Gasoline Explosion Burns Trailer Home in Alameda County
A gasoline stove blast ripped through a trailer at 2396 EB 14th Street injuring a middled aged couple and their daughter in law. James Milham, 59, and his wife Gay Milham 54, along with Janice Milham 19, were treated at Fairmont hospital as neighbor Roland Clark helped rescue Janice. The blaze gutted the trailer while fire crews fought the flames and salvaged a few items from the wreck.
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Maven
14Th Street
Janice Milham
Waltmont Hospital
Red Cross
Gay Milham
James
Roland Clark
Clark
Janice
Gay Milhany
Fairmont Hospital
San Leandro
PG and E Must Stop Retirement Pay Over Age Workers
The 10th regional War Labor Board ordered Pacific Gas and Electric to discontinue deductions of retirement income from employees who remain in service beyond the normal retirement. The action, opposed by some industry members, resolves a dispute with the Utility Workers Organizing Committee CIO, affecting 101 operating in the East Bay North Bay Jose and San Francisco divisions of the PG and E.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
10Th Regional War Labor Board
CIO
East Bay
North P Jose
San Francisco
Allied offensives push toward Rhine and Danube front lines
Western Front reports 1.5 million Allied troops pressing a supreme offensive toward Dusseldorf Cologne and the Rhine. Pacific operations slow on Leyte as Mapia Island occupation nears completion. Eastern Front sees Soviet armor within 20 miles of the Danube near Budapest, while Italy notes minor 8th Army advances and halted Adriatic moves after floods from Ravenns.
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United Press
Western Front
Germany
Reich
Dusseldorf
Cologne
Rhine
Pacific
Leyte
Principae Mapia Island
Danube
Budapest
Italy
Bologna
Faenza
Adriatic
Noutheast
Ravenns
Uniti Rive
Storms Trap Sheep Herders Forage in Snow Drifts
Elko Nevada reports that highway crews and volunteers battle giant snow drifts to reach some 26 000 sheep and a number of herders marooned between Elko and the Saddler ranch 60 to 70 miles south. Trucks with hay await road openings while rescue workers push through deep drifts as forage buried under 20 inches of snow endangers livestock.
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Elko
Nev
U.2
Saddler Ranch
Oscar the wandering possum returns home at last
Mrs. Bessie Johnson of 1084 2nd Street identifies Oscar the missing possum as her six year old daughter Bonnie Jean’s pet. The animal had been found and housed at Alameda County Dog Pound after a brief stay in Hayward jail. Richard Johnson, 14, bought the animal for his sister about two months ago, and Oscar’s loss had been reported as found before this return.
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Oscar
Bessie Johnson
Hayward
Alameday County
Bonnie Jean
Ozcar
Richard
Johnsons
Dog's Leg Broken As Car Hits Him
Police answered a call after noon Thursday when a dog owned by Mrs. George Spielman of 760 Pop hy St was struck by a car. Officers advised taking the dog to a veterinarian for a splint and check for further injuries. Spielman declined to have the driver take the dog to a vet, saying she would care for him herself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Spielman
Pophy St
Rugged campaigns mark South Pacific veteran’s return
Sergeant Daniel Caravallo, after 59 months in the South Pacific, recalls brutal fighting in New Guinea, Guam, Tinam and Saipan. He wears a Combat Infantry Badge and a Presidential Group Citation, with his unit now in the Philippines. His mother Mary Pacheco lived in Russell City. he attended Russell City and Hayward Union high schools, married to Elizabeth with two daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Caravallo
South Pacific
Caravelle
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Dutch New Guinea
Guam
Tinam
Saipan
Caravallo
Mawali
Mary Pacheco
Russell City
Hayward
Caravalio
Tinian
Philippines
Sgt
Cammvalla
Wayward Union High School
Elizabeth
Loretta Ann
Paulette Iris
Oanland
Missing pilot and secretary feared dead after plane crash
ELKO Nev two convened officials report dark Lee Cox of San Francisco and Marion Johnson his secretary missing with a light aircraft west of Elko in rugged Carlin Canyon. Cold temperatures and heavy snow exceed two feet in higher ranges as pogonip or white death fog blankets the area hindering rescue efforts. Cox had left Mico yesterday amid bad weather and prior plane troubles. Cox, based at 41 Bayshore Drive Burlingame California, distributed Cessna and Stimson light planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ELKO
Nev
Dark-Lee Cox
San Francisco
Marion Johnson
Here
Carlin Canyon
Cox
Agso
Mico
Bayshore Drive
Burlingame
Cal
Cessna
Stimson
16 Year Old Driver Hits Taxi In City Street
A 16 year old driver rammed a taxicab driven by Alice Ebert of Winton Rd after the taxi slowed to pick up a passenger. The other driver was Lewis Lee Victors, 16, of 4033 Fourth Ave Russell City. No injuries were reported to either driver or the cab passenger Henry Lima of Marin Ave.
