11 Dec 1940
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Newspaper
Corona Daily Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1940
Page
1
Reports tote up wartime disasters with ships sunk in the Pacific and a collision near Lancaster killing four army personnel and a student. Inland, Riverside county election rolls show 156 names while bids loom for road work on Santa Ana highway. Author Wright joins Palm Springs winter columnists and Al Blackburn anchors activity at Monrovia airport amid defense program debates.
Teague, president of the California Fruit Growers Exchange, attended by eight original incorporators and stockholders from Tulare County to San Diego. Paul Armstrong and T H Powell spoke as officers. The program included reminiscences on the company’s 25 year formation and reports from the products department. A luncheon followed with officers, stockholders and guests.
The city school board accepted an eight hundred dollar offer to discard a truck and repurpose it for use in the junior high school machine shop. The project will involve students and an instructor to perform repairs and teach operation. Citizens discussed sidewalk work on the east side of Vincent Street from Sixth to Eleventh, with John Cubley asking about a roped off area.
A power crane excavated over 20 feet to recover the pulverized body of test pilot Rudy Lechner from a Douglas SBD-2 bomber after a fatal 12 000 foot power dive. Investigators noted no sabotage evidence. FBI watched the scene as wreckage was cleared and the search continued. Lechner, connected to Douglas Aircraft in El Segundo, had taken the ship up for a test and repetition of the dive.
Mare Island operates elephant haul vehicles to shuttle visitors around Treasure Island for two segments, showcasing a playful transport display in a historic maritime setting.
The club intends to stage a March play with revisions or a new melodrama after a delayed decision at the December meeting. Production date is tentatively set for the third week of March, with Samuel A. Franke as program chairman introducing Kilby. A semi annual subdistrict educational meeting in Yuma was reported by Maurice Robinson, noting high attendance and a Corona unit delegation. The two December meetings were moved to Monday due to Christmas and New Year holidays, with guests Crawford-P. Teague and Milton Meeders attending.
Seven Corona branch employees will share a bonus equal to about one third of a month’s salary as a Christmas present. The bonus is part of a nationwide plan by Bank of America. The action was approved by the board in Los Angeles on President Giannini’s recommendation after noted strong earnings for 1940.
John A Cubley, toastmaster for the Dunkers club, was presented a birthday gift at the morning meeting. The jarred joke interrupted when a cap exploded and Hoover could not perform due to confinement.
Mrs. G. B. Youngberg told a professional group that Japan has permeated Orient commerce and culture and could have been an ally to the United States. She warned anti British sentiment among Burmans and noted Burma road elements lean pro Japanese amid a shifting regional balance.
Mrs R B Snedecor chairman urges simple, practical exterior decorations for the outdoor Christmas contest. She suggests lighted trees, shrubs, tin can reflectors, and child made ornaments like popcorn strings berries and painted nuts. Mrs Braser and Mrs Tucker have entered with window displays.
The article reports that about 30 percent of registrants are placed in Class 1-A, with physical examinations expanded to all in Riverside area. On Saturdays 89 men were examined at Riverside Community Hospital, as Registrars urge obtaining local order numbers to estimate questionnaire arrival and future classification.
Secretary Cordell Hull proposed that individuals or organizations sending food to German occupied areas could ask Germany to contribute part of its food stores and clothing. He spoke amid questions over Britain’s refusal to lift wartime blackouts on shipments to these territories.
A Missouri migrant testified today that he cannot pay the $300 initiation fee required by the union and related bonuses. District Attorney John Dockweiler planned to seek dismissal of murder charges against Bunny Seigel in a related case in Los Angeles Superior Court this afternoon.
The Export-Import Bank approved a $60,000,000 loan to Argentina to boost trade, as negotiations unfolded with Uruguay for a parallel $7,600,000 loan and potential future aid to Peru.
The Navy ordered 19 organized reserve fleet divisions to active duty aboard ships. The mobilized units total a strength of 65 men each and are deployed amid broader mobilization efforts.
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