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Newspaper
Hayward Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1944
Page
1
In Alameda County, state highway patrol officers joined Hayward police sheriffs and shore patrol to stop 3019 cars at highway barricades Sunday night. Capt Louis Bile reported 62 arrests for violations of motor laws, with 4 drivers warned and 40 mechanical warnings issued for issues like registration license and headlights.
Registrants ordered to report for induction today at 8 30 a m by Alameda County Draft Board No 74 920 A St are as follows Merrni Lagen Rupert Buster Randall Earle Benjamin Silva Charles Earl Hawke Walter Peacock Bruce Alvin Peseaw Percy Daniel Goodwill Manuel A Gonzales Bill Gonzales Herbert Maleal Cardoza Ralph Raymond Tadsehin Joti Kaiser Fred Emile Cook Joo Roble Hernander Olan Bernal Wawell Joaquin Jacinth Canira TL Donald Howard Parga Willian Donald Strick Kenneth Frank Fernanlys John Mianuel Crua Jr Gordon Joseph Dirks Albert Eugene Horn Donald Wilson Blucker George David Martins
A San Jose woman Grace Alvinuy 3 was killed en route to her wedding after a head-on collision near Ply Grove Saturday. Investigators said her fiancé Dumes Jones 41 of San Jose was seriously injured. another driver Charles Taylor Lyn Grove was recovered. Highway patrol said the couple were driving toward Sacramento when their car collided as a vehicle pulled onto the highway from a side road. Jones sustained minor injuries.
Gerald L. Smith of Detroit and Harry Romer of St. Henry announced that the America First Party would support the Dewey Bricker Republican ticket. At a rally with about 3,000 attendees, Smith and Romer said the party could not win this year but was laying groundwork for 1948.
An arson investigation led deputies to a three room house next to Walker’s home where charred walls and debris were found. A can of flammable liquid and burned paper were recovered. Walker’s neighbor, Mrs Mengonya, reported the fire and neighbors helped extinguish it. The residence had been vacant for months.
Philadelphia Athletics, in seventh, defeated Detroit Tigers 2 to 1 behind pitcher Russ Christopher. The win tightens the pennant race and sets up potential Browns win tonight to force a deadlock in the American League title chase. National mentions follow with unclear details about Cincinnati and New York.
California forms a citizen advisory panel to aid postwar recovery and industry expansion. San Francisco lawyer Elliott Epsteen chairs the new committee with members from Los Angeles and San Francisco, including Bullock's president P B Winnell and Southern Pacific VP F McGinnis. Turpin warns that tourism needs equal emphasis to prevent California’s image as an industrial empire from eclipsing its vacation appeal.
Jack Hanley of 450 Maple Court reported a prowler prowling his home in the early morning. He awoke to his dog barking, saw a figure on the front porch, and watched a person run down the steps and flee in a vehicle.
A man identified as acavenaW, OG, died from burns when a garage explosion at Alameda destroyed the family garage. His wife Beateles sustained first and second degree burns on arms and legs while attempting to aid him. police were told she tried to push him to safety during the blast.
A 16 year old Hayward boy is in the Oakland Detention Home after the car he drove tipped over at Meek and Park Streets. Police Chief George Forth says drunk driving charges may follow, as the car carried four or five friends. The youth admitted driving around Hayward all day and consuming wine found in the vehicle. No one was injured. a 16 year old girl was treated at Hayward hospital for a shoveled injury before being returned to her parents.
Victor Galbraith, 12, was bitten on the calf while delivering Sunday papers. His father, Victor Galbraith Sr., of 19472 Parsons, told local sheriffs the dog, owned by Cecil Buckland of 9257 Silviera Lane, nipped him as he rode by on a bicycle. Buckland agreed to keep the dog chained for a one day observation period.
Gov. Earl Warren condemned secret paroles and said he would seek a full report from the state adult authority on the parole of Robert Pender, a 30 year old robbing suspect linked to a $22,500 Sacramento department store heist. Pender had five years to life and prior robbery and kidnapping charges, with notification of parole disputed.
Gloria Mary Orcutt, 18, of 21462 Redwood Rel, accused Cheltgaphee C. McLemore, 60 Vth St, Oakland, of statutory rape. Orcutt initially claimed forced entry but later testified they met at Top Hat tavern on Foothill Blvd and rode together. McLemore was arrested in Daly City and held for arraignment in Hayward Justice Court Wednesday.
Two juvenile vandalism reports surfaced in Hayward over the weekend. A fire started by two 12 year old boys damaged a hen house owned by Manuel Martin. Sheriff William Wolters said the blaze began in a ditch behind the coop and spread to the building. Martin refused to sign a complaint but asked that authorities warn the youths and inform their parents. A second report from Adeline Rejay described three boys aged 9, 7, and 12 who cut her dog, toppled a mailbox, broke a back screen door, and entered the kitchen threatening her child. The lads confessed and were cited to the juvenile probation office for parental action.
Two victims Vernon Jorgenson and Borest Lee Armyning reported to Hayward sheriff's office at 1 a m Sunday that they were stabbed by a group of Negroes after joining a dice game on a street corner. They were treated at a local hospital for stab wounds and could not recall how the incident began.
