First Army Break Extends Six Miles Near Aachen
American First Army punched six miles wide and six miles deep north of Aachen, capturing Aladorf and Rosenweiler and advancing toward the Rhine. Eighth and 16th Air Forces plus the RAF hurled 3103 heavy bombers at Kleve and Emmerich as the daylight assault intensified, while ground forces pushed through the Murtgen forest toward Duren and Vossenach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Pinkley
United Press
Supreme Steadquarters
Arnupi
Aachen
Todsyna
Aladorf
Rosenweiler
Rhine
Conrviney
TL. Hodges
Siegfried Line
Whaeh
Alsdorf
United States Eighth
16Th
Royal Air Force
Germany
Kleve
Emmerich
Sieghied
Reich
Ubuch
Worrell
Murtgen Forest
Duren
Vossenach
War In Brief: Allied Offensives Rattle Europe and Pacific
Western Front reports Allied tanks and infantry advancing on a two mile front near Aachen as part of twin offensives targeting Cologne. British forces seize most of Peloponnesus in Greece while Red Army pushes toward Szeged near Budapest. RAF bombs Bremen as Germany launches attacks on Berlin Dortmund and Saar. In the Pacific Allied airmen hit Halmahera airfields and sink or damage vessels in Dutch East Indies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Western Front
Aachen
Cologne
Ballans
Greece
Aegean
Peloponnesus
Athens
Russia
Hungary
Szeged
Budapest
Bremen
Germany
Berlin
Dortmund
Saardrucken
Pacific
Halmaheray
Dutch East Indies
Burning Cigaret Brings Death To Castro Valleyite
Ray Bell 39 formerly of Castro Valley died at a San Francisco hospital from burns after a sofa he slept on was set alight by his burning cigarette. He was a hotel night clerk living at 11th Octavia Street in San Francisco, with M R Bell and cousins residing at 20027 Center Street Castro Valley. a nearby fireman helped move him to the street and an ambulance was summoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monset
Ray Bell
Castro Valley
San Francisco
Bell
Octavia Bt
M.R. Bells
Center SL
Girhiin
Center St
Castro
Chinese Burn Field For Firing On Jap Raiders
Chinese war dispatches describe Hinghan area near Kweilin under renewed Japanese pressure after a lull. An observer reports multiple fires in Kweilin as Japanese forces advance along the Husan Kwangsi railway corridor. Weather notes forecast sunny conditions in San Francisco Bay Region with fog later. northern California to stay mostly sunny with brief clouds and little temperature change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wang
United Press
Kweilin
Kwangsi
China
Wu.p
Paris
Husan-Kwangsi
Chungking
Hinghan
Kiwailin
San Francisco Bay Region
California
New Tomato Canning Record Set at 143000 Tons in Week
The State Agriculture Department reported a new weekly tomato canning record of 143000 tons approved by state inspectors during the last week of September. This follows a prior first-week-October figure of 111000 tons in 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
State Agriculture Department Today
Department
Br Ng
Willkie Reported Much Improved Today
In New York Wendell L. Willkie, the 1940 presidential candidate, was described as very much better today after a comfortable night at Lenox Hill hospital. Dr. Benjamin Salzer said his temperature had dropped to 101 degrees, despite a serious condition featuring colitis streptococcal throat infection and lung congestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
W.P
Wendell L. Willkie
Lenox Jill Hospital
Benjamin Salzer
Women Democrats Of Hayward Plan To Elect W D R
The Hayward Area Women’s Democratic club met at the new president Mrs. Lillian K. McBarron’s home on Oct 6 to organize for the Roosevelt Truman ticket and local candidates Senator Dawnay, George P. Miller, and Francis W. Dunn. Guest speakers included Claudia Zumwall and Elizabeth F. Monahan. Precinct captains were named and a post-meeting tea was served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayward Area
Women’s Democratic Club
Lillian K. McBarron
Roosevelt
Truman
Dawnay
George P. Miller
Congress
Francis W. Dunn
Mra
Claudia Zumwall
Democratic State Central Comittee
Sixth
Elizabeth F. Monahan
Mary M Walter
State Central Committee
C.F. McBarron
Blanche McDonald
Laurence Carlson
A. Malmstrom
Dorothy Moniz
Ethel Curtis
Jack Hemphill
Enid M
Dewey Predicts Heavy G I Voting in November
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey said a larger share of armed forces voters would cast ballots than civilians. He estimated 76 percent of New York soldiers would vote in November and cited similar trends in other states. He planned a radio address to discuss the issue in full. Dewey spoke in Charleston after touring downtown with supporters and labor and agriculture reps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirtland
