25 Jun 1945
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Newspaper
Corona Daily Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1945
Page
1
A whimsical column riffing on everyday quirks and oddities. A reader recalls a shoe mishap at the cinema, tomato remains on lettuce, a courtroom quip about jail terms, tongue brushing, and a high school teacher teased about Van Johnson poster in a locker.
Kenneth Plymate of Corona earned $100 for inventing a strap jig to hold a machine at any height during the Mira Loma Quartermaster Depot 170th anniversary celebration. Brigadier General W R White distributed $203.50 in awards to civilian workers for depot operation improvements under the War Department Suggestion Award program.
Questions explain the UN charter aims to preserve world peace and security and remove war causes. The international court of justice handles justiciable disputes with 15 judges. Charter becomes effective after ratification by the Big Five and 23 of 45 other nations. The security council's veto power remains a key issue.
The Corona Independent appeals for the 7th War Loan stressing rising casualties and crowded veterans hospitals. It frames bonds as medical power and mercy, urging readers to buy to their limit to aid wounded veterans and restore health and usefulness.
Lt Kenneth Baugh trained as a bombardier and earned his wings last December. The photo shows him awaiting overseas assignment in Childress Texas. Relatives may obtain the original photograph from the Corona Independent office.
A British foreign office spokesman said Russia will send two representatives to a London conference on Nazi war crimes. Delegates from the United States Britain France and Russia will discuss procedures and a date for trials of Goering Ribbentrop Hess and more than 100 other high Nazis. Robert H. Jackson will represent the United States and proposes trials of all top war criminals by late summer.
A discussion outlines that the new organization grants the security council real power to enforce decisions, giving it teeth beyond the League of Nations. It also confirms that the charter can be amended, with approval processes indicated as feasible.
The Corona police and fire departments hosted a week ago rodeo with stars like Roy Rogers and Betty Grable in attendance, outshining the Los Angeles Coliseum show. Closer horse racing accidents and a clumsy clown added theatre, while the piece notes praise for Corona’s carnival and urges highway 71 improvements for easier access to Los Angeles.
A War Department notice confirms Technical Sergeant Franklin N. Anderson formerly with the Corona Citrus association is officially recorded dead after a 1944 B-17 bombing mission over Budapest. The Pegasus of his disappearance, a midair collision near Havar, Yugoslavia, resulted in two Flying Fortresses crashing near Jelsa. The finding sets June 15, 1945 as the presumptive date of death for pay and accounts purposes.
American airborne troops push south from the Ja tor peninsula toward Cagayan Valley as Japanese forces are squeezed between advancing units. Tokyo confesses Okinawa loss with garrison commander killed. Okinawa deaths and captures exceed 110000. World Security Charter signs in San Francisco. Truman heads to speak in Olympia. Soviet backed Warsaw government leader expected to stay. Mikolajczyk as vice premier. Gen Arnold calls for permanent African air bases. U.S. lends Lend-Lease to Russian troops in Siberia.
Lieutenant Phillip Newhouse, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Newhouse, returned to his Grand Boulevard address after months as a pilot in Europe. He spent a 60 day furlough in the United States with fellow servicemen including Americans, English, and French. The group faced brutal cold near Vera Italy with little fuel, while awaiting reassignment at Santa Monica after the furlough.
Juveniles ages 16 and 17 are in FBI custody over a Corona weekend auto theft spree. A confessed parolee from Washington state and another Los Angeles county ward are tied to seizing a car in Dale Oregon, abandoning it in Corona, and stealing Maurice Bates vehicle in Corona. Two more youths from Los Angeles and Riverside counties were arrested in Azusa with a car stolen from L. H. Maddux of Azusa. another car belonging to Julia Ortuny was found.
Rodgers Electric opens at 516 Ramona in the rear of the post office building. Owners Northrup Rodgers and his wife run the shop offering motor rewinding air conditioning refrigeration and maintenance while Rodgers serves as an industrial analyst. The couple arrive from Long Beach after work with Western Pipe and Steel San Pedro division.
A report warns incendiary bombs could start 28,000,000 fires in a single raid on Japan. The news item also notes U S war-bond sales targets, lend-lease shifts to Russia, and other wartime dispatches across Washington Paris and Simla.
Allied air forces pounded the Japanese from Formosa to Mindanao in a wide offensive. More than 1,000 tons of bombs hit 16 targets along a 6000 mile front as Tokyo acknowledged loss of Okinawa base. Japanese casualties were reported at 110,000 Americans killed. Japanese communique claimed 80,800 American casualties.
Japanese leaders warned citizens of Okinawa's fall as U.S. air forces mass for a homeland assault. American bombers and B-29s from Okinawa target Honshu and Kyushu while sea and air raids pressure Tokyo. Allied forces push through Luzon and Cagayan Valley as Japan mobilizes transport fleets for defense.
The report shows the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.96 to 168.59 with 7 rails at 63.06 up 0.77, 45 utilities at 3825 up 0.97, and 65 stocks at 65.47 with total shares 1,890,006.
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