Christmas in Corona Sheds Light on Local Charities
In Corona the holiday season passed quietly and warmly with no major tragedies, as neighbors aided each other and no worthy case was overlooked. The piece notes the Husbands' Protective association meeting and jokes about a possible change in rules, while discussing community theater choices and the balance between popular appeal and high brow fare.
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Corona
Husbands’ Protective Association
Circle 463
Aqueduct routing of Parker still in doubt
The Parker aqueduct route after leaving the San Jacinto mountains remains unsettled despite board approval of the Corona plan. Weymouth favored Colton to Ontario, while the board favors a siphon crossing the valley and westward toward Perris to Puente Hills with favorable storage prospects. The cost of operation plus interest is reported at 15.606 million dollars annually.
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San Jacinto Mountains
Engineering Board of Review
Corona
F. E. Weymouth
Colton
Bloomington
Ontario
Coronia
Pasadena
Weymouth
San Jacinto
Puddingstone
San Jacinto Valley
Parker
Siphon
Perris
Puente Hills
Thaddeus Merriman
Immigrant officer among casualties after Thermal Mecca crash
Indio dispatch reports an auto crash near Thermal involving Frederick Schnell immigration officer and Fletcher Ambhardt. One Chinese man died, others injured. Schnell and three Chinese detained, Amhardt hospitalized with a broken leg and multiple injuries. R. W. Little and Dr. Jennings aided at the scene.
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Indio
United States
Thermal
Mecca
Frances A. Koehler
India
Frederick Schnell
el Centro
Fletcher Ambhardt
Los Angeles
Mexicali
R. W. Little
Internal Revenue
S.S
Aihard
Br. S. Ss
Millard Chapin
Schnell
Amhardt
Hemet Girl Dies After Auto Crash Near Hemet
Christine Bartell twenty is Hemet girl dies from fractured skull and brain concussion after car overturned west of Hemet Tuesday night. Ruth Bartell sister and Lieut O Keefe were injured. Dr Brigham rushed from Los Angeles to operate but died as he prepared. Burial planned in Pueblo Colorado.
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Hemet
Christine Burtell
Valley Hospital
Bartell
Ruth
Richard O'Keefe
March Field
Coyote Pass
Ruth Bartell
Harry Brigham
Los Angeles
Miss Bartell
H. P. Foley
H. O. Miller
Mamie Bartell
Alessandro Hotel
Pueblo
Colorado
Fancy Wind Breaks For State Patrolmen
California highway patrolmen receive a patented windshield fitted to the front of their motorcycles as a Christmas gift from state authorities. The device keeps wind from blowing riders off their seats, contrasting the gusty winds that whip at riders’ cuffs and coats during travel.
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California Highway Patrol
Fullerton Booster Visits Old Locale
Mr and Mrs Harry M May of Fullerton were in Corona on Christmas eve enroute to Bann ing for the holiday with Corona friends. May as secretary of the Fullerton chamber of commerce says the year was satisfactory and the group produced admirable results for Fullerton. Their son Bruce is connected with the metropolitan water district in planning the Colorado river aqueduct.
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Harry M. May
Fullerton
Corona
Banning
May
Santa Claus
Uncle Sam
R. J. Johnson
Baker Named 1930 American Hebrew Medal Winner
Cleveland jurist Newton D. Baker was chosen by a committee of notables as the 1930 recipient of the American Hebrew medal for promoting better understanding between Christian and Jewish communities in America.
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Newton D. Baker
Cleveland
Amercia
School Law Must Be Observed In Riverside
United States district attorney advised Albert Ford that Indian children who are U S citizens must be sent to school under California state school law. Riverside county authorities, already attempting enforcement, will proceed per the federal guidance.
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Riverside
United District Attorney
Albert Ford
United States
California
Riverside County
Man Struck by Car on Sixth and Main Injuries Serious
Fred E. Jones 205 Last Seventh Street employed in city shops was hit by a car at Sixth and Main at six last evening. He suffered head and facial wounds and a wrench to a shoulder likely to keep him from work for days. Driver Toney Villa Hillcrest ranch did not see him until it was too late. Jones was treated at Stanfield drug store then at home.
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Fred E. Jones
Last Seventh Street
Sixth
Main Streets
Jones
Toney Villa
Hillcrest Ranch
Mr. Jones
Stanfield Drug Store
D K Wilson Visits Old Home in Kansas Reunion
D K Wilson of Corona California and John Wilson of Boise Idaho join brother Joe Wilson and sister Nan Hawley on a Washington township farm for a forty four year family reunion. The group, ages seventy and up, includes several old friends such as J H McCoy W C Veatch J T Leonard and C H Phillips. Local changes since 1879 noted.
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Kansas
Girard
Corona
D. K. Wilson
California
John Wilson
Boise Idaho
Joe Wilson
Nan Hawley
Washington Township
Wilsons
D. K
J. H. McCoy
W. C. Veatch
J. T. Leonard
C. H. Phillips
W. B. Millington
W. H. Ryan
Corona Theatre Fills Christmas Run With Record Attendance
Corona Theatre set attendance records yesterday as Tom Sawyer drew crowds for a Christmas matinee and evening show. Owner-manager Glenn Harper said capacity crowds enjoyed the Mark Twain tale with hundreds of children and adults in attendance. The film offered a nostalgic holiday gift, and audiences gave strong appreciation.
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Corona Theatre
Glenn Harper
Mr. Harper
Corona
Mark Twain
Riverside Officials Announce Sheriff Staff Appointments
Sheriff-elect Carl Rayburn reveals two key hires for his Riverside County sheriff’s office on January 1. Walrath becomes undersheriff and Worcester remains superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification.
