Walker, 63, Dies While Working in Yard in Corona
Larry FE Walker aged 63 from Went Sixth street Corona suddenly collapsed while working in his yard and died after transport to Corona hospital. Born November 6, 1884 in Denton Texas he came to California eight years ago living in San Francisco before moving to Corona a year and a half ago. He is survived by his widow Nora Walker. Funeral arrangements to be set by Brown Funeral Home once relatives in the East are heard.
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Larry, FE. Walker
Sixth Street
Mr. Walker
Corona Hospital
Denton
Texas
California
San Francisco
Corona
Ian
Nora Walker
Brown Funeral Home
Anderson Secrecy Contested Over Commodity Speculator List
Secretary Anderson offers to reveal a list of commodity market insiders only if senators compel public disclosure. The Senate Appropriations committee rejected the conditional offer 10 to 8, citing legality and the aim to expose insiders profiteering in grain. The administration keeps the list secret pending joint House Senate action.
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Washington
House
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton PL. Anderson
Anderson
Senate Appropriations Committee
Naming of Citizens Stirs Speculation in Grain Market
Investigators press to reveal names of bi speculators not tied to government who had grain market rights. Committee Chairman Styles Bridges and GOP senators seek to expose any federal official involvement. The Appropriations panel ordered Anderson to provide a confidential list of major grain and commodity speculators. Senator Homer Ferguson warned of contempt if Anderson defies.
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Styles Bridges
Anderson
Congrens
Driver Beats Train At Joy Street Crossing
A driver attempting to beat a Santa Fe train on Joy street at 4 30 pm yesterday crossed ahead of the train but lost control. His car struck the curb and rolled onto Joy street east side pushing Libby’s Ford against a model A sedan. no injuries.
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Santa Fe
Joy Street
Clarence Johnston
California Street
Norco
J. H. Libby
Arlington
Borden Plant
Libby
Johnston
Driver Loses License For Recklessness
Henry Rodriguez Felix of 220 Wash burn pleaded guilty to reckless driving in In' City court this morning. His license was suspended 30 days as probation, with a $25 fine suspended for one year if no law is broken. Arley Glenn Kelley of Redlands was fined 395 for speeding through Corona on December 12 after police chased him from Magnolia to Harrison. Vernon Falk of 806 West Eighth street had peace disturbing charges continued to December 27 at 10:00 am after a complaint by Roy Garton.
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Henry Rodriguez Felix
Washburn
Mary Alice Sutter
Arley Glenn Kelley
Redlands
Corona
Magnolia
Harrison Street
Vernon Falk
West Eighth Street
Roy Garton
Secretary Ander son heads for Capitol Hill under subpoena
Secretary Ander son travels to Washington to face a subpoena with no commitment to disclose the names of major speculators. Western Union workers in New York threaten a December 23 strike with AFL to halt telegraph service. Wallace cites growing third party talk in both parties. Mexican heiress case raises doubts about her daughter’s fate. Two duck hunters rescued after three days stranded in a Milledgeville swamp. Movie queens comment on a fiddling heart throb. Othman notes Christmas egg price pressures rise with nog ingredients.
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Anderson
Capitol Hill
Subpena
cIo Western Union
New York
AFL
Wallace
Milledgeville
Frederick C. Othman
Couple Murdered in Olympia Home
Police seek a motive as L. F. Jessup about 60 and his wife, 45, a cannery worker, were found slain in their three room Olympia home. Blood spatter filled the kitchen living room and bedroom. Jessup’s body lay on the bedroom floor with deep head and neck wounds. A rock and a cleaned butcher knife were noted as possible weapons.
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Olympia
L. FE. Jessup
Snowy haired man jailed for sleeping under house in Atlanta
In Atlanta, a snowy haired man received 20 days in the stockade after crawling under a house to sleep. He told the judge to make it 100 days if needed, insisting he had nowhere else to go.
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Atlanta
Rod and Gun Club Dinner January 14 at I C O F Hall
The Corona Rod and Gun Club will host its annual dinner on January 14 at the I C O F Hall. It is a pot luck affair with members bringing pies salads scalloped potatoes by name groups. the club provides entree bread coffee and milk. Plans were submitted by Lynn Lillibridge at a board meeting at Melvin Humble’s home, noting a new club house site and fishing lake survey progress for Corona youths.
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Corona Rod and Gun Club
I.c.0.f
Lynn Lillibridge
Melvin Humble
Cota Street
Leroy Carroll
Corona
Carl Herkelrath
Jed
Provident
Ted ' Roberts
Gilbert Moore
Viron’ Massey
Milan Barger
What's Wrong With Corona Topic At Toastmasters
Toastmasters held a meeting centered on the question What's Wrong with Corona with Gabby Robinson leading as table topic master. Lee Houck Gene Scott and Linus Andres presented on Model Railroading Thirty Days of Vacation Squeezed into Ten and My First Christmas. Maurice Hemphill presided. Justin Hammond toast master.
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Gabby Robinson
Lee Houck
Gene Scott
Linus Andres
Maurice Hemphill
Justin Hammond
W. D. Addison
Julius Moberg
Jim Harker
Weather report shows scattered clouds and mountain snow flurries
Scattered cloudiness with a few snow flurries over mountains above 5000 feet. Variable high cloudiness Friday with light showers in extreme north portion Friday afternoon. Little temperature change and locally windy in mountains and interior sections. High 10, low 88 (24 hours).
