Local Corona News Highlights and Upcoming Talks
Faculty at junior high praise students for increasing scrap paper drive aiding Uncle Sam. James H. Jones, former Corona police and sheriff staff, assumes a key post in the desert metropolis. Bertha A. Abraham links Arlington detention home arrivals to broken families and juvenile delinquency. Al Blake to speak at Corona Public Forum on espionage tales. Pack plant workers honor Mrs. W. K. Parker after 20 years of service.
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Uncle Sam
James H. Jones
India
Corona Police Department
Carl Rayburn
Desert
Corona
Elsinore
South Riverside
Coronans
Bertha A. Abraham
Riverside County
Arlington
Riverside
al Blake
Corona Public Forum
Corona Foothill Lemon Company
W. KE. Parker
Redlands Club Marks 50th Anniversary With Notables
More than 100 former and current members of the Soviet club of Redlands observed its 50th anniversary on a Wednesday night. The club helped bring celebrities to Redlands in recent years and previously met in members homes with members presenting the programs.
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Redlands
American Attack Drives on German Points at Barmen and Moslar
Advanced Command Post near Julich reports progress as U S forces pound German strongholds with 105 and 155 mm guns. Col. John Howell Collier directs signals from a basement base of operations while a dual assault on Barmen and Moslar advances ahead of schedule.
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Barmen
Moslar
Julich
105’S
Stonewall Three
Roger
Daniel Boone
Bob
Billy Dilly
Pectin Described as Citrus Cinderella at Lions Club
Don Thompson of the California Fruit Exchange described pectin as the Citrus Cinderella. He traced pectin to Braconnet who first described it in 1824 and noted its presence in all fruits and vegetables. Thompson cited Corona and Corpus Christi as early commercial centers and said Corona and Ontario now lead U S production.
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Lions Club
Don Thompson
California Fruit Growers Exchange
Thompson
Henri Braconnet
Nancy
France
Braconnet
Corona
Etoise Jameson
C. W. Wilson
Corpus
Ontario
U. S
A F L Union Chosen by Edison Workers
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers won the collective bargaining agent status for Southern California Edison operations employees with 483 votes to 200 against. The decision was announced by the National Labor Relations Board in Washington.
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Washington
W.P
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
AFL
Southern California Edison Co
National Labor Relations Board
Seventh Convoy in Month Wiped Out by Yanks
Allied forces in the Philippines destroyed seven vessels attempting to reinforce Leyte, sinking four transports and damaging others off Ormoc. The attack left about 50,000 Japanese troops on Leyte and emphasized air and sea pressure as U.S. planes hit Negros and Mindanao airfields.
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Philippines
U.P
Osmoc
Lightning
Thunderbolt
Warhawk
Leyte
Ormoec
Ormoc
Negros
Davao
Mindanao
East Indies
Pupils Turn In 17 Tons of Paper in Drive
Corona ninth graders collected over 34 533 pounds of salvaged paper in a four day drive ending at 5 pm Thursday. About 195 junior high pupils participated with many earning the Paper Trooper insignia. Top collectors included Cecil Culdice and 15 others each turning in a quarter ton or more.
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Corona
Cecil Culdice
Roland McAfee
Jimmy Herron
Bernice Bradley
Bill Stevens
Jimmy Montgomery
Earl Sharp
Francis Parsley
Roderick Hill
Robert Kercheval
Donald Root
Virginia Jewell
Gilbert Bane
Doris Nelson
Leslie Williams
Morell McGregor
Plans to Spur Local War Bond Drive in Corona Norco
Corona Norco war finance committee met at First National Bank to boost Sixth War Loan sales, noting slow individual purchases and Riverside County-wide lag. Chairman Joy G Jameson outlined two promotional plans emphasizing personal contact during the Christmas shopping season.
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Corona-Norco War Finance Committee
First National Bank
Joy G. Jameson
Jameson
Corona
Riverside County
Riverside
Pearl Harbor Day War Bond Drive Aims to Meet Quotas
A community mobilizes to finish its war bond quota on December 7 Pearl Harbor Day with all divisions including Women's Business Industrial and the Thin Army banded under the slogan This Is Pearl Harbor Day Have you bought your extra War Bond The plan stresses a united effort and broad participation to reach the target.
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Pearl Harbor Day
Bond sales drive plans announced by local officials
Large buyers of bonds are targets in a government securities drive. A plan to raise interest among Third Army members offers a reward, possibly a dinner, for top bond sellers among local store patrons. Committees of solicitors and women will identify likely heavy buyers. Continued on image Five.
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Third Army
Seven Dead in Airliner Crash Near Los Angeles
A Transcontinental and Western Airways plane bound for New York crashed near Sherman Way and Sepulveda in Van Nuys killing seven of 23 aboard. San Diego City Manager Walter Cooper and San Diego Mayor Hartley Knox were among the injured.
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Los Angeles
AUP
Western Airways
Burbank
Hartley Knox
San Diego
San Francisco
Walter Cooper
Cooper
Sacramento
Mayor Knox
League of California
Sherman Way
Sepulveda Blvd
van Nuys
War time clothing for children and adults expected next year
The War Production Board allocates 40 million yards for inexpensive children’s wear and the OPA sets price ceilings. Rompers about 1 dollar, infants’ dresses 1.15 to 1.25, girls’ dresses 1.85, boys’ pants 1.40 to 1.95. OPA to revise markups to increase supply of simple cotton and rayon clothing. Shoes after Dec 1 may be sold ration free if pigskin quality matches rules. Army surplus men’s service shoes capped at 6.50.
