War bonds boost in Palm Springs and Riverside county
A slice of notes from Corona to Riverside highlights wartime bonds sales and civic figures. Palm Springs residents invest over a million dollars in war bonds while other cities press on with steady dollars, honoring home duties. Community leaders, Sheriff Carl Rayburn and Don Butcher, are profiled among long-time public figures and local business names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Palm Springs
Corona
Carl Rayburn
Ralph W. Starfield
Bulova
Riverside County
Miguel Estudillo
Miguel
Sacramento
Don Butcher
George A. Mees
California
Paso Roules
San Luis Obispo
Mees
Santa Ann Elks plan Christmas for kids amid wartime strain
In a wartime effort the Santa Ana Elks plan a Christmas event with a real Santa and free movies. a horse drawn sleigh is used as the best option during war. Memorials were held for Walter W. Cooper in San Diego city hall after his fatal airliner crash near Van Nuys.
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Santa Ann
San Diego City Hall
Walter W. Cooper
van Nuys
Quarantine Imposed in Corona for 90 Days on Dogs
The Corona city limits will enforce a strict 90 day dog quarantine after three rabies cases. Dogs must stay on premises or be leashed up to five feet. stray animals go to Dr. R A Brunson for observation or destruction if rabies is confirmed. The county health department leads enforcement with police and a new poundmaster.
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Corona
County Health Department
Warren F. Fox
Fox
Police
R. A. Brunson
Poundmaster
Joseph Lowery
Council
Davis
Lowery
Belle Street
Walter S. Clayson
Jameson Investment Co
Peace Officers Plan Riverside County Dinner Meeting
Corona community members finalize plans for December dinner gathering of the Riverside County Peace Officers association at Glen Ivy. Chief J S Lowery reports many reservations and William Mackey prepares county employee retirement talk. Constable C J Lincoln arranges musical entertainment from Naval hospital staff. A pistol shoot accompanies the events at Riverside sheriff recreation center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corona
Riverside County Peace Officers’ Association
Glen Ivy
J. S. Lowery
William Mackey
Norco Exceeds Quota in Sixth War Loan Drive
Mrs. Kirk Parmenter Norco CEO and chairman announced Norco surpassed its $20,000 quota set for the Sixth War Loan drive. The committee aims to double the amount as many streets remain un canvassed and about 20 workers are aiding the effort.
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NORCO
Kirk Parmenter
Norceo
Greeks Battle British Troops in Capital City
British antileft forces and Greek government troops opened a general assault in Athens against Elas units. The Yannaro p building in Constitution Square fell after a violent fight, with an Elas officer arrested and central Communist offices occupied. Four hundred Elas members, including some Bulgars, surrendered.
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Athens
George Papandreou
Kam
Communist Party
Yannaro P
Constitution Square
Elas
Eam
Roosevelt Aides Face Senate Opposition and Support
President Roosevelt’s new State Department picks encountered mixed Senate resistance yet administration leaders expect quick confirmation. Archibald MacLeish drew the strongest opposition as assistant secretary, while Joseph C. Grew, William L. Clayton, and Nelson A. Rockefeller also faced hostility from some lawmakers.
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Washington
L.b
Joseph C. Grew
William L. Clayton
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Bennet C. Clark
Mon
MacLeish
Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Division of Public and Cultural Relations
William Langer
N. D
Edward R. Stettinius
Rockefeller
Clayton
Grew
War Bond Sales in Riverside County Reach 4.17 Million
Riverside County war bond sales for the Sixth War Loan total 4 174 814 with Corona Norco and other areas reporting progress. J M Johnson notes quotas remain the main hurdle as Pearl Harbor Day prompts intensified campaigns led by local committees and the Mystery Shopper program.
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J. M. Johnson
Riverside County War Finance Committee
Joy Jameson
Corona-Norco War Finance Committee
Patton's Army Gains in Saar Drive Across Franco German Front
Lt Gen George Patton's Third Army breached two thirds of the Sarre front and crossed the Saar four times northwest of Saulx?tn. Doughboy units cleared resistance in Sarreguemines west of the Saar while enduring heavy shelling from German artillery in the eastern heights. Maj Gen Paul W Baade's 35th Infantry Division moved into Sarreguemines after a seven mile dash, signaling Nazis retreat toward the Siegfried Line along a broad third army front.
