02 Dec 1940
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Newspaper
Corona Daily Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1940
Page
1
A delegation inspected the estate with plans for renovation touching on a reception room two mausoleum rooms nine bedrooms and a sleeping porch at the upper level plus service porch and two baths. Landscaping and fencing of the grounds are contemplated soon.
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President Roosevelt travels by special train to Florida where he will board the Tuscaloosa for Caribbean defense inspections and possibly bases acquired from Great Britain. He will proceed to fleet maneuvers off Culebra Island near Puerto Rico as U.S. leases naval and air facilities throughout the West Indies. The voyage aims to confirm American defense positions across the long sea route from Florida to the Virgin Islands.
The city council opens a cooperative program asking applicants to begin immediate planting bed preparation for a planting season of 80 days or more. Garden club distributor Mrs. Mary S. Smith lists the required duplicate application, with several named residents among those who have signed for condra grass and receive seed.
President Roosevelt will delay selecting a successor to Joseph P Kennedy as ambassador to Great Britain until after January 1. Kennedy handed in his resignation but agreed to stay on until a replacement is found, marking the fifth top diplomat to resign in recent weeks.
Postmasters gather in Palm Springs for their monthly meeting chaired by R. Gorham of Pat. Attendees discuss clerical duties and local mailing concerns as part of routine correspondence among district post offices.
Senate and House panels approve administration proposals to extend financial aid to China to stabilize its currency. Cordell Hull and Treasury officials testified as discussions consider supplying combat planes to China to counter Japanese aggression.
The Building Inspector reports $7 006 in November permits, with $10 000 for a WPA project razing the old junior high school not included in the tax roll total. If included, November permits would be $17 906. 1999 totals show $16 665 as a decrease of about 52 percent.
Italy announces the world’s fastest aircraft, a mystery plane said to run on a gas without a propeller, reaching 625 miles per hour. The claim appears amid scattered notes and unclear references to strikes and regional industry, with no independent verification given.
City crews under Engineer A. H. Hanapel place 10 foot lighted chandeliers in downtown precincts for a Christmas display. A committee led by James Emerson will meet to plan, with judging of residential decorations scheduled and a Carol program with Santa after a finance committee reviews spending. Local towns report varied expenditures, Corona budgeting under $200 last year and about $276 this year for lights, candy, trees, and bulbs.
Corona junior college debaters Carlyle Cole and Gerald Holtman won third place at the Citrus Belt League tournament in San Bernardino. They defeated San Bernardino earlier, with the theme “The Power of the Federal Government Should be Increased.” Other entrants included Redlands Colton Banning Pomona and Covina.
The House approved Senate amendments to the Walter Logan bill in Washington. The vote action confirms passage of the measure after Senate changes. The outcome sets the bill for further steps in the legislative process.
President Ranney announces postponement of the Corona Chamber of Commerce board luncheon to allow larger attendance. Riveraide County guests include Patma Springa and Dr. Frederic P. Woeliner of UCLA who will speak on a 1941 adventure. The Jan 7 session will induct five directors and elect officers for the new year.
Bodies of 20 miners recovered from the Nelms mine of the Ohio and Pennsylvania Coal Co with 26 found yesterday in section 4 near section 12. Crews continued digging toward the surface as identification efforts proceed at the mine site in Cadiz Ohio.
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