Bond salesmen miss Catalina cruise under eighteen age rule
Three Corona bond salesmen Morton Henson H Phillips and August ine Ramirez earned the Catalina cruise by selling over 5000 each but navy rules barred underage sailors from the voyage. They waited at Long Beach as the Seafarer sailed away. A local toastmaster talk and poems add commentary on smiles and service.
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Corona
Morton Henson
Henson’s
H. Phillips
Augustine Ramirez
Emerson’s Men’s Store
Catalina
Long Beach
Navy
Santa Margarita Handicap set for Fourth of July at Santa Anita
A field of 12 nominees for the $50,000 Santa Margarita handicap at Santa Anita on July 4 features Louis EB Meyer's Busher and Whirlabout and Happy Stable's Happy Issue headlining the 11/16 mile race. The event is billed as the marquee handicap on the holiday card.
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Arcadia
Louis EB Meyer
Happy Stable
Happy Issue
Santa Anita
Death by own action and Japan defense tactics amid Pacific war
Wartime dispatches report Japan creating a separate defense command for Tokyo and planning tens of thousands of suicide weapons for homeland defense. Allied forces report Luzon liberated and Marianas operations and Kurile convoy actions, with casualties and troop redeployments across Asia-Pacific theaters.
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Guam
Japan
Tokyo
Marianas
Luzon
MacArthur
Okinawa
Iwo Jma
Ani
Europe
Indian Chief to Give Rotarians Health Hints
Chief Lo West a 60 year old health speaker will share secrets from the Indian Fountain of Youth at a Rotary meeting with his niece Princess Gloria. Ray Shook chairs the event, the last under President Clarence A. Steves before Rev. Dan Hogan takes the helm.
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Lo West
West
Gloria
Ray Shook
Clarence A. Steves
Dan Hogan
Teen-Agers Open Summer Dances Friday at Legion
Youth Council reports the first big teen age dance of summer at the Legion hall starting 8 30 pm to 11 50 pm with a six piece Mexican orchestra. The $350 carnival proceeds go to the canteen building fund and the Panthers Den notes city plunge will stay open Thursday nights 7 to Y for young people.
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Youth Council
Legion Hall
The
Panther’s den
Lions Club
Local Corona-Norco Earns High E Bond Success Amid War Fund Drive
The Corona-Norco district reports 98 percent of its E bond goal achieved, far above Southern California’s 65.9 percent. The piece praises ordinary buyers, notes corporate subscriptions, and argues E bond purchases help curb inflation, with rationing and price control in view until peace and a restored supply-demand balance.
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Corona-Norco
Los Angeles Times
California
Abraham Lincoln
Corona Junior Readers Travel Through Books at Library
The Corona City library junior reading club has 89 members two weeks in. Enrollees attach a ribbon to a first book read and place pennants for further locales such as China India Russia Palestine Africa Bora Bora Alaska and Europe and North America. Members plan their travels seriously selecting books like Three Golden Oranges The Moved Outers Augustus Saves a Ship Medical Melons Wilderness Clearing and Mystery of the Mayan Jewels Crespi and Lee.
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Corona City Library
China
India
Russia
Palestine
Africa
Alaska
Northmerica
Boggs
Davis
Lfe
Santa Anita
Augustus
le Grand
Bacon
Brink
Edmonds
Dick Mount
Maggie Gordon
Crespi
Lee
Truman to be honored in Kansas City visit
President Truman visits his hometown Independence then Kansas City where an honorary Doctor of Laws is awarded and a public reception is held. He plans to return to Washington Sunday and likely nominate James Byrnes as secretary of state. The crowd greets him warmly amid guards and long-standing friendships.
