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Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 11

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Oakland Tribunei
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Oakland, California
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Asparagus Strikers Oakland Tribune, Tuesday, May 18, 1948 i City fo Acquire i Registration On For Day Camps The union challenge stems from a California Asparagus Growers Association announcement that tht strike has deeper meanings. regional director of the Food, Tobacco and Agricultural Workers' Union, whose strike for union recognition entered its third week. Issue Radio Challenge Officers of the striking CIO asparagus workers in San Joaquin and Contra- Costa Counties today challenged employer representatives Fireboat First trsr 4k to a radio debate on the strike' HAYWXID. May 18. Registrations for the third annual day camp of the Hayward Area Recreation District to be held June 28 throuzh issues.

"We will be very happy to meet movies put you to sleep August 6. are now being accepted or their spokesmen in open at the district office. 1015 Street, aebate. said Jack Montgomery, Tfa it was announced by George Vestal, superintendent. The camp, which will be held in the canyon behind Hayward Municipal Plunge, will feature six five-day sessions for children between 8 and 13.

A small fee will be required for swimming, one hot and two snack meals, camp and craft supplies and transportation to and from eamp. a. 1 Ml ACCOUNTANCY EVENING CLASSES MAY 24 TO JULY 23 SUMMER TERM Accounting, Elem. Adv. Business Law II Tax Accounting.

Business Mathematics Math, of Accounting. yuamiea leaaers win supervise Th U.S.S. Hoga, Oakland's first fireboat, becomes the property of the city today. i Claire V. Goodwin president of the Oakland Board of Port Commissioners, said the vessel, granted to the port by the Navy, will be turned over to the Oakland Fire Department at 2:30 pjcn.

in the City HalL The fireboat Is expected ta go Into service about May 28 after indoctrination of the city crews. Goodwin said the Hoga "should be a valuable, acquisition in reducing the hazards from fire on our 1 The Hoga, which will be berthed the foot of Broadway, had its first test and trials, in the Bay off Treasure Island yesterday. On board were Fire Chief James H. Burke, Battalion Fire Chief Eddie Mentzell, Fire Capt Louis Sancken and others. Chief Boatswain Mate W.

N. Hadel, who brought the ship from Pearl Harbor, was in charge. The Hoga is a standard steel fireboat as used by the Navy. It is 199 feet long, "i'ith a 274 foot beam and 114 foot draft It is capable of 13 knots with two 65Q horsepower diesel engines. It has two 2000 gallon pumpsi with four monitors, and 12 hose cutlets.

Plans are being made to jtry to increase its 4000 gallon pumping capacity to 10,000 gallons, It was built on the Atlantic Coast in 1940. and was commissioned in 1941. Navy officers said it took part in quelling the fires during the Pearl Harbor attack. camp activities that will include nature crafts, swimming instruction, outdoor cooking, trail blazing, hiking; camp fire programs, nature lore and camp games. Vestal said.

1 Ex-Aide Sentenced BELGRADE. Yugoslavia. May 18. (JP) Ilija Mangovic, former employee of an assistant American military attache in Belgrade, was sentenced to death by a court in Chachak today on charges that he was a "Chetnik butcher and war mriminaL" For Schedule, write Registrar GOLDEN GATE COLLEGE 200 Golden Gat Ave. San Francisco PRospect 5-5774 don't delay see your Eye Physician ii wmmm nui i mi.

mn nm iitv -ir irnan 'in i ji i i. ii n--nn i-; Hero's Oakland's sewand first fireboat The craft, the U.SJS. Hoga, will be used for waterfront fire protection under an agreement with the Navy. Tribune photo. Don't blame the movie.

It may be your eyes. An eye examination by your eye physician and properly fitted prescription glasses by our trained technicians may open new thrills to you in motion pictures. Your eye physician with his skill, knowledge, and training equipped properly to examine, diagnose, and prescribe. Foresight saves eye- af4 'Repaying American People Says Bandit; Takes $10,000 Gems ff THE MIUIR PLAN If 2)72 lt Fwrtiitk Strt, Oakland 1, Calif. VV iv Without any bltgoHon on my part, plaaM sand ma camplafc XJJNJ WttVmatlan en your plan.

