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Newspaper
Hayward Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1946
Page
4
Gov Warren recommended deferring the Iron Canyon dam on the Sacramento River near Red Bluff until alternate plans receive further study. The corps of engineers estimates construction at about 25 million dollars and would store about 500 000 acre feet of water.
In San Francisco CIO and AFL maritime unions and independent seagoing unions representing 216,000 workers met to discuss unity and possible strike action amid a bitter jurisdictional dispute. The gathering aimed to coordinate strategy, amid reports of union power and conflicts within the industry.
Florence Parke of Hayward Unit 68 American Legion Auxiliary explains how the poppy became the memorial flower for American war dead from World Wars. She recalls red flowers blooming along trenches and graves, linking the symbol to fallen comrades as the unit plans Poppy Day observances on May 24 and 25. The Auxiliary was organized in Kansas City in 1921, one of its first acts was to adopt the poppy as its official memorial flower.
Expression of sentiment by Colonel John McCray frames a history of the poppy as a memorial flower. Poppies hand made by veterans at Livermore Hospital raise funds for disabled veterans, with over 4 000 to be sold in the Hay ward area and 100 000 produced nationwide. The text traces origins from 1918 in New York City through Milwaukee 1920 and Georgia adoption in 1926, noting the creation of poppies by veterans in hospitals in Minnesota and across 40 states. It confirms poppies as memorial symbols in Britain and their expansion to American wars, with Poppy Day benefiting veterans and families.
Prime Minister Ramon de Valera declared the government would not yield to any demand for those two Irish hunger strikers once prominent in the outlawed Irish Republican Army. In San Francisco a DoJ spokesman said federal authorities consider placing a PDL agent in an Alcatraz cell as a convict to learn details of last week’s escape plot.
Valle Vista News reports Valle Vista losing to Russell City 18 to 0 in baseball with listed lineup players. It also notes Cub badges awarded to Bobcat members and several residents attending events in San Francisco Oakland Berkeley Santa Cruz and Calgary during May and early June.
Independent News notes dinner guests at Mrs. Fret Jackson's home on Wednesday include Mrs. Walter Hansen Mrs. Ernest McGhee and Mrs. Ron Jard Peterson. It also records Mrs Walter Hansen hosting her bridge club last Thursday at Upper A Street residence with members Mesdames Alla Manter Laura Petersen Sarah Kolich Agnes Woods Lville Chute Aries Babies and Louise Grimshing. High scores were won by Mrs. Wood and Mrs. Manter with a spring themed luncheon.
Navy Mothers in Hayward at a Monday meeting described Easter gifts for hospitalized veterans and announced plans to buy more than a dozen radios for local patients. A $300 cash gift was presented to Oakland Blue Jacket Haven to support social hall repairs, and the club voted not to attend the national convention, choosing to use funds locally. The group continues soliciting clothes and miscellaneous items for its Thrift Shop on Watkins Street to aid veterans.
Howard S. Keulbach, president of the East Bay Masons’ and Wardens’ association, announced the completion of committee appointments for the ninth annual Masonic spring breakfast. The event will be held Sunday morning at the Motel Claremont.
Mrs. Sadie Mauitalen hosted a luncheon club gathering at Bork man road last Monday. Messages note Edwin Cormack's trip, Matt Lorang visiting relatives in S lina Kew and New Mexico, and Eugene Barbier with Richard plus Ed Bertola traveling to Sonora. Chief Frank Jablonski of the Navy resumed duties aboard his ship after a week at home.
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