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Newspaper
Hayward Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1925
Page
1
Police and businessmen in Hayward urge swift action to curb check fraud. Merchants must report suspect passes and cooperate with authorities to convict offenders, or the problem will persist. The aim is to deter strangers from passing bad checks and reduce annual losses.
Hayward Rotary group held a noon program reviewing the Fresno convention. E W Burr presided over luncheons and meetings while To Slah Daniel closed the final session. Delegates praised the event, with cheers for the pageant and Scouts tribute.
Gen Mitchell was demoted to colonel for exposing truth in a wartime dispute. The report says Willum Matehell or an acting chief of the Army Air Service will be reassigned, with Sth Corps staff duties in San Antonio.
Report from Castle England states 20 miners trapped after a cave in at the Vontegue colliery near Moots Wood. Rescue teams work as thousands gather at the mine head awaiting developments.
The Niles Fair Club announces its officers for the year. Joe Goth is president and Sai Kerns serves as treasurer. George Coley is named secretary and Leonard Carmhoim and Marden win officer roles. Hammon will preside at today’s regular session.
The Hay wacd Diant of Hunt Brother Canning Company processes 125 tons of spinach daily with wet pack and storage for shipment countywide. A Rotary convention highlighting ethics and teamwork inspires local Rotarians as leaders like Dr Nils Clemmens and Teaspho Armstrong share messages and affirm commitment to better service.
Sycamore Lodge No 128 will confer the second degree on two candidates this evening. Shirley Nelam, secretary, says members will also elect a delegate to the Grand Towe convention in San Francisco in May.
Vice President Dawes faces a group of thirty five youths in a lighthearted event at the White House lawn. He swings a bat with humor while Mary Barker’s dog Rain is mentioned as part of the scene.
A group plans to form the Hayward Gun Club this Thursday with a meeting at the Eld above the plate. Charter members and temporary officers will be chosen to organize the club and arrange equipment purchases for the sport. Interested residents are urged to join promptly.
Hayward announced a building boom with total permits surpassing $200,000 in March. Major share funded dwellings, plus two commercial structures including an automobile sales room and garage on Castro Street and a $108,000 theater project.
Storms blanket the state washing away dry spells and triggering widespread damage. Heavy rainfall and gusty winds flood regions from mountains to valleys, injuring fields and destroying crops around Yreka and the Rogue River Valley. Farmers report ruined orchards, damaged barns, and threatened irrigation as authorities assess impacts nationwide.
Washington Township boosters announce a Battle of Flowers pageant at Mission San Jose on April 15 and 29. Towns select their most beautiful daughter as Queen of Flowers to reign over a Land of Flowers festival with colorful Spanish costumes and a host of festive ceremonies led by Rev Father Leal.
M E revival at the church draws large attendance with twenty four young people coming forward at the Sunday service. Mr Stover leads Sunday school decision work and the audience remains deeply engaged through a dramatic talk on the Hall of Injustice and rehabilitation of the Gadara figure.
June Ramos pleaded guilty to driving while impaired in the death of his girlfriend. Judge Harder sentenced him to five days in jail and a $5 fine, citing mercy and sportsmanlike considerations for the victim’s family.
Bank bandits robbed the Ashtinid-Sixty third State Bank in Chicago. One robber carried a sawed off shotgun and held up seven officials and employees. Cash stolen was estimated between $1,000 and $15,000.
Ashland Progressive Community Club held its regular meeting in the auditorium where officers for the coming term were installed effective January 1, 1926. William Krumm president, Joseph Pedene vice president, Mae Oiner secretary, Howard W Brown treasurer, and Havel Jacobsen escort. The athletic auxiliary announced a basketball team and baseball club, with a dance at the auditorium on Saturday evening and weekly dances at the I DOE Hall beginning April 16, 1925. Rehearsals for a three act comedy are underway with performances planned in the auditorium. A social with refreshments followed a meeting on Tuesday evening the 24th, with games enjoyed by all.
Colonel Charles R. Forbes, once head of the U S Veterans Bureau and under sentence at Fort Leavenworth for conspiracy in hospital contracts, hovered between life and death today. An attack of apoplexy left him paralyzed on the left side, marking him as central to a major government scandal in years.
Partially identified as Roberts Mathews of Richmond, the body of a man believed murdered and placed on railroad tracks to be mutilated was found today. Police seek confirmation of identity and motive as investigators examine the grisly discovery.
In the Arctic tale set in Oakland, Wrangel the giant polar bear demands a cool clean two person cage, a long term lease, and a chance to star in movieland as he waits for Suew the female bear Ursa Marnimus to arrive for mating.
About 12 000 baby chicks were shipped today through the local express office to the Wool Freeman ranch in Caziro Valley. Al Isher, local American Express agent, notes Freeman as a leading chick producer and expert in the Harvard district with numerous fine flocks.
Fifty writing awards will be crafted by the new grammar school manual training class under J E L Hollingshead and sent to bedridden ex service men in a government hospital. The boards go through the San Francisco American Junior Red Cross branch and work will resume next week per W B Kammerer. Funds will be raised from paper and magazine drives with some profits used to cover expenses.
Local justice court bi weekly session yielded 169 in fines. Traffic violations dominated the docket with speeding and reckless driving among listed offenses. The judge proclaimed the rulings and urged business owners to pursue their work duties.
San Francisco March 30 United Press Dorothy Ellingson a 16 year old matricide faced trial after Judge Harold Lauderback refused defense requests for an insanity hearing. Dr Janu Don Ball UC criminologist said she is mentally deranged but the court ruled insanity must be proven to halt the trial. The girl showed only a nervous twitch as she exited to the jail.
Last Saturday's high school trustees election shows Burr leading with 555 votes, Webb 544, Warren 495, and Kearny 448. Final results await the Friday noon board meeting when sealed envelopes from Eden Vale Independence Palomares Redwood districts are opened.
Second Lieutenant Lewis Leoni a battalion officer at the Presidio was jailed in San Francisco on March 23 for attempting a statutory offense. Mrs Thomas Edwards says he entered her apartment and tried to get in bed with her while she slept, believing the man was her husband the chauffeur.
Considerable interest is shown in onion growing at Van Nuys as the crop matures in July and is expected to become a new local industry in the area.
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