Rambling Coronens column highlights quirky locals and foreign views
A jumbled Coronens column lampoons local figures Leonard Schmidt andFreddie Miller while musing on news value and public taste. It quotes Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde critiquing U S press abroad and cites a frog racing tale as foreign lore.
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Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde
Denmark
Katherine Gibbs
New York
Rohde
Sweden
Finland
United States
America
Unite States
Roosevelt
NRA
Mrs Simpson cheered by telephone report from England
Mrs Wallis Simpson was much cheered by a telephone message from England about a recent House of Commons action. President Roosevelt continues work aboard the cruiser Indianapolis and stays in touch with Washington by radio during the voyage toward Charlestown South Carolina for rest and recovery.
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Simpson
Cannes
France
Wallis Simpson
England
House of Commons
Roosevelt
Indianapolis
Washington
Charlestown
South Caolina
Indictment Sought in James Hull Extortion Case
Federal agents urge a grand jury to indict James Hull for sending extortion notes to Ginger Rogers. Hull confesses to the crime and authorities seek high bail ahead of trial.
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James Hall
Los Angeles
Grand Jury
James Hull
Ginger Rogers
Hull
Flood Leaves Thousands Homeless in Angora
A sudden flood in Angora Turkey left thousands homeless as levies and walls broke. The downpour caused the river to rise and cut the city off with telephone and telegraph lines down and railroads washed out.
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Angora
Turkey
Corona FHA Official at Riverside Meet
Corona and Riverside Better Housing staff met at the Riverside Chamber of Commerce to review work by G P Rinhart of the N H A and plan expanded field contact. J Lafferty, Corona Better Housing representative, offered FLHELA loan information daily from 9:30 to 12:00, excluding Saturday.
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Corona
Riverside
Riverside Chamber of Commerce
Irriday
G. P. Rinhart
J. Lafferty
Better Housing Program
Chamber of Commerce
Bessie Love Wins Divorce From William Hawks
Actress Bessie Love was granted a divorce from William Hawks in Los Angeles Superior Court. The settlement awards Love $750 monthly and a share of Hawks income. She alleges he forced her from their home. They wed in 1929 and separated last year.
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Los Angeles
Bessie Love
William Hawks
Los Angeles Superior Court
Miss Love
Marrid
Former Corona Resident S. F. Mayhew Dies in San Bernardino
S. F. Mayhew, a pioneer Corona resident born January 28, 1858, died in San Bernardino Saturday morning. He arrived in Corona in 1849 and hauled gravel and rock in early days. Survived by his son in San Bernardino and a daughter in Los Nietos, plus brothers Perry of Los Angeles and Carl of Oceanside and a granddaughter Dorothy Elizabeth Mayhew. Funeral services were held in San Bernardino, with interment at Sunnyslope.
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S. F. Mayhew
Corona
San Bernardino
Mr. Mayhew
Fr. Mayhew
Woodburn
Los Neitos
California
Perry
Los Angeles
Carl
Oceanside
Dorothy Elizabeth Mayhew
Sunnyslope
Navy seeks bids for Pearl Harbor floating dry dock
The Navy Department calls a conference with Mare Island and Puget Sound yards on bids for a new floating dry dock at Pearl Harbor Hawaii. Private bids received to date have been rejected as too high.
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Washington
Navy Department
Pacific Coast Navy Yards
Mare Island Navy Yard
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Navy
Pearl Harbor
T.H
Trotsky Granted Mexico Residency Amid Plot Charges
Mexico City reports the Foreign Relations Department approved Leon Trotsky to live in Mexico. Trotsky, currently in Norway, faces Russian accusations of aiding plots to overthrow Stalin. His past decade includes stays in Turkey, Czechoslovakia, France, and Norway. permit expires December 13.
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Mexico City
Foreign Relations Department
Leon Trotsky
Mexico
Norway
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Turkey
Czecho-Slovakia
France
Delaware Celebrates 149th Anniversary as First State
Delaware marks its 149th anniversary as the first state to ratify the United States Constitution. The note recalls December 7, 1787 when 30 states gathered to pass the document, and mentions the upcoming 150th anniversary nationwide next year.