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Riverside
Carl Rayburn
W. W. Walrath
Riverside County
California Highway Patrol
C. B. Worcester
Bureau of Criminal Identification
Raypurn
Walrath
City
A. E.F
Riverside Police Department
Riverside County Motor Patrol
Lyle Lanard
J. R. King
Cedar Street
Worcester
Bureau of Identification
Police Department of
Rivrside
Rayburn
Clem Sweeters
Sweeters
Board of Supervisors
Sam Ryan
City Police Department
France
Lime Street
Riverside Store Has Short-Weight Scales
Riverside December 25 I C Williams manager of the McMarr chain grocery store branch pleaded guilty to violating the weights and measures act and was fined 200 by Justice R A Moore in Riverside township court. Deputy Sheriff E J Burr arrested Williams on a complaint by Charles M Sheils county sealer of weights and measures. Williams blamed the shortages on a careless temporary employee and weight loss through evaporation.
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Riverside
I. C. Willams
Mce- Marr
R. A. Moore
Williams
E. J. Burr
Charles M. Sheils
Moore
Sheriff Seeks Orange County Man Cecil Schaffert Missing
Riverside December 26. Sheriff Sweeters aids Orange county in locating Cecil Schaffert twenty three who vanished from his Orange home December 23 and is believed to have moved toward Riverside County.
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Riverside
Sweeters
Orange County
Cecil Schaffert
Orange
Riverside County
Pomona Shopper Killed By Car On Christmas Shopping Trip
Pomona records a fatal pedestrian collision as W. S. Marsh sixty from Pomona was struck at a street intersection while returning from Christmas shopping. Driver Mackee Bell thirty four of Los Angeles operated the car. Marsh suffered severe injuries including chest trauma and multiple fractures.
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Pomona
W. S. Marsh
Mackee Bell Thirsty-Four
Tuos Angeles
Marsh
Corona merchants report stronger Christmas trade in December
Local business men say Corona December trade exceeded last year with some merchants reporting a ten percent gain over 1929 while others say they broke even. Shoppers flocked on the final shopping days and merchants anticipate inventories and after Christmas sales under the Buy It In Corona campaign.
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Corona
Sie
Riverside court fines motorist after Christmas
Joe Valencia, 35, of 425 East Thirteenth Street Riverside, pleaded guilty to intoxication and paid a $50 fine in a special post Christmas police court session. Two gallons of wine were found in the car and confiscated. Police report a quiet Christmas with few traffic tickets.
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McNeil
Justice Mill
Joe Valencia
East Thirteenth Street
Riverside
Patterson
Roe
Valencia
Oldest Protestant Prayer Book Brought to America
The Bavarian poet owner brings the oldest Protestant prayer book to America. It contains a Luther prayer not published elsewhere and is valued at 25000 dollars by its owner.
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America
Martin Luther
Annual Meeting of Corona Farm Center Tues Evening
I T Andrews announces the Corona center of Riverside Farm Bureau will hold its annual meeting at Mrs Sh Irene Andersons home 708 West Sixth Street Tuesday December 30 at seven thirty. Officers will be elected and plans for the new year discussed. Corona center holds the county cup for most new members and will lead the county membership drive aiming for one thousand members. Mrs Anderson is a county director and Mr Andrews an active committee member. N C Kelley chairs the citrus department and holds bureau roles in several southern counties.
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Corona Center
Riverside Farm Bureau
Sh. Irene Anderson
Corona
Anderson
Andrews
N. C. Kelley
Citrus Department
Farms Department
Riverside County Taxes Due Again January First
Riverside county tax collection warns second installment of taxes due January 1. Tax Collector OC Stibbens notes delinquency penalties of five percent for late second installments, and five percent more on unpaid first installments plus ten percent already added. About 48 000 bills totaling roughly $2 000 000 are billed to around 27 000 taxpayers.
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Riverside
Riverside County
OC. R. Stibbens
Water League Plans Saturday Meeting in Los Angeles
The Southwest Water League of Los Angeles invites Corona residents to attend a Saturday session at the Los Angeles Public Library lecture auditorium at 1 30 PM. The repal committee led by R L Olson Judge Goodwell and Cc A Lindeman will answer questions about legal title to Colorado river water.
Lions Club Holiday Break Noted In Corona Sessions
The Corona Lions Club observes holiday breaks with Christmas day and next week’s meeting canceled. The first meeting of the new year is set for January 8 to resume activities.
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Corona
Rotary Club
Pitts
Lions Club
Corona Lions Club
Lewis K Averill Called by Death
Death summons in Corona on Christmas morning for Lewis K Averill age 78. He came to Corona eight years ago for health and is survived by a widow and daughter Mrs Florence Veale of Barre Vermont and a son T N Averill of Parmely New Jersey. Funeral at Free Methodist church two o clock Saturday. Interment in Barre Vermont. A quiet man, devoted to books and study.
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Lewis K. Averill
Ramona Street
Mr. Averill
Corona
Vermont
Florence Veale
Barre
T. N. Averill
Parmely
New Jersey
Free Methodist Church
9Th and
Sheridan Streets
R. W. Williams
Averill
Drunken Vagabond Warren Murphy Held on Vagrancy Charge
Warren Murphy, described as a drunken vagabond, is jailed on counts of being drunk and soliciting. A vagrancy charge is also filed against him.
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Warren Murphy
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Harner
Garagh
Olea
God
Buoinlean
Farm Center
Water League
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