22 Mar 1920
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Newspaper
Corona Daily Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1920
Page
1
The Corona meeting discusses inviting Mr. Bi nvited-to Corona for a presentation speech before unveiling at the theater park. Officials consider using city equipment and aim to advance next Fourth of July celebrations with remarks from Nichels and Pentelow as part of the plan.
A group including Mr and Mrs Wm Peeler Mrs Wm Voss H G Phittibs A Koons Mrs Roy Browning and Miss Florence King drove to Palm Springs Sunday. The cheerful trip via the Jack Rabbit Trail produced a breezy ride and sunny stay with a tasty lunch before returning through Redlands.
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss European Agriculture limits on ceretabies and shipments. Mentions Europe and U S trade impacts on food supply and shortages.
United Press reports five hundred Dayton men join the Boy Scouts of America branch as "Old Scouts" under Scoutmaster John Haien. Members pay 19 dollars yearly, supporting the local program as influential daddies. An emblem on each office wall reads I am an Old Scout.
The Corona Citizens League selects Linus L. Andrews and Herbert M. Key as candidates for city council seats to be voted on April 12. Both men are longtime residents with strong community ties, business interests, and reputations for integrity, honesty, and fair dealing.
Members are urged to attend the Brotherhood monthly supper tomorrow Tuesday at 4:45 PM. Rev S.8 Sampson of Orange is to be the speaker.
The record compares this season’s 10.66 inches to 5.72 inches last year at this time. Temescal reports 2.64 inches from the storm, while central California trails with below normal rainfall for several years. March 1918 totals 11.75 inches for the season through March 20.
The piece recalls Jamaica’s booming hotel trade this year while musing on piracy era adventures inTom Cringle’s Log and The Cruise of the Midge. It questions whether today’s guests meet the old sailors and merchants of the stories in a land of hot sun and breezes.
Plans to select a U S rifle team to represent the nation in small arms events at the Antwerp Olympic matches in July and August. Marine Corps competitions will be included and shooters with notable rifle skill from recent years are invited to enter the tryouts as part of the national program.
A called meeting led by Mrs. R R Root gathered Corona city groups to plan a social agencies league. The aim is to send a delegation to the State Conference of Social Agencies in Riverside May 4 to 7. Leaders from Red Cross Home League W C T U Chamber of Commerce and others attended.
A Charter Week gala at the University of California Greek Theatre is set for Saturday March 20 at 2 30 pm. The Calif ornia Orchestral Society under Vladimir Shavitch will perform with Tina Lerner Alice Gentle Lawrence Strauss and other artists. Foreign students plan to participate through the Cosmopolitan Club and a mass meeting precedes Charter Week.
The Los Angeles City Council receives a recommendation from the board of library directors to call a bond election for 5 million dollars to purchase a site and erect a building for a new city library.
A residents petition circulates citywide gathering signatures from multiple eastern districts seeking action on local concerns. Community organizers urge officials to review requests and respond with feasible remedies.
The Army announces six week summer training at Camp Kearny for infantry and junior ROTC officers. Sessions start June 17 with participants from the Western Department including Arizona and New Mexico. College men are urged to attend and advance training is offered to those from colleges with ROTC coursework. Attendance after camp may be compulsory for some cadets and voluntary for others.
Walnut Creek reports Kirsten and Co purchasing six steres to build a modern cannery. Richfield notes Petroleum Midway Co bringing in vast capital on Yar nell lease. Tulare issues $52,000 in building permits since year's start. Antioch bus line adds a new wharf and upgrades. Bakersfield records numerous land locators under a new oil lease bill. Visalia starts packing plant construction. Petaluma ships 3,880,000 stored eggs east. Libby cannery to begin March 10. Corning to vet many new modern homes soon. Paradise upgrades irrigation finance with a $140,000 telephone system. Chino miller wins gold in national crop contest. Nevada City oil camp resumes. Sterling City Diamond Match Co to reopen lawnmower operations first week in March. San Bruno to host large glass factory in Belle Aire park. Volcano Angeles mills employ 180 workers. Visalia set for 30 ton ice plant valued at $40,000. Modesto to start $80,000 auditorium March 15. Van Nuys Golden States Canteries expands plant. Corocoran tests well near Loy Bas oil. Yreka builds 40,000 ft sawmill on Greenhorn Creek. Watsonville Ereimuth Co to erect large modern warehouse. Sacramento Travelers Hotel Co to build chain of Valley hotels. San Diego to prospect in San Clemente canyon with $1,000,000 oil company.
Mary Trueblood Paine notes wide participation in Extension Division mathematics classes with professionals and college graduates from many fields. Students include lawyers dentists journalists architects engineers ministers military officers and more. universities represented include California Stanford Michigan Pennsylvania Harvard and others. Twenty four mathematics courses are offered to class and correspondence students with a $5 fee for March registrations through April 2 and higher thereafter.
A forthcoming American note aims to outline U S opposition to retaining the Turkish presence in Europe. Reports say President Wilson will align with Britain and France to push for Ottoman removal from Europe and will address the London tentative agreement on the Near East.
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