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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Location
Arcadia, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1918
Page
2
Arcadia Journal announces editorial leadership with A. L. Wooldridge as editor and owner. The publication notes postal registration as second class matter and prints every Saturday in Arcadia California.
A vivid chronicling of a mock elimination gathering for Charles H. Randall's seat. Candidates brought crowds to Alhambra, each hoping another would bow out, while all claimed virtue and blamed rivals. No one withdrew and the event ended with speculative, partisan thunder.
The Los Angeles judge announces support for a temporary restraining order against Pacific Electric Carmen, urging labor restraint during wartime. He urges unions to wait until after the war to press demands, noting wage gains yet urging cooperation to aid shipbuilding and national effort. The editorial marks the judge as fair minded and calls for restraint amid pro war mobilization.
Readers see a heated debate over Congressman Randall and rival candidates in Alhambra and Sierra Madre coverage. Resolutions from Monterey Park’s T. A. Berkebile reflect factional tensions as Republicans rally around or against Randall amid wartime unity talk and primaries for 1918.
Reverend Ervin S. Chapman urges Los Angeles County voters to elect Detective Sam Browne at the August 27 primaries. He cites Browne’s experience and leadership from anti saloon and dry movement supporters and General Leonard Wood’s endorsement as proof of Browne’s fitness.
In camp at present are two visitors from afar, a Russian and a Japanese. The Russian, sent by Kerensky to study tactics, chose to enlist in the American army due to changed conditions. The Japanese man is the son of American parents but born in the Orient. The Pasadena East ern Star chapter hosted officers of the balloon school Saturday night in the Maryland hotel Palm Room. A delightful affair drew Masonic and Eastern Star members and officers’ wives, with festive decor and pleasing music. Guns were on display Monday making the camp look more military.
Mr and Mrs H B Balmer and family of 27 South Marguerite Ave Alhambra were driving to Monrovia when a Ford driver crossed onto their side of Huntington Drive east of Arcadia and smashed a wheel. The Ford was damaged but its occupants were uninjured. The Balmer car was sent to a garage and the family returned home by trolley.
Mr. Boge of the Shoe Hospital in Monrovia invites customers to visit for affordable men’s footwear. He operates at 403 S Myrtle Ave offering repairs and savings on dress or work shoes.
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