Arcadia Poles in Business District Face Removal
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph must inform Arcadia city trustees within two weeks which poles will be removed from the business section. A survey will be made and a plan discussed to place wires underground or share poles with Southern California Edison. Proposals aim to eliminate street poles near the new city hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company
Corra
Arcadia
Robinson
Alhambra
Southern California Edison Company
Simms
Fred Schwartz
Edison Company
City Hall
Cities unite to challenge gas rate readjustment
City attorneys from seven towns including Monrovia Arcadia El Monte Sierra Madre South Santa Anita Monterey Park and Whittier discussed defense against Southern Counties Gas rate changes to be filed with the state railroad commission. Arcadia faces about 200 dollars cost as it joins preparations and may hire a special attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Counties Gas Company
State Railroad Commission
Los Angeles
Walter F. Dunn
Monrovia
Arcadia
el Monte
Sierra Madre
South Santa Anita
Monterey Park
Whittier
Board of
City Trustees
Dunn
Arrested as Thieves in Arcadia and Azusa
William Bellamy of Duarte was jailed five days after a theft at Arcadia’s old race track and later charged in Azusa for stealing 200 gunny sacks from a barn. Sacks sold to Yanovsky of Monrovia for $20.30. Lester Hollins, 17, of Monrovia, sent to Ione until of age for repeated Arcadia thefts. PTA meeting at First Avenue school Friday at 2:50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bellamy
Duarte
Arcadia
Azusa
Bellamy
BRB
Yanovsky
Monrovia
Lester Hollins
Ione
Arcadia Sees Heavy Rainfall Boost Farm Near Term Water Supply
Rain totals show 4.10 inches this week bringing season total to 11.72 inches. Farmers and ranchers express relief as soil moisture improves for plowing and city water prospects for summer. Weather compare notes season 11.72 inches versus 19.05 inches last season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcadia
California Revises Meat and Wheat Saving Rules
The U S Food Administration directs California to end porkless Saturdays for ninety days with pork products allowed on Saturdays, keep Tuesdays porkless with limited pork, remove meatless and porkless on one daily meal, and impose two wheatless days Mondays and Wednesdays plus one wheatless meal other days. Fresh pork may be sold on Tuesdays. mutton and lamb restrictions lifted. Sugar savings unchanged.
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California
Preliminary Hearing Open in Morovia for Jeff Thompson Murder Case
Jeff Thompson allegedly murdered Francisco Sonoqui by beating with a stone. Four witnesses testified before adjournment to Saturday. prosecution rests, defense to begin when resumed. Martinez, the Mexican who allegedly sold the liquor linked to the crime, gave the most important testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff Thompson
Francisco Sonoqui
Monrovia
Martinez
War Department forms to send athletic directors to France
Divisional athletic directors who have received commissions will accompany their contingents to France according to the War Department Commission on Training Camp Activities. Boxing instructors will not be sent with the troops as the need for these men is greater on this side.
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France
War Department
City Election Sparks Slow Start as Filing Days Open
The city election heats up with a few candidates filing papers for a two year term while others named at a mass meeting have not yet filed. Dates for petition Circulation run from February 27 to March 14 and the registration deadline passedFriday. Citizens not re registering this spring cannot vote in the April 8 municipal election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Taylor
D. W. Simms
Ned Arthur
Ethel Grimes
County Register Lyons
City Hall Contract Awards Totaling 9662 Dollars
The city board awarded contracts totaling 9662 for finishing the new city hall after 21 bids. Key contracts include General to James P. Dawson 6398 dollars, Floors to Hammond Lumber 825, Outside Plastering to Ferree & Mullin 932, Inside Plastering to Ferree & Mullin 607, Plumbing to South Pasadena Plumbing 475, and Painting to W. E. Talbert 425. Architect predicts occupancy by about June 1 if work stays on schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trustees
James P. Dawson
Hammond Lumber Co
Ferree & Me- Mullin
South Pasadena Plumbing Co
W. E. Talbert
Lourdou
Riverside aviation base site prep nearly complete
Locating and planning work for the Riverside base begun with contractor arrival. Santa Fe railroad officials expect a spur track to the field center within two weeks, placing the site near Alessando on the Hemet Perris line and aiding valley cities. Government employment figures are cited as context for labor demand.