Allied forces intensified the air and artillery assault across the Rhineland as thousands of American planes and guns bombard German positions from the lower Rhine to the Belfort gap. The British Second Army reinforced the Arnhem bridgehead while American troops carved a pocket east of Nijmegen near Beek, amid heavy shelling on Frankfurt, Koblenz and Ludwigshafen as resistance cells united in Germany.
Washington reports War Production Board chairman Ron ald M. Nelson has returned from a special White House mission to China. He expressed optimism about expanding China's industrial role in the war against Japan but offered no clarity on his own future status at the agency.
In Hayward Justice Court this morning Richmondite William Ogden 32 of 7007 Dam Rd pleaded guilty to drunken driving on Foothill Blvd and paid a $100 fine. John Rivear 38 of Santa Clara Ave arrested Sunday on drunken driving appeared and was held for sentence tomorrow. Jesse L. Bolon 60 of Richmond arrested on East 14th St Saturday night pleaded guilty and is held without bail of $250 until tomorrow's sentence.
On the Western Front the German Rhineland bears the brunt of one of the war’s great bombardments as the 1st Army advances. To the north Allied forces strive to secure a thin supply link to dwindling paratroopers at the Rhine gate near Arnhem. Air operations report RAF forces targeting Calais in an all-out bid to erase German resistance. In Italy American troops push through the Futa Pass toward Castel del Rio near Bologna, aiming to connect with the British 8th Army moving up from the Po valley. Russia claims deep offensives into Hungary and Slovakia to crush Germany’s last satellites. In the Pacific, Japan weighs defending the Philippines against exposing its fleet after U S attacks near Manila disrupt air power and inter-island communications.
Leo V. Mann arrives in Hayward as special recruiting representative of the Civil Service Commission. He will recruit repair and construction workers for major naval shore and off shore establishments on the west coast for six months with government paid transportation meals and housing. Recruits will sign six month contracts for positions at Mara Island Vallejo Mimters Point San Francisco Alameda Hawthorne Clearfield Bremerton Seattle Pearl Harbor and Seattle.
Twenty five school trustees and administrators will hold a dinner tonight at Maynard Union High School to discuss and review issues related to founding a junior college in the city. Hayward trustees join representatives from Pleasanton Centerville Livermore and Oakland schools for talks after dinner with Ralph Andergon presiding. Dr William R Odell Oakland city superintendent will discuss statewide educational needs survey results. Va Gua Seidel county superintendent will present county views on establishing a junior college.
Chief of Police George Porthe warned owners W. D. Nichols, 22941 Yolo St, and Raymond Gonsalves, 56 Solo St, Saturday night that their four dogs must stop. Nichols and Gonsalves appeared at Hayward police station at 11 p.m. after Gonsalves threatened to file a complaint against Nichols for abusive language in front of Mrs. Gonsalves. no complaint was filed.
Jack Wagle reported a unlocked car theft Sunday night from in front of 564 Castro 5t. He parked at the location before going to a movie and returned shortly before midnight to find the ignition key broken in the switch and the car unable to be locked. The incident was reported at 21275 Birch St to local authorities.
The National Housing Agency announced 6000 temporary dwellings will be constructed on the west coast to meet the needs of Navy personnel in congested war areas near Pacific Coast Naval stations. The housing will serve officers and enlisted men and their families, planned for rapid completion without delaying permanent Pacific coast construction or affecting the Taburo market.
Unfinished game from Aug 1 shows Pittsburgh vs Boston with scattered inning runs. Other lines list New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, and combined box details with pitchers and run totals. A separate item notes a tragic month for the Conway family as Jost James, a paratrooper, was killed in action in France, his father Simon died in a railroad incident in Bellows Falls, and grandfather James passed away from natural causes in Walpole.
United States troops push along Peleliu coastal strip beyond Garekoru advancing toward Peleliu’s mountain complex. Tank patrols destroy pillboxes, while earlier flank units reach ridges near the southern approaches. Japanese casualties exceed eight thousand with few prisoners. Americans report relatively light losses as cave defenses shrink.
Election returns will be furnished from the Hayward Review office on Tuesday evening. Three telephones are available for residents to call for local voting results. Polls open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Precinct A to E across listed locations. voters elect a city council member to replace Edward McFarland. Candidates are Jab Haar, Lew Palmieri, and Neal W. Stanger. Endorsement of rejection of daily manager firm of government use an issue.
LeRoy Edwin Johnson reports he fell asleep at the wheel and escaped uninjured after his car crashed on East 14th Street in Ashland. Johnson, who had been awake since five, climbed from the wreckage and told Highway Patrolman Sandy Vahrenkamp he was en route home. The vehicle was reportedly completely demolished.
Weather forecast for San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California notes clear conditions today tonight and Tuesday with morning fog near the ocean. In Vermont historical update The Champlain Transportation Co is cited as the oldest steamship operator to run passenger steamers on Lake Champlain, following an 1824 Vermont legislature act dated October 36 1824.
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