Candid Snaps and City Doings on a Friday
Walter S Clayson smokes a corn cob pipe in the city. Councilman Joe Copley seeks excusal from the League of Municipalities meeting at Hotel Kinney to attend his daughter's wedding. Mayor Dan Huckins and Councilman John Wightman listed as senators. Charles Hoover spoils Guy Genung's trick by revealing the riddle key. License plate SW 91 69 and 5P 15 53 traffic infractions at Eighth Joy and Main Eighth. Martin Ehlers dances at Riverside. Charles Woolridge repairs a radio in a local store. Guy Genung edits the year end Lions Club bulletin as retiring president for sixth time.
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Walter S. Clayson
Connell Re
Joe Copley
League of Municipalities
Hotel Kinney
Dan Huckins
John Wightman
Charles Hoover
Guy Genung
Boulevard
Eighth and
Joy Streets
Main
Eighth
Martin Ehlers
Riverside
Charles Woolridge
Eions
Pilot Guides Airship to Safe Landing Over Los Angeles
The pilot Donald Annibal and passenger Robert Anger escaped injury when an airship motor failed at 1200 feet above downtown Los Angeles. He glided the craft to land safely on the Los Angeles river bank near Elysian Park.
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Donald Annibal
Robert Anger
Los Angeles
Annibal
Elysian Park
Air Raids Signal Start of Blitzkrieg Across British Isles
British forces cooperated in raids on the enemy coast and RAF strikes hit German launch bases while Berlin reported raids on British airfields. Britain suffered five dead and nine wounded as raids continued. German claims included downed aircraft and naval losses as they moved to enforce armistice terms with France.
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London
Great Britain
Royal Air Force
British Isles
Ministry of Information
Berlin
U.P
English Midlands
High Command
England
Germany
The
Air Ministry
Bomoen
Bergen
Wales
Scotland
Italy
Adolf Hitler
Stavanger
Norway
Ireland
Bayonne
Britain
France
Channel
Atlantic
Hitler
Gironde
Bordeaux
British Move to Canada Proposal Questioned by U.S. Source
An authoritative U.S. source comments on Sen. Key Pittman of Nevada proposing Britain relocate its government to Canada. The ruling remarks that the idea is under discussion and notes continuation on Page Five.
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London
Key Pittman
Nevada
Great Britain
Canada
Lions Install Two Governors at Corona Club Nite
Corona Lions club will install two new district governors at an annual ladies night at the American Legion hall. George E. Stanley and the Rev. Alex Nichols will serve as officers and main speaker, with dinner at 6:45 p.m. and Dixieland band music.
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George E. Stanley
Alex Nichols
Glendale
Corona Lions Club
American Legion Hall
Leé Jackson
Dixieland ‘Band
W. Marlé Calhern
Frank Emerson
Gerald K. Price
Dan
Huckins
Frank E. Bishop
Jesse T. Hill
Nichols
Forestry Officials Inspect Trabuco Road Project
Supervisor Norman J Farrell of Cleveland National Forest and Ranger E A Grant led a field trip to inspect the Trabuco road project. They were joined by Protective Assistant and Mrs William F Mann and Mrs Grant at the Schwendeman home in Trabuco Oaks for the Orange County Farm Bureau summer barbecue. The officials planned a San Diego return, while Grant and Mann also met with Dr C A Wolf of the Santa Ana Botanical Gardens and noted the gardens source many shrubs and plants from the Cleveland forest.
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Trabuco Canyon
Norman J.farrell
Cleveland National Forest
E. A. Grant
Trabuco District
Grant
Schwendeman
Trabuco Oaks
Orange County Farm Bureau
Farrell
San Diego
Mann
C. A. Wolf
Santa Ana Botanical Gardens
Cleveland Forest
Gilman Peak
Veo
Clark Nominated As Legion Head
Ronald J. Clark was nominated commander of the Wil lam H. Jameson Jr. post of the American Legion at a regular meeting. A. H. Hanapel was named first vice commander and other officers were nominated. The post will meet again July 9 to confirm nominations. The group plans to send its Boy Scout troops to Camp Emerson and voted to donate the Legion hall rear building for Scout use.
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Ronald J. Clark
Willam H. Jameson Jr
American Legion
A. H. Hanapel
Legion Hall
iAll
W.murle-Colbern
Leroy Wardlow
C. L. Walker
Serjeant-At
Frank E. Bishop
A. M. Root Jr
Herbert Wroot
L. E. Brown
Day Jewell
Colbern
Clark
Legion Boy Scout
Camp Emerson
American Legion Hall
Publisher Attending Committee Sessions
Publisher Ernest L. Peterson left for Los Angeles to attend meetings of the State Department of Social Welfare and the State Relief Commission. The Social Welfare sessions run today through Friday, while the relief commission meets Saturday. Also listed: Mary E. Barkwill of Lindsay appointed to the Social Welfare board and Robert Fisher of Carlotta succeeding a prior member.
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Ernest L. Peterson
Los Angeles
State Department of Social Welfare
State Relief Commission
Relief Commission
Social Welfare Board
Mary E. Barkwill
Lindsay
Culbert Olson
Robert Fisher
Carlotta
450 Consumers Sign For New Promotional Water Rates
The Corona City Water Co reports 450 applications signed for a trial promotional rate. Secretary Treasurer Charles M. Scoville notes expectations of about 50 percent signup by next week, with many applicants on low bills seeking more water at lower cost. Regular rates remain available with a cancellation option by paying the difference. A list showing 1939 payments backs bill impact.
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Corona City Water Co
Charles M. Scoville
Scoville
Council to Convene as Equalization Board Tuesday
City council sits as a board of equalization at 7 p.m. Tuesday to hear complaints over property assessments. The session will continue until all cases are settled.
