport plan.
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Sacramento
UPA
Sovies
California
State Reconstruction and Re-employment Commission
Balkan treaties stalled over Danube navigation
Paris dispatch reports the foreign ministers opened Balkan peace treaty talks with hopes for a settlement on Danube free navigation but encountered an immediate snag in the discussion. The session began amid tension as delegates debated routing and rights on the Danube waterway.
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Paris
Danube
Carville Files Carson Candidacy for Reelection
Sen Ey P Carville of Nevada filed candidacy papers in Carson City on November day for reelection. The filing was recorded in the secretary of state's office as part of the statewide election process.
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Carville
Carson
City
Ey P. Carville
Nev
Secretary of State
Quake Shakes Northwest Areas With Panic and Fatality
A strong quake rocked the Pacific Northwest, jolting high rises and panicking thousands from Washington to Canada. Vancouver streetcars halted as crowds fled and a Seattle 63 year old pensioner collapsed and died of a heart attack amid the tremor.
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Seattle
Wash
U.P
Pacific Northwest
Washington-Canada
Vancouver
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Joe Schenone
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Gairies
Hajamin Amin el Husseini
Hajamin Amie el Hussaini
United Press
Hayward Chickens
Charles Peck
Canada
FORD
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