Red Cross Rally Opens Week In Corona
The Big Red Cross Week begins with a 7:30 p.m. rally at Sixth and Main led by Judge Ellis of Riverside. The Corona Band and Los Angeles Fife and Drum Corps perform as speakers reveal volunteer drives and card distribution to six captains for the Red Cross campaign. Citizens urged to attend and show enthusiasm.
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Rational Red ‘Cross
Main and
Sixth Street
Fife and Drum Corps
Red Cross
Sixth
Main Streets
Los Angeles
Coronans
Judge Ellis
Riverside
Corona
Heat Drives Mexican Workers at Crestmore Plant
Mexicans employed at the Crestmore plant in Riverside grew restless yesterday due to extreme heat. It required significant effort to persuade them to continue working as conditions remained intensely hot.
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Crestmore
Riverside
Local resident pledges five dollars for pool fund
A. J. Ware contributed $5.00 during the noon hour to support the community wading pool project, signaling strong local interest in the upcoming fund drive.
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A. J. Ware
Corona Canning Season Opens With Full Plant Ready
Heat has ripened fruit early and Corona Canning Company near the depot is prepared for operations. The plant is set with running machinery, cans ready, and staff hired including a manager cook and foreman. Hundreds of acres have signed up, farmers are expanding gardens, and local workers may find home employment as the season begins brightly.
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Corona Canning Company
Corona
Nothing Sacred to the Germans in British War Line
A Mail report depicts German destruction of villages and orchards to disrupt Allied lines. It notes towns leveled by dynamite and the Peronne Cathedral damaged, with the organ still audible as ruins spread. British troops repair roads while German concealment claims are debated.
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Tommy
Peronne
Peromne
Proclamation of Red Cross Week 1917 by Woodrow Wilson
President Wilson proclaims the week ending June 25 1917 as Red Cross Week urging nationwide support for the Red Cross in aiding armed forces at home and abroad. The proclamation designates the Red Cross as the official agency for voluntary relief and calls for patriotic sacrifice.
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American Red Cross
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Red Cross
Cupid Hits Local Office Once More
Miss Grace Wall and Mr. Ray of this city were quietly married Saturday night at eight in the home of the bride’s parents on Seventh and Belle streets. Rev. S. S. Sampson officiated with the ring ceremony. Mrs. Anderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wall, has been a legal operator at the telephone office in Corona. Mr. Anderson works in the citrus fruit business at Fullerton, where the couple will reside. Anderson returned to Fullerton to resume work. Grace was delayed by her mother’s illness. The Independent and friends offer best wishes for a long, happy marriage.
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Grace Wall
Mr. Ray
Seventh
Belle Streets
Rev. S. S. Sampson
Mrs. Anderson
Robert Wall
Corona
Anderson
Fullerton
The
Independent
Lois Sweetser
Everett Ballard
Tucson
Arizona
Mrs. Ballard
Sweetser Ballard Wedding Ties Local Couple to Arizona
Miss Lois Sweetser and Mr. Everett Ballard wed at the groom's Arizona home on Saturday night. The Corona operator couple leaves for Arizona after the ceremony. The marriage follows two Corona telephonists wed within a week as locals extend best wishes.
Hottest Day Recorded Across Citrus Belt Region
Yesterday's heat broke records with temperatures reaching 124 at the Sugar Bowl and 121 on Powell ranch in Citrus Belt north of the city. Weather Observer T. C. Sias cited an official report of 118 as the warmest yet, while other city readings ranged from 113 to 124 in shade and sheltered spots.
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Corona
Powell Ranch
Citrus Belt
Sugar Bowl
T. C. Sias
Americans at the Front Ready to Return to Battle
Leverette Bent of Stoneham Massachusetts a private in the Canadian Ninteenth Battalion is nearing discharge from hospital and planning a return to the front He says he would rather enlist in the United States under Old Glory and notes Americans and British will march east toward the Rhine and Berlin
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London
Leverette Bent
Stoneham
Mass
Ninteenth
United States
Rhine
Berlin
Plans Completed for T. and D. Theatre Seating 6000
San Francisco announces complete plans for the T. and D. Theatre to provide seating capacity of 6000. The project details show final layout and expected audience size, signaling progress toward opening.
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San Francisco
T. & D. Theatre
Recent Tornado Rumors Draw Interest to California Lands
Visalia Calif June 18 The Tu lare county board of Trade reports letters from tornado torn Midwest regions seeking information on California lands. Writers say they want to escape the storm belt and relocate.
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Visalia
Cal
Middle West
Tulare County
Mrs J T Payton Dies in Pasadena
Mrs J T Payton of Corona died yesterday at Moringo Hospital in Pasadena. Funeral at 10 a m tomorrow from Reynolds and Van Nuys Parlors 57 North Fair Oaks Ave Pasadena. She was sixty, survived by son F O Payton Circle City Market. Market closed 9 to 12 Tuesday only one delivery.
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J. T.payton
Moringo
Pasadena
Reynolds and van Nuys
North Fair Oaks Ave
Payton
Iowa
Bridge Destroyed Cuts River Side Route After Fire
A temporary bridge over the Santa Ana river at West Riverside was nearly destroyed yesterday afternoon. Firefighters saved about fifty feet after laying a half mile of hose. The structure, built to replace 1916 flood damage at six thousand dollars, was not dynamited despite initial reports.
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West Riverside
Santa Ana
Riverside
Beaches
Los Angeles Earier
Santa Ana Mission Woolen Mills Nearing Startup
The Santa Ana Mission Woolen Mills Company is nearly ready to begin operations, marking the first factory secured for Santa Ana through the chamber of commerce's $100,000 industrial fund.
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Santa Ana
Consul Frost Criticizes German U-boat War Cruelty
Wesley Frost American consul at Queenstown describes unrestricted submarine warfare as barbarous and murder on a grand scale. He cites 65 sinkings affecting Americans and recalls mothers’ screams and hunger from lifeboats as he condemns German guilt as double and calls for restraint.
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Wesley Frost
Queenstown
Ireland
Britain
Frost
Washington
United Press
Unprogrammed Circus Battle Stages at LA School Nature Event
A pupil built zoo circus featuring owls ponies cats dogs tortoises tadpoles crickets and mice. Edna McKipper acted as ringmaster guiding a lively display. The main unprogrammed bout pitted a bull cen an owl and a long haired Persian cat with the referee stepping in to halt the fight.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Edna McKipper
Canteh
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Corona Mutual ‘Building & Loan Assn
John P. Key
Sec’y
First National Bank Bldg
Washington, D. C
Cupid
Local Exchange
Ray Anderson
California
J. T. Payton
Pasadena Hospital
Corona National Bank
F. F. Thompson
Charles Hoss
C. B. McConnell
Dee McConnell
Cash
First National Bank
Geo. E. Snidecor
Ngton
Laura V. Kirby
F. B. Snidecor, Cashier
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