King United Press
Charleston
W. Va
Thomas E. Dewey
New York State
Balinis
Dewey
Que
Hinton
Mrs Andrews Tells About Her Girdle
Salinas California July 13 1938 defense lawyers review more than 1500 pages of testimony as they prepare closing arguments for a jury of eight women and four men to hear whether Frances Andrews age 38 shot to death her farmboy protege Jay Lovett age 19 on the night of July 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Laver
United Press
Salinas
Calif
Frances Andrews
Jay Lovett
Navy Appeals For Speed-Up Shipbuilding
Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal and Vice Admiral Emory Land urged five California shipyards to accelerate production of assault cargo and transport ships vital to Pacific offensives. They pressed Western Pipe and Steel, Permanent Metals, Moore Dry Dock, Consolidated Steel, and California Shipbuilding to complete ships by sales demands, noting the need demonstrated by Saipan Guam and Palau operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
U.R
Jamies Porrestal
Emary 3
Land
U.S. Maritime Commission
California
Pacific
Vestal
Western Pipe & Steel Co
Permanent Metals Corpn
Police Dog Bites 10 Year Old Boy on Thiel Road
A large police dog bit ten year old Aquito Benito while he delivered papers on Thiel Road Friday evening, cutting above the left ankle and requiring severe stitches. His caregiver took him to a doctor for treatment. Sheriff warns Minnie Tamisan, owner of the dog, to keep it tied up for ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aquito Benito
Ruus
Thiel
M's
Helen Boinmeau
Minnie Tamisan
Baseball-It's That Game In St Louis Makes Haywardites Brothers Under Skin
The article describes excitement around a baseball game in St Louis affecting local life. City Hall hush, radio broadcasts on Castro Street, merchants broadcasting the score, and townsfolk, sailors, and jury hearing about the game. It notes pools forming, fortunes won and lost, and widespread community engagement with the sport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Haywardites
Beatrice Walfish
White House
Pacific
City Hall
Harder
Hayward
United Press
Oh de Ueualler
BOLLINGER LOSES HIS JOB Man May Die After Brawl In Decoto
Ramon Caraballo and Felix Flores, both of Decoto, are hospitalized after a three way brawl at Bolba's pool hall in Ne óto Friday night. Caraballo remains critically injured with a skull fracture and deep scalp lacerations. Flores suffers severe facial, chest, and abdominal wounds. Witnesses say Caraballo attacked Flores with a knife, Rojo intervened, and the fight spilled outside where Caraballo was further struck. Rojo then beat Caraballo. Authorities recovered the knife and an axe handle used during the fight as they investigate motive and sequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramon Caraballo
Felix Flores
Decoto
Bolba
Neéoto
Caraballo
Highlantt Hospital
Flores
Hayward Hospital
Hesendo Rojo
Decolo
Carasballo
Rojo
Thief Overlooks $250 Cash Hidden in Drawer
Sheriff investigated a burglary at 1831 151st Ave. Mrs. Ethel Moretti reported returning home around 3:00 am finding lights on, a front window open, doors locked, water running, and dresser drawers open. About $250 hidden cash in a drawer was not taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
151St Ave
Ethel Moretti
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek receives ongoing care in New York hospital
In New York Presbyterian Hospital Madame Chiang Kai-Shek remains exhausted and under treatment. Doctors Dr. Robert F. Loeb and Dr. Dana Atchley said she must endure continued treatment, strict rest, and a prolonged convalescence before any discharge. She arrived in New York from Brazil on September 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme
Chiang Kai-Shek
N. Y. Hospital
New York
Presbyterian Hospital
Robert F. Loeb
Dana Atchley
Madame Chiang
Brazil
San Lorenzo Welcomes New Residents at Open House
About 250 newcomers to the San Lorenzo elementary district attended an open house at the San Lorenzo school sponsored by the PTA. Principal Miss Troma Neide and Superintendent C. E. Lawson led the program with faculty, duets, and appeals for Hayward Area War Chest funds. Local leaders praised the influx, promised facilities and services, and outlined plans for two Boy Scout troops, a playground and a new school site. Groundbreaking for the new school was anticipated soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Lorenzo Elementary
San Lorenzo
San Lorenzo P.T.A
Elvira Woodward
Troma Neide
Elvira Costa
Katherin Pantages
Ashland
Maide
Fre, Ryan
Toul
Namer Schwarz
Christian Union Community Church
Gertrude Mooney
Ramona Hopkins
James Bunker
Seoble
Lewelling Blvd
Bohannon
Bohan
