My Own United States benefit at The Outpost
A benefit screening of the patriotic film My Own United States will be held next Friday at The Outpost theater to aid the Arcadia Red Cross. Proceeds go to local Red Cross, with a prelude by the Y M C A glee club under Misa Antonette Sabel and post show mingling and music in the garden.
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United States
Outpost Theater
Arcadia Red Cross
Misa Antonette Sabel
Frank E. Cook
Chas. W. Stewart
C. 8. Berry
Henderson
Harbor gun salutes witnessed at San Pedro by Chas W Stewart
Chas W Stewart stood near the harbor guns at San Pedro last Monday despite standing on tiptoe with ears stuffed to endure the concussion. He noted the safety rules requiring all within 150 feet to be shielded from the blast and still returned intact.
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Chas. W. Stewart
San Pedro
Mr. Stewart
Arcadians Propose Market to Supply Camp Vegetables
At a Board of Trade meeting R H Schwarzkopf urged forming an association to run a market near the military camp. He proposed a warehouse where Arcadian and valley growers could sell produce to the camp commissary, cutting out the middleman and lowering costs. A committee would consult the quartermaster on daily needs.
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Commissary Department
Board of Trade
R. H. Schwarzkopf
Los Angeles
Arcadia votes to ban Sunday picture shows in straw poll
In a 121 to 108 straw vote held Wednesday Arcadia residents favored banning Sunday film exhibitions. The outcome signals a likely ordinance against Sunday shows at The Outpost theater despite the closeness and lingering division among voters.
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Arcadia
Walter Burr ranch sale and local notices at Arcadia Duarte
Edgar Ott of Duarte bought the Walter Burr ranch at Second avenue and Duarte road Arcadia from C H Anson for 5000 dollars via Parmelee and Clark of Monrovia. Ott also sold his Lower Duarte ranch for 8500 dollars after buying it six months earlier for 5000. Voters must register by July 27 for the August 27 primaries at the City Clerk’s office. Board of Trade Supper Saturday July 27 at 7 pm, 35 cents.
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Walter Burr
Second Avenue
Duarte Road
Arcadia
C. H. Anson
Edgar Ott
Duarte
Ade
Parmelee & Clark
Monrovia
Auto Club Denies Arcadia Boycott Over Traffic Arrests
Standish L. Mitchell secretary of the Automobile Club of Southern California states in a letter to the Arcadia Journal that the club never advocates or protects violators of traffic laws. He notes past action only in cases of proven persecution of motorists and urges fair traffic enforcement.
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Automobile Club of
Southern California
Arcadia
Standish L. Mitchell
Arcadia Journal
Treen
Marshal Treen
Big Men Invest in Arcadia Bank
I W Hellman president of Wells Fargo Nevada National Bank of San Francisco and Farmers Merchants National Bank of Los Angeles with J A Graves join as stockholders in the First National Bank of Arcadia. The announcement promises strong backing as preparations begin for a September 1 opening and shipments of vault equipment to the site.
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Bank of San Francisco
Farmers & Merchants National Bank of
Los Angeles
J. A. Graves
Hellman
California
Bartle
Beating With Stone Leads to Assault Charge
In a tent near the new city hall yesterday morning Jack Buchanan alias MacLain attacked William Griffin with a stone. Griffin was knocked unconscious but preserved. bystanders restrained Buchanan. Dr L N Wheeles treated Griffin. Griffin filed a warrant charging Buchanan with assault with intent to kill.
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New City Hall
Jack Buchanan
MacLain
William Griffin
Buchanan
L. N. Wheeles
Monrovia
Griffin
Spurious coin maker jailed after counterfeiting spree
Norris Pyron alias Redmond a noted Pacific coast counterfeiter was jailed in Los Angeles awaiting trial after police found moulds and several counterfeit coins in his South Main street rooming house. He confessed passing eighteen silver dollars admitting a past prison record and involvement with the Arcadia balloon school operation.
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Norris Pyron
Redmond
Pacific Coast
Arcadia Balloon School
Los Angeles
Pyron
William S. Walsh
United States Secret Service
Gamash
Paris
McNeill's Island
Capt. Walsh
South Main Street
Arcadia Man Clair Sweeten Breaks Arm Again
Clair Sweeten breaks his arm while cranking a Ford machine on Thursday. He previously injured the same arm recently and faces a crippled summer vacation. The item closes with a call to city pride and cleanup in Arcadia.
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Clair Sweeten
Arcadia Balloon School Film Captures Pool Over the Top
Five hundred enlisted men at the Arcadia balloon school plunge into a swimming pool in a 1000 foot film shot this week. Ralph Earle of the Y M C A directed the sequence with Corsan supervising swimming exhibitions. Mrs Myron Hunt hands papers to Colonel Hensley as the pool and clubhouse near completion. The footage will premiere at Arcadia camp before distribution nationwide.
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Arcadia Balloon School
Ralph R. Earle
Corsan
Myron Hunt
Community Service of
Pasadena
Colonel Hensley
Arcadia
United States
Expelled Soldier from Arcadia Camp Charged in Pasadena Case
John Britchfield, a member of a Pasadena Arcadia camp unit, was court martialed and expelled after being charged with a statutory offense against a fourteen year old girl. He was stripped of his uniform and handed to civil authorities for state trial. Pasadena authorities also reported two other soldiers arrested with two women. the women remain in custody.
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Philip Nolan
France
John Nolan
Alexander Hamilton
Aaron Burr
House of Representatives
Thomas Jefferson
Burr
New York
Hamilton
Natalie Somers
Nolan
Philip
Southwest
United States
Agin
Agnes
John Britchfield
Arcadia Ballon
Hensley
Pasadena
Pritchfield
Pasadena Star News
Gas rates set to drop on next bills
The final bills at 1.25 per thousand cubic feet are being sent this month. The next gas bills will be issued at 1 per thousand as directed by the state railroad commission, with an appreciable reduction expected in gas costs.
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State Railroad Commission
Balloons Trigger Wild Escape Of Baldwin Horses
The aged Baldwin horses and two mules fled their Arcadia home after a balloon and two planes moved into Clara Baldwin Stocker’s ten acre tract near Foothill boulevard. City officers chased them for hours before cornering them and placing them in the city pound. They were later quarantined back at the ranch at a cost of ten dollars.
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Stocker
Foothill Boulevard
Santa Anita Avenue
Baldwin
Mike
Clara Baldwin Stocker
O. D. Harris
Mr. Harris
Ned Arthur
Treen
Mr. Treen
Arcadia
Santa Anita
Board of Trade supper at new city hall announced
Your friends will meet at the Board of Trade supper in the new city hall on Saturday July 27 at 7 p.m. Tickets cost 35 cents and everyone is invited.
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Board of Trade
Veryone
W. S
New City Hall
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Boston
Hank Iate
Guy
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Co. H. Anson
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Auto Glub
Arcadia Bank
I. W. Hellman
Ane
W. Graves
First National Bank
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Nevada
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