Candid Snaps and Local Happenings in Corona
A collage of notes from Corona with Harry James and his staff arriving at Corona Naval hospital on August 24 for a leg injury. Nurses sign cast. George Munroe demonstrates bagpipes at the city park. Scouting awards at Camp Emerson. Ida J. Field’s Red Cross record. Congressman John Phillips notes stock shortages at border stores. shoppers report abundant nylons gum zip and building materials in Mexican stores. local merchants feel the pinch from check writers.
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Harry James
Deluxe
Melody
Corona Naval Hospital
Norco
Betty Grable
George Munroe
Jesse Smith
Corona Boy Scout Troops
Camp Emerson
Red Cross
Mexico
John Phillips
Coronan
Placentia Shipping Breaks Records as Oranges Go East
In a weekly digest the Placentia area ships 39 extra carloads of Valencia oranges to eastern markets. The report notes 149 more cars than a year ago, and all Jotham Bixby company Olive Ranch lands have been sold, including the 66 acres last year. A $500000 St Francis hospital ground breaking in Lynwood is reported, with opening hoped for early 1945. An infant, Terry Goodwill, died after a chair toppled in Oceanview. a Glendale couple escaped serious injury when their car plunged down 400 feet in the San Bernardino mountains. Cal Aero Blight Academy founder Maj Moseley announces closure Oct 16. Colton schools chief John Waldron, 66, dies in San Diego.
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Placentia
Valencia
Jotham Bixby Company
Olive
St. Francis Hospital
Lynwood
C. Moseley
Cal-Aero Blight Academy
Army
Five Firms Bid On The Truck Sought By City
Five firms submitted bids for a new city fire engine after an advertised bid call. The council referred all bids to City Engineer Hanapel for report and recommendation at the next meeting. A bid trade offered for the old engine Big Ben, while other bids varied in value. The city judge resignation was accepted and Judge McCauley reappointed. Tax sale cancellations followed Corona city objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack International Motor Tradke Corp
General Pacific Corp
Seagrave Corp. Pacific Warehouse and Storage
Americana France Foamite Corp
Hanapel
Ahrensox
Big Ben
Fire Department
Mary Alice Sutter
George SH. McCauley
Molice
Corona
Heat Wave Breaks Across Midwest With Widespread Rain
A long August heat wave and drought eased as rains swept the north central states. Chicago hit 95 degrees, a record for August 15, with 33 days above 90 this summer. Heavy rains fell in several cities, easing crop concerns. cooler weather was forecast for the Northwest while the South stayed hot.
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Chicago
Michigan
Indiana
Illnois
Missouri
Birmingstom
St. Joseph
Kaneasity
Smith Grove
Tinois
Peoria
Quiet on Italian Front Amid Mines and Small Arms Fire
British eighth army cleared last German nests at Jémpol near Florence and mopped Empoli Montelup four miles east as Polish troops pushed west of Frontone. American Fifth Army artillery battled tanks near San Giovanni Alla Vena while Germans fired rockets across the Arno. Civilians near Florence faced desertion and marooned conditions as aid slowly reached 80 000 southern and 250 000 northern Italians.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Jémpol
Florence
Adriatic
Frontone
Empoli
Montelup
Arno
Hmpoli
Italian Barracks Raid By U S Negro Soldiers
Seattle dispatch reports Fort Lawton raid by U S soldiers on Italian barracks left 24 prisoners injured and several soldiers hurt. An Italian prisoner Guglielmo Olivanza was found dead by hanging. investigators pursue suicide as post officials place attacking troops under arrest awaiting disciplinary action.
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Seattle
OLDS
Fort Lawton
Post
Guglielmo Olivanza
U. S
Nazi 7th Army in Losing Fight in Normandy
Supreme Headquarters describes the 7th Army cornered and collapsing as Allied forces close in from north south and west. A new American armored column advances toward Paris and the Seine to seal the Normandy pocket while German traffic is disrupted by Allied air raids.
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Supreme Headquarters
AEF
Germany
7Th Army
Berlin
Paris
Seine
Normandy
Palaise- Argentan
George Patton
Argentan
Allied columns push toward Paris near Normandy front
British and American armored units advance on a broad front toward Paris from the south of the Normandy battle area. A German high command statement confirms the penetration to within about eight miles of the capital.
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London
Paris
Normandy
Falaise Gap Heavily Fought As Allied Push Stalls
The Falaise Argentan corridor remained at a standstill as Allied cross fire raked the area. German tanks and infantry pressed the closing wall to break out, with thousands of enemy casualties or captures reported and Transocean signaling the next hours could decide their fate.
