Candid Snaps and Small Town Oddities
Clifford Haskell insists on staying out of the snaps column while Carl Gregory praises a real gardener to keep Mrs. Gregory’s lawn green and neat. Wil Garner spends days off in a citrus grove with his dog Jack for protection as Mrs. Cora Nichols draws interest with unusual feather palm trees. Lucille Doty quarrels over several hundred soiled pens used as change while Harold Harris buys a Lincoln penny board before scarce coins vanish. Keith Rathbone joins Dr. Frank Silva Jr. to hold up the big bass drum. Jerry the Frank Wares’ bulliog baths in the Lincoln school sprinkler.
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Wil Garner
Jack
Cora Nichols
Lucille Doty
Harold Harris
Keith Rathbone
Frank Silva Jr
Jerry
Frank Wares
Lincoln School
Riverside Reads and Reforms Highlight Daily Digest
California Employment Commission abolishes field service and trims staff to streamline job funding. Riverside hosts annual Proneers reunion at the schoolhouse while a 10 year Riverside industrial survey unfolds by the Chamber of Commerce. 1300 San Bernardino residents missed by census, and Pacific Electric line abandonment in Riverside Orange and LA counties with motor coach replacement is recommended by a ICC examiner. Chaffey High receives a $53500 WPA grant for school projects. San Jacinto council rejects petition to dismiss City Judge Sherman E Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gate City
Pacific Electric
River Side
Orange
Los Angeles
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Senate Extends Session To Push Defense Measures
The Senate meets in extra session to speed Roosevelt defense programs. Two defense bills face delay over relief funding, while a $1B tax bill and aliens registration await action. Pepper plans auto shutdown to redirect production to aircraft for allies. Roosevelt dismisses Hitler’s Western hemisphere claims as empty pledges.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Alben W. Bhrkley
Sen
Claude
Pepper
Fla
Productio Airplanes
Thealiies
Adolf Hitler
Western Hemisphere
Pneumonia Fatal To David Wagner In Redlands
David Wagner a Phoenix based telephone company employee died of pneumonia early today. Funeral plans uncertain with burial expected in Redlands in the Wagner family plot either Monday or Tuesday. Wagner's brother Harry owns an orange grove in Redlands and another brother resides in Corona.
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David Wagner
Phoenix
Carl E. Colman
Corona
Redlands
Wagner
Harry Wagner
Welcome New Chino Lions Club Unites Local Clubs
More than 250 Lions from District 4-5 clubs welcomed the newly formed Chino unit into Lions International during Friday night ceremonies in Chino. Ellis Spackman was elected council president for the year, with Ed Clements as vice president and William P. Hand as secretary. The charter was presented by Dist. Gov. Frank Harwood. A Corona delegation joined in the event along with Chino officials and Rotary members.
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District 4-5
Corona
Chino
Lions International
Citrus Belt Council
Ellis Spackman
San Bernardino
Don S. Allbright
Riverside
Ed Clements
Ontario Club
William P. Hand
Chino Club
Dist
Frank Harwood
Santa Ana
Otis Brooks
George E. Stanley
Roy Day
Pomona
Charles D. Warner
Chino Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce
Sam Solomon
Twenty-Thirty Club
Ernest Soper
Ben Dovey
Pomona Club
Ira H. Fox
Senior Scouts Headed On Mountain Outing to Camp Emerson
Five Senior Scouts left this morning for a weekend trip to Camp Emerson in Idyllwild. The group includes Farrel Jones Lee Jackson Gerald Holtman Wayne East and Paul Snyder. USC students studying insect life at the camp will assist with biology training this month per county Scout executive Carl N Hel Mick.
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Camp Emerson
Idyllwild
Farrel Jones
Lee Jackson
Gerald Holtman
Wayne East
Paul Snyder
University of Southern California
Carl N. Helmick
Coordinating Council To Elect Officers Tuesday
Notices for the election of officers are being sent by secretary Mrs Fidra J Mueller. Election will be held Tuesday at 3 30 p m in the high school library.
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Coordinating Council
Fidra J. Mueller
Allied Fleet Roams Eastern Mediterranean Seeking Battle
Allied naval forces challenge the Italian fleet in the eastern Mediterranean while Italian ships stay hidden. British and French units guard merchant shipping and sweep mines, with submarines attacked and a Dutch tanker reportedly sunk. Tobruk air raid hits reportedly two submarines and a 9000 ton cruiser. Police impose security measures in Cairo amid discussions on diplomatic privileges for Italians.
