Two Artillerymen Hurt Near Here
Reported injuries to two artillerymen near the locality with no fatalities. The text also mentions unnamed parties and ungrounded claims about relatives, dismissed as false.
10 Jun 1918
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Newspaper
Corona Daily Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1918
Page
1
Reported injuries to two artillerymen near the locality with no fatalities. The text also mentions unnamed parties and ungrounded claims about relatives, dismissed as false.
The 144th Field Artillery unit left town after midnight via Main Street and Ontario avenue. A caisson ran off a gravel hill near a ranch, overturning and entangling seven horses and riders. Two soldiers were injured enough to need ambu lances, one with a possible ankle fracture and head jar, the other with a hand injury. The regiment rested in Lake City, then moved to Red Mountain ranch for overnight camp. Elsinore hosted services and a dance before the advance.
A patriotic observer praises American youths training at camps and in battle, noting their rapid improvement from dependence to bulwarks of national safety. He emphasizes global admiration for the metamorphosis and the nation’s ability to defend its dignity.
The piece notes a city ordinance change two to three years ago that bans selling firecrackers by dealers and restricts their use until the Fourth. It highlights confusion over linking small children to the time element and the challenge of teaching youngsters to delay their celebrations.
Saturday soldiers visiting Corona briefly toured the business district and homes, then were ordered back to camp around eight. A small program at Main and Migth streets featured songs and thanks, with Irene Nonhoff leading a committee for the rest corner at the Baptist church lawn.
Corona Camp No. 478 held its first meeting in Glass Bros hall last Friday. Magnolia Camp No. 92 of Riverside supplied officers for the initiation. Past Consul A A Teft installed officers including J W Rowe as Consul Commander and L R Temmes as Clerk. The camp began with 31 members and added two candidates. They schedule meetings on the first and third Thursdays each month.
Hundreds watched as the 143rd Field Artillery left for camp on a Saturday night. Automobiles filled the streets and families lined the route from Washburn to Main as soldiers headed toward France or the border in a tense wartime farewell.
Ralph Garlinghouse chief of party at El Portal California was arrested for carelessly starting a forest fire in Sierra National Forest. The blaze blackened over two hundred acres and is now under control. He plans to plead guilty under state law with a minimum fine or jail term or both.
Principal Bragg addresses graduates on the fall vote concerning Senate Bill 1073 and the proposed initiative. He argues the bill’s flaws risk shifting school funding back into politics by basing allocations on average daily attendance and real demand, while praising the initiative for preserving school funding and keeping politics out of finances.
A club gathering featured officers hosting a supper amid talk on wartime life and social norms. The discussion moved toward standardized dress among women, arguing for fashionable restraint and home expression within a common sense standard.
Albert E. Schwabacher announces new federal rules to ban selling coal with excess rock, slate, bone, sulfur, or impurities. Mines shipping unclean coal must unload or deduct per ton from government price, with penalties for repeat violations. Inspectors to enforce higher heat efficiency for war needs.
A remarks by Count Vo Macchi de Cellere praised Italian women 16 to 60 as war nurses and volunteers. He noted their organized service supports soldiers, rebuilt lives of the disabled, and aided both fields and factories, highlighting national morale during wartime.
Los Angeles sources report Congress approval of 204000 dollars for harbor dredging to improve net making access and a new drydock to be constructed near the waterfront, signaling expansion of port facilities and work opportunities.
District Enrolling Officer Jaffe outlines a naval reserve drive urging patriotic youths to enroll. The program promises training and advancement, with ratings matched to trades and paths to commissioned officer status as the Navy expands. Enrollees may remain in the reserve during peacetime and can resign if needed.
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