The Hide Ships and California Trade in 1842
Editor's note describes the fall and winter arrival of hide ships at San Francisco Bay, detailing Guillermo Castro's 1842 hides trade with Boston firms Bryant Sturgis and Company and agents like Abbott Robinson or Thomas Larkin. It outlines brig Pilgrim’s and shore boats’ operations, the embarcadero at San Lorenzo Creek, ox-drawn carretas, and the cargoes exchanged for hides including spirits, teas, spices, and textiles, culminating in hides shipped to Boston for tanning and shoemaking.
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Bay of San Franccisco
Dana
Guillermo Castro
Boston
Bryant, Sturgis and Company
California
San Lorenzo Creek
Baston
Robinson
Thomas Larkin
Monterey
Pilgrim
Golden Gate
Goat Island
Embarcadero
Robert's Landing
Don Guillemma
Don Guillermo
San Diego
Massachusetts
Embarerdero
Don Guilhermo
Hing
Dann
Lowell
Calendar Of Events Volatile Local Clubs and Exhibits
Calendar lists TodA y school board Arte Achoot Penish Hetrestion club and Memorial park club Singte jodga at IDES hall OMORA Pacing Rabbit Breaders association Ee Tons aor Improvemant Fleb DapWh Alsterhood Wane Denia ethical Néception honding Mrs thet M Gerner conductor Rebekeh Hy IOOF Temple Sidtrict onierel Business and Professional Woman's club Old Hearal ranch Look Forward To Ari Eichibit From The Adobe of Do teres September 27 October Sid vies Homslede chilter anspted by Native
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Toda ‘Y School Board
Arte Achoot
Penish Hetrestion Club
Memorial Park Club
Singte Jodga
P.m
Ides Hall
Omora Pacing Rabbit Breaders Association
Denia
Thet M.gerner
Rebekeh Eee Hy
Temple
Ari Eichibit
Brit Harte Art Toom
Do Teres
CIO Seeks Set Aside of Northern California Cannery Vote
In San Francisco CIO claimants pressed for nullification of the August and September 1980 cannery workers elections. They alleged illegal conditions under a collusive clan between management and the AFL Teamsters and cited worker firings for backing the CIO or resisting AFL dues. Watson agreed to forward the CIO demand to Washington for action.
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San Francisco
Joseph E. Watson
Naional Labor Relations Board
Washington, D. C
CIO
California
AFL Teamsters Union
Teamsters
Mervin Rathborne
State
CIO Council
NLRB
Teamsters Union
Watson
AFL
Russell School Elects Council
Russell School today elected a 12 member student council as part of a citizenship training program to develop leadership responsibility initiative and school cooperation. Dewey Ramsey was named president with Mary Tavis as vice president Freddie Gavilla secretary and Don Ligon treasurer. Others named included Dolores Beltran Gilbert Brooks Jowell Williams Barbary Taurehnetti Lee Otis Thompson Christina Tora h Ross and Albert Green.
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Russell School
Cooperatin
G Dewey Ramsey
Mary Tavis
Freddie Gavilla
Don Ligon
Dolores Beltran
Gilbert Brooks
Jowell Williams
Barbary Taurehnetti
Lee Otis Thompson
Christina Torah Ross
Albert Green
Slave Labor Deaths Revealed at Trial
A Japanese government document described as a confession of murder of thousands of allied soldiers used as slave labor to build the Burma Siam railroad was presented at a war crimes trial. Wartime Premier Hideki Tojo was named among three men directly responsible.
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Tokyo
U PI
Burma-Siam
Hideki, Tojo
International Military Tribunals
Investigators Target San Francisco Black Market Mats
A strengthened investigation, led by a trebled force, sought black market meat transactions in California as the regional Office of Price Administration headquarters pledged court action within a few weeks.