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Cairo
Eywypt
Mediterranean
al- Hed Navy
Royal Air Force
Tobrouk
Sangeorigo
Serafino Mazzolini
Mazzolini
Chain Lettering Revived in Plea for Refugees
In California a revived chain letter asks Gov. Culbert Olson to contribute to a fund evacuating British children to Canada. The letter directs sending the request to Ottawa's mayor and five others to continue the chain.
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Sacramento
California
Canada
Culbert Olson
Ottawa
Lithuania grants Red Army access to Baltic region
A Moscow broadcast quoted an official communique saying the Soviet Union is granted free access to Lithuania after Premier Antanas Merkys resignations. It notes a new Lithuanian government will be formed and the move widens Soviet defense reach along the East Prussian border toward Poland and Hungary.
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Moscow
Lithuania
Soviet Union
Antanas Merkys
Germany
Baltic Sea
Poland
Hungary
Kazys Skucas
Merkys
Shanghai mayor asks powers to withdraw troops
Fu Siao En, mayor of the Japanese controlled Shanghai, sent a note to military and consular authorities of the beligerent powers requesting withdrawal of their troops from the city. Allied authorities indicated the request would be ignored.
Italian propaganda probe stirs Washington officials
Cordell Hull announced an investigation into reports of Italian propaganda distributed by consul officials. The action comes as the government reviews foreign influence amid wartime pressures.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
Coast Has Front In War Relief Effort
Nationwide Red Cross appeal for European relief shows $9,380,670 raised toward $20,000,000 goal while the Pacific coast lags at about 28 percent of its $2,654,000 quota. Corona contributions total $458 with a Wishart pledge, not yet halfway to $1000. Riverside County exceeds its $10,000 quota, and Congress approves a $50,000,000 Red Cross appropriation for allied relief to flow to sufferers.
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American Red Cross
Pacific Coast
Corona
Dc. J. Wishart
Red Cross
Riverside County
Congress
Job Placements Signal May Gains Across California
California's Department of Employment reports a nine percent rise in May job placements to 22,244 through 78 field offices. Private employment up 13 percent to 20,182, public placements down 18 percent to 2,062 due to fewer federally funded projects. Unemployment insurance payments rise to 449,062 checks totaling 6,087,145 dollars.
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State Department of Employment Today
California
Department
Traffic accidents claim thousands of California children
Victor W. Killick, chief of the bureau of statistics, reports that over a decade more than 108000 school age children in California were involved in traffic mishaps, with 4087 killed and 104000 maimed. In 1939, 12691 children were in accidents, 415 killed and 12276 injured, making up 23 percent of the injured and 14 percent of the dead.
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Sacramento
Victor W. Killick
Bureau of Statistics
Killick
End of Resistance Looms in France
London reports Britain braces for a German peace offensive and a possible invasion of the Isles as experts fear the Maginot line may be abandoned. German high command says forts in the Maginot line fell, retreat disrupted, and the pursuit of France is underway with Verdun Metz and Belfort targeted.
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France
London
L.p
Britain
British Isles
Maginot Line
High Command
Saar
Berlin
U.P
Versailles Palace
Seine
Meuse
Saar- Sector
Maginot Dine
Scharalbon
Argonne
Verdun
Metz
Belfort
Dutch Colonies Guard Empire in East Indies Session
The East Indies people's council granted the colonial government sweeping powers to preserve the Dutch empire in the east. Governor general A W L Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer accepted the authority and said native leaders pledged cooperation as 60 million subjects were urged to remain loyal. Colonies gathered, with consuls from friendly powers present.
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Atavia
Netherlands East Sea
U.P
East Indies
No Justification Found for French Separate Peace Rumor
London reports quote an official source denying any merit to rumors the French sought a separate peace tonight. Inquiries traced the spread to a German wireless station, the agency said.
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London
U.P
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California Employment Commission
Proneers of
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Chaffey High School
Sherman E. Lewis
San Jacinto City
Paris
New York
Hitler
Chino Lions Club
Sparkman
New Council
Negy
Red Army
WPA
Santa Cruz
Federal Power Commission
Astoria
Ore
Claremont
Landon
Topeka
Kans
Alf M. Landon
Republican Party
Isles
Cherbourg
Orne
Chartres
Orleans
Loire
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