Orpheus Quartet Delights Local Audience at High School
The Corona Parent Teacher Association hosted the Orpheus Four in a two hour concert at the local high school auditorium. Dudley leads with deep bass singing Old Black Joe while Campbell and Adams perform humorous acts and guitar numbers alongside varied sacred and secular pieces.
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Zella J. Stickle
Orpheus Four
Joe
Campbell
Paul Adams
Ephriam Johnson
Nevin
Tennyson
Arthur Foote
God
van de Water
Rainfall Adds Half Inch in Corona Cloudburst Notes
Last night and today brought an additional half inch of rain in Corona with showers expected tonight. Temescal Water Company gauge records .56 of an inch for the current storm and a season total of 5.42 inches, still below last year. April is forecast to bring more wet weather and a snowier mountain, signaling ample summer irrigation water.
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Temescal Water Company
Corona Calendar Evening Events and Community Notices
Tonight Market Day advertises specials in The Independent. Sunday events include Valley League game Pomona at Corona 2 30 p m at city park. Monday activities feature Old Veterans and Wives party at Shank home 117 East Olive Street 2 30 p m. Various club meetings and social events fill the week including Legion W I C Woodmen and Music sections with times and hosts.
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Valley League
Pomona
Corona
BE. Shank
East Olive
Legion
Auxiliary
Glass Hall
Shank. Greig
American Legion Auxiliary
Jesse Smith
S. E. Boulevard
Coplen Motor Co Breaks Ground For New Garage
Ground has been broken for the Coplen Motor Company home to Ford Fordson and Lincoln distributors. The corner of Sheridan and Sixth streets will host a 75 by 150 foot building with a fenced used car lot along Sixth street. The front will be a sales and display room, the rear a modern repair shop.
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Coplen Motor Company
Fords
Fordsons
Lincolns
Sheridan
Sixth Street
J. B. Coplen
Corona Ball Club to Open Western Division Meet
The Corona baseball team will open the Western Division of the San Bernardino Valley Baseball League tomorrow at 2 30 p m on the municipal diamond against Pomona. Manager Jack Forehand leads a strong squad and aims for league honors. Forehand notes the league bans player shifts between teams. Starting lineup lists Corona J H Skinner P F Mayes C Sholder 1B Harter 2B Clayton Nichols 3B Tucker or Cameron SS G Krick LF Max Glass CF Soper RF Pomona Whittemore C Parker or Bennett P McKean 1B Dunlap 2B Brown SS Amsbry 3B McMoran LF Thomas CF Jones RF.
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Corona Baseball Club
San Bernardino Valley Baseball League
Municipal
Pomona
Jack Forehand
Forehand
Corona
J. H. Skinner
F. Mayes
R. Sholder
Harter
Clayton Nichols
Tucker Or Cameron
G. Krick
Max Glass
Soper
Gas rate lowered in Corona after city officials meet with utility
Corona will see a ten cent per thousand feet cut in the domestic gas rate after a conference between the Southern California Gas Company and Corona city officials. The new rate, effective this month, drops to 1.70 per thousand and aligns Corona with nearby San Bernardino Valley district towns. A future meeting is planned in a year to review prospects for further reductions based on new business and higher gas consumption.
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Corona
Southern California Gas Company
Board of Trustees
Nowhof
Clayson
T. J. Reynolds
H. C. McAllister
San Bernardino Valley
Railroad Commission
Redlands
MacAllister
Powerful U S Fleet Sails North For 20 000 Mile Grind
World-wide briefs report the U S Navy assembling 106 fighting ships led by superdreadnoughts in a 20 000 mile deployment from the San Pedro Channel. Other items note NAACP challenges to Texas white primary law and political crisis in Paris.
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Los Angeles
America
San Pedro
United States
New York
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Texas
Hemet Man Bound Over For Burglary Case
Jack Martin of Hemet was bound over to the superior court on his own statement before Justice N K Stahl on a charge of burglary of a box car. He has already begun a 30 day jail term for stealing grapefruit in Hemet district.