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Dover
Delaware
United States
March Field Show Draws Huge Crowd
Attendance reached 10,000 as the three day aircraft and auto show at March Field concluded with battle maneuver demonstrations by Army post planes. New flare tests lit the sky while ground detectors tracked other planes illuminated by searchlights.
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March Field
Army Post
Grand Coulee Enrolls Over 1000 Students in Schools
Rand Coulee Washington reports Grand Coulee schools reached a new high with more than 1,000 pupils enrolled this year. The town had no school just under three years ago reflecting rapid growth in the district.
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Grand Coulee
Rand Coulee
Wash
Utilities Cases Are Sent Back
The Supreme Court sent the North American Company case back to the District Court, granting a stay in the New Deal utilities test case while limiting the stay to reasonable terms. The high court delayed ruling on the constitutionality of the Utility Company Holding Act, underscoring ongoing legal battles over government authority in utility regulation.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Hiy
District Court
New Deal
High Court
District of Columbie
Newkirk Rites Set for Corona Resident Lucy Newkirk
Lucy M. Newkirk died Sunday at age ninety one after living in Whittier with daughter Carrie Newkirk for ten years. A Corona resident most of life she helped at the Congregational church and leaves five daughters, nine grandchildren, five great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Funeral at Congregational Church Corona at 10:30 Wednesday, Dr Thomas F. Lund presiding. Burial Sunny Slope Cemetery.
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Lucy M. Newkirk
Mrs. Newirk
Corona
Ontario
Fer
Lewis
Graece Newkirk
Tra Leon
Carrie Newkirk
Whittier
Sunnyslope
Newkirk
Ida Lyman
Riverside
T. B. Lewis
C. M. Harding
Vernette Newkirk
Los Angeles
Dralong
J. H. Raney
Myrtle Newkirk
Redlands
Court Upholds Fair Trade Statutes in Winds and California
The Supreme Court today upheld the constitutionality of fair trade statutes in Winds and California. The ruling, issued unanimously by the eight justices, allows potential developments of modified state NEA systems and signals a nationwide impact on trade practices.
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Wastiington
Dec
Supreme Court
Califia
Four Coronans Visit Imperial Highway Route Discussion
Four Coronans attended the Imperial Highway meeting in El Centro. Mrs Frank S Johnson former Riverside County Chamber of Commerce president and Coron. Chamber secretary Woburn Hall and Mrs Hall joined the trip, which covered the Imperial Highway route via felsiore Marietta Per eecia Warner Springs to Warner Springs then Highway 99 to Hi Centro. The group found the journey enjoyable though desert nights were cold.
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Mroane
Frank S. Johnson
Riverside County Chamber of Commerce
Coron
Woburn Hall
Hall
el Centro
Hill
Felsiore
Marietta
Pereecia
Warner Springs
Warner Parm
Stan Felipe
Wane Springs
Hi Centro
Fulton Services To Be Held Tomorrow At St Edward’s
Funeral services for Fulton William Midweard, 30, president of San Jatin Capistrano, will be held tomorrow at 10 a.m. at St Edward’s Catholic Church in Corona. Rev James O Shea will officiate. He died Friday evening at Sawtelle Veterans Hospital. He is survived by wife Ysaho, daughter Tsidora, sister Mrs. Sarah Lewis of Corona, and another sister Mrs. Harry Brownlee of Bingham Utah. He was a World War veteran.
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Troover-Bel
Fulton Leave
Ysaho
Tsidora
Ane
Harry So Brownlee
Bingham
Utah
Womans Club Presents Yule Pageant at Clubhouse
The Woman's Improvement Club music section concentrates on a Yule pageant to be held at the club house next Sunday afternoon at 4:30. Mrs Burman is general director and the Mulpone Chorus directed by J Lorin Farmer will perform. The event is open to the public.
