30 Dec 1930
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Newspaper
Corona Daily Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1930
Page
1
A regional editorial notes the California legislative committee's preliminary report on revising street improvement laws. It argues current assessments burden owners, invite liens and overlap, and urges drastic reform to curb overtaxation while citing public protest and the need to protect property values.
The Los Angeles aqueduct survey crews, numbering 39, work along upper Main Street and nearby Groves in Corona as engineers recheck lines from earlier surveys. The activity suggests a serious look at a route from Perris Valley to Fullerton Brea via Corona, with maps and field checks expanding near the old tin mine and Blue Diamond canyon.
Corona and surrounding Orange County areas faced a deep cold snap with temperatures near zero at key stations. Growers report extensive heater use over twelve days, with Corona spending an estimated 10 to 12 thousand dollars on crude oil. Riverside and other towns reported high heater demand as crews refill to battle Jack Frost tonight.
Coronans traveling to Pasadena on Thursday will witness an outstanding equestrian division in the 1931 Tournament of Roses parade. Maj Gen Farnsworth retired U S Army will lead the procession mounted on Jadaan an Arabian stallion from the Kellog ranch amid glistening coats silver trappings and grand costumes as the mid winter floral pageant opens a year of fiestas.
A. W. Edwards reports from Phoenix that Arizona’s annual buffalo hunt has shifted from bow and horseback to auto chased hunts, with high powered repeaters ending the pursuit. The last wild herd persists in the state as plains game dwindles.
The California Newspaper Publishers Association plans its forty third annual convention in Stockton January 16 and 17. General manager John B. Long says the theme will be Know Your Own News Paper to boost understanding of the industry from printer to publisher and to promote public knowledge of newspapers.
Old graduate hours mark Corona high school homecoming with former students attending a reception and reunion in the auditorium. A committee led by Miss Mary Brown invites many alumni from nearby cities and colleges. Notables Loyal C. Kelley Joy G. Jameson Jess Hill and others scheduled to speak reminiscences of days past.
Gonona city council holds a regular weekly meeting tonight at seven in the aldermanic chambers of city hall. The session will wrap up ongoing nonfiscal year affairs and place several important items before the council for action.
Construction began this morning on a $55,000 concrete dam in Peters Canyon, the first step in a broader water conservation program by the Irvine Company. The Peters Canyon reservoir is to be finished by May 1, followed by a larger Newport Bay dam project costing $115,000.
The state bought a thousand acre tract from W J Hole seven miles from Corona for a new California state hospital for the insane. Henry Jameson Corona realtor handled the deal at 310 per acre totaling 328 600 dollars from a one million dollar appropriation. The site was selected after extensive testing by water agriculture and legislative committees.
Corona owner-manager Glenn Harper announces a midnight New Year event at his theatre featuring Kiddie Cantor's new picture, Fanchon and Marco road show, and a Paul Whiteman miniature act. All seats reserved as crowds fill the venue.
The American Legion Post of Norco hosts the third annual New Year’s dance in the Norco community building on December 31. It is a fancy costume ball with prizes and favors for dancers. A large crowd from Corona is expected.
A morning blast in the Victoria building on Seventh Street near the Mission Inn damaged Riverside’s downtown area. Estimated damage around 10000 dollars, with Mission Inn glass and fittings harmed and a large street hole left by the shock. Gas escape is suspected, investigation ongoing. Nearby City Hall also suffered damage.
Word to Corona residents and visitors to begin travel early for the Pasadena Rose Tournament Parade on Thursday morning. Posters from Pacific Electric urge travel by various means to avoid traffic and parking woes, with the parade at ten o clock and a football game in the afternoon as a second attraction.
Sheriff officers search for Helen Alfaro, seventeen, who vanished from her West Riverside home on Christmas Day. The father reports she wore a grey coat, no hat, and black slippers, with no apparent reason for the disappearance.
In a San Bernardino special session the Southern California Economic Council moved to base reapportionment on population and to persuade Republican central committees across Los Angeles Orange Riverside and Imperial counties to back Walter Little for speaker of the next California Assembly. The Riverside Enterprise notes some Los Angeles Orange Riverside and Imperial legislators support Edgar C. Levey of San Francisco, and urges unified support for Little.
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