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Jack Martin
Hemet
Martin
Superior Court
N. K. Stahl
Recreation work study at next forum meet
Geo W Braden of Pasadena will speak on Parks plunges and playgrounds before Corona Chamber of Commerce at Hotel Kinney next Friday evening. Harry M May, forum chairman, announced the program noting local efforts to boost Corona recreation and that Braden’s talk will be timely for members.
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Geo. W. Braden
Pasadena
Corona Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Kinney
Harry M. May
Corona
May
Braden
Chamber
Independent College Scholarships Offered by Corona Daily Independent
The Corona Daily Independent announces a plan to establish college scholarships. Students may earn funds while aiding circulation and subscription work. Those interested should contact the managing editor. Money earned will be saved in a bank savings account under the student’s name.
Ralph N. Garton Sues for Divorce
Ralph N. Garton filed for divorce from Olie V. Garton in superior court alleging desertion after 17 years of marriage. They wed in Kingfisher Oklahoma in 1905 and separated in 1923, with one son. H. K. Stahl represents the plaintiff.
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Ralph N. Garton
Superior Court
Olie V. Garton
Kingfisher
Okla
H. K. Stahl
Lincoln Students Earn Safety Certificates and New Committee
Fourteen Lincoln School students received safety certificates at yesterday's assembly presented by Superintendent Sten D. Wight. Winners include Malcolm Oleson Allan Haines William Clark Walter Blair Elden Orcutt Donald Newton Maurice Robinson Dorothy Hancock Carol Cunningham Barbara Oleson Ruth McAmis Velma Barnsley Helen Binion and Margaret Vaughn. A new Safety Committee was chosen for the last three months of the semester with substitutes named to fill vacancies. The third issue of Lincoln News was distributed. the mimeographed monthly paper expanded from four to six pages.
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Lincoln School
Lincoln Safety Committee
Sten D. Wight
Malcolm Oleson
Allan Haines
William Clark
Walter Blair
Elden Orcutt
Donald Newton
Maurice Robinson
Dorothy Hancock
Carol Cunningham
Barbara Oleson
Ruth McAmis
Velma Barnsley
Helen Binion
Margaret Vaughn
Ruth Bryant
Raymond Chambers
Madeline Ackers
Donald Emerson
Rosalie Stimson
Fauul Page
Jeanette Toolen
Louis Curtis
Lucille Pletcher
Wesley Self
Phyllis Hill
Wart Martin
Evalyn Parker
Jack Woodward
Nes Magdalene
Willian Chambers
Marie Backhai
Verlyn Lupe
Annabelle Jones
Lyte Shorey
Helen Walker
George Fink
Inez Doty
Berlyn Brockman
Vivian Peeler
Karl Anderson
Neifeladdie
Merle Wall
Lincoln News
Rumor on Postmaster Visit Sparks City Speculation
Rumors claim Congressman Phil D Swing met candidates for the Corona postmaster yesterday. Efforts to confirm his presence failed. L A Vink and J C Hoover, Republican committee member, say they did not see the congressman.
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Phil D. Swing
Corona
L. A. Vink
J. ¢.Loover
Republican County Central Committee
Tennis finals delayed by rain at Corona Country Club
The Recreation Club's tennis committee inspected the courts at Corona Country Club and postponed the city title match between Ea Birdsall Jr and Charles Vaile to early next week. Officials indicated the likely restart Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock for the VanDerhoof Perpetual trophy match.
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Nembers
Recreation Club
Corona Country Club
Ea _ Birdsall j
Charles Vaile
VanDerhoof
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Orpheus
Dudley
Glass
Bass Singer
Dudley Buck
Macushla
Trish
Independent
Coplen
Dirst
Corona Ball Club
Circle City
World News
Paris
Washington
John W. Weeks
Massachusetts
Denver
Colorado River
California
Clardince J. Morley
Mexico City
National Railways of Mexico
Duringo
Durango
Chalchihuites
Suchiel
Canutillo
Pacific Mail Steamship Line
R. Stanley Dollar
United States Shipping Board
District Court
Detroit
Klondike
Windsor
Ontario
Detroit River
St. Clair Flats
Senate
Albert B. Fall
Harry F. Sinclair
Edward L. Doheny
District of Columbia Supreme Court
HK. Stahl
Harry May
Lincoln
Glen D. Wight
Preetz
Workers of Grammar School
Swing
Terris Humney
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