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Newspaper
Hayward Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1925
Page
1
Frank Pereira appeals to Hayward residents to volunteer for the Hayward Business Men's Rodeo set for June 20 and 21. He says committees cover routine duties but many unanticipated tasks require many citizens as volunteers and ticket sales.
CHICAGO May 23 James C Callan a local politician was charged with approaching a juror for the defense in the Shepherd murder trial. Both Callan and Barry the juror testified today. Barry said Callan asked him to favor the defense. Callan denied the accusation. Bond set at 2500 dollars.
The cornerstone for the $35,000 Hayward Masonic Temple was laid this afternoon in a ceremony with Grand Lodge Officers from California and representatives from East Bay lodges. A parade along Castro and B streets featured the Mystic Shrine, Oakland Commandery, and Hayward lodge members as 1,060 to 1,510 spectators looked on. A large procession included a Ashmes Temple band, with a rich display of uniforms, while Worshipful Master John Lee presided and invited Albert E. Boynton to open proceedings.
In Antelope Valley, a large scale campaign to exterminate grasshoppers begins with poisoned bran spread in low moist areas. Deputy Horticultural Commissioner R. Gordon notes a warm wet winter fuels grasshopper growth and recent alfalfa planting boosts food supply. Past outbreaks cost farmers over $25,000.
Washington May 23 President Coolidge canceled his business engagements due to indigestion believed caused by fruit breakfast. The illness forced him to rest for the day and postpone official duties.
The United States protested Belgium Romania and Czecho Slovakia for discriminating against this government in refunding postwar release debts to other powers without acting on American obligations.
LONG BEACH May 23 A 2 500 000 plant for passenger bus manufacture the largest of its kind in the world will be erected here soon. A 40 acre site is sought for the factory with many southern California capitalists investing. The local plant will be a branch of the Dorris Motor company of St Louis. It will employ about 150 men and produce urban and interurban double deck buses with seating for 60.
Calendar lists events including a Society of Valborg dance at Dania Hall on May 23 and May 27, a Royal Neighbors program at Hayward Theater on May 26, and a Legion card event on May 23. The West Hayward Improvement Club hosts a dance at Dania Hall on May 27.
A list of community events including a Holy Ghost Celebration at Jay Ward, a Monday Carnival Parade in San Leandro, a Civic League Milk Fund Frolic, Native Sons bail, and Catholic Daughters dance at Bank of Wingward Hall. Also notes a Saturday Night event and a dance program.
Alameda county supervisors debated keeping indigent residents in their homes rather than sending them to the infirmary. Charles Heyer urged home care when possible, while Redmond Staats favored the county rule of infirmary placement. The case of a widow of a former Nevada judge was referred to the Welfare Council for a full report and recommendations.
Representatives from every Native Son and Daughter parlor in Alameda County meet in Hayward for Alameda’s role in the San Francisco Diamond Jubilee parade. The September celebration marks California's admission to the union and aims for a creditable county showing. All Native Sons and Daughters are urged to attend.
In San Leandro on May 23 citizens oppose selling the city plaza decided at a council meeting. Protest leader Mrs Susie Dalziel says petitions will circulate in two to three days. Ala Mira Club members plan discussion Monday to preserve historic landmarks including the plaza located near Ward Fourteenth streets and Washington avenue. The plaza was purchased June 12 1882 from Theodore Le Roy for 6000.
Searchers locate the nude body of Arda Hayward beneath a cottage near Mrs Towns' home in Winthrop Maine. She had been missing since Wednesday after her aunt was attacked, wounded twice, and the cottage set on fire. The body was found after four days of searching and shows signs of assault.
The US swelters from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic under its first heat wave of the year. Prostrations are reported across the midwest with Nebraska noting two heat related deaths.
Secretary Weeks arrived in Boston after touring Washington and immediately moved to West Newton to be with his son. He will undergo specialist examinations to decide if surgery is needed to prevent recurrence of kidney stones.
A May 19 1925 program at B Street School featured the Girls Glee Club under teacher Misa Dora ul Butts. Students performed pieces from Pilgrim and Colonial periods, a wartime song Over There, and a present day ballad When the Shadows Fail, ending with a grand finale America.
The Weat Hayward Improvement club completes arrangements for a dance to be held Wednesday evening May 27. Music will be provided by a local orchestra.
United Press report from San Quentin notes four men in the prison awaiting execution. Two will die Friday July 10, including Tom Bailey and Lewis Perry, bank robbers from Los Angeles, with Edward Montijo to hang the same date at Folsom. Remaining sentences for Isaac Wolfgang and Charles Craig await appeals.
Work has begun to widen Castro street for a short stretch from the Ogaard and Weimer corner to Smailey Avenue. Officials say the narrow section has caused acute traffic problems for years and the widening should greatly reduce the trouble.
The frame for the new Buick Garage on Castro Street is up. J. G. Mortoza is erecting it for Stebbins Brothers and work is rushed with occupancy expected soon.
Portland local Graham Glass Sr. earned rare praise after shooting 18 holes with 18 putts. Described as “just about perfect” by friends, Glass has long been a solid golfer and added notable success with precise near-cap approach routine and several lengthy putts.
United Press reports a major quake centered in Kenji district on Japan seaboard triggering fires. Two hundred lives feared as towns Tsuna Saki Kimi hama reported destroyed or damaged with tremors felt in several cities. casualties mounting though tourists spared per early dispatches.
United States naval airplanes may join the Arctic expedition this summer to scour the polar waste for Captain Amundsen and his crew if the expedition goes missing. An inquiry at the naval department and the National Geographic Society yielded a unanimous response supporting the search plan.
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