Corona Names New Mayor In Boy State Session
At the California Boys State session in Sacramento about 750 youths from across the state are hosted by the American Legion. Eddie Miller is chosen as mayor of a simulated city, reflecting Corona’s presence in the event.
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Corona
Sacramento
American Legion
Eddie Miller
John M. Barnhart
First Methodist Church
Harold Johnson
Pasadena
Harnhart
Sixth Street
Liberty
Naval Hospital
Los Angeles
Ray Mahoney
Samuel
Starlight Rebekah Lodge
Joe
Jill
Frank Ware
Charles Lillibridge
Charley
Mexico
Frank
Guy Bogart
Cherries
Cherry Valley
Beaumont Way
Coronan
Uncle Sam
Miss Helen Green to retire after 27 years at Covina grammar school
Daily digest notes Miss Helen Green leaves Covina grammar school after 27 years on the faculty. She watched the school grow from a few dozen students to nearly 500 with many children of former pupils among her credits.
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Helen Green
Covina Grammar School
Local War Bond Campaign Hits Quota in Corona-Norco Area
The Corona-Norco district reports 51 percent of its Fifth War Loan quota with sales at 881 004 against 735 000. Independent and corporate sales both at 51 percent. Southland area expectations place Corona ahead. Norco exceeds its 15 000 quota with 15987 50 in self sales. Home Gardens campaign underway with elder residents canvassing evenings. Four new securities released for the Fifth War Loan.
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Corona-Norco
George KH. Stanley
Southland
Stanley
Noreo
Kirk Parmenter
Norco
Joe Macon
Home Gardens
Brown
Otter New Securities
Jimmy Stewart Wins Promotion
Jimmy Stewart son of Mr and Mrs D Stewart of 122 Francis Street has been promoted to lieutenant colonel according to a brief cable received by his parents. He is stationed at the Eighth Fighter Command headquarters near London in England and notes he is not flying much now after completing combat missions. Stewart has been in England for 18 months and hopes to return to the United States after about six more months overseas.
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Jimmy (. Stewart
D. Stewart
Francis Street
Hin Satturday
Col. Stewart
Eighth Lighter Command
London
Waptane
Col
Stewart
England
United States
Enlistments Open for Victory Crop Corps in Hemet Valley
Miss Isabelle McLean will interview girls at Hemet Junior High on Tuesday from 10 AM to 4 PM about joining the Victory Crop Corps. We seek 14 year olds or older to help save the apricot crop and earn money. A unit of 20 girls from Corona is targeted. she will speak with girls and parents tomorrow at the school.
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Isabelle McLean
Victory Crop Corps
Hemet Valley
Miss McLean
Corona
Monte Nutter
G. M. Wineason
Dr. Todd
Soho
Clifford Haskell
KR. A. Burhans
State Youth Authority Movement
Ain
Los Angeles
Recreation Hall
City Park
Final Battle of Cherbourg Enters Mop-Up Stage
Allied forces push through Cherbourg as street fighting wanes after seizing eastern half of the city. U S divisions advance deep into the city while some pockets of German resistance remain near the northwestern area. More than 20,600 German prisoners taken on the Cherbourg peninsula.
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Cherbourg
Allied Supreme Headquarters
London
Supreme Headquarters
United States
United Press
Henry T. Gorrell
API
German Line Is Pierced by British Troops
Allied forces penetrate the German line near Perugia after days of brutal combat. British 8th Army advance hundreds of yards as Piombino falls and Livorno area is approached, with American troops racing along the Tyrrhenian coast toward Castiglione.
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Rome
Perugia
Piombing
Livorno
Leghorn
Lake Trasimeno
Chiusi
Pianccllo
Lake Trasimene
Castiglione
8Th Army
Pisa
Florence
Rimini
Fallonica
Bollonica Bay
Piombingo
Auto Thieves Busy in Corona Overnight
Corona police report multiple car thefts Friday night into Saturday. A Ford convertible tied with clothing was found near Sixth and Joy Streets and traced to Long Beach. A sequence followed involving vehicles owned by M. F. Barnes and Wilford N. Bureau, with a third car missing and later recovered?
