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Newspaper
Corona Daily Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1945
Page
1
A nostalgic column in a playful voice recalls spelling out words to avoid Marcia and recounts humorous asides about lyrics and Twain. It muses on positive thinking, quotes witty foreign opinions on Satan, and ends with a breakfast vitamins joke. The piece closes with the author signing as IUSTIN.
Fellow Coronans discuss a community project sponsoring a boys and girls band similar to sheriff and police department bands. They cite latent musical talent among youths, needing leadership and financing to keep them from straying. The idea unfolds as a Corona Volunteer Firemen clan member reflects on young members blossoming through music.
Luther Rodriguez pleaded guilty to possessing and offering for sale dressed beef without inspection seal. Judge George McCauley fined him 500 with 200 suspended for two years on condition of compliance with agricultural codes. Second count for poor record keeping was dismissed.
A commentary argues for paying lawmakers by per law or per act rather than salary. Proposes sliding scale commissions on appropriations, with big spenders earning little and quick, decisive lawmakers earning high incomes. A three-minute speech could outperform a long ovation.
Plans include feeding 1000 people from the chuck wagon and a free water fight exhibition for hose and nozzle teams at the rodeo grounds on June 12. An outdoor dance is planned for June 16 at the intersection of Sixth and Ramona streets with extensive preparations underway.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 0.05 to 168.13 while 20 railroads fell 0.02 to 58.48 and 15 utilities slipped 0.01 to 31.85. The 65 stock average stood 63.66 unchanged as total sales reached 1,510,000 shares.
Authorities say they located a missing plane near the mouth of Dor Canyon by Sky Line Drive. Police and fire departments assist U S Army officials in a search amid large crowds with no definite findings yet. further word will come from the Army.
The excerpt recalls historic statements on labor costs, funding for campaigns, and political integrity from 1943 to 1948. It contrasts labor and business duties, warns against excess wage demands, and questions a congressman's stance on raises and pro or anti adoptions of presidential bills.
H. E. Sherlock 59, once publisher with his brothers of the Corona Daily Independent, died at Huntington Memorial Hospital Pasadena after five weeks ill He was born April 20 1886 in Zanesville Ohio and lived in Corona since 1941 Survived by widow four daughters and other relatives Funeral arrangements by Hoover & Bell not yet announced.
Article recounts Japanese reconnaissance near Luzon before December 8 and the redeployment of 86 B-17s from Clark Field to Mindanao. It notes 21 B-17s stayed at Clark and a call reportedly ordered Bombers to stand down, with pilots like Colin Kelly gaining noted fame in the defense.
Sen. Edwin C. Johnson urges a policy of horse trading with the Soviet Union to avert a war that could last a century and ruin civilization. He criticizes appeasement, calls for tough bargaining, and praises Harry Hopkins as a skilled negotiator in Moscow.
Chinese troops moved within 20 miles of Liuchow as other units seized a 100 mile stretch of Fukien coast from Japan. Frontline reports from Kwangsi say forces around Tatang, 20 miles southwest of Liuchow, reached the Liuchow Indo China highway and the Kwangsi Kwilchow railway.
In a raid from end to end of Kobe, Japan’s major port, nearly 500 Super fortresses dropped 3800 tons of incendiaries. Fires scorched 10 miles of docks, shipyards, warehouses, rail shops, and steel works, destroying about 90 square miles of industrial Japan. Kobe and Ashiya reported fires. Kobe, prewar Japan’s sixth largest city with 1,006,000 residents, was a key shipbuilding, aircraft, ordnance center and railway hub.
Virgil A. Canning chairman calls Riverside County Democratic Central Committee meeting Sunday June 10 at 3 p.m. The gathering is set at the Green Shack on the highway half a mile west of Banning city limits. War bonds urged to support the country's defense.
U S Navy and Army units report progress on Okinawa with Oroku peninsula secured and Naha airfield captured. General Nimitz cites destroyed principal enemy forces and a path toward Japan while Manila reports the 37th division breaking into the Cavayan valley amid heavy air attacks.
Nine baby possums were found packed in newspaper in the wheel well of a P-40 pursuit plane as mechanics prepared to attach the wing for overseas shipment. The animals did not accompany the aircraft.
The Big Four nations formalize Germanys demilitarization and border reduction to 1937 lines. A four power control council based in Berlin will govern occupied zones with unanimous veto by each nation, and greater Berlin jointly administered. The plan outlines zone boundaries, ongoing consultation with other nations, and future long term policy.
A pemi-official Russian news agency accuses Western papers of fanning discord as American forces tighten control near strategic locations in the western region. Japanese authorities report rising tensions with Kobe noted as a focal point in the region.
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