Draft Law in Arcadia Sparks War Spirit Across Community
The piece urges universal drafting in Arcadia, praising older generations for supporting sons abroad and predicting renewed Allied momentum as the war hardens. It argues the new draft will mobilize prominent local men, with old and young alike ready to back the effort and see the conflict through to Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcadia
France
Hleinie
Fritz
Germany
Berlin
Hohenzollerns
Uncle Sam
Stick for Assembly in Sixty-Ninth District on Retrenchment Platform
John C. Stick, secretary of the Los Angeles County Republican Central Committee, announces his candidacy for Assemblyman in the Sixty-ninth District. He campaigns for reduced state expenditures and reform of the primary law to keep candidates on a single ticket, plus abolition of many state boards and commissions. The piece also comments on wartime sentiment and anti-German rhetoric of the era.
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John C. Stick
Los Angeles County Republican Central Committee
Stick
Assembly
Sacramento
Prussianism or Americanism in the current political clash
A reflective opinion frames the choice as Prussianization or Americanism, arguing the American system despite flaws has enabled broad prosperity. It condemns Bolshevikism as socialism and stresses democracy as best suited to opportunity and progress for all.
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Kaiser Kultur
Sublime Sacrifices by a Loyal New York Mother
Mrs. Antoinette Moscarella in Greenwich Village keeps a tiny home shrine for her son Tony who died in France. Two tall candles burn before a miniature altar draped with two American flags, symbolizing patriotic motherhood and steadfast fatherhood as praised by Roosevelt.
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Antoinette Moscarella
N. Y
Greenwich Village
Tony
France
Roosevelt
Quentin
Sacramento
Cal
German Names Fight With American Valor At Hamel
Brooklyn Standard Union reports soldiers of German origin fought bravely at Hamel, including Bernard Schainger who did cleanup work with grenades, Nathan Lieberman who captured six Germans at a machine gun, Arthur Munk who guided a wounded officer out, and Fred Sullenburger who brought tea under fire. The piece notes many others of German descent also proved American, dismissing doubts about loyalty as they learned the Allies’ misdeeds.
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Hamel
Bernard Schainger
Nathan Lieberman
Arthur Munk
Fred Sullenburger
Coin and Conscience
A cautious reflection urges readers to resist the lure of shady financial deals. The piece warns that comparing wealth and choosing unscrupulous paths invites moral and legal peril, urging steadfast honesty over quick gains.
Farmerettes Sing War Time Song For Red Cross Benefit
Hemet workers finish apricot season and shift to peaches. A farmerettes benefit at Hemet raised 95.45 for the Red Cross as they sang revised war songs about toil, patriotism, and keeping fruit from spoiling while toiling for Uncle Sam.
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Hemet
Red Cross
Sam
Telephone gossip and church notices in local directory
A poetic piece on the all knowing telephone girl followed by a church directory entry for First Presbyterian Church. It lists Sunday preaching at 11:90 and 7:45, midweek prayer at 7:45, Sunday school at 10:00, and officers and trustees named. The Berry family plans a brief Redondo Beach stay with Mr Berry working at Elsunda nearby.
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Mrs. Berry
Florence
Richard
Spencer
Redondo Beach
Mr Berry
Elsunda
Redondo
New Portland Traffic Signal Code Aims for Universal Use
The Portland originated three arm signals turn right left and stop are advocated by the Automobile Club of Southern California and the San Francisco dealers association as a safer simpler system for all motorists. They claim widespread adoption could cut collision accidents by at least fifty percent and urge drivers to educate the public and spread adoption nationwide.
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Auto Club of
Southern California
Portland
Automobile Club of
Motor Car Dealers’ Association of
San Francisco
Auto Club
Randall Going Overseas Invites Messages For California Soldiers
Congressman Charles H. Randall plans a trip to France and Italy with the House Postoffice Committee to study overseas mail delays. He will spend a month with California soldiers at the front and will deliver messages from relatives to any California boy, especially if hospitalized or unheard, via telegram or night letter to Washington.
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Charles H. Randall
France
Italy
House Postoffice Committee
Mr. Randall
California
Washington
Plant vegetables now for fall crops say experts
Practical agronomist John Blake of the Pasadena Food Production and Conservation Committee urges planting sweet corn summer squash and string beans now while lima beans are late and Irish potatoes are early. He notes fall corn can be ready by late October with minimal irrigation and stresses soil preparation and moist conditions for strong germination. Last year had delayed rains but usually precipitation supports fall gardening.
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John Blake
Pasadena Food Production and Conservation Committee
Mr. Blake
Prescott F P Cogswell Endorsed For Supervisor District
Monrovia residents back Prescott F P Cogswell for Supervisor First District citing business experience and county knowledge. Endorsements include local leaders and business figures such as John H. Bartle Amelia Bartle Walter F. Dunn and many others.
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Monrovia
Prescott FP
Cogswell
John H. Bartle
Amelia Bartle
Walter F. Dunn
M. J. Conway
Augustus Adams
A. Schilline
W. A. Chess
Wallace E. Hicks
Kirke FE
Lawrence Wm
A. Spinks
J. B. McBratney
H. G. Brownfield
A. L. McCament
Frank Cochran
J. FL Smith
S. FE. Salisbury
C. L. Daniels
Hardy C. Harris
M. S. Pottenger
Josse S. Williams
J. 8S
Pottenger
Wirt C. Williams
Herbert J. Evans
T. Renaker
Chas
C. Rodgers
Elizabeth Renaker
Sheriff Candidacy Endorsed By Day Leaders
Samuel L. Browne, the sole candidate endorsed by the Day Leaders, has county sheriff experience and a proven record of enforcing laws. He vows practical methods, no experiments, and to direct sheriff fees to taxpayers as he has publicly advocated since 1510. He urges support ahead of August 27.
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University of Southern California
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