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San Francisco
California
Office of Price Administration
Witness Says He Saw Nation Carnation Murder
Chester Jarvis, a 40 year old Army civilian employee, claims to have witnessed San Francisco's carnation murder. He was taken into custody after climbing the Golden Gate Bridge railing and told police of a dissected torso found near the Arampaunt theater. Authorities will assess if he is a psychopathic case and note Jarvis may be epileptic, warning his story could be a fabrication. Police continue to search for the killer of Raimond Lopez, an Ashland florist, by checking North Beach after a district sweep south of Market.
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Chester Jarvis
Army
San Francisco
Carnation
Jarvis
James Morgan Bis
Golden Gate Bridge
Arampaunt Theater
al Carasso
Ashland
Rameond Lopez
North Beach
Market
Bernard McDonald
Lopez
Market Street
9 Nursery
Two Groups Incorporate In Castro Valley Community Unit
Two groups the Castro Valley service committee and the teenage advisory council merged in a new incorporation. Trustees elected at a Monday night meeting include A LeBlanc F Dyche Frank Wilkins Dave Kidd the Reverend Leroy Lindsay Mrs Cornelia Boysen Mrs Margaret Ohlin and Judge Davis. The first goal is to search for a building for community use. A Castro Valley Improvement club committee suggested the building be used for all community purposes. Frank Marley will contact Twelfth Naval District authorities in San Francisco to see if surplus buildings at the Red wood road target range can be available for community use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castro Valley Service Committee
Castro Valley Improvement Club
Jerome Crawford
Leslie Robbins
Emer Marsh
James Alexander
Frank Marley
Twelfth Naval District Attemhorities
San Francisco
Redwood Road
Valley Organization
Commission Defers Action on Wages
The Maritime Commission met for two hours and deferred action on granting wage increases to striking CIO seamen. The walkout by AFL maritime unions ended after nine days. A spokesman said the commission was awaiting developments and would watch for CIO unions and east coast ship operators to negotiate an agreement matching the AFL wage scale.
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Maritime Commission
AFL
Electric Engine Stolen from Store Display
Theft of an electric engine from a train set valued at 27.50 occurred at the Economy shop 913 B street. Henry Gall reported the loss yesterday and suspects a juvenile. Burma quake near Sydney reported by Riverview Observatory via Radio Australia.
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B Street
Wou
Henry Gall
Gall
Burma
San Francisco
Riverview Observatory
Sydney
Radio Australia
Jewish Underground Raiders Threaten Tel Aviv and Jaffa
In Tel Aviv and Jaffa riots erupt as Jewish underground raiders strike four banks and the Jaffa prison. Four dead, five injured, and up to eight extremists captured as police battle mobs and impose curfews in crowded streets. Widespread turmoil disrupts shoppers and emergency squads respond amid uncertain cash seizures and arrests.
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Jerusalem
Tal Aviv
Jaffa
Turmail
Tel Aviv
Ashland Businessmen Plan Ashland Chamber
A group of about a dozen Ashland businessmen met at the Ashland firehouse to discuss forming a chamber of commerce. Lester Olivers, the fire chief, disclosed the tentative plan and Warren Smith, owner of Marge's restaurant, was named temporary secretary. The aim is to promote community interests and invite all Ashland district business men to join.
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Ashland
Chamber of Commerce
Lester Olivers
Warren Smith
Marge
East 14Th
Olivera
Navy Ship Runs Aground Near Half Moon Bay
The Navy patrol craft YP-836 en route from Bikini with valuable fish specimens aboard ran aground two miles south of Here in heavy surf. Sixteen crew members abandoned ship in a lifeboat while the master and a commander stayed aboard to salvage. The vessel vibrated in the breakers as the mast swung and fumes from a broken refrigeration line hampered below deck inspection. The frozen fish samples bound for Stanford University pond and the U. S. Wildlife Survey were likely lost.
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Half Moon Bay
U.P
Bikini
Here
Bleven
D. Bailey
San Diego
RB. Miller
Gingola Avenue
Galland
Miller
Bikini Lagoon
Stanford University
U. S. Wild Life Survey
San Francisco Press Club Elects New Officers
The San Francisco Press Club announced a new staff of officers led by John B. Hanley, Pacific Coast news manager of the International News Service, as its chief.