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Riverside Aviation Base
Santa Fe Railroad
Riverside
Alessandro
Hemet-Perris
City agrees to supply free water for new school pool
First Avenue School plans a 30 by 60 foot pool with depths 2 to 7 feet and 55 000 gallons capacity. Trustees will provide water free all summer, with water use exceeding 100 000 gallons per week. If school board proceeds, no action on municipal pool. bids to be sought and construction to start shortly.
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H. P. O'Callahan
Trustes
Iowans Gather at Lincoln Park Mid Winter Picnic
Arcadia and Southern California residents with Iowa roots attend the Lincoln Park gathering drawing over 50 000 people. Counties and IA educational alumni held reunions while Leslie M Shaw former treasury secretary and Iowa governor delivered a patriotic address blaming the German government for the war and urging action.
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Arcadia
Iowa
Lincoln Park
Los Angeles
California
Hawkeye State
Leslie M. Shaw
United States
Assessors Begin Work As War Tax Looms
County tax assessment deputies started work for the year with the nation at war. All property owned at noon March 1 including cash on hand is assessable and taxes will be levied thereon. City taxes will be assessed in May through July. Co L Sebree of Webb City Mo has returned home after eight months in South Santa Anita.
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Co. L. Sebree
Webb City, Mo
South Santa Anita
America
United States
Russia
Glass litter alert on boulevards causes driving danger
City marshal Fred W. Treen warns against throwing broken glass on boulevards as broken milk bottles and other shards threaten auto travel and tire damage. He urges careful collection of glass from windshield fragments and asks the public to observe the precaution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W. Treen
Mr. Treen
Man Seeks Death in Santa Anita Canyon
Ira Johnson a weary traveler left Los Angeles and wandered into Santa Anita canyon where he shot himself in the skull and lay dead or near death through Sunday and Monday. A passerby found him and he was taken to the county hospital in Los Angeles. He suffered from an incurable disease and wished to die.
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Los Angeles
Santa Anita Canyon
Fred W. Treen
Arcadia
Mr. Treen
Quiggle
E. A. Kovee
Monrovia
W. H. Horlock Named Interim Recorder Judge
E. F. Glass resigned as judge of the recorder's court. W. H. Horlock was appointed to fill the rest of the term. Glass plans to move to Imperial Valley for relocation. A full-term judge will be chosen after new trustees are elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. Glass
Recorder’s Court
Board of City Trustees
W. H. Horlock
Glass
Imperial Valley
County Board to Pay 1000 for Santa Anita Fence
The County Board of Supervisors agrees to pay $1000 toward the protective fence in the Santa Anita wash between Duarte road and Valnelt. Arcadia to furnish materials costing about $1090. Food Administration reports rice price advances due to full-capacity mills to serve 1,000,000 bags for American and allied forces, predicting lower home supplies temporarily.
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County Board of Supervisors
Santa Anita Wash
Duarte Road
Valnelt
Gierlich
Arcadia
The
Food Administration
Social calls frame Duarte and Alhambra visits
Mrs. Sanderhoff of Duarte Road and her house guest Miss Hahn spent several days at Catalina. Thursday evening the Kahnerts spent the evening with friends at Alhambra.
Notable Address on Big Business by Hon. Leslie M. Shaw
Hon. Leslie M. Shaw of Washington speaker at Monrovia on war era governance. He warns democracy differs from republic, praises American prosperity, and critiques press and politics while urging restraint and unity amid war, with local attendees listed.
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Associated Chambers of Commerce
Leslie M. Shaw
Washington, D. C
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Ington
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Gonract
Finigh City Hall
One Steel Corporation
Railroad
First Avenue School
Hawkeyes
Ira Johnson
Santa Anita
Asu
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Fred \. Treen
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Chas. Sumwalt
Will Wheeler
W. S. Wheeler
Frank Timmer
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