4 utul I I I I CITY ZONf signt. oee your eye physician (M.D. periodically for better medical eye care. San Francisco police today sought an apologetic young thief who announced he was "paying back the American people" as he took $10,000 in jewels from the House of Jade, 519 Grant Avenue, at gunpoint. The robber held up Louis Bernstein, manager, and two saleswomen, Mrs.

Elizabeth Chapman, 3002 Pierce Street, and Miss Katherine Hayes, of Sausaliro, to escape with the gems, mostly cameos and diamonds. He kept insisting "I heally hate to do this, but I am paying back the American people," and as he left he apologized again adding "as soon as I go you can do anything you please." I i' You will promptly receive details on a plan that, for a few cents a dqy, will immediately PROVIDE ALL EXPENSES OF A FUNERAL no matter how little may have been paid in and with no further charges at any time. A PLAN THAT OFFERS PROTECTION FOR YOUR FAMILY WHEN THE EMERGENCY ARISES THE MILLER PLAN OPTICAL COMPANY El Cerrito Club Plans Annual Dinner EL CERRITO, "May 18. Final plans were under way today for the Third Annual Charter Dinner Wednesday night of the El Cerrito Exchange Club at a restaurant at 303 San Pablo Avenue. Three past presidents, E.

E. Lin-thicum, Fred Iverson and Frank Scott, assisted by Vice-President OAKLAND: 1904 FRANKLIN STREET and 400 29th STREET BERKELEY: AMERICAN TRUST BLDG. and 2402 TELEGRAPH AVE. ALAMEDA: 2241 CENTRAL AVENUE The fireboat which is expected to be turned over to the Port of Oakland and the Oakland Fire Department the latter part of this month, was inspected yesterday by local officials. Here Oeft to right) are Battalion Fire Chief Edwin Hentzell, W.

N. Hadel, chief boatswain's mate and skipper of the craft, and Oakland Fire Chief James Burke. Tribune photo. S272 IAST fOURTIINTH STRUT OAKLAND 1, CALIFORNIA I Peter F. Aeresta.

are in charge of I a I I arrangements. The organization now boasts 40 members, the most! recent of which is Mayor Mel C. Heinkel. L.A. Kidnaper of Girl, 5, Hunted IU1 Ul 1 REAL ESTATE MAN TAKEN BY DEATH George M.

Griffith, well-known Oakland real estate broker, succumbed to a heart attack in his LOS 'ANGELES. May 18 CU.R) Police today searched for a swarthy man of medium build who kidnaped a 5-year-old girl from in front of. her home, took her to his hotel room and mistreated her. Lupe Quiros told police ye5terday home lats night and died while eni route to hospital. He was 50; that the man gagged her with ad-' jhesive tape.

in the hotel room. i i rn III lollBI (a years old. With him at the time was bis Jl U.S. AGENT TRICKS EX-CONVICT INTO $4080 DOPE SALE A Federal narcotics agent came to Oakland- on a tip yesterday and tricked a young Chinese ex-convict into selling him 18 packages of cocaine with a retail value of $4080. Agent R.

T. Simpson, assisted by Oakland Police Inspector Walter Hawkinson. arrested Jo Ho Sing. 22. of 1214 Peralta Street, en charges of selling narcotics.

MflNTCZOMA wife, Irene. Griffith, long active in civic and Masonic affairs, held membership in several lodges including the Aahmes Temple Shrine, the Oakland Scottish Rite, the Yerba Buerra Lodge of Free and Assepted Masons and was also a 32nd Degree Mason. Besides his wife, who lives at JkPwMm's flavorful if 1 IIS 9r mately two ounces of the drug from 523d Proctor Avenue, he leaves his mother. Mrs. Annie Griffith, and He said Hing, who is on parole iwo sisters.

iiis. uib slJi and Mrs. Veda Bornholt. Funeral services have been tentatively set for Thursday. after a burglary conviction in Fairfield, apparently also had trafficked in opium.

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BE 7-8747 OU 2-7430 yesterday in a rented limousine with a known addict driving. They met Hing fat a grocery store at 14th and Cypress Streets, and the addict asked for the drug. Hing. according to Simpson, brought out one 50-grain package of the drug and sold it to them for $40. Simpson asked for more, he told police, and the Chinese said he had 17 packages that wereNthe last ofj a shipment he "just got off the boat:" The -agent said he would buy it.

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