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Alice Ebert
Winton Rd
Lewis Lee Vickets
Fourth Ave
Ruussell City
Henry Lima
Marin Ave
Armed youths kill propaganda minister in Annecy raid
Paris radio reports that twenty armed youths raided Annecy prison yesterday, seized Paul Marin the former Vichy propaganda minister awaiting trial for collaboration, and killed him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paris
Annecy
Paul Marin
Vichy
Ag Uo
Weather forecast for San Francisco Bay Region and California
The UNITED PRESS reports clear conditions for today and tonight in the San Francisco Bay Region with fog possible Saturday morning. Clearest this afternoon in Northern California with morning valley fogs and partial clouding in the far north. slightly warmer this afternoon overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United
San Francisco
Bay Region
California
Thanksgiving Union Service at First Presbyterian Church
The Hayward Area Ministerial Association sponsors a Thanksgiving morning union service at 10 a.m. in the First Presbyterian Church. Rev. Otis D. Tronmanger and Rev. Herbert Farrar of the First Baptist Church will preach. Special music by united choirs will include the Netherland Song of Thanksgiving. all church members and visitors are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Otis D. Tronmanger
Herbert
Farrar
First Baptist Church
United Choirs
Hayward Area
Nagle Denied New Trial in Fascinating West Coast Slaying
Nagle, a 28 year old merchant seaman, was denied a new trial by the California Supreme Court in San Francisco. The court upheld the death sentence for the thrill slaying of San Francisco cab driver John Luéla on Winton Road Hayward in October 1943. Accomplices Bally Mixon, 23, and Lucille Eyre, 32, were affirmed for life imprisonment. The driver was slain after being driven from Oakland by Nagle and his two female companions.
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Drory Nagle
John Luéla
San Francisco
Winton Rd
Hayward
State Supreme Carr
Aggindr
Nable
Bally Mixon
Lucille Eyre
Luck
Nagle
Oakland
Lucia
Sally Mixon
Man 15 Arrested for Drunkenness in Hayward Jail
Jeff Gates was arrested Thursday by police on drunkenness charges after going from door to door in a drunken condition and begging for money. He has taken up residence in Hayward City Jail.
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Man
Jeff Gates
Hayward City
Gates
Warren Issues Thanksgiving Proclamation
Gov. Earl Warren proclaimed November 29 as Thanksgiving Day in California, praising the past year as one of liberation and clarification. He cited military victories and allied gains lifting uncertainty to preserve our way of life and noted the year’s relief for those oppressed by tyrannical rule. Some states planned to celebrate on November 30.
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Sacramento
Earl Warren
California
Operators Walk Out Of Telephone Office In Columbus Ohio
Columbus Ohio Bell operators join a strike that began in Dayton with about 600 workers quitting. Supervisors and nonlocal staff filled urgent switchboard roles to maintain long distance service as the walkout spreads to Columbus and Toledo in sympathy. Earl Culp of the Ohio Federation notes Cleveland leaders will decide if their 3,000 employees will back Dayton action.
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Columbus
Ohio
Klai—Servier
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Dayton
Dayton Exchange
Toledo
Earl Culp
Ohio Federation
Ohio Federation of Telephone Employes
Cleveland
Pin in Lung Endangers Life of Oklahoma Girl
In Oklahoma. four year old Darlene Bynum at Barnes Hospital in St Louis fights a lung lodged safety pin. Parents Wilson and Mrs Bynum traveled from Enid to be with her as doctors administer penicillin to curb infection. If infection clears a bronchoscopic procedure or surgery may be needed to remove the pin.
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St, Louis
Griofs Strirken
Darlene Bynum
Inala
Okla
Wilson Bynum
Darlene
Mrs. Benum
Bynums
St. Louis
Frank Bradley
Barnes
McMillan Hospital
McLemore Freed as Orcutt Seeks Dismissal in Rape Case
Gloria Orcutt, 18, the complainant, asked the judge to dismiss the case against McLemore arguing Meledore had spent two months in jail awaiting trial on rape charges. On the complainant’s motion Judge A W Bruner dismissed the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher C. Meledore
Charg
Gloria Orcutt
A. W. Bruner
Clothespins From Surplus Aluminum Planned in LA
Los Angeles authorities authorize a local firm to repurpose surplus aluminum from aircraft production into three inch long color plated clothespins. The project aims to ease shortages by producing decorative pins during idle production periods.