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Press Club
San Francisco
W.A
San Francisco Press Club Today
John B. Hanley
Pacific Coast
The
International News Service
Irish War Bride Awaits Trial in Slaying Case
Bridget Waters, an Irish war bride in Las Vegas, Nevada, spent today responding to fan mail while awaiting a court decision on whether she will stand trial for the fatal shooting of her American husband.
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Las Vegas
Nev
U.R
Bridget
Waters
Board Approves 21000 Community Chest Budget
The Hayward Area Community Chest board approved a 21000 budget for the coming year at a luncheon in Castro Valley. Of the total, 18685.63 goes to agencies including Is.0 Hayward Area Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts and the Hayward Salvation Army. the rest covers campaign expenses. The Girl Scouts receive roughly 2000 more to extend work into new areas. No overseas war relief expenses will be needed this year, reducing total commitments versus last year.
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Hayward Area
Girl Scouts
Lyears
Roger. Anderson
Bhut
Conference Breaks Up In Near Riot at Paris Peace Talks
The Bulgarian political commission at the Paris peace conference broke into near riot with delegates shouting as Nisseler adjourned the meeting. Jeffer son Caffery denounced the adjournment while Col Hodgson clashed with Russians urging the ruling be overruled. Alexander and Richard Ger Conolly accused of old fashioned democracy as walkouts sparked more tensions in the deliberations.
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Paris
U.P
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
Military Commission
Slaving
Alexander
Richard’Ger Conolly
United States
Itish Spokeman
Manuel Rivera Ordered to Support Wife Pending Ruling
A court ordered Manuel Rivera to pay 50 dollars monthly for his wife’s support plus 125 dollars for her attorney fees and an immediate 15 dollars payment in a divorce action filed by Elvirg Margarita Rivera. The order followed an order to show cause seeking 100 dollars monthly for support and hospital expenses at the birth of their expected child. The couple married in Niles on October 28, 1945 and separated in Decota on July 28, 1946. Mrs Rivera is represented by Perovich and Perovich of Hayward.
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Manuel Rivera
Elvirg
Margarita Rivera
Rivera
Niles
Deeota
Rivern
Law Fit of
Perovich
Hayward
Stockton Walkout Over Wage Dispute Shuts Two Plants
Four night shift workers at Stockton sewage disposal plants walked out at midnight in a strike against the city. The wage controversy had remained unsettled since February.
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Stockton
Cal
Jive Artist Rebrands Stompin at Savoy to St Louis Blues
Domingo L. Silver Jr., 18, of Maud Avenue, twisted his knee performing a risky routine at the Fun Center on Castro Street during a night of jitterbug antics. He fractured his right knee and was rushed to Fairmont Hospital where doctors say he remains hospitalized with multiple injuries including a broken hand from prior weeks.
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Domingo L. Silver Jr
Maud Avenue
Fairmont
Silver
Castro Street
Meet the Joneses Gladly Welcome Friday the 13th
Bobby Jones born on Friday the 9th years ago brings family luck. His parents, C A Jones and wife of 21915 Garden avenue, recall a Screeno night jackpot on 19 spins for 65 dollars and a horse win on ticket 13. Today the shop owner’s crew returns to full staff as a “lucky 19” day, and a thirteen guest party is planned.
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Bobby Jones
Luci
Bobby
C. A. Jones
Garden Avenue
Joneses
Jones Electric Shop
Jones
Six Livermore Teens Hurt In Car Crash
Six Livermore teenagers were injured when an old touring car driven by 17 year old Darrel W McLaughlin rear ended a sedan and overturned on the Livermore Pleasanter highway near Isabell avenue. Ernest Eugene Williams, 17, suffered major injuries and was treated at St Paul’s hospital. Others with minor injuries included McLaughlin Rose Marie Silva Roetta Oxen Jesse Willard Anders and Norman Stuart. Earlier, James L Bagley 42 of the Livermore auto count was badly injured when his car overturned on Tesla road south of the Livermore rodeo grounds.
