Candid Snaps of Local Moments and Misadventures
A collage of briefly sketched scenes captures Carl Cobkman Jr. enduring friends’ teasing on his birthday, Lawrence Key’s return to Corona after college, James Emerson’s misrepresented Los Angeles trip while winning at the races, and a chain of minor mishaps on sidewalks and backyards including a rubber on the pavement incident and apricot spill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl BE. Cobkman Jr
Main Street
Lawrence Key
Corona
James Emerson
Los Angeles
George Geller
Southeast Boulevard
Par
Kanafman
Panty Health Offi
Riverside and area brace for defense and census actions
Riverside council restores 500 for Fourth of July fireworks with 200 cap on display. A 249000 anti aircraft gunnery range is eyed near Baker. San Bernardino counts 42 000 residents and Hemet seeks a census recount. Local officials push to join Allied effort against Hitler. other notices cover resignations and obituaries.
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Riverside City Council
Riverside Park
Silver Lake
Mojave Desert
Baker
War Department
National Defense
San Bernardino
Hemet
Census Bureau
Reduced Water Rates Proposed For City Users
Corona city council endorsed trial water rate reductions from the Corona City Water Co. The plan awaits State Railroad Commission approval. Rates rise minimums but lower usage costs, with 12 cents per hundred for the first 3500 feet and 10 cents per hundred for the next 10,000 feet. Savings shown for 1600, 2000, and 3000 feet of usage. Consumers must commit to 12 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corona
Corona City Water Co
State Railroad Commission
Lester Hampton
Charles M. Scoville
Water Company
Sppliesmen
Scoville
Garden Club
The
Relief Aid Nears Half of Quota
Relief fund updates show Riverside county over ten thousand dollars with a total of 10 135 16 and Riverside city contributing 7820 29 toward the original quota doubled later. Corona contributions stand at 456 83 with progress toward the halfway mark and new donors listed among Norco and Corona groups. Pacific area totals have just passed a quarter mark as A L Schafter notes Nevada chapters Carmel and Washoe reached their quotas first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emergency Relief Red Cross
Corona
Riverside County
William C. Henning
Edith D’hliscu
Riverside
C. A. Steves
Norco School
E. Wheeler
Norco American Legion Auxiliary
B.A. van Sluyters
Olive Outhet
Norco American Legion
Norco Chamber of Commerce
Ben B. Sampsell
Elizabeth Clark Johnson
Lucy J. McDougald
Eula McDougald
Grant H. Simms
George E. Sindecor
Matel H. Johnson
Women’s Guild
Foothill On Co
R. L. Willits
William Wightman
L. R. Parker Gon
Southern California Gas
Riverside health work outlined by county officer at June luncheon
Dr. R. L. Kaufman Riverside county health officer outlined vital statistics and their public health value at the June luncheon of a professional group in Hotel Kinney. He noted birth and death records, disease trends, and the shift of tuberculosis and heart disease as leading causes. Nurses and sanitary inspectors play key roles in immunization, quarantine, clinics, and sanitation programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside County Health Department
Hotel Kinney
R. L. Kaufman
Ralph W. Stanfield
Robert Dillon
Banning
James Farrage
Kaufman
Riverside County
Liner’s Assailant Revealed as Nazi U Boat
German radio said a U boat halted the American liner Washington, mistaken for a Greek steamer. DNE reported the encounter but did not confirm a torpedo threat. The stop was explained as an error until the Washington’s identity was established.
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Berlin
Washington
Eee
DNE
Survey Finds Living Costs Rise Across Cities
Secretary Frances Perkins reported the cost of living rose three tenths of one per cent from December 15 to March 15. Living costs in March were ten per cent higher than June 1983 and eighteen point two per cent lower than 1929. Boston Los Angeles Seattle saw gains while Portland Denver and San Francisco showed declines. Food clothing rent and fuel and power drove the increases.
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Washington
Frances Perkins
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Boston
Los Angeles
Seattle
Portland
Ore
Denver
San Francisco
Miss Perkins
Legionnaires Hear Explanation on Home Defense Guard
Day Jewell spoke before members of the American Legion post Tuesday night in the Legion hall on the home defense guard. Nomination of new officers is to be held at the meeting in two weeks, announced by vice commander R. J. Clark. County council meeting Friday in Elsinore was also announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Day Jewell
American Legion Post
Legion Hall
Home Defense Guard
Auxiliary
R. J. Clark
Elsinore
Harrison Secures Senate Nomination for Southern California Federal Court
President Roosevelt forwarded the nomination of Benjamin Harrison United States district attorney Los Angeles to the Senate for the new Southern California federal court. Harrison 51 a former San Bernardino attorney was backed by Riverside County Bar association.
