Northcott pleads not guilty to Riverside murder charges
Gordon Stewart Northcott appeared in Riverside Superior Court and pleaded not guilty to murder indictments. Judge Morton set a jury trial for January 2, 1929, after a contentious hearing that included shifts in his plea and clashes over jurisdiction between Riverside and Los Angeles prosecutors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Stewart Northcott
Morton
Superior Court
Riverside
Northcott
Riverside Court
Desert
Baron Fitts
Los Angeles County
Los Angeles
Hope to Start Monday After Influenza Vacation Ends
Glen D. Wight, superintendent of schools, expressed hope that Corona public schools will resume next Monday after an enforced week off due to the influenza epidemic. He noted a forty percent attendance drop last Monday and said the peak of the outbreak should pass by then, allowing classes to continue through the Christmas vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corona Public Schools
Glen D. Wight
Vacati
Change Meeting of 20 80 Club
Corona business men's association meeting moves to Kinney Grill banquet room next Monday evening. The 20 30 club will hold dinner meetings on the following Tuesday. At last Monday's 20 30 club session influenza Absences noted. New officers take chairs for six months: Arthur Webster president Carl Emerson vice president O H Holmes secretary John Sandifer treasurer. Board directors named Ray Sandifer Albert Tisnerat Craig Barnes. Frank Emerson retires after strong leadership. Plans aim to boost membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corona Business Men’s Association
Kinney Grill
Arthur “Webster
Service Club
Arthur Webster
Carl Emerson
O. H. Holmes
John Sandifer
Ray Sandifer
Albert Tisnerat
Craig Barnes
Frank Emerson
Basketball mix arranged here at high school gym
Joseph Ewing announces the 150 class of First Methodist Sunday school will play a basketball game Thursday evening at the high school gym against a church league team from Pomona. The Ontario YWCA girls team opens the double header, with no admission charged and the public invited. The boys team blends high school and college stars and is expected to perform well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Ewing
First Methodist Church Sunday School
Church League of
Pomona
Ontario Y. W. C. A
Ewing
Maguind man found in Texas mystery ends
Colton December 4 J W Brantley of this city who vanished after his automobile wreck last Friday night has been located in Breckenridge Texas A telegram to his Los Angeles based daughter told his wife in Colton of the news No details were given on how he reached Texas or what happened next
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colton
J. W. Brantley
Cajon Pass
Breakenridge
Texas
Los Angeles
Texas City
American Legion Dance Aims To Break Attendance Record
The American Legion plans another Friday night dance in Glass Bros hall with Troxell's Riverside orchestra providing music. Abe Lincoln D. R. Menefee and Harry Broay join the committee advancing the event for the Friday night center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Glass Bros Hall
Troxell
Orchestra
Riverside
Abe Lincoln
D. R
Menefee
Ant Harry Broay
Chaffey Citrus Course Postponed After Influenza Wave
Ontario November 4. The annual short course in citriculture opened with 125 orange growers but the remaining sessions are postponed to December 14 1516 due to a flu outbreak. J Booth dean of Chaffey Junior College of Agriculture announced the illness cut speaker lineups forcing the delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Chaffey Union High School
City audit widens as three more accountants join probe
Riverside officials report seven specialists at the electric light and water departments and two more at city hall in a widening audit ordered by the mayor. No report date or cost details have been released, despite local complaints about city spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Riverside Enterprise
City Light and Water Departments
Backstrand
Electric Light
Trucker Agajanian Cleared to Sell Operating Rights
Sacramento Dec 5 James T Agajanian has been authorized by the state railway commission to sell and transfer operating rights for an auto freight line. The rights cover routes between Arlington Riverside and Corona districts and between BE Monte Los Angeles and the same districts and San Bernardino.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
James T. Agajanian
The
State Railway Commission
E. Bahler
Arlington
Riverside
Corona
BE Monte
Los Angeles
San.Bernardino
Northcott Expected to Plea Insanity Today in Los Angeles
Northcott faces a murder charge as investigators say strong evidence ties him to the Los Angeles death of a Mexican youth. After arrival from Riverside he insists on innocence and accuses media of a frame up. The case and defense strategy hinge on counsel from Norbert Savay and Canadian attorney J McKinley Cameron with decisions on trial venue pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northcott
Corona
Morton
Norbert Savay
Los Angeles
John Doe
Riverside County
Atty. Fitts
Atty Ford
Puente
Sanford Clark
Northcott Kilsed
Fitts
Gordon Stewart Northcott
Los Angeles County
Fitt
Altho
Iere
Alvin Rothea
Walter
Riverside
Dist
Capt
Bright
Sheriff's Office
Wineville
Desert
Savay
Fricke
J.mckinley Cameron
Louisa Northcott
Cameron
Ford
Dep
Attys
Thoms
Menzies
Capt. Bright
Atty
Riverside Court
Victorville
New York
Fruit Market Steadies Amid Mixed Citrus Prices
California oranges and lemons moved easier to lower on many eastern and midwest auctions. In New York, better grade lemons sold $3.20 to $6.35 per box, navels $3.65 to $7.05, Corona district fruit reported with Tartan Q Sunkist lemons at $5.80, Progressive Q orchard run lemons at $5.55, and Kittie Q Redball lemons at $4.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
New York
Tartan
Sunkist
Progressive Q Orchard Run
Kittie Q. Redball
Stylish Brunette Warns Corona Merchants
A stylishly dressed brunette is suspected of check scuffling in Corona, scattering payments with no bank account backing, prompting merchants to beware of her tricks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corona
Caring for Baby Is No Lazy Woman's Job
A Farm and Fireside piece argues that baby care rests with women and dismisses claims of easy motherhood, framing caregiving as demanding and essential.