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War Production Board
OVA
America
OPA
Japan's 4 Million In Field Reported By OWI
The Office of War Information estimates Japan already fields about 4 million troops with potential to grow by 2 million. Japanese strength in China reaches 2 million, signaling a large Allied force need in the Far East after Germany's defeat. Since Pearl Harbor U S forces killed at least 277,000 Japanese with about 21,000 American deaths, a ratio over 13 to 1.
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Washington
Far East
Office of War Information Today
Japan
China
Germany
Pearl Harbor
Owi
U. S
Car crashes into store front on Main Street in Buena Vista
Mrs. W. J. Kare of Buena Vista Avenue loses control as brakes fail and the car rolls onto the sidewalk into Cecil Henson Shoe Store at 603 Main Street. Los Angeles police recover George McCluire’s stolen car. Co F Hughes arrested for Vehicle Code violation. Molly R Titus also charged at Fifth and Main.
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W. J. Kare
Buena Vista Avenue
Cecil H. Henson
Main Street
Policce
Corona
Los Angeles
George McCluire
Ullerton
Delay Deadline for Tax Payment Extended to January 1945
Postponement affects more than 300 000 fourth quarter 1944 estimated federal income tax bills totaling 66 544 000 dollars with no interest charged if paid by January 15 1945. Farmers Southern California ranchers and commercial taxpayers receive similar extensions to file revised or original estimates by January 15 1945. General Haskell of Alpha Beta Market promotes war bond drives in a post shoppers scene.
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Internal Revenue Hurry Co
Westover
Corona Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Southern California
Mystery Shopper Success Told War Bond Drive Plans
Ray K. Shook of the retail division urged members of the Third Army to bolster war bond sales and imitate the Mystery Shopper approach. Mrs Toots Roof of Schmidt's OK Market praised persistence, while Ruth Schutz of the Safeway Store contacted the Mystery Shopper twice, later making a sizeable bond purchase for the war finance committee.
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Ray K. Shook
Third Army
Toots Roof
Schmidt’s
O. K. Market
Bof. Landeen
Ruth Schutz
Safeway
U S Forces Press On in German River Crossings
Three American armies push to expand holds on the Roer and Saar rivers as Patton's Third Army nears Saarlautern. Forces advance toward Merzig and Saarlautern amid strikes on Saar industry, with towns like Fremesdorf and Buren under attack and I Itzbach contested northwest of Saarlautern.
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Paris
Ypres
Roer
Saar
Germany
Reich
Ruhr
George S. Patton
Third
Saarlautern
Saar Bastinn
The
Patton
10Th Armored
90Th
95Th
Merzig
Luxembourg
Fremesdorf
Buren
Hilbringen
Witten
Ballern
Itzbach
Third Army Ranks List Acknowledges War Band Members
As of noon yesterday the Third Army ranks include Shirley Morgan private Dolly Mayo major Catherine Wright corporal Karl Janson private C L Berrong private Ray Dixon private Ivan Clark private Clifford Haskell general Edna Blair private Ruby Olmsted private Laura Carlin officer ome Warner presatirate Ernestine Moore private Teasalyiv Henderson sergeant Gladys Wilson sergeant Birdie Hopson captain Mary Smith private first class Marjorie Rawson brigadier general Romayne Tompkins brigadier general Elizabeth Carney brigadier general Richard Harter major Huffman brigadier general Sue Hall colonel Ruth Schutz brigadier general Olivia Ranney lieutenant colonel R Hugh Bogle brigadier general Lesette Burkhart major general Ellis Keith private Jim Pauly private P H Phillips private Juanita Sebessy private Martha Hadley agent Bernice Janson lieutenant general Gertrude Seymour first sergeant Marie Johnson captain Naomi Collins second lieutenant Blanche T Hamm second lieutenant Clyde Hamm second lieutenant Wilma Croly first lieutenant Inez Fare second lieutenant Jennie Laemus private J B Boden private Ms John Baker corporal Grave Neville corporal Florence Gunderson sergeant M N Hatcher Jr private Pauline Wilson private Stella Kroonen colonel Victoria Garton first lieutenant Juanita Bachand major Irene Stewart brigadier general Irene Barker first lieutenant Edith Born sergeant Hane Nicherlson private Edna Norman private Mamie Gollier corporal Dorothy
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Third Army
Shirley Morgan
Dolly Mayo
Catherine Wright
Karl Janson
C. L. Berrong
Ray ‘Dixon
Ivan Clark
Clifford Haskel
Edna Blair
Ruby Olmsted
Laura Carlin
Ofs
Ome Warner
Ernestine Moore
Irene Barker
Edith Born
Hane Nicherlson
Edna Norman
Mamie Gollier
Dorothy
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Martin Mariner
San Desego Naval Hospital
Tulare
Jesse Arellano
Chiyo
Hemet Valley
Virgil Pinkley
United Press
O.k
John Howell Collier
West Point
Dallas
Tex
A.F.L
Edison Workers
Yanks
Philippine Waters
Riverside Co
War Finance Committee
Burbank Airport
Destroyer
NEA
Max Thelen
USNR
Berkeley
Cal
R. F. Newsome
McKinney
Amos T. Hathaway
USN
Bakersfield
Edwin Bobb
Wichita Falls
W.L. Carver
Atlanta
Gia
Clifford) Haskell
Alpha Beta Market
Mystery Shopper
U.S
Mr. Claus
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