Candid Shots From Mountain Visit and Local Weekend Events
Florence Hill smiles at a red headed hiker in the Idyllwild mountains. The J W Greers struggle with four burning fuses while serving waffles Sunday night. R B McHinney contemplates baby names after twins arrive. Bob Trimble injures a shoulder fishing at Jack Frost lake. William Kilby and Crawford Teague work to host a Monday bridge game canceled. Martha Smith drives from Los Angeles to visit Corona friends with her new car.
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Florence Hill
Idyllwild
J. W. Greers
R. B .McHinney
Bob Trimble
Jack Frost
Martha Smith
Los Angeles
Corona
Desert heat ends life of Oakland salesman near Blythe
In brief notes from June to July 1943 era, Carl Brownell Jr. was found dead 25 miles west of Blythe after a trip on the Niland route amid desert heat reaching 122 degrees. Reports also note aviation classes at Arlington airport under Civil Aeronautics Authority, a Riverside supervisor hopeful, and local projects including landscaping at Chaffey campus.
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Blythe
Desert
Carl Brownell Jr
Oakland
Arlington
The
Civil Aeronautics Authority and
Riverside Junior College
French Armies Smashed to Bits On All Fronts
Berlin reports a German command claim that French forces are in wild flight after encirclement of the Maginot line and the fall of Orleans. German troops advance toward Lyons and near the Rhine-Rhone canal while air forces destroy retreating columns and bridges.
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Berlin
Maginot Line
Orleans
Loire River
Joan of Arc
Pontarlier
Burgundy
Langres
Lyons
Gaid
Missing Man Feared Lost After Riverbed Search
Steve Lindtner 33 of 6907 Makee Ave Los Angeles disappeared while frog hunting near Prado dam. Constable C J Lincoln and Deputies Ralph Smith William Parma led a thorough search since Saturday night with D Whipple. no tracks or body found in Santa Ana riverbed noted for quicksand.
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Steve Lindtner
Makee Avenue
Los Angeles
Prado Dam
C. J. Lincoln
Ralph Smith
William Parma
D. Whipple
Lindtner
Froga
Whipple
Athorough
Santa Ana
Forester to Speak at Corona Garden Club Meeting
Fred Varney, protective assistant in the Palomar district of Cleveland National Forest, will be guest speaker at Corona Civic Garden Club at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the First Baptist church. A potluck dinner will precede the talk on plants in local forests, followed by a two reel film Life of Plants. Mrs. John P. Key will preside at the meeting.
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Fred Varney
Palomar
Cleveland National Forest
Corona Civic Garden Club
First Baptist Church
Varney
San Francisco
John .P. Key
Woman Injured In Norco Car Collision Details
Miss Ruth Harmon of Columbia Missouri suffered a fractured left elbow and facial injuries when the car she rode in with sister Mrs Jack N Donohew collided with Mrs Viola Gibbs car at Fifth and Corona Norco. Mrs Donohew drove into a ditch to avoid the Gibbs vehicle. Alfred Gibbs age six had head cuts and bruises. Mrs Gibbs uninjured. Harmon hospitalized in Riverside for about a month. A second weekend crash near Cajalco dam left Edward Byrd with a severe scalp wound. condition listed as fair.
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Ruth Harmon
Columbia
Jack N. Donchew
Brookton Avenue
Riverside
Viola Gibbs
Fifth
Corona Streets
Norco
Donahan
Fifth Street
Gibbs
Corona Street
Donohew
Corona
Edward Byrd
Cajalco
Ickes Forms Defense Resources Committee
Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes established a special defense resources committee within his department to coordinate control over strategic minerals electric power coal and other national defense essentials. He urged every bureau to make available instantly its information resources and trained personnel for defense purposes, aiming to clear decks for action.
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Washington
Secretary of Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Ickes
Republicans Open Party Center For Election
Republican headquarters opened in the Jameson building on Main Street below Sixth for the August primaries. Offices will be open daily from 2 to 5 p.m. except Saturdays to hand out pamphlets provide information on candidates and take names for primary registration.
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Jameson
Main Street
Minor Temblors Shake Honolulu and Hilo
A minor quake struck Honolulu at midnight lasting about 15 seconds with no damage reported. A second tremor followed at 12 06 am. Hilo also felt the quake strongly but no damage was reported. It may have centered deep beneath Mauna Loa, active for months.
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Honolulu
T. H
Hilo
Hawaii
Mauna Loa
Churchill Vows Continued Fight Against Hitler
In a radio address Churchill pledges Britain will endure the war until Hitler is defeated. He says Britain remains sole champion of the world’s cause and will defend the islands as France’s fate matters little to Britain.