Legitimate stage losing grip on youth and teens
New statistics cited by Woman's Home Companion show Chicago youths aged 15 and 16 rarely attend live theater. Only 25 had seen a stage performance before the Mikado outing, while about 100 had only watched movies, highlighting a shift toward cinema over traditional theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Home Companion
Chicago
Lays
Jefferson
Bernhardt
Greece
Tolr
Egg prices wobble on Los Angeles wholesale market
Dec 5 report from Los Angeles shows wholesale egg quotes with extras 42 1 2 cents, fresh firsts 41 1 2 cents, case counts 37 cents, mediums 87 cents, smalls 38 cents. Retail adds three to five cents. Butter wholesale 88 cents, retail 55 56 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Adoration and Bittersweet Blues Light Up Metropolitan
Metropolitan theatre opens Friday December 7 with Billie Dove in Adoration alongside Antonio Moreno in a lavish film about love and danger with a red Russia backdrop. Supporting cast includes Nicholas Belá Lucy Doraine Nichalas Soursanin Lucien Prival Emile Chautard and more. On stage a forty minute Bitter Sweet Blues musical production features Deszo Retter Barry and Washburn Grace DuFaye and the Gould girls introduced by Frank Jenks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Theatre
Billie Dove
Antonio Moreno
Russia
Frank Lloyd
Miss Dove
Nicholas Bela
Lucy Doraine
UFA
Nichalas Soursanin
Lucien Prival
Winifred Bryson
Francis Hamilton
Emile Chautard
Broadway
Deszo Retter
Barry
Washburn
Grace DuFaye
Wells
Winthrop
Gould Girls
Frank Jenks
Local buyer cries foul over overpriced misbranded citrus
A Corona businessman recovering from the flu complains he was gypped when forced to pay forty five cents per Kogen for marble orages on the local market. He says the fruit was of very inferior quality and contained little juice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corona
Riverside County Farm Bureau to Hold December Meeting
Eldridge at Coron as president of the Riverside county tari bureau denotinees J. de Detmed as manager of the law and arp ities department of the California state farm bureau. Will be the principal speaker at the Riverside county organization meeting to be held Thursday December Th at West Riverside school starting at ten in the morning and lasting most of the day. Notices mailed to bureau members. annual election of officers among main business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wor. Eldridge
Coron
Riverside County
Tari Bureau
J. de. Detmed
Calforhia State Farm Bureau
Federnarian
Athe Ata
West Riverside School
OTS
Riverside County Teacher Institute Dates Set
Riverside hosts the MPA days Institute of the teachers of Riverside county December 17 to 19 at Central junior high school. Noted educators join to fill program places with morning sessions starting at ten. Corona school reps appear including FE A M Franklin and Miss Mary Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MPA
Riverside County
Tor
Riverside
Auber
Central
Corona
FE. A. M Franklin
Mary Brown
Alys
Dorothy Tharris
Nogeo School
Alina Messing
Corond
Weather forecast by Father Ricard for Southern California
Padre Ricard at Che rains forecasts fair weather the first week of December in Southern California with rain expected later in December from the first to the twelfth, the twenty first to the twenty second, and the twenty seventh to the thirtieth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Ricard
Che Rains
California
Pather Ricard
Father Holds Hope Boys Alive Despite Slay Claims
In Pomona on December 5 A E Winslow father of Nelson and Lewis Winslow clings to hope his sons are alive. He doubts Northcott’s claimed confessions and refuses to abandon belief that his boys were murdered. Mrs Winslow remains bedbound from precarious health and has not learned of Northcott’s statements about the murder farm near Corona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomona
A. E. Winslow
Nelson
Lewis Winslow
Northcott
Mrss. Winslow
Northcot
Corona
Prominent Woman Dies in Ontario Civic Leader
Ontario mourns Alice R. Jamison 60 cardiac of Jo Wy Jamison, wife of a prominent nursery man, who died at her home yesterday. She was the only woman on Ontario city planning commission and had long been active in civic and club work in Southlands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Dee
Alice R. Jamison
Jo Wy Jamison
Onegie
Ontario City Planning Commission
The
Southlands
Classified Ads Turn Homes and Ranches Into Cash
Turned Into Cash articles discuss selling homes or ranches via quick, effective classified ads in The Independent. They emphasize rapid buyer contact and efficient sale processes through targeted advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Independent
Woman's Home Companion Club Meetings Declared Social Nuisance
A clipped OCR fragment notes debate over annual club meetings described as a social nuisance. It cites a woman identified as Joiner and references a discussion in a Woman's Home Companion context. The item hints at public nuisance language without full details.