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Benjamin Harrison
United States
Los Angeles
Federal
California
Senate
Roosevelt
Harrison
San Bernardino
Riverside County Bar Association
Roosevelt Proclaims Mediterranean Combat Zone Expansion
The proclamation extends the combat zone to southern Europe, cutting American shipping to all European coastlines except a small cluster in Portugal and northwest Spain. It follows Italy's entry into the war and narrows U.S. shipping routes as threats of Mediterranean warfare rise. The incident with SS Washington underscores rising peril for neutral vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Mediterranean
Italy
Europe
weThue
Portugal
Spain
Bosphorous
Black Sea
State Department
Seven Aliens Expelled From San Jose
Seven aliens identified as owners of an arms cache, mainly Panamanian and Nicaraguan, were ordered expelled today in San Jose Costa Rica. The report notes the seizure and expulsion action by local authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Costa Rica
German armies near Paris as war fronts widen
Nazi forces breached toward Paris, 12 miles from the city, with reports of a vast offensive across France. Britain embargoes Italian goods. Polish submarine Orzel missing. Britain, France, and Japan sign non aggression pacts with Thailand. Paris braces for urban combat while fronts stretch from Norway to Ethiopia.
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Wartorn
Paris
Italy
Norway
Ethiopia
Adolf Hitler
France
Oise
Kaiser Wilhelm Abeinchen
Meaux
London
Poland
Baltic
North Seas
Britain
Singapore
Japan
Thailand
Siam
Defense Committee Seeks 100 Million Gift to Allies
The Southern California chapter of William Allen White's defense group adopted a petition urging Congress to repeal neutrality laws and provide a 100 million gift to allies for surplus American commodities. Dr. Robert A. Millikan was named honorary chairman at the formation meeting. The petition also calls for credit to the allies and refugee relief in England and France amid alleged fifth column activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
IUP
Southern California
William Allen White
America
Robert A. Millikan
Congress
England
France
Bombing Attacks in Italy Reported in War Communique
Rome reported Italian bombings of Malta and repulsion of a British raid on Italian North Africa. Reports said Italian planes bombed Aden and Italian troops guarded the French Somaliland frontier. Mussonlini aimed to seal the Sicily Africa passage as Malta vulnerability grew.
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Rome
UBP
Italy
Malta
Mediterranean
North Africa
Aden
Britain
Rad
Somaliland
Messagero
Hiland
Poland
France
Benito Mussolini
Red Aca
Sicily
Africa
Dunkers Hear Talk On Observance Of Flag Week
The Dunkers club joined a citywide Flag Week observance with a talk by Mrs. Genevieve Harmer Dart of the Toastmistresses club. Publisher Ernest L. Peterson introduced the speaker and new members including George W. Fitch and Tom Murray presided by Tom Murray. City Engineer A. H. Hanapel is named as next week's program chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunkers Club
Genevieve Harmer Dart
C. C. Johns
A. H. Hanapel
Twent y Thirty Club elects Glen James president
Glen T. James was elected president of the Twenty Thirty club at the Tops cafe. Robert Trimble became vice president, with Dan Burkhart as sergeant at arms and Samuel A. Franke and Ivy Amnon as directors. Installation is planned for July 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen. T. James
Tops
Weat Sixth Street
Robert Trimble
James
Dan Burkhart
Samuel A. Franke
Ivy Amnon
Pres
Frank Morrell Jr
Clyde Longe
Keo Benedict
Aviation Committee Set for Special Session Thursday
Chairman Charley Hoover of the Chamber of Commerce aviation committee calls a special session for Thursday at 10 am in the Chamber of Commerce office to discuss aviation school matters with county and civic officials. Supervisor Chairman Ralph W. Stanfield and Col. John H. Pirie will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Phillips
Banning
California
Col
J. H. Pirie
Riverside County Chamber of Commerce
Charley Hoover
Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Ralph W. Stanfield
John H. Pirie
Chamber F of Commerce
Bombs Dropped In Switzerland
Swiss army reports foreign planes bombed Swiss territory with five bombs hitting Geneva near the League of Nations. One soldier and a woman were killed, twelve people injured critically, and bombs struck near schoolhouses in Lousdana and Daillens. Air raid sirens and explosions were heard around Carouge and Fala, with gas mains ruptured and fires sparked.
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Berne
Switzerland
Geneva
League of Nations
Lousdana
Daillens
United Press
Plain
Fala
Carouge Bridge
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Ches
Harry Morrison
Elizabeth Cross
Huntington Park City
Hitler
Charles J. Abarta Jr
Valencia M. Jensen
Riverside Area
Pomona
Gustave A. Erickson
Ivanpah
San Bernardino County
Edward V. Braysington
Detroit
Herman McCandless
Frank €. Dean Jr
San Diego
Highway 101
Laguna Beach
Brassington
Max A. Cranmer
Fred Snider
Colton
Earl D. Cline
Orange
Clyde Strauss
Northridge
Allan
Taltavall
Redlands
White Mountain Peak
Wi ‘Antry
Chennei
Atmch
Cva
EU Ee
Weygand
Anien
Peronne
Rethel
Rouen
Pont de L'Ardig-And-Gisors
Si Sons
Aisne River
Soi
County Red Cross
Dr. Kaufman
Legionnaires
OF Defense Unit
Schenck
New York
Joseph M. Schenck
Hollywood Motion Picture
NAVY
Navy Department
ARMY
Canada
March Field
George
Germany
Théun
Montreal
St. Lawrence River
Egypt
Libya
Reims
Seine River
le Havre
Dieppe
Arctic Circle
Equator
Defense Committee
War Office
Glen James
Aviation Committee
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