Scribes to Visit Corona and Glen Ivy Weekend Outing
The Corona Chamber of Commerce plans welcome plans for Los Angeles County Press Association members and families arriving Saturday. They will be met at 1:15 PM, luncheon served by Woman's Club House, then a 2:30 PM sight seeing tour around the Colony. They depart Glen Ivy after a weeklong outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corona Chamber of Commerce
Los Angeles County Press Association
Noosy
Glen Ivy
Woman's Club
Woman’s Club
L. J. Otto
Destructive Tenant Makes Landlord Millionaire
In Rio de Janeiro a doctor, Dr Marques de Silva, faced a ruined rental after tenants fled without paying rent and stole wiring plumbing. They tore a water pipe, exposing mercury in a trench, hinting at a mercury mine that could make the doctor wealthy.
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Rio DE Janiero
Marques de Silva
Corona Women Show Loyalty Through Flag Vigil
The Woman's Improvement Club recalls the Laverys presenting a flag and staff on Memorial Day. Mrs Kate Douglas kept the flag raised from dawn to sunset until leaving for the Thousand Islands summer home. She will join her daughters while continuing Red Cross work remotely. Mrs Roy Rice now volunteers to tend the flag duties.
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Woman’s Improvement Club
B. E. Lavery
Kate Douglas
Nellie Brown
Corona
Roy Rice
Energetic Red Cross Worker Heads East
Mrs. Kate Douglas, longtime Corona Red Cross volunteer, left for New York yesterday and plans to spend months in the east. She visited Mrs. George Brown in Corona recently as family reunions on the St Lawrence river prompted her departure. Her tireless service and good works in Corona endear her to many friends who hope for a future return.
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Kate Douglas
New York
Corona
George Brown
Ramona Avenue
St. Lawrence River
Douglas
The
Red Cross
First Shipment From This City To Los Angeles Headquarters
The Corona Red Cross branch sent its first hospital supply box to Los Angeles. It contained shirts, pajamas, shoulder wraps, surgical socks, napkins, handkerchiefs, and surgical wipes, plus over fifty Comfort Kits for Corona’s service members. The group reports growing participation, with Fridays offering a 10 cent refreshments proceeds to fund garment work.
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Red Cross
Los Angeles
Corona
Santa Ana Secures Woolen Mill Establishment
Santa Ana has secured establishment of a woolen mill which is expected to begin work this month.
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Santa Ana
Red Cross War Fund spending outlined to Corona readers
Community report in Corona explains how the 100 million dollar Red Cross War Fund will be used. It lists five main allocations including base hospitals in Europe and aid for dependents, allies, devastated French regions, and battlefield supplies, with assurance that administrative costs stay under one percent.
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Corona
Red Cross War Fund
Red Cross
Davison
National Red Cross War Council
Europe
Economic speed surges as postwar thrift grows
Reports from across the country indicate business speedup after war declaration fears. Public thrift restrains waste and sustains confidence in the stock market as declines in leading securities slow, and buying resumes with vigor.
Family Wash Ad Lists Rates and Contact
Continued on Page Two Family wash offers a 60 cent weekly rate with telephone contact at 1441 for orders or inquiries.
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Family Wash
Coast Artilleryman Visits Friends in Corona
Edward Howard of the 23rd Company Coast Artillery in Long Beach is visiting friends in Corona. He says the company plans to leave around July 15 for training camp whose location is yet to be decided. The unit holds drill on Tuesdays and Fridays. a full company numbers about 150 men, with the 23rd Company short of a few men.
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Edward Howard
Coast Artillery
Long Beach
Corona
de Bios Mears
Sony
Industrial Review Highlights Major California Projects
The Golden State Industrial Review notes Santa Fe Railway authorizes 200000 for a China Basin warehouse and Union Iron Works receives 400000 for an Oakland machine shop. Los Angeles shows strong 50 percent growth, Hueneme plans a 1000000 cannery, Palo Alto hosts the world’s largest wireless apparatus by Federal Telegraph, and wartime needs push oil exploration and merchant marine fuel wells.
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Santa Fe Railroad
China Basin
Oakland
Union Iron Works
Plaint
Hueneme
Palo Alto
Federal Telegraph Company
Public Library Hosts Lecture By Indian Fighter J P Galhooly
Tonight the Public Library presents an 8 o'clock lecture by J P Galhooly a former Indian fighter and Civil Service member who will discuss a collection of Philippines relics admission is free and all are invited
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Public Library
Phillippines
J. P. Galhooly
the Independent
Miss Bertha Wright resigns as Corona Union manager
Miss Bertha Wright resigns after two years as manager of the Corona Union Telephone and Telegraph Company effective this morning. Mrs Archie Tilson takes charge until a successor is chosen, with friends awaiting to learn her future plans.
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Bertha Wright
Corona Union Telephone and Telegraph Company
Archie Tilson
Miss Wright
Rate Increase Hearings Begin in California
San Francisco June 21 hearings opened as the state railroad commission considers a 15 percent freight rate hike sought by railroads and steamship lines amid rising costs. Shippers largely back the increase but oppose rate differentials that favor distant Crockett over Corcoran and similar gaps across commodities. The full commission hears both sides in San Francisco and Los Angeles with a quick decision expected.
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San Francisco
State Railroad Commission
Railroads and Steamship Companies of
California
Commission
Corcoran
Oakland
Crockett
Crockett- Oakland
Railroad Commission
Los Angeles
Relief work organized under new California committee
The California Committee for Relief in Belgium and France reorganizes under a new title after the Belgium and France relief appeal shifts to private funding. California will transmit funds through Belgian and French diplomats and aid Mons and Charleroi districts, lauded for ongoing support to Belgian wounded and displaced, plus plans to aid Peronne and a hospital for Belgian soldiers in La Panne. Also notes visits of Mr and Mrs Emory McKee to Fresno and the wedding of Miss Blanche Davey and Bert Robinson.
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Commission For Relief
Belgium
France
California Committee
California Committee For Relief
California
Baréh de Cartier
Madame Jusserand
Washington
Mons
Charleroi
Peronne
la Panne
de Page
Marie de Page
Amierca
Lusitania
Emory McKee
Fresno
John Chambers
Blanche Davey
Bert Robinson
Bakersfield Oil Spill Sparks Kern Trading Property Incident
A 15,000 barrel gush was brought in on the Kern Trading and O81 property. Local authorities and responders secured the site and began containment measures as investigators assess damages and potential environmental impact.
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Bakersfield
Kern
Red Cross Welcomes Charlotte Dudley and Clive Otto
Charlotte Dudley and Clive Otto are two more children who have proudly joined the Red Cross. They join other city youths in this orto organization effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Dudley
Clive Otto
Red Cross
Orto
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L.A. Scribes
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Kate Douglass
United States
Germany
Industrial Review OF
Golden State
Public
Wright
Mills Building
Corona National Bank
F. Thompson
Charles Hoss
C. B. McConnell
Dee McConnell
Cash
First National Bank
Cazifotnta
A. J. Ward
Qho. B. Snidecor
Cington
Snidecor, Cashier
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