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Woman’s Improvement Club
K. Burman
Mulope Chorus
J. Lorin Farmer
Legion Postpones Dinner Meeting
The American Legion dinner meeting scheduled for tonight is postponed until December 21 due to the initiation ceremony for Commander Herbert Wroot Adjutant John Hull and Larry Armstrong into the 40 er organization during a tri county meeting in San Dimas. The Legion will reconvene tonight at 7:30.
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American Legion
Herbert Wroot
John Hull
Larry Armstrong
Er & Organization
San Dimas
the Legion
U.S.A. Professor to Speak at Next Forum
Dr William Henry Burton of the University of Southern California will address the Corot Public sortal committee forum at Corona High School auditorium next Monday evening on Propaganda and Public Opinion. Burton, formerly a Chicago and Cincinnati educator, is a prominent national speaker sought by teachers institutes service clubs and women's clubs.
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Corot
William Henry Burton
University of Southern California
Burton
U.S.C
Efe
University of Chicago
University of Cincinnati
City of Cincinnati
Minnesota
Calieee
University of Puerto Rico
Woo. Munve
Farumasa
Corona High School
Humming Birds Hitch Hike in Williams Lake
Ed Bartlett and Harvey Graham report humming birds use Canadian roads to travel south. The men shot at a suspected vehicle and found a tiny humming bird dead under its wing in the same incident.
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Williams Lake
B.C. C
Ed Bartlett
Harvey Graham
G&s
Poultry Show Attracts Crowd and Crowded Awards
The Poultry Show drew a large crowd on the final day, with residents from nearby cities attending. Prizes went to multiple exhibitors including C W Wittey, Scott, Frey Norea, and Helen Southcott among Rhode Island Reds, White Leghorns, and turkeys, while new features featured rabbits and notable displays by the Rimmel Poultry Ranch and Pettier.
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Norea
C. W. Wittey
Scott
Frey Norea
J. Otfobhe
Dottie Roo Wheeler
Rhode Island
George KE. McCauley
Helen Outhot
Robert Vuilleumier
Mach
Cot. Murphy
Kirk Par Inenter
Nores Chamber of Commerce
Piveo
Neigh Horing
Am Australarp
Paul Pattsen
Chartes
Carer
Temple City
Pood Pettier
Gardena
Bantam Yards
Monrovwist
AL Blaney
Mr Pettier
Gardeni
Charles J. Wheelea
Rimmel Poultry Ranch
Bellflower
Mar. Pettier
Nelda Ma. Doermedy
Inglewood
Helen McIntosh Main
Monrovia
Baldwin Says Next Move Up to King
London December 7 Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin told the House of Commons the next move hinges on King Edward VIII deciding to marry Mrs Wallis Simpson. He warned delaying the decision risks national and imperial interests while noting the King could act in his own happiness. Demonstrators filled streets as the King weighed Cannes options while Mrs Simpson remained in seclusion.
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London
Stanley Baldwin
Chouse of Commons
Wallis Simpson
Nickes
Pathdwin
Britain
Dominions
Baldwin
Simpson
Fort Belvedere
N Ophin Tathy
Cannes
Rebels Spend Day Taking Pictures
MADRID December 7. Rebel planes over Madrid photographed government defenses as the capital enters its second siege month. The sorties dropped only flares for cameras while both sides held fire. Military men predicted a decisive clash this week as Basque forces faced snow slowdowns near Burgos and Delbio.
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Madrid
Ears of 68th Coast Artillery Pass Corona After Air Show
The 68rd Coast Artillery units toured Corona at noon after aiding the Mareh Field air show where warplanes were detected by their tooter sounds. The unit then headed toward Bort MeaAr thur.
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68Rd Coast Artillery
Corona
Mareh Field Sunavorght
Bort MeaArthur
Citrus Prices Report New York Market Activity
Thirty one cars of Navels and twelve cars of lemons sold today. Navel market priced slightly lower and dull at close. Lemons steady on good stock but easier and slightly lower balance. Price ranges Navels 2.60 to 3.30 dollars and Lemons 2.65 to 5.05 dollars.
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New York
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