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Warry
Truman
United States
Independence
Kansas City
University of
United Nations
Senate
James F. Byrnes
Delaware Street
Secret Service
Mr. Truman
Navy sports director Jesse Hill star Corona athlete
Lt. Comdr Jesse T. Hill, Corona High School sports figure and former USC standout, now serves as Navy athletics director. The photo shows him hitting a triple for Del Monte Preflight Training School while stationed there. He coached at Long Beach Junior College and played for Washington Philadelphia and New York. His wife Betty Glass Hill and two children accompany him in Memphis Naval Air Station posting.
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U. S. Navy
Coronans
Jesse T. Hill
Navy
Daily Independent
del Monte
Corona
Comdr. Hill
U.S.C
Hill
Washington
Philadelphia
New York
Long Beach Junior College
Annapolis
J.g
Clinton Naval Air Station
Oklahoma
Camp Kearney
San Diego
Memphis Naval Air Station
Tennessee
Betty Glass Hill
Death rays from stratosphere platform sighted in WWII plans
Lt Col John A Keck described late war German work on a master secret weapon: stratosphere platforms 5000 miles up to cast death rays on any target. The concept involved mammoth reflectors and sun-focused beams, aimed by radio and reached by rockets, with a projected timeline of centuries.
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Paris
John A. Keck
Connally pleads for swift ratification of UN Charter
Senate debate opens as Tom Connally urges speedy approval of the United Nations Security Charter. He cites the charter's success in San Francisco and warns world peace hinges on U. S. ratification. He argues the charter cannot work without U. S. participation.
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Washington
Senate
Tom Connally D
Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
San Francisco
U.S
OPA Increases Meat and Canned Fish Points
The Office of Price Administration announced a 5 percent rise in meat allotments for July relative to June. Margarine points rise from 12 to 14 per pound and canned fish from 4 to 9 points, up 2 and 8 points respectively.
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Washington
ULP
OPA
Polish unity government launched in Warsaw
Warsaw announced the formation of a new Polish Unity government led by Eduard Osubka Morawski with Stanislaw Mikolajczyk. In Washington the House approved a 3.63 billion dollar omnibus bill for the new fiscal year, with about 62 billion for armed forces.
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London
I.P
Warsaw
Eduard Osubka-Morawski
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Washington
House
Pear Professor Debate on Female Leadership sparks plan
A columnist voices frustration with male leadership and proposes a crusade to place women in charge of governments worldwide. The piece discusses gender roles and political change and hints at catalysts for action.
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Pear
Organizers Pick Forum Speakers for 1946 Public Series
Representatives from ten local literary and civic groups met to choose speakers for the 1946 Public Forum program. Announcement of speakers chosen cannot be made until acceptance.
Corona Over Top In E and Other War Bond Sales
A Washington telegram urges continued E bond sales through July 7 after Corona over the top, with Corona-Norero surpassing quotas for individuals and corporations. Through Wednesday FE bonds reached 423196.43 against 421000 and individuals 644763.38 against 641000, corporations 310000 vs 147000. The War Finance Committee aims to exceed 1,000,000 in total bonds as remaining days pour in. The Navy Task Force plans a final push to reach 300,000 for a national record.
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Washington
California
Corona
Ben B. Sampselle
George E. Stanley
Stanley
War Finance Committee
Ray K. Shook
Troops Take Six Marianna Islands With No Fire
American forces seize six small Marianna islands north of Saipan without a shot fired. Negro troops with native guides conduct the operation. Naval action also reports sinking a Japanese convoy in the Okhotsk and Luzon liberation freeing divisions for other uses.
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Marianas
Saipan
Niigata
Honshu
Tokyo
Osaka Bay
Japan
Kagoshima
Fukioka
Omuta
Kurile Islands
Kurie Island
Okinawa
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chungking
United States
China
Balikpapan
Borneo
Minesenee Det
Balikpapan Bay
Far Eastern Air Force
Manggar
Luzon
Manila
MacArthur
Lingayen Gulf
37Th Infantry
Cagayan Valley
Admral Chester’ W. Nimitz
Holland
Poland
Warsaw
Connally
Senate
Byrnes
Harry Truman
Sea of Okhotsk
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