On 23-Jul-11 05:17, [email protected] wrote:
Topic: San Francisco Newspaper for 1945
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Cheri Mello <[email protected]> Jul 22 09:53AM -0700 ^ <#digest_top>
What is the name (or names) of a San Francisco newspaper from 1945?
I searched Newspaper Archives (their S.Fran. papers don't go to
1945) and I
only found 1 on Ancestry (Alta California something, which didn't
go to 1945
either).
Thanks,
Cheri Mello
Listowner, Azores-Gen
Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das
Tainhas,
Achada
In 1945, San Francisco had two morning papers: Chronicle (independent)
and Examiner (Hearst).
Hearst also owned the afternoon paper, which originally was three
different papers that were merged in sequence. I don't know exactly when
the mergers took place (slightly before my time), but I think they were
done by World War II. The three papers were the News (Hearst), the Call,
and the Bulletin. The Call and Bulletin merged to form the Call-Bulletin
and were later acquired by the News, forming the New Call-Bulletin. I
recall the News Call-Bulletin throughout my childhood (born in 1948).
This paper survived into the mid-60's when the two morning papers
combined printing, distribution, and advertising functions under the San
Francisco Newspaper Agency. Because Hearst was already in the afternoon,
the morning Examiner was switched to the afternoon and the Chronicle
stayed in the morning. For a time, the new afternoon paper was called
the Examiner (in large letters) and News Call-Bulletin (in small letters
Examiner) and soon only Examiner was used.
There were other newspapers too, though these five were the only dailies
that were around in 1945, as far as I know. There were also weeklies,
mostly advertising-driven shoppers papers (The
Shopping News and The San Francisco Progress), but they had little news
and would probably be of no importance to your search.
Tomás Leal
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