Various California notices and society items from 1940s era
Labor talks pause allowed by a UAW bargaining committee. A Harvard trainer monoplane flight to Montreal disappeared between Palmdale and Las Vegas. Beaumont gift to city from Mr and Mrs Phillips. 1-A draft listings near Riverside. Hemet Red Cross posts 494 memberships totaling 654 dollars. Hemet walnuts payout 30000 dollars. Ramona bowl entrance office building under construction for Ramona pageant. Las Posadas festival starts Santa Catalina island. Mary Boland sues for damages after Redlands crash injuries. Dick Foran wins uncontested Los Angeles divorce. Emma Louise French, longtime Santa Ana resident, dies at 97.
Earthquake Jolts New England and Canada at 2:27 a.m.
The quake rattled New England and parts of Canada lasting about three minutes with a 295 mile northeast center from New York. No deaths reported. property damage included broken dishes and damaged houses. seismologists call it a local surface disturbance.
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New - Bain
New — England
New
Jersey
Moweraey
Buffalo
Boston
New York City
Thore
Joseph , Lynch
Fordham University
New York
Fordham
Montreal
Unclear prompt fragment stirs rumors of decreed exile and extortion notes
Fragmentary text reports contradictory claims about U S actions, a department order for exile, an extortion letter from Santa Ross, and a suspect scene involving a federal agent in a cabbage patch, a submachine gun, and a vanished figure.
Ambiguous World War II Air Operations Reported
Fragmentary wartime lines describe British planes bombing targets in the Mediterranean and Libya. Assertions mention German and Italian actions with scattered references to Bardia and continued siege dynamics.
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Indus Heart
Germany
Libya
Mediterranean
Bardia
Italy
Roth
Acrahrniaz Ems
Christmas welfare party aids 50 Corona children
Crass A Barnes chaired the committee for crippled children as Councilman Joe Copley acted as Santa. The party raised 85 for gifts to Corona children, with the Phe-boys Glee Club of Corona High directed by Robert D Price performing seasonal songs. Glenn Joseph announced as next week’s meeting chair.
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A. ©. Barnes
Committee For Crippled Children
Joe Copley
Santa Claus
Phe-boys- Glee—Club-Of-The-High School
Robert D. Price
Jingle Bells
Tannebaum
the Herald
Angels Sing
Glenn Joseph
William Parcela
Corona
Rotarians
Mra
Hubert’ Gaddle
Barnes
Hotel Changes at Kinney Hotel on East Sixth Street
Mrs Dan Huckins and Mrs Ker Moore take over management of the Kinney hotel January 15 with Corona Securities assisting. Nick Norton leaves no announced plans. Improvements will continue but no major structural changes. cafe to reopen with staff retained and other uses for the former cafe room may be considered.
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Kinney Hotel
East Sixth Street
Dan. Huckins
Kerby Moore
Corona Security. Corporation
BE. L. Toolen
Nick H. Norton
Moore
Huckins
Corona Securities
Red Cross Sends Surgical Dressings to War-Stricken China
The SS President Taft left for the Orient with 78 cases of over 200000 surgical dressings for civilians in China. Pacific coast chapters of the American Red Cross contributed. An additional 800000 dressings will be shipped soon after January 3 as Japanese troops withdraw opens new supply routes.
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San Francisco
Taft
Orient
China
Pacific Coast
American Red Cross
Pacific
The
Red Cross
Navy mulls base in Northern California for airships
In San Francisco the U S Navy weighs establishing a base in Northern California for non rigid air craft. Officials say the plan aims to support airship operations and training at a western coastal facility.
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San. Francisco
United States Navy
California
Oer Sasee ‘Disnay
Obs
Car Collision Causes Minor Damage on Hamner Avenue
At 7 a.m. today on Hamner Avenue a collision between William B Barber of 617 West Ninth Street and Jesse B Lester of 187 Hamner Avenue left minor damage. Barber’s car struck Lester’s halted vehicle in a driveway, sending Barber’s machine into a plowed field after veering off the highway. Lester told officers he stopped to let Barber pass.
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Lester
Hamner Avenue
William
Barber
West Ninth Street
Jesse B. Lester
Jury Sees Cottage At Whittier School
Los Angeles reports the trial of Ivan B. McMillan former guard accused of brutal inmate treatment at Whittier State Reformatory. A day in jail for contempt led to further courtroom proceedings as the case details emerged.
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Los Angeles
Ivan B. McMillan
Whittier
Sal
William Stofie
Train Crash Involving Express Headed Injuries Reported
A derailment damaged an express train injuring two trainmen and the express messenger. Bryan Angell the engineer suffered a broken leg and Arthur Koenig a fireman was burned and bruised. Charles Petersen of Los Angeles the messenger was bruised. Passengers in the head passenger coach and 16 other cars remained on the rails with no injuries.
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Aceael Veaugani
Tressenger
Bryan Angell
Jeg
Arthur Koenig
Wise Memorial Hospital
Express
Charles Petersen
Los Angeles
Former school head injured in Riverside crash
Dr Wight former University Heights junior high principal and ex superintendent was injured in a two-vehicle crash in Riverside during a rain storm on Washington and Magnettte avenues. He suffered a dislocated right shoulder facial lacerations and facial injuries. Driver Charles Brown of Shoshone was involved.
