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Newspaper
Corona Daily Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1925
Page
1
The Junior High P T A hosts a showing of student art and handiwork this afternoon. Exhibits include colorful drawings, sewing, cooking pastries, and a variety of manual training projects. The event offers parents a chance to view the talent and potential of the students.
Regular meeting of Temescal Lodge F and A M Friday. Missionary Society of Congregational church at 2 30 with Mrs Perle Glass. Standard Bearers picnic at Pickering Park. First M BE Woman's Council Circle 1 and 3 at City park No 2 at Mrs E B Irwins. American Legion County Council at Woman's club house 6 30 p m. High school examinations begin. Psychology Club picnic postponed. Sunday services at all churches morning and evening.
Corona recorded .32 inches of rain as a June storm drizzled through the day. The event disrupted haying and harvesting while Los Angeles held a Shriner convention dampened by the downpour. The piece notes broader tornadoes and floods east of the plains with higher casualties.
Victor Fleming presents Code of the Sea at the California Theatre tonight starring Rod La Rocque and Jacqueline Logan. The film follows a coward who overcomes fear through love and features ocean adventure and thrilling seas.
In a Caribbean era report, the Corona National Bank case shifts to Los Angeles for the officers trial before federal judges. Irvin Jordan, Pasadena National banker, waives preliminary. bond set at 20 000. he faces a federal grand jury next week. James McEniry also appears. examination postponed to June 8.
Oakland officials report a telephone company will invest about $50,000 to install conduit along East Fourteenth Street. The project aims to improve telecommunications access and reliability in the area.
Pap the nine month old fox belonging to a ranger returns home after a weeklong disappearance. Bobby Snide and Junior Whitcomb found him in the Main street hills, freed him from a brush trap, and were rewarded five dollars. The ranger praised the boys for recovering Pap unharmed.
U S district court in Washington outlines a method to clear titles affected by federal tax liens. It allows removal via Section 1030 of the 1924 Revenue Act and sale under a district court decree with proceeds distributed per prior priority. Thousands of liens exist in Southern California.
Executive order sets aside 1822 acres in San Bernardino County for outdoor recreation. One site offers springs and camping near a public highway, while the other features many rocks with Indian inscriptions and pictographs at a canyon juncture.
At a regular meeting last night the Odd Fellows lodge in Corona elected W. Evenson noble grand A. a Robinson vice grand and W. W. Wade trustee to be installed July 7 The present noble grand Fred McGregor will serve as past grand at installation.
Improved Order of Red Men elected officers last night with Earl Mack as Sachem Ernest Hurtt as senior sagamore H Mayhew as junior sagamore A Bil you as prophet C P Huntington as keeper of wampum W R Roberts as treasurer Elmer Page as trustee for 18 months Tom Jump and A Bilyou as trustees for 12 months.
Reverend Frank Wood officiated a wedding at his home this morning. Neville Lynne Radcliffe and Winifred E Hitchcock of Long Beach united at 10 45 with Mrs Wood and Robert Spear of Los Angeles as witnesses.
A. E. Falch, head of a state building and loan group, will tour Riverside County associations after attending the California Building Loan League sessions in Long Beach May 21 to 23. He praises local efforts to promote home ownership and thrift, notes Riverside County growth, and cites rising assets from 670,757 in 1924 to 988,234 now.
Arlington avenue in Berkeley will be paved from North city line to circle at an estimated cost of 31000 dollars. The project aims to improve street conditions and traffic flow in the area.
Bonnie Gray, famed trick rider, to perform at Prado near Santa Ana canyon with a crowd of entrants from across the state. Rides, calf roping and wild mule races highlighted by a high school horse act and a star bronco lineup. Cash prizes promised for top events as two day show features Roman races and cow girl races.
The Arlington Chamber of Commerce reports 100 new members signed in the first week of a citywide drive. Two teams will conduct house to house canvassing next Monday to enroll more members as Secretary Carpenter notes progress and a community booklet is moving toward press with Arlington scenes and attractions.
Mr and Mrs R N Hughes relocated from Los Angeles to 1008 Sheridan and have settled in. Hughes, once tied to Corona through the Lewis Hughes garage at 610 Main Street, is now sole owner but sought a suitable house before moving.
An oil well will be drilled on the Associated Oil lease about eight miles northwest of this location, marking a new exploration effort in the area.
Lemon market in Corona shows high prices despite lower sales than last year. Tartarian Brand sold for $12.50 and Kittie Brand for $10.05 in Cleveland. Heat drives demand. 2600 cars in storage ready for shipment. Queen Colony houses near Corona hold about 120 cars. Net returns up 90 percent year over year with $300,000 more in revenue. Queen Colony handles about 75 percent of Corona lemons, the world’s largest producing district. A $5 market would be good, but prices above $10 with full storage are rare.
Baseball fans gathered at the recreation grounds to watch a contest with Riverside. The team failed to appear, phoning late in the afternoon that they could not play. Enthusiasts traveled from great distances and were disappointed, but players promised a real game within a few days and better publicity next time.
Hugo Oklahoma June 3 without banking facilities business in town of 3600 today stood still checks of large businesses would not be cashed pills of javze denomination could not be changed it was predicted that one third of Choctaw county crops could not be harvested this year the City National marked the ninth bank closure in Choctaw county since 1920 first time in Oklahoma history a town of this size had no banking facilities
Miss Margaret Pires arrives from Illinois to be a guest of Dr and Mrs Wright for several days. The brief note highlights her travel from the state and her hosts in the local social page.
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