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Livermore
Darnel W. McLaughlin
Route 1
Box 278
Livermore-Pleasanter
Isabell Avenue
McLaughlin
Doyle Ray Brewer
North
U Street
Brewer
Ernest Eugene Williams
Box 267
St. Paul's Hospital
St. Paul's
Rose
Marie Silva
N Street
Roetta Oxen
Gak Street
Jesse Willard Anders
Box 395
Norman Stuart
K Street
James L. Bagley
Tesla Road
Livermore Rodeo Grounds
Bewhiskered Peter Vaiss Dies After Juror Acquittal
Bewhiskered Peter Vaiss, 84, noted amateur photographer known for roaming northern California highways with his burros and covered wagon, died today at Fairmont hospital. In 1936 he was arrested for murder after claiming Gattuccio snapped his photograph without payment. a Santa Clara County jury found him not guilty, and he returned to wandering.
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Oakland
U.P
Peter Vaiss
California
Fairmont Hospital
Vaiss
Jasper Gattuccio
San Jose
Gattuccio
Santa Clara County
Weiss
Tean Age Club Elects Officers in Castro Valley
Elected last week, Castro Valley teen age club officers include Leslie Morgan president Doris Hoffman vice president vat Giordanino secretary Inge Bargild corresponding secretary Melvin Francis treasurer and Disk Barry sergeant at arms Adults at Friday night meeting and informal dance included Mrs Gornelia Boysen Mrs Margaret Ohfin Frank Wilkens Judge W T Davis and A LeBlanc
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Castro Valley
Leslie Morgan
Doris Hoffman
Vat Giordanino
Inge Bargild
Melvin: Francis
Disk Barry
Gornelia Boysen
Margaret Ohfin
Frank ‘Wilkens
W. T. Davis
A.leblanc
Marine Cook and Stewards Strike Ties Up U S Ports
The Marine Cooks and Stewards union joined a CIO led walkout effective at noon, aligning with NMU and AFL Maritime actions. They seek a $10 across the board monthly wage raise, with many west coast ships tied up as CIO picket lines strengthen.
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San Francisco
Marine Cooks & Stewards Union
CIO
National Maritime Union
Marine Firemen
Ind
APL
NMU
AFL
International
Metine Engineers
Portland
Seattle
Wilmington
Calif
Honolulu
New York
Baltimore
Washington
San Francisco Bay
Portford
East Oakland 20-30 Club Dinner Highlights District Work
East Oakland 20-30 Club members attended a dinner meeting in Hayward with a feature program including moving pictures from the Santa Cruz district convention. Tom Devlin, a former Navy man and Fairview school principal, spoke on the club’s origins and ideals, while Jim Harrison noted efforts to participate in the Hayward Pioneer Days festival and Tony Jiminez, Bob Brown, and Elliott Ingraham were praised for installing Safety Selly signs at three Hayward elementary schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Hayward
Santa Crus
Tom Devlin
U.S. Navy
Fairnview School
Devlin
Hayward Ciup
Jim Harrison
Tony Jiminez
Bob Brown
Elliott Ingraham
Major League Baseball Pitchers and Scores Highlight Night Action
scattered box score style recap notes various teams and players including Hughton Wagner Hegan Garris Desantels Robinson Richards Washington Loula and others in a rugged ledger of late inning totals and run counts. data fragment references multiple teams and line scores with no coherent narrative due to OCR damage.
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Hong
Roland G. Armstrong
Ashland Improvement Club
Oro Loma Sanitary District
Minneapolis
Puyi Peiping
Hsien
Sheng Pao
Henry Fu-Xi
Manchuria
Commission
Bay District
Old Hearst Ranch
Minnie Seaver
Mildred Rossini
Perle Roche
Kent Studios
Jive
Savoy
St. Louis Blues
Tean Age Club
East Oakland Club
Major League Baseball
Anenread Tekane Press
Hughton and
Wagner
Cinbree
Hegan
Banjar
Loula
Rational League Bitubeek
Uta
Pgutarilien Und
Walkeld
Coaper Eae Tan
Miigo
Bia
Saige
Pea
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