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Paris
George 5. Datton
Sarreguimines
Saar
Saulautern
Sarreguemines
Paul W. Baade
35Th
Sarregueminey
Siegfried Line
Mrs. America Sees Ample War Time Christmas Tree Supply
The War Production Board confirms ample Christmas tree supply for the United States this year though warns against overpaying for the first tree. New plastic and other trimmings will be more plentiful, with ceiling prices on children’s toys. Food ration changes remain limited with December points adjustments slated.
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United States
War Production Board
America
Mrs
Corona officer trains in fingerprint work this week
Officer E S Chanesworth of the Corona police department and officers from Riverside county attend an FBI led finger print course in Riverside. Corona has built a leading fingerprint filing system and Chanesworth will oversee the local system.
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E. S. Chanesworth
Corona Police Department
Riverside County
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Riverside
Federal Department
Charlesworth
Corona
Impersonation of OPA Agent Charged in San Francisco
FBI reports arrest of one year old Theodore Bernstein accused of impersonating an OPA official. Bernstein allegedly issued fines from 10 to 15 dollars through his so called Vines, targeting housewives who took rationed goods without stamps. Nat J L Peiper heads the local BI office.
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San Francisco
Theodore Bernstein
FBI
Bernstein
Nat
J. L. Peiper
Russian forces drive deep into Hungary near Lake Balaton
Soviet columns pressed toward Budapest from the east and south as they reached the Lake Balaton line. Transocean reported German defenses collapsing with vanguards of Tolbuchin’s forces advancing through hundreds of Hungarian towns, killing rear guards and taking prisoners.
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London
Lake Balaton
Moscow
Italy
Reich
Transocean
Budapest
Hutvan
Csepel
Danube
Feodor I
Tolbukhin
Night Attack of Jas Beaten Off On Ormoc Pocket
American troops repelled a tank led Japanese night assault at the northern Ormoc pocket on Leyte. U S planes and warships added to losses in the Philippines as a convoy and transports were sighted and attacked by enemy planes. Torrential rains slowed fighting but tanks and infantry were driven back south of the Leyte river bridge. American forces advanced along the Am erican front near Capumi and near Linon. A Liberator bomber sank a Japanese destroyer off Luzon as bombers attacked Manila area airfields and Fort Stotsenburg. Palau based heavy bombers dropped 24 tons on Cebu airfields.
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Leyte
Leyte River
Ormoc
Simall
Linon
Capumi
Luzon
Manila
Fort Stotesenburg
Palau Islands
Philippines
Cebu
Congress Faces White House Clash Over Social Security Tax Freeze
The House approved a one percent social security payroll tax freeze by 262 to 72, challenging the administration as the measure moves to the Senate. Senator Walter F. George of Georgia announced a finance committee meeting to consider the bill with no witnesses or hearings planned.
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Washington
WDD
Congress
White House
House
Senate
Walter F. George
Senate Finance Committee
George
United States Reaffirms Non intervention Policy
Secretary of State Stettinius states the United States will refrain from outside influence in liberated territories and will only intervene militarily in clearly domestic issues. The comment targets Britain's role in Italy's cabinet crisis and reassures small nations wary of foreign meddling.
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Washington
Toi
United States
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Britain
Italy
Stettin
United Nations
Poland
Belgium
Greece
Russia
Europe
Stettining
Stettinius
Carlo Sforza
Kiven
Prison Guards Held Hostage at Atlanta Prison
In Atlanta, twenty five inmates armed with razors knives and clubs held four guards captive in a segregation cell block after a revolt. Warden Joseph W. Sanford and federal officials said the guards were seen through windows last night and were unharmed though conditions remained tense.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Joseph W. Sanford
J. W. Bennett
Federal Prisons
Reno H. Townsend
Orlin Harper
John W. Bacon
Henry B. Pittlekow
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Pearl Harbor Day
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Beaumont
Blythe
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Riverside, Incl
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Jameson
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Harold’s Market
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Mr. Shook
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Strasbourg
Alsace
NEA
le Clerc
Sherman Montrose
Nea-Acme
War Picture Pool
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Berlin
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Ernest von Hammer
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Jas
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