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University of California Spanish Professor Eduardo Paya "yesterday dropped a verbal bombshell in co-ed circles at Berkeley" when he argued "real romance ......... is impossible in our universities," because American college girls are "cold, rational and indifferent," and "spoiled by the attention paid them." A Latin woman, on the other hand, says Paya, is a "doll" who "thinks only of her suitors — she looks up to them as superiors." — Feb. 10 San Francisco's port receives more than twice the cargo of its biggest West Coast competitor, Los Angeles. But Oakland's nascent port "by all accounts, is gaining faster in total tonnage than San Francisco." — March 19 Post-quake San Francisco, a "city of fine modern buildings, unsurpassed in the United States," celebrates it's 17th birthday, the anniversary of the disaster which cleared the way for 105,000 new buildings. "The New San Francisco stands on its own feet ......... It has proven its vitality, tested its prowess, learned its strength. It has the magnificent confidence that comes from victory magnificently won. And that, too, is the gift of the Fire of 1906. — April 18 Oakland toy maker Jay D. Thomas and his wife Georgia, said to be a drug addict, are arrested for making toy camels with a secret compartment in the camel's hump for hiding narcotics for sale. The drugs were secured from unwitting East Bay pharmacists. — May 7 An X-Ray shows a bullet has remained in the brain of city resident Leslie McCaleb for 13 years. Doctors decide to leave it where it is. — June 7 On its inaugural opening night performance, the San Francisco Grand Opera's performance of "La Bohème" at the Civic Auditorium is "a complete justification of the campaign" to create a hometown opera. — Sept. 27 Following dedication ceremonies, thousands jostle their way through the new Steinhart Aquarium in Golden Gate Park, "viewing with evident awe the strange collection of water life gathered from all corners of the world." — Sept. 30 At the urging of the California State Automobile Association after an exposé by the Examiner, a system of duplicate witness statements, to be sent to both police and the district attorney's office, is instituted in an effort to end the practice of "fixing cases" for the rich and powerful charged with drunken driving. — Nov. 17 |
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