28 Jan 1925
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Newspaper
Corona Daily Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1925
Page
1
The Know Corona feature highlights the Women's Improvement Club of Corona and related civic groups. It details presidents, sections, meetings and ongoing activities with mentions of the Pelobition Society and Teachers' Club, noting a strong civic network in Corona.
Corona aims to join Elsinore in celebrating the Corona Elsinore highway opening mid next month. The Chamber of Commerce and the local American Legion post will hold special meetings to decide the best form of publicity to attract travelers and boost use of the Inland route between San Diego and Los Angeles.
City authorities discussed charging fifty cents per day for camping in the municipal park. The board approved reappointing members and directed park area use for a ten day trial with the fee for each twenty four hour period. Officials noted plans to promote a regional celebration to boost publicity and business along a new route while Carnival of Lights in Corona drew attention.
Pomona meeting of horticultural commissioners from Riverside Los Angeles Ventura San Bernardino and Orange counties approved dropping the crystal test for frosted citrus in favor of the cross cut method Inspectors will use the cross cut to judge dryness and condemn any fruit that shows inadequate quality for shipping The change aims to ensure safety and consistency in fruit moving to market due to prolonged frost damage
Tonight Redmen meet at Redmen Hall at 30 p m. Thursday Lion Club gathers at Hotel Kinney 6 45 p m. Legion Auxiliary Benefit Card Party 7 30 p m Legion hall. City Quintet performs in Hemet 8 p m. Men's Brotherhood at Methodist Church 7 30 p m. Friday Rotary Luncheon Hotel Kinney. Opera Iolanthe at high school auditorium 8 p m. Business Girls Dance Glass Hall 8 p m. Stag Party Corona Country Club. Corona High five vs Calton 3 30 p m. Saturday Market Day shop in Corona. Baseball city park Coronava Calton. Rigude Ly Literary Section W I Cl om ets atocbiy Nonse fant pom aa bons
Corona is expected to send a large crowd to watch the basketball game tomorrow night at Memet with Hemet. Both city teams are confident of victory as Hemet has found form in recent weeks and beat Chaffey Junior College 22 to 13 last Monday. Corona’s probable starting lineup includes Mac Glass John Coplen Clayton Nichols Jim Coplen and Fay Reeder.
Divers lay a concrete floor at Pier No 1 of the Carquinez bridge construction project in Contra Costa for a total cost of 5 million dollars as part of the spans development.
Property owners representing 75 percent of parcels along Victoria avenue from the Victoria bridge to Arlington avenue met at Riverside city hall last night and adopted recommendations for planning commission. The plan sets minimum frontage of 93 feet and depth of 200 feet, with building setbacks of 50 feet and restrictions valued at 7500 dollars.
Dr Bromley Ostman of Los Angeles spoke at the Corona Woman's Club on International Understanding as a Basis of World Peace. He urged citizen education and study of other nations to reduce conflicts and criticized high defense spending as wasteful without broader education. The talk highlighted Americanization work and the need for peaceful, informed policy.
The Washington Parent-Teacher Association funds and runs a student cafeteria at the local school. Meals are offered at modest prices with a cooperative effort that began several months ago to aid children attending school.
A roundup of international and U.S. items includes defeat of a proposed child labor constitutional amendment in most states, Los Angeles harbor development talks with railroads, Midwest blizzards and heavy weather across multiple states, unsettled Pacific Northwest forecasts, a federal cooperative marketing board recommendation to Coolidge, talks on United States narcotics traffic supervision in League circles, and California tax refund and tax filing clarifications on community property income.
Fragmented OCR text describes a planned final Ricardall for Tolanthe, with details unclear. The note mentions Monday evening timing, footers, and certain names or fragments but lacks coherent facts.
Perris is repairing for a Saturday Jan 31 celebration marking the paved road completion. An all day program features a street parade free barbecue dance two bands a baseball game races and an amateur show with many other novelties. Several thousand people from surrounding districts are expected.
The Circle City team has delivered close scores over the past two months as fans note the brand of ball is second to none in California. Wounds from the absence of a regular pitcher are mentioned as the team remains competitive and hits strong.
A new gasholder spanning 500000 feet has been erected at the Santa Rose facility and put into service for the Rus plant, marking a major expansion of gas storage capacity and operational capability.
In Manteca a cannery secures 275 acres of spun material for a new facility. The article notes associated contracts and mentions Midway City Plant expansion with the first unit starting, amid regional industrial activity.
Stockholders recommended drilling another well on the company property but directors have not authorized further costs. Joe Smith, a local board member, said the move is not logical now given completion uncertainties. A directors meeting is set for next Monday at Los Angeles offices.
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