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Equalization Board
Board of Equalization
Grass Fire Near Glen Ivy Quelled by Forest Service Crew
A grass fire broke out about three miles south of Glen Ivy Hot Springs on the Corona El Sinore highway yesterday afternoon. It burned about 200 square feet before a Temescal guard station United States Forest Service crew extinguished it.
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Lee Lake
Glen Ivy Hot Springs
Corona-El- Sinore Highway
Temescal Guard Station
United States Forest Service
Taylor Undergoes Major Operation in Rome
Myron C. Taylor president Roosevelt's envoy to the Holy See and former US Steel chairman had a two hour operation in Rome. Dr. Raffaele Bastianelli and Dr. Allen Whipple performed the procedure. Taylor was reported as doing well after being flown from Florence with Mrs. Taylor.
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Taylor
Rome
Myron C. Taylor
Roosevelt
Holy See
United States Steel Corporation
Raffaele Bastianelli
Benito Mussolini
Allen Whipple
United States
Bastianelli
His
Russia extends working hours in Moscow
The Russian trade council orders shift length to eight hours to spur industrial activity. Reports note wartime measures and readiness for increased production amid ongoing conflict.
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Russia
Moscow
Russian Trade Council
Council Hears Complaint Over Waste Water Control
City council debated waste water discharge into gutters last night. W. J. Fink said a Grand boulevard pipeline tied to the gutter cost 100 dollars and 25 dollars was paid to the city for water use. The panel ordered the engineer to check for prior claims and keep the ditch open if no others exist. Aubrey Wilhite asked permission to remove pepper trees near his property to ease pollen impact and relocate replacement trees.
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W. J. Fink
Grand Boulevard
Tenth Street
Fink
Aubrey Wilhite
Haat
Eighth Street
School to Add Five Temporary Classrooms This Summer
The junior high will add five temporary classroom buildings this summer after bids are opened July 11 at 7 p.m. The units, costing $800 to $1000 each, follow condemned building repairs and will allow full-time operation for all grades. A separate $450,000 three-unit building funded by a $200,000 bond will start later in summer.
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Board of Trustees
Local Scout Troop Heads Sunday to Camp Emerson
Local Boy Scouts from American Legion troop No. 35 depart Sunday for eight days and seven nights at Camp Emerson in the San Jacinto mountains. They are the first to file for admission, with patrol leader Robert Bell guiding Donald Bradley Richard Bell Edward Bell George Clark and Michael Sutter, led by troop leader Ronald J. Clark.
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Emerson
San Jacinto Mountains
American Legion
Robert Bell
Donald Bradley
Richard
Edward Bell
George Clark
Michael Sutter
Ronald J. Clark
City Officials Set Division Meeting Here Friday
Corona officials will host the Citrus Belt division meeting of the League of California Municipalities at the Kinney hotel Friday night. Ray Hall the Glendale city attorney and prosecutor and Lawrence G Thome supervisor of schools will be main speakers. dinner at 6 30 p m will open the program with talks on bicycle licensing and city duties to juveniles. Musical entertainment is planned.
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Ray Hall
Glendale
Lawrence G. Thome
Citrus Belt Division
League of California Municipalities
Kinney Hotel
Corona
Hall
Thome
Republican Platform Makes Peace Issue
Washington Unim Acting Secy of the Navy Lewis Compton announced the navy will send the light cruiser USS Phoenix to South America. The 10,000 ton warship will call at Valparaiso Chile after patrolling reports of fifth column activity in Uruguay. The move aims at a friendly, periodic visit to the region. In Philadelphia the Republican platform was adopted pledging peace and keeping the United States out of war. It calls for a constitutional amendment limiting presidents to two terms and criticizes the New Deal for unpreparedness. The convention aired debates between isolationists and aid advocates as leading candidates Dewey Taft and Willkie gain attention amid balloting speculation.
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Washington
Lewis Compton
Philadelphia
United States
Republican Party
American Republican Party
Dewey
Taft
Willkie
Wendell L. Willkie
Herbert C. Hoover
Japan Prepares Monroe Doctrine for East Asia
Tokyo reports a Japanese Monroe Doctrine expanding to China French Indo China and the Netherlands East Indies. It aims to deny foreign interference in East Asia and extend influence into the Dutch islands near the Philippines amid European war dynamics.
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Tokyo
China
Indo-China
Netherlands East Indies
East Asia
Sni decor resigns from Riverside County planning unit
George E. Snidecor resigned from the Riverside County planning commission at its reorganizational meeting on Tuesday. A successor will be chosen by the board of supervisors. Culver Nichols of Palm Springs was elected chairman, replacing Jack A. Ross, who did not seek reelection. Cravens was retained as secretary. The roadside zoning ordinance for the Palm Springs district was referred to a Nichols-led committee for further study.
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George E. Snidecor
Riverside County Planning Comission
Riverside
Board of Supervisors
Snidecor
Culver Nichols
Palm Springs
Jack A. Ross
C. B. Cravens
Nichols
New Mains Provide 42 Gas Connections
Southern California Gas Co expands gas service with 42 new connections. Installation covers 5377 feet of two inch mains along Railroad Street to September Violet and May Streets.
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Southern California Gas Co
Railroad Street
Violet
May Streets
British Raid on Naples Repulsed in Night Action
Italian headquarters reported that British air raids on Naples and attacks on Asmara and Dire Dawa were repulsed. The war's fifteenth communique noted intensive Italian prep for continued resistance and anticipated roles in a broader campaign.
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Naples
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Claremont
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Board of Education
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