Seal Coat Planned on Sixth Street After Holidays
City engineer Doyle Boen reports successful heater-planer work on Sixth street and rock macadam roadbed sealing will follow after holidays. The Redlands meeting covered Collier-Burns act effects on city maintenance and state highway contracts. Riverside’s Mr. Irvine will host the next session to continue discussion.
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Sixth Street
Doyle Boen
Corona
Riverside
Ontario
Compton
Boen
Redlands
State Division of Highways
Irvine
47-Lb Christmas Turkey Delights Californians
In Los Angeles Times readers learn President Truman received a 47 pound Christmas turkey from California growers. Raised in Turlock and delivered by Albert B. Matlack and Trevor Jones, the bird drew reporters’ smiles and a quip about its Republican-leaning face and a plaque calling it the finest turkey in the world.
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Los Angeles
Truman
Turlock
Calif
Albert B. Matlack
Ramona
National Turkey Federation
Trevor Jones
Farner Truman
Citrus Market Declines Open as 432s Fall Sharply
The Citrus Market opens with a sharp decline in 432s while navels rise to 15 and valencias and lemons remain unchanged. Prices show mixed movement with unchanged counts for oranges and lemons.
You Miss Your Paper Call 1224 Before 7 P.M.
A newspaper alert urges readers who missed delivery to call 1224 before 7 P.M. to arrange re delivery or service. The notice emphasizes prompt action to restore paper access and avoid further delays.
Last of Series Buy-In-Corona Drawings Friday Awards
Final Buy-In-Corona drawings conclude Friday with prizes led by a Launderall automatic washing machine. Cash, auto services, and jewelry prizes are drawn at Buchanan's on Main Street. Santa Claus letters yield two special prizes for best boy and girl. a military funeral of Wesley Self in Corona evokes reflection on war and loss.
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Buchanan's
Main Street
Gene’s Associated
Joe
Herman's
Elisa M. Martinez
Schwarzz Brothers
William Ree
Joe’s
Ida Dreger
Gene's
Juanita Avalos
Circle City Cleaners
Stella P. Jones
Roy Landers
Virginia Lee Williams
la Verne Hardison
Charity Lee Williams
Charity Lee Wiliams
Bull
Santa Slaus
Santa Claus
William Bell
Wesley Self
Worker Severely Injures Finger in Saw Accident
Salinas resident Gilbert of W. P. McNeal Construction suffered the loss of his left index finger near the knuckle and severe damage to the middle finger when an 18 inch electric power saw malfunctioned today at 8 15 a m. The worker was treated at Corona Hospital.
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Salinas
Closing Stock Averages Decline Across Market
Dow Jones industrials fall to 170.44, down 0.37. Railroads at 50.24, off 0.26. Utilities at 32.98, down 0.11. The 65-stock average sits at 63.92, down 0.19. Trading volume reaches 1,130,000 shares.
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Dow-Jones
Wallace Third Party Considered 1948 Threat to Truman
Washington dispatch analyzes Henry A Wallace potential third party bid in 1948. It weighs impact on Truman and Democratic losses to Wallace's left wing, plus possible GOP reactions from Taft, Dewey, and Eisenhower as Wallace lures New Deal voters toward a split ticket.
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Wallace
Truman
Washington
Mr. Truman
Communist Party
New Deal
Robert A. Taft
O. Wallace
Taft
Thomas . Dewey
New York
Dwight PD. Eisenhower
Dewey
Wisenhower
Ike
DeMille to appeal union radio ban the $1 political fee
Hollywood producer Cecil B. DeMille said he would appeal to the Supreme Court after the State Supreme Court denied his bid to lift a union suspension over his refusal to pay a $1 political assessment. He argued unions have power to bar work over political beliefs.
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Hollywood
Cecil B. DeMille
Supreme Court
Superme
Lft
House to Probe Insiders as Food Profiteers
The House moves toward a separate probe of government insiders alleged to profiteer in markets. The Rules Committee cleared a resolution by Rep. August H. Anderson to create a special committee and a vote was planned. The subponea seeks yearly totals of commodity trades by traders on boards of trade for 1946 and 1947.
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August H. Andersen
Minn
GOP
Board of Trade
Anderson Long
Commodity Exchange Authority
Congressmen on List Mentioned in Market Dabbling Hints
The secretary hints his list includes congressmen who dabble in the market as the appropriations committee votes 10 to 8 to serve a subpony on a cabinet member. Republican Guy Cordon joins seven Democrats in voting no amid reports the Kansas City board of trade handled many Washington orders. Reps. Rees and Hill call for Edwin Pauley to resign after admitting grain speculation.
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Anderson
Appropriations Committee
Seni Guy Cordon
Ore
Clarence J. Brown
House Rules Committee
Kansas City Board of Trade
Washington,d.c
Union
Edward H. Rees
Kans
William
Hill R
Colo
Edwin W. Pauley
Army
Kenneth C. Royall
Pauley
Knutson Proposes Large Income Tax Reduction Bill
House Ways and Means Chairman Harold Knutson introduces a bill to cut personal income taxes by 8.6 billion dollars in 1948. Senate rejection blocks administration inflation controls as Taft predicts slim odds for passage before adjournment. Styles Bridges signals restoring part of the 88 million in aid cuts.
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Harold Knutson
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Robert A. Taft
Senate Democrats
Styles Bridges
N. H
Senate Appropriations Committee
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Po Hazily
BY Lyle
Wilson
Knutson
Bevin
London
Ernest Bevin
Germany
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International Typographical Union
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