Tax Rush Is Over at the Collector’s Office
Tax collection bottlenecks eased after a busy period as the city’s collector reported improved flow and many residents paid their dues. Officials noted reduced delays and continued efforts to finalize overdue payments while operations returned to normal.
Ontario enacts fertilizer hauling odor control ordinance
Ontario proposes a new city ordinance prohibiting fertilizer trucks from traveling through business and resident areas. Haulers must detour, cover loads, and avoid parking near eateries hotels or public gathering spots. Violations carry a 100 dollar fine or up to thirty days in jail or both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Coffcor
Hunt Trip Produces Full Quail Bag For Two Hunters
McNabo and Otto Baty returned from Whitewater after a desert hunt. They reached the desert by 3 AM Saturday and by 10 AM had each bagged their limit of mountain quail. Birds weighed about a pound, and they found waterholes frozen with a coating of feed on arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNabo
Otto Baty
Fresie
Whitewater
Desert
Mall Town Girl Shines Against City Sisters In Comedy Romance
Thelma Todd stars as a country village belle in the film Heart to Heart coming to Cadliferdia on Thursday and Friday. Todd argues fashion, magazines, transport, stores, and radio lift village attire, while Mary Astor Lloyd Hughes and Louise Fazenda are featured. A strong supporting cast includes Virginia Gray and others as Corona week continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Todd
Miss Todd
Sao
Aelaeyve
Bess
Mary Astor
Lloyd Husdes
Louise Fazenda
Ebert
Corona
Miss Poudd
Cust
Taeiern Battlefield
Riarymond Mckee
Eileen Vicuieres
Virginka Gray
Kinney Guests Registered at Local Hotel
A list of guests registered at Kinney Hotel includes Mrs OA HE Roterds Corona ALak Ford Vandlorn Jaimies KK Dough ham Mr and Mrs S202 Martin adjomt Jaas Ateeles J Fiestman San Pedro Joe Alvarez Draper and Carl Shirele from Los Angeles and San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Kinnoy
HE Roterds
Corona
Alak
Ford
Oj. Vandlorn
Jaimies KK
Dough Ham
Martin
Adjomt Jaas Ateeles
J. Fiestman
San Pedro
Joe Alvarez
Draper
Los Angeles
Carl Shirele
San Francisco
Peeved Businessman Criticizes Flu Coverage
A Corona business man, freshly released from a several day influenza confinement, expresses annoyance that newspapers feature pictures of movie stars with the flu while he says his own illness was more severe and remains unrecognized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corona
Salesmen's Wit Critique in The American Magazine
A feminist critic in The American Magazine argues that expert salesmen can persuade the average man to buy almost anything. The essay examines rhetoric, persuasion, and gender dynamics in midcentury consumer culture.
City Council Orders Alleys Paving Plans Four-Block District
Artima petitions request paving alleys in the district bounded by Itantona Washburn Fifth and Seventh streets. Council ordered plans and specifications drawn and resolutions adopted for a four block dig, touching properties along the failed alleys. Improved paving will ease delivery trucks during rain and the city will proceed after bids and positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artima
Bistress Seedhem
Itantona
Washburn
Fifth
Altes
Clark Enlists W N Russell Couple for Lake Norconiggn Baths
Rex B. Clark owner and builder of the Lake Norconiggn club has completed negotiations with Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Russell to manage baths in the new clubhouse. They arrived from Hot Springs Arkansas where they ran a major bath house for thirteen years. They are staying at the Hotel Kinney and expect to open with the club early next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bras
Lake Norconiggn
Rex B. Clark
W. N. Rusell
California
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Kinney
First Essential for Success in Studying Any Subject
A brief quotation in the Woman's Home Companion states that the first essential for success in studying any subject is to set aside personal prejudice and opinions.
Young Couple United in Marriage at Local Church
Yesterday afternoon at 1 30 Rev Ray W Smith officiated the wedding of Lloyd DeWitt prominent young man from Corona China read near this city and Miss Doris Ashinun Santa Ana. The couple will reside in Corona after a short wedding trip and return to begin their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Lloyd DeWitt
Corona-China
Doris Ashinun
Santa Ana
Ray W. Smith
Corona
Arlington meeting to discuss new American Legion post
Arlington will host a Friday evening meeting at Jenkins hall to plan a new American Legion post. Riverdig post representatives and service club members will speak, with chamber of commerce and Lions club figures also slated to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Planas
American Legion
Jenkins Hall
Arlingtons
Service Clubs
Ter
Chamber of Commerce
Neer
Association of Bi
Jesse Wells
Arh Lions Club
Loomer
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PLANG
A. H. Hanapel
City Treasury
Chaffey Citrus Gourse
ITV Records
L. A
Dewel
Sureau
Sounty Teacher Plan Institute
Ricard
Collector's Office
Coronans
Coronan
ASK Council For Ping
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