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Llondon
Winston Churchill
Hitler
Churchill
France
Britain
Congress Moves to End Session Amid Defense Bill Debates
Congress races toward adjournment as the Senate begins day long debate on a House approved tax bill to fund Roosevelt's 5.0 billion defense program. Leaders seek a quick adjournment this week. Barkley favors going home, while Republicans and many Democrats push to stay in session.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
House
Congress
Alben W. Barkley
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Army to grow to four hundred thousand under bill
The House unanimously passed a measure increasing the U S Army to 400000 men with eight months needed to recruit the extra personnel. In related notes, a naval expansion plan seeks 84 ships and a cost over 1 million dollars, while labor tensions at San Pedro near settlement and a new US Navy air base at Puuene airport boost Pacific defenses.
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Washington
House
Senate
United States Army
Pacific
Wailuka
T. H
United States Navy
America
Gibraltar
Puuene
Britain Faces Nazi Threat as France Moves Toward Peace
Britain and its empire confront a possible German invasion as France contemplates terms with Germany. Petain announces seeking peace while London weighs whether U S aid can avert ruin, with Britain pledging to fight on alone if needed.
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London
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Europe
France
Mediterranean
Petain
Britain
United States
Russians Move Toward Germany Amid Baltic Tensions
Stockholm dispatch reports Russia sending motorized units into Latvia and Estonia after alleging violations of mutual aid treaties. Troops were said to have entered Lithuania, with Estonian and Latvian fronts crossed, raising fears of a broader Baltic campaign and possible alignment with Germany.
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Stockholm
U.P
Russia
Latvia
Esthonia
Lithuania
Germany
Narvik
Baltic States
First-Aid Station Opens at Silverado Guard Station
Santa Ana mountains see a new first-aid post at Silverado guard station in Cleveland National Forest Trabuco district. E E Campbell and Supervisor Willard Smith spoke at the ceremony as guard Jack Pickup and Mrs Pickup staff the site with stretcher kit splints and bandages.
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Santa Ana Mountain Range
Silverado
Trabuco
Cleveland National Forest
E. E. Campbell
Orange Red Cross
Willard Smith
Orange County
Jack Pickup
Forest Services
Pickup
Fourteen Army Flyers Die in Queens Midair Crash
Police report fourteen United States Army flyers killed when two Douglas bombers collided in mid air over Bellrose Manor Queens. One plane hit a residence causing a blaze near a public school while debris sparked additional flames and a resident was severely injured. Col. Douglas B. Netherwood said twelve may have been killed.
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New York
United Btates Army
Bellrose Manor
Queens
Al 11
Douglas B. Netherwood
Mitchel Field
E.D.T
Mitchel Field Army Base
Laura Chatterton
Stolen Car Found on Cajalco Road
A car stolen last Thursday from Fifth and Main streets belonging to A. W. McKiernan of 1007 Sheridan Street was recovered Saturday night on Cajalco Road and found stripped of accessories. Deputies also investigate another vehicle abandoned or wrecked in the same area and later hauled away by truck on Sunday.
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Fifth
Main Streets
A. W. McKiernan
Sheridan Street
Cajalco Road
Riverside County Sheriff's
Petain seeks honorable peace as German advance continues
Marshal Petain, newly installed French premier, says France has surrendered and seeks an honorable cessation of hostilities after talks with the German high command. Hitler and Mussolini plan to meet in Germany or France as German forces push southward through France.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
France
Fuhrer
Benito Mussolini
Germany
Bordheaux
Marshal Philippe Petain
Sven
Petain
Paul Reynaud
Franco
Pres
Albert Lebrun
Paul Baudoin
Jose Fe Mx de Sequierica Y Erquiza
Francisco Franco
Verdun
Paris
Loire
Maginot
Saone
Riot in Hermosillo Leaves One Dead
In Hermosillo a clash between followers of Gen. Avila Camacho and supporters of Juan Alfonso Almazán led to one man killed and multiple injured as a special train carrying Almazán arrived. Railway guards fired to restore order after stones and fighting erupted.
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Juarez
Mexico
Avila Camacho
Hermosillo
Anselmo Macias
Sonora
Camacho
Juan Andreau Almazan
Cedt
Narciso Carpena
Almazan
Macias
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Rena de Wayne
Velma Elizabeth
Marysville
Palo Verde Valley
Nevada-California Electric Corporation
State Railroad Commission
Frank Thackery
United States Experiment Station
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Agriculture Department of
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Turkey
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Rhine-Rhone Canal
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Republicans Open Party
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