Seventy-five years ago there was a rare mention in the Berkeley Daily Gazette of racial issues with a local connection. Haircut costs: Local barbers voted to increase the cost of a haircut in Alameda County from a typical 75 cents to one dollar on June 11, 1943. Mirror drive: Berkeley women were asked to donate unused “purse and pocket book mirrors” in a June 8 article. Enemies near: There were German soldiers very close to the shores of Berkeley, the Gazette reported June 10. Steven Finacom is a Bay Area native and community historian in Berkeley.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 07, 2018 12:56 UTC