26 Jun 1918
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Newspaper
Corona Daily Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1918
Page
1
The Fourth of July committee plans a grand Corona event with a monster street parade at 10 a.m. and a park program of sports and free coffee and lemonade. A Red Cross benefit in the evening and a 50 cent ball game are part of a day inviting country and city visitors to celebrate national and universal freedom.
The Red Cross Shop seeks enamelware baby buggy waste baskets and other items for sale to raise funds. Donors are urged to clear homes of usable goods and salvage materials, with a meeting Thursday at three for shop committees to prepare for Saturday sale. The Y M C A notes emphasize war support and a nationwide drive with a large fundraising goal.
Walter Johnson, Y M C A war work secretary, reports from Soissons on a cathedral badly damaged by shells. He recalls German railway lines entering the building to remove stones while a French priest held services for wounded soldiers in a transept corner.
A wartime message urges readers to keep their Liberty Bonds and avoid redeeming them, stressing that loans support the government and national loyalty rather than mere financial gain. It frames bond holding as a duty to the nation.
The Majestic Theatre screens Over the Top on Friday with Arthur Empey James Morrison Lois Meredith and Arthur Donaldson in a vivid portrayal rooted in real wartime experiences The picture emphasizes patriotism anti Prussian sentiment and the American fighting spirit through dramatic trench battle scenes and romance set in Flanders Field
War Chest Committee meets at the Chamber of Commerce to urge a supplementary drive for War Savings Stamps. Residents yet to report purchases will be contacted by Friday night. Patriots urged to pledge up to December 31 and raise current contributions as needed to support boys at the front.
Riverside hosts the incorporation of the Orange Belt Honey Producers Co operative exchange to market honey wax and bee products. Five directors include E. W. Horne and R. Powell from Riverside with L. L. Andrews Corona H. T. Wagner Redlands and J. A. Mack Bloomington. The co operative has no capital stock and grants one vote per ten colonies with aims to provide facilities, inspections, and marketing channels and plans to federate with a California state cooperative.
City residents are urged to assist farming amid labor shortages and food shortfalls. The city clerk Terpening and local farm labor registrar invite volunteers and suggest barter and tin food drives to help meet community needs.
Four elements of the big Fourth celebration were known yesterday as the Knights of Pythias prepare a practice session at six tonight to select a team to face the Masons in Corona. Two games are scheduled during the day at the city park with a parade on Main street and a detailed follow up in tomorrow's issue. Stick at home and buy W. and B. S.
An eyewitness letter from Seaman Robert Stover aboard the Leviathan, formerly the Vaterland, describes the troop transport’s perilous voyage to France and the destroyers’ defense against German U boats after America's entry into the war. Raw recruits show discipline amid a fierce Atlantic gale and submarine threat.
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