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Glen
Wight
University’ Heights
Thoola
Washington
Dies Group Opens Aircraft Probe
Two witnesses from Los Angeles testified before Dies sub committee on sabotage and espionage in Southern California. Bel Kent and Francis Clancy appeared with a committee investigator as Chairman Jerry Voorhis sought to determine the seriousness of the reported conditions. Four more unidentified witnesses were expected to testify that afternoon.
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Washington
Los Angeles
Dies
Jerry Voorhis
California
Bel Kent
Francis Clancy
Voorhis
Japanese mill mission studies wartime methods
The report notes a Japanese mill mission visiting to study wartime techniques and tactics. In Washington the federal government steps up efforts to curb oil price spikes as the defense commission leads actions against rising tanker rates.
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Aapne
Viay and Taly
Defense Commission
Army and FBI raid on German American Bund uncovers first membership list
Chicago investigators seized a Bund ledger during a raid on the German American Bund headquarters seeking to identify members serving in U.S. armed forces. FBI agents and state prosecutors opened the record file as Maj. G R Carpenter of the Sixth Corps Area would confer with the FBI on findings.
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Chicago
Army _ inteligence
Black Ledger
United States
Bund
Amon; Frente
Investige i
Army
Navy
Marine
Wil- Ham
Devereaux
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dever
Y. Es
Albert J. Woll
Maj
G .R. Carpenter
United States Army
Sixth Corps
VBI
Seizire
Oscar 8. Caplan
Otto Willamott
Corona Civic Garden Club Ju g es Christmas Displays
The Corona Civic Garden club announces judging of lighted Christmas displays in residential districts starts at 7 p m tonight and runs to 9 p m with judges from Corona and Riverside. Unlit displays judging is tomorrow from 9 to 11 a m and prize winners will be announced tomorrow.
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Corona Civic Garden Club Committee
Riverside
Lopez Pleads Guilty in Concealed Weapon Case
Albert Frank Lopes, 30, of 206% Washburn Avenue, pleaded guilty to carrying concealed weapons and sought probation at a morning hearing in Po-Mce Judge George B McCauley's court. Riverside attorney Miguel Batudillo represented him. The arrest followed his release on a murder charge from Oct 20 near North Main Street, by Superior Judge G. R. Freeman on the district attorney's recommendation.
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Albert Frank Lopes
Washburn Avenue
Po- Mce
George B.mccauley
Miguel Batudillo
Riverside
Lopez
Chage
Joe Serrano Manriquez
Operators licenses halted temporarily in city hall
Tasusnce of operators licenses in the city hall will be discontinued today until some time in February, according to James M. Carter, director of the State Department of Motor Vehicles. Licenses will be issued in Riverside and work will resume here after the 1941 licenses are issued.
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Tasusnce
James M. Carter
State ‘Department of Motor Vehicles
Riverside
Bees in City Face Nuisance Complaint Over Beekeeping
City police notify residents of Fullerton Park and Garretson Streets of complaints against neighbors keeping bees. Bee owners have been told to relocate the hives or pay a fine for violation of city ordinances.
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Fullerton
Park and Garretson
Two Ships Under Submarine Attack Off West Ireland
Two ships reported distress calls from submarines in the north Atlantic off Ireland. The Carlton, a 5162-ton freighter from Newcastle, was torpedoed and damaged at 7:39 am. A second vessel sent a later unknown distress call reporting submarine attack at 55.31N 19.25W.
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New York
North Atlantic
Ireland
Carlton
Orty
Mackay
BAT
Lloyd's Register
Mewcastle-on-Tyne
England
Mary Jane Bryant Wins In Annual Legion Contest
Mary Jane Bryant won first prize in the American Legion oratorical contest at the high school yesterday afternoon. Gerald Holtman took second with Let’s Stand With Our Constitution. Willis Hall placed third proposing a constitutional change. Glick and Leo Pauly, Miss Bryant and Holtman, will enter the tri city contest in January with cities yet to be determined. The annual event, sponsored by the American Legion and auxiliary, aims to foster public speaking and democratic work among high school students.
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Mary’ Jane Bryaant
American Legion
Gerald Holtman
Willis Hall
Glick
Leo Pauly
Elsinore
Perrin
Corona
American Legion ‘and Auxiliary
Said
ISTORES TO CONTINUE LONGER HOURS FOR CHRISTMAS
Stores will stay open until 9 p.m. through Christmas Eve to accommodate last minute gift shoppers. Crowds at Corona stores will continue shopping longer in the final week before the holiday.
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Corona
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Carl ‘Ernst
Coron
Vhioh
Ryan Aeronautical ‘Co
San Diego
United Automobile Workers Union
Burbank
Canada
Palmdale
Las Vegas
City-Hall
Beaumont
Phillips
Grafidview
Riverside City
Arlington Avenue
Hemet
Red Cross Hag
Hemet Valley
Ramona Bowl
Las Posadas
Santa Catalina Island
Redlands
Mary Boland
Comedienne
Los—Angeles
Sunset Boulevard
Dick Foran
Ruth Piper Hollingsworth
Emma Louise French
Santa Ann
Xanthippe, Socrates
Sana
De‘tristans
Yooeed & Harnét
West
Wilhelm
Sas
Mulier
Crass
Yale
Whittier School
Soledad Canyon
Dies Group
Southland
Tonget
Mary Jane Bryant
Legion
Halifax
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