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Falaise-Argentan
Transocean
Argentinian support for the Allies echoed by Legion leader
National Commander Warren Ho Atherton of the American Legion, on a Latin American tour, said Argentina will join the United States against the Axis. He noted Brazil and Mexico mobilized fully and spoke of Buenos Aires as the largest Legion post in South America during visits to nine posts. Governor Warren and C J Haggerty addressed delegates at the session.
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Los Angeles
United States
Warren Ho Atherton
American Legion
Atherton
Mexico City
Pan American Airways
Argentina
Brazil
Mexico
Americas
Buenos Aires
South America
Warren
C. J. Haggerty
California Federation of Labor
Police Seek Missing Persons in Riverside Corona Areas
Police search for Maggie Pyles in a Corona hospital after a telegram from Phoenix. Also seeking Chiaude L. Huchaby for his Atlanta mother. Late last night Max Hansen couple jailed for suspected bicycle theft linked to a West Sixth Street plant. Early this morning Mindwards suffered a heart attack on Main and Grand Boulevard. taken to hospital.
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Police Department of
Phoenix
Ariz
Maggie Pyles
Corona
Riverside
W. C. Huchaby
Atlanta
Georgis
Chiaude L. Huchaby
Riverside County
Max Hansen
Coron
West Sixth Street
North Main
Grand Boulevard
Cls
Mindwards
Re Haiop
Fontana
Child Safe After Being Taken in Stolen Car
A seven year old girl Shirley Gillham was found unharmed after being left sleeping in her parents car when it was stolen from a church lot in San Leandro. Police believe the thief was unaware a child was inside and the car was recovered undamaged in San Jose.
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San Leandrgo
Shirley
Alenory Gallhain
San Jose
San Leandro
Gillham
Meet Thursday to Form Veterans Council Here
Representatives from local organizations plan a Thursday meeting at 6 00 p m in council chambers to form a veterans council. An executive committee is expected to be chosen to organize the work and arrange a suitable office to assist veterans recently discharged from service.
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Veterans Council
Veterans’ Council
Hoois
Hois
Germans May Abandon Paris Amid Mixed Reports
Raw dispatches from London and Madrid indicate uncertainty over Paris. German forces reportedly threaten retreat toward the east as Allied pressure and French resistance intensify.
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Paris
Cerong Dieus Club Publicity Committee Meeting Change
Members of the publicity committee of the Cerong Dieus club will meet at 7 30 this evening in the offices of The Independent correcting a prior announced time.
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Cerong Dieus Club
the Inependent
CAP Cadets Head to Encampment for Training Milieu
CAP Cadets travel to an encampment at an air base near Bakersfield for drills under Army Air Force discipline. Cadets receive briefings on customs and rules, flight line safety, and emergency procedures, with emphasis on formation practice and military routines.
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Corot
Minter Field
Ukersfield
Caedets
Army Air Force
Vfpon
Hs Pest
Anel
Invasion Gains Between Toulon and Cannes
A French communique reports Allied forces breaching defenses along the Toulon Cannes front. German beach troops and coastal defenses were overrun and paratroopers landed ahead of the main assault. French patriots launched an offensive in the Savoy region, capturing ist and hoisting the tricolor on frontier posts.
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London
Patelies
Greerming Haave
Aif
Pavidien Wormer
Pierticudardy
Jacques Peo
Gesauth
CGN
Savoy
Irances
Ist
Dullen
Invasion Force Advances Along French Coast at Dawn
Stri d up force last evening to support the airborne troops spearheading the invasion before dawn yesterday. Hundreds of soldiers and veterans streamed toward the coast as German defenses bent under Allied landings. Airborne units established a foothold across heliways funneling toward the Toulon beachhead as thousands of Allied troops with tanks and armored vehicles moved inland from Cannes to Toulon front.
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Wich
Die
Poulene Cres
Rome
Opous
Caniues
Toulon
Brance
Beloe Cannes
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Santa Ana
Dude Smith
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Kingman
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William Cornelius
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San Bernardino Mountains
Mero Cornelius
Cornelius
John H. Waldron
Colton
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S. France
Alexander A. Vandergrift, Jr
U. S. Marine Corps
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Mugnone Canal
Legionnaire
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NSA
Matson Haer
Australie
Madrid
CAP
Greta
Pombe
Fiathey
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Roonevelt
G. Bowen
Bown
Tate Test Otpetit
AE Wilison
Veemeniie
Fondelineet
Crest
Nitya
Refusaboor Lodge
International Association of Machinists
Navy
Cannes
Toulonu
Chris
Pomel Wye
Wey
Aeire
Sipea
Alesander Wate
Ian Owall
Decca
Adam Wees
New York State
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