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Corona
Sixth
Joy Streets
Long Beach
Command
Got Southeast Boulevard
M. F. Barnes
Barnes
West Ninth and
Grand Boulevard
Wilford N. Bureau
Southwest Boulevard
Luln
Mrs America Sets August Cotton Goods Restock Prices
War time price caps announced by the OPA uplift in August will bring cotton house dresses slips shirts and shorts to lower prices. House dresses 1.49 slips 0.60 shirts 0.79 to 0.89 shorts 0.29. Special materials allocated by the War Production Board aim to widen low cost clothing supply. Odd lot shoe sales and price reductions begin July 10 with ration free prices cut to 25 percent below June levels. Consumers urged to report price ceilings violations to local OPA price panels.
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Mrs. America
OPA
War Production Board
Dia
Dow Ceat
Ncnadal
Odd Lot
Ad Woren
WVBR
Great-Grandchild of Lawson Family Dies in Colorado
The death of the Lawson great-grandchild, a newborn son of Mr. and Mrs. James Piddraaph of Tutt Jimita Colorado, is reported. The infant died of pneumonia after a brief illness. The mother is Jeanna Botterty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lands Botort. Burial will be at laa Juanda. local relatives cannot attend.
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T. C. Lainson
James Piddraaph
Tutt Jimita
Colo
Jeanna Botterty
Lands Botort
Corona
Laa Juanda
Letter Describes Mr Vesuvius Tour and Pompeii Ruins
An account of a trip to Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii describes the volcanic eruption skyward and the dramatic scenery. The writer notes fear and fascination, sees Roman ruins, amphitheater, barracks, and the lions waiting for games, and reflects on ancient decadence.
EJ Casey 23 Dies in Be Liberator Crash Near Corona
Cpl Todward John Casey 26 a Corona high school graduate died in a Be Liberator crash about 6 miles south of Walla Walla. Casey a popular high school student leader and later Army air crewman, left Corona with his parents to enlist after school. He is survived by his parents and siblings in California and elsewhere.
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Cpl
Todward John Casey
Corona High School
Willi Walla
Mineral Services
Gard Barriad
Corona
Cine
Floover
Bell
Wadia Walle
Cagey
Che Higeh School
Beoky Doo
Ele
Casey
Durft
Ahipyorms
Cus
Coranda
Str
Mars
W. FG
Dye
Cpl Casey
Victorville
Hirlingeen
Pes
National City
San Diego
George Casey
Ruth Titwater
Bony Jaen
Jotmine Lage Clisey
Ban Dieer
Trene Trickett
Arkansans
Peal Glass
Compton
Big Republican Convention Opens in Chicago
Chaos of garbled OCR leaves a fragmentary report on a wartime Republican convention in Chicago with thousands cheering as delegates rally around Gov. Thomas J. Dewey amid unclear details and venue confusion.
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Chicago
California Delegates Rally Behind Dewey Nomination
California Republicans move to back Thomas E Dewey for president with a unified caucus pledge from delegates as Be Dewey of New York gains support at the convention headquarters.
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Chitagro
California
Thomas Be. Deweyo
New York
Republicans Begin Balloting at National Convention
Delegates convene after delays as Gov Warren of California is named temporary chairman and to deliver the keynote. The first ballot totals show Bricker at 77 pledged votes with Dewey aides considering a speech for him. The scene shifts to preliminaries as Bricker resists withdrawal amid political maneuvering. Continued on Page Six.
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Bruker
Dewey
New Yorker
Dwight Gris
Wold
Nebraska
Robot Bomb Attacks Resumed Across Southern England
London reports say Nazi robot bombs hit southern England this afternoon as Allied air forces intensified raids across Europe. Casualties and damage occurred where pilotless planes crossed the blackout line, ending a 14 hour lull before the next wave of attacks.
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London
England
Chae
France
Germany
Ruhr Valley
Budapest
Hungary
Germian Dnb
Vietnna
Anube
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la Cadena Drive
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Robert H. Moulton
Treasury War Finance Committee
Southern
Jimmy Stewart
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West Coast
Piombino
Pennsylvania
Dravesburg
West Virginia
T. J. Lawson
Vesuvius
W. D. Grassic
Ghoti
Pompei Ue
EJ. Casey
Lawrence Davis
Boston University
College of Practical Arts and Letters
Ed Casey
Coutdence
Thonmius J. Dewney
Bricker
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