Hayward
John Sandoval
Warren ‘Transportation Company
Kidd
Polygamists Face Year In Jail After Conviction
In Salt Lake City fifty one fundamentalists were found guilty of conspiracy to practice polygamy. They face up to one year in jail or a $1000 fine and plan to appeal. Sentencing is set for next Friday the 13th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
W.A
Almighty God
Mormon Church
M. A. Branson
David Z. McNeil
Rulan C. Allred
Utah
Alameda County Worker Is Fired By Boggs
Carl Bollinger of Hayward was discharged by Alameda County Road Department official Wallace Boggs for conduct contrary to preserving good order and public service. The action follows earlier family fallout cited with Roy Bollinger’s draft evasion conviction and support actions to keep him from military service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Bollinger
Sunset Blvd
Hayward
Wallace BE. Boggs
Civil Service Commission
Oakland
Jim
Alameda
Hayward Yard
Bollinger
Roy Graham Bollinger
Michael J. Roche
Hayward Union High School
Roy
Boggs
Ballinger Sr
Flyer Saved After Crash In Mountains
Dazed Army aircrew Lt Harvey Delsatti 22 Eureka Calif rescued from San Gabriel mountains 40 miles northeast of Los Angeles after G 78 plane crash delayed flight from March Field. Companion Sgt Winston M Watson 26 Luthock Tex uninjured hiked all night to forest station. Delsatti taken to March Field hospital with non serious injuries. Father Matthew Nelsath resides at 2404 Largison Ave Emeka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
March Field
Cal
Harvey Delsatti
Eureka
San Gabriel Mounts
Los Angeles
Delsatti
Crystal Lake
Forest Rangers
LeMoore Field
Mareh Field
Tech
Winston M Watson
Luthock
Tex
March Field Hospital
Matthew Nelsath
Largison Ave
Emeka
Thieves Strip Cars Of Small Accessories
Hayward police investigated thefts from two cars on Sota Street Friday night. Elbert Purser reported two wine colored sun visors with chromium knobs stolen from his vehicle between midnight and 7 a.m. Erving Kendrick said a unity spotlight was taken from his car between 10:30 p.m. and 5 a.m., with a window pried open by a wire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petty
Sota St
Hayward
Elbert Purser
Erving S. Kendrick
Cylectrician
Camp Parks
Solo St
Unity
Four Alarm S F Fire Damages Three Bldgs
A four alarm blaze at the Locomotive Purchasing Co. warehouse in San Francisco ignited three gasoline drums and destroyed the warehouse, injuring three other buildings including an apartment house. Three families evacuated. Damage around 70000 dollars. Weiss Welding Co. and a garage were damaged. An unlocked padlock suggested possible arson. Warehouse on 1200 block of Folsom street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
U.R
Locomotive Purchasing Co
Weiss Welding Co
Folsom Street
Roosevelt to Address New York Foreign Policy Group
President Roosevelt will speak at a New York dinner of the Foreign Policy Association on October 21, per a White House release. He accepted the invitation via a telegram dated yesterday addressed to Maj. Gen. Frank K. R. McCoy, the association's president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wastington
U.P
Roosevelt
Foreign Policy Association
New York
White House
Frank KR. McCoy
Training Courses Are Offered Scouting Leaders
Oak land Area council offers nine training courses for Scout and Cub leaders starting Oct 18 at Roosevelt High School at 7:20 p.m. courses cover Committeemen's, Scoutmastership, Commissioners health and safety, Cubmasters den mothers, senior Scouting, and specialization in mapping signaling and nature. Specialization courses open to senior Scouts and adult leaders. Informer theme is Return to Fundamentals with several sessions on Oct 14, 18, 20, 23, 24, 25. Ladies night closes Oct 25 with Rev. Thomas M. Simpson.
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Oakland Area Council
Roosevelt High
H. BR
Bradford
Thomas M. Simpson
Thy
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Inchicle
William Cresach
W. T. Stove
Milton Branding
Fim Cowell
George Sorenson
Timer Tsakson
Paul DeLeon
Tene Weaver
Clarence Kamer
Ad. Weeks
Rov Tuve
C.D. Edwards
Paul BoAlva
Don Cru ¥An
Cecil Mason
Ralph P. Madeley
Munard Sebastian
Delmar Snider
Mrs Tarry Miller
Tom Togan
Rule Minard
Gordon Fountain
D. C. Crandall
K. Leroy Hamman
Jack McDowell
Joe Manildi
Robert Gunn
Virgil Grave
Id Roberts
W. W. Brooks
W. A. Gilmore
Roger Rush
WiLliam Skilling
Martyell Koester
K. J. Henfey
D. A. Driggs
Is. FL Farmsworth
Stanley Truman
George Engs
Frenk Stead
Biz” Allaire
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Pred Allis
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W. R. Maring
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