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Newspaper
Hayward Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1925
Page
1
May 30 1925 is set aside for proper exercises to honor the nation's dead. Mayor R A Kolze urges all businesses to close and citizens to participate in commemorations in Hayward.
The $35,000 Masonic Temple in Hayward is expected to be finished in October if no delays occur. John Lee Wilbur, worshipful master of the local lodge, said the cornerstone was laid Saturday with Masons and visiting members present.
San Francisco records a two part decrease as gas rates fall 3 cents per thousand cubic feet and fuel price dips by 10 cents per barrel, effective today.
Paris reports a total of 400 French troops killed and 4,160 wounded in the war with the Rif tribes in Morocco. Officials in the chamber of deputies declined to provide the current number of French soldiers still fighting.
Memorial Day will be observed in Hayward with citizens and veterans joining at Lone Tree Cemetery at 10 30 a m Saturday May 35. The event is hosted by the Hayward Veterans League Spanish American War Veterans Hayward Post 68 American Legion and San Leandro Post 117 American Legion. A parade forms at B street Grammar School with transportation provided. The program includes invocations music readings Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and an address by Colonel Henry G Mathewson.
A nude unidentified body with head hands and feet missing was found on Lakewood Beach by a gardener. The only other evidence was a pair of back garters. Police believe the body had been in the water about four months and washed ashore. the victim is thought to be a middle aged woman.
In Chicago on May 28 Mrs. Isabelle Scheckley was shot dead and her son Lewis wounded by William Hankey of Ohio an ex convict. Hankey claimed Scheckley hid his wife and opened fire when confronted.
A Memorial day program directed by Miss L. Clara Berg, seventh grade teacher, will be held in the Hayward grammar school auditorium Friday May 29 at 2 45 pm. The program features now titled items including America with orchestra, a Decoration Day recitation, songs by the seventh grade, war melodies on various instruments, a flag drill with the Statue of Liberty, remarks by 6 A R members, and the Star Spangled Banner.
A crowded Court of Honor at B street School on May 22 awarded ranks to Camp Fire Girls. Home Chair Nature Craft Camp Craft Hand Craft Health Craft Business Craft Patriotism Rank and Total 303 were announced. Girls named include Carol Sinkwitz Edith Wilbur Wilda Os will Alice Morse Madge Kuwirth Carolyn Sorensen Roberta Leibe Lucille Nussenbaum Julia Hutchinson Mary Steiner Angela Hotchkiss Amelia Cabsenha Freneea Winslow Kathryn Rohrer Helen Ebert Lola Kavanagh Ethel Van Vick Matilda Fontes Alice Freitas and Doris Brockman.
Norway signals willingness to supply aerial planes and equipment in a search for Captain Amundsen and his polar flyers a week after they departed from Kings Bay in a bold bid to reach the North Pole. Experts weigh likelihood of a comeback while awaiting rescue efforts.
The article recalls Herodotus describing ancient Persia’s petroleum presence. It notes Greek awareness before Christ and mentions the historian’s account of Ardericen in old times.
The June pageant of milk fairies to benefit the milk fund will be staged June 5 at Native Sons Hall. Home talent promises one of the region's finest productions with a full program including Milk Queen Elma George and attendants Mamie Asvitt Grace Proden, plus dances and costumes by local committees and a concert by Hayward Grammar School bands.
Federal Judge Carl J. McCormick ordered the Kik Hills naval oil reserve, loaned to E. L. Doheny's Pan American Petroleum and Transport Company, returned to the government. The action stems from a United Press dispatch from Los Angeles dated May 28.
A fragmented note discusses the potato’s introduction from America to Europe and its lasting influence on world economies and societies. It suggests the crop’s significance may be underappreciated by historians sociologists and economists while hinting at broader cultural and scientific effects.
Secretary of War John W. Weeks had gall stones removed at Phillips House hospital in Boston Mass. The operation followed a Tuesday exam and the report said gall stones removed and bladder drained with condition good.
Former New York Giants star Jimmy O'Connell will lead a strong lineup against the San Leandro baseball aggregation next Sunday afternoon in San Leandro. The visiting team includes big time players while San Leandro boasts top readiness for the big oppponents.
Hayward master barbers announce new price schedule matching Oakland increases. Haircuts jump from 50 cents to 65 cents and shaves from 25 cents to 35 cents, as employers struggle to pay higher wages while staying solvent.
James Callan local politician was freed when the state failed to prove bribery charges for attempting to influence a juror in the Shephard murder trial. Judge Thomas Lynch dismissed Callan on state attorney recommendations. Callan denied any effort to solicit the juror and the prosecution cited lack of wrongdoing in the conversation.
Eden Aerie of Eagles No. 1139 welcomed six new members during the regular Wednesday meeting. A large group of visitors from surrounding aeries attended, and officials from Fruitvale Aerie conducted the initiation.
San Leandro May 25 Harold Darling 1155 West Bar Avenue was fined 150 dollars or 75 days in county jail for disturbing the peace of neighbor Joe Smith during a party at the Darling home on May 2. He paid the fine after conviction by jury.
Fred Wesby 15 of Hayward Scout Troop No 5 receives a national Boy Scout heroism certificate for saving Sancho Mattos from drowning in the Meek Reservoir on July 5. Parents say they are modest but proud of their son and his deed.
Sanford North Carolina May 28 four more bodies were brought to the surface from the Carbine Coal Co mine wrecked by three gas explosions. At least 36 bodies remain in the workings bringing the death toll to 48. Rescue teams found the four bodies at the 2009 foot level making any chance of survival impossible officials said.
In Dallas on May 28 Frank and Lorenzo Noel, two African American men, were sentenced to die in the electric chair on June 29 for the confessed assault on Mrs. Mary Stearr who was the sole witness.
New today listings show Brown Loeghorn roosters for sale on Poplar Street and Mantel Ferreira ji items. Also listed is A-1 Fuileta two months old from Oregon stock with contact at Box 315a Center Street Castro Valley.
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