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Los Angeles
Wer
Allied Offensive Making Progress On Second Day
Allied forces drive eastward two miles through the Coloyne plain to a point 11 miles east of Aachen and 28 miles from the Rhine on day two. The 1st Army, led by Hodges, reports good progress as it overruns several German towns behind the Siegfried Line. Greesenich is the only clearly identified town, while Duren looms as a key transport hub in the Rhineland.
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Paris
U.P
Germany
Coloyne Plain Road
Greesenich
Aachen
Duren
Rhine
Courney H. Hodges
1St Army
Siegfried Line
Rhineland
Amprivans
Cologne
Groesenien
New Trial Denied in Tyrrell Case as Vollmann Sentenced
A. L. Vollmann former executive of the State Farm Production Council was sentenced in Oakland to 14 years in San Quentin after Superior Judge Edward J. Tyrrell denied motions for a new trial and probation. Tyrrell granted a 1 day stay of execution to allow an appeal and set arguments next Wednesday on bail refix. The jury found Vollmann guilty of soliciting a $5,000 bribe from Nelson-Grant Ewings and associates linked to housing construction.
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A. L
Red) Vollmann
State Farm Production Council
Oakland
San Quentin
Edward J. Tyrrell Denii
Tyrrell
Herm
Emotion
Vall
Artinn
Hayward, Gal
Nels Nelson
Grant Ewings
Nelson--plaad
Quilityndas
Ewing
Army Patient Confesses Slaying Chain Store Manager
In Burlingame California police report Army General hospital patient Phe. Andy Bilis, undergoing treatment for war injuries, confessed to fatally stabbing Hugh Rose, 31, a Redwood City chain store manager. The body was found in a bloodstained apartment after eight hours of interrogation.
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Burlingame
Cal
Phe
Andy Bilis
Army General Hospital
Menlo Park
Hugh Rose
Redwood City
John J. Hartnett
Ellis
Dibble Hospital
England
Hospi
Inversoll Heads Pacific Fleet
Admiral Ingersoll, 61, today assumed command of naval installations on the west coast to prepare for the climactic offensive against Japan. He becomes deputy commander in chief of the U S fleet and western sea frontier to coordinate pacific coast support for the war. He said he is the expediter for the coast and will oversee San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle district commandants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Royal Eason Ingersoll
America
Japan
U. S. Fleet
Western Sea Frontier
Admiral Ingersoll
Pacific Coast
Pacific
San Diego
Seattle
Ingersoll
Invourn
Chester W. Nimite
Pacific Fleet
President backs peacetime universal training proposal
President Roosevelt urged Congress to act in winter on a one year peacetime service plan for young men, with debate over including women. He favored universal training though not yet committing to military nature, stressing civilian skills as part of national preparedness. Catholic leaders and five peace groups opposed permanent conscription.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Civilian Conservations Corps
National Guard
Dent
Catholic Church
Peace Organization
Fellowship of Reconciliation
National Council For the Prevention For War
War Resisters League
Women's Committee To
Women's International League For Peace and Freedom
Skidding at Hayward Union High offers family drama
Douglas Sundby plays a teen hero in Skidding at Hayward Union High School with blue Levis and a white undershirt. A strong student cast from the drama department, coached by Barbara McCullough, portrays a complex family saga as the high school orchestra under Edward White provides the musical backdrop. The production features poignant roles including Aunt Mille and a young woman torn between career and image, with repeat performances planned tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Sundby
Andy Hardy
Hayward Union High
Dramtic
Barbara McCullough
Day Welehoff
Inman
Judge
Waldkoetter
Mary Waiton
Phyllis Andrade
Hiurey
Tava
George Noia
Wayne Trenton
Angelo Arhonies
Hayward Union High School
Borchestra
Edward White
Wight
Prowlers Target Home on Lewelling Blvd
Mrs. Jillian Auer of 1008 Lewelling Blvd reported to sheriffs that she and her husband woke to two prowler noises on Wednesday night at about 12:30 and 1:40 am. She investigated but found no one. similar complaints have arisen in the neighborhood recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jillian Auer
Lewelling Blvd
Sheriffs
Auer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Warren
Vollmann
McLemore
Nelson
Inversoll
Hayward High
Prowlers
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