04 Dec 1946
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Newspaper
Corona Daily Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1946
Page
1
AFL walkout in Oakland area affecting 1.6 million residents ends near crisis as the union agrees to ease food and fuel blockades. City Manager Hassler to head a four member panel to pursue settlement while Mayor Beach keeps emergency powers.
Corona readers weigh home shopping versus Los Angeles purchases. The column recalls 1887 name changes from South Riverside to Corona, notes sunset traffic and parking, and muses on Christmas card etiquette. It also shares a Britannica fact about the Punans and a tongue in cheek on perpetual living.
Superintendent Frank E. Bishop of Corona accepts appointment by the Regional Commission on School Districts to serve on the Riverside County Survey Committee. The panel will gather data and propose reorganizations for the commission, guided by a manual on procedures and data for recommendations to the commission. Other members include John Neblett, Riverside chair. Richard Barnett, Murrieta. John Garat, Perris. George Wing, Banning. W. K. E. Gilman Jr., Gilman Hot Springs. I. G. Brummwell, Coachella. Tra Landis, Riverside. and K. Smith, county superintendent of schools.
AFL butchers in a Southern California zone including Orange County San Pedro Long Beach Compton and Bellflower will stay off work Monday as a test of demands for a 40 hour week. Union officials said workers would return Tuesday and continue the five day week. Market operators planned a Long Beach meeting to decide actions amid a threatened strike the contracts having expired last night.
The magazine says Lewis and soft coal owners have agreed on most terms of a new contract except the expiration date. It notes a 40hour work in exchange for 48 hours pay and cites widespread coal shortages and related fuel worries across cities.
Ann Abercrombie and her twin brother Bobbie Lee show contrasting tastes in clothing at a young age. They are the children of Mr and Mrs George Abercrombie of 307 Commercial Street born February 7 1940 in Cano Michigan and attend Lincoln school.
A Corona Daily Independent notice warns residents to call police if boys attempt to sell single papers at doors. Readers report missing papers likely stolen from lawns. The piece notes re routing and new boy assignments aim to reduce misses and urges callers to report late or missing deliveries between 5:30 and 5:45.
San Francisco bar owners will ask the state legislature to place a repeal measure on the 1948 ballot. The licensed bar owners association of California decided at a meeting to appeal to the legislature. James H. Quinn and Jerrold L. Leawen said they favored repeal.
New York citrus prices mixed with higher or 252s and smaller navels closing slightly higher while lemons strengthen on 432s. Dow Jones averages advance with Industrials at 170.33, Rails 49.42, Utilities 35.61, Stocks 62.23 as 1,400,000 shares trade. Temperature highs reach 74 and lows 49.
The passage discusses John L. Lewis’s contempt conviction and a Oakland strike while Musicians union chief Petrillo is cleared. It argues unions need democratic reforms, including secret ballots and free participation, to resist autocratic control and sustain American production.
Boxing promoter Mike Jacobs remains in critical condition after a brain hemorrhage and coma at St Clair hospital following a collapse yesterday afternoon. A doctor said there was slight improvement today.
Communist Leader Maurice Thorez failed to win a majority in the national assembly for the French premiership. He received 259 votes, 51 short of the required total.
A Raytheon Co gadget promises to cook a steak in 35 seconds for 1200 dollars. Standing five feet high, it uses electron power and requires the user to press a button to select doneness from well done to rare, changing home cooking rules.
The State Department of Agriculture announced a rigid quarantine on the movement of Southern California citrus nursery stock to halt the spread of citrus quick decline. Effective in Los Angeles County eastern San Bernardino Riverside and central San Diego counties, the measure prohibits movement of all citrus nursery stock from the area.
In Western Pennsylvania coal towns miners condemn federal action against United Mine Workers leader John S. Lewis. They vow to not return to work until Lewis is released or guidance is issued, warning of an economic upheaval if punishment proceeds. Uniontown workers condemn the crackdown and pledge solidarity with the union.
San Francisco dispatch reports a coal burning locomotive embargo will stop freight movement to and from coal lines California railroads rely on. Perishables and refrigerator car traffic to the east will suffer and west coast shipping congestion may rise, with empty cars hard to justify returning west.
Washington judge Goldsborough fines United Mine Workers and John J. Lewis $3.9 million and $10,000 respectively for refusing to call off the soft coal strike. He orders contempt findings and weighs potential appeals, amid debate on a possible settlement and contract terms extending into 1947 or 1948.
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