21 Nov 1914
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Newspaper
Corona Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1914
Page
1
Chief Ramsey warns of potential thieves during Barnes circus arrival and upcoming auto race drawing 190 000 visitors. He plans strict enforcement, urging residents to lock doors while hoboes are cleared from the area and Colton reports 83 hoboes jailed and expelled.
A Berlin dispatch reports a vast Russian army of 900000 men under attack from three sides. German and Austrian forces hold a strong position at Lodz where the main battle centers. Austrian troops are arriving daily from the south.
Co. B. McConnell and son Dee McConnell along with Herman Hoss R. D. Lamson and ER F. Thompson drove to Los Angeles today to witness the football clash between Occidental College and Pomona College.
Citrus growers forecast a banner season with a 25 percent bigger lemon crop than last year and around 700 carloads to be shipped from Corona this winter. Orange output may be slightly smaller but higher quality, especially navels, with total lemon and orange carloads estimated between 1300 and 1400.
Gen Lucio Blanco told Silliman and the Brazilian minister that life and property in Mexico City are safe. He noted 22 000 soldiers are deployed near Zochimilco and suburbs, and that sacking or harm to inhabitants would not occur. The police chief said the public fear was unfounded and shops may reopen.
State Fire Warden Baird and Forest Ranger Keegan directed a 100 plus firefighter effort that surrounded and checked the Santa Ana range blaze after forty eight hours of flames. Hundreds of acres burned mainly brush with no nearby ranch buildings affected. Fire conditions remain risky if winds shift and embers reach unburned areas.
In New Haven Harvard overwhelmed Yale 36 to 0 before a large crowd. Harvard jumped ahead with early touchdowns and added a field goal to lead 22 to 0 at halftime. The second half repeated the drive as Harvard extended the margin with two more scores while Yale rallied briefly. Later, a matrimonial notice reports Rev. Humphrey uniting Ray Graves and Allie Fuller at the M. B. parsonage in this city.
The Belgian inquiry details mass executions by German forces in Tamines and Dinant with machine guns and bayonets. It cites 650 plus killed near Dinant, 84 at Harde square, 50 outside a church, and claims over a thousand similar executions across Luxemburg province.
In brisk laps at the course near Main Street, De Palma’s Mercedes faced a backfire that nearly caused a blaze as he completed a first circuit and entered a second lap. Eddie Pullen led Mercer efforts with times around 1:41 and 1:40, while Pullen, Rickenbacher, Burman and others were slated to push harder next week. Maxwell entries led by Carlson also appeared as practice continued.
A. Mateodo an Italian was fined 50 dollars for possessing liquor. Forty gallons of confiscated wine and two gallons of port were poured into the city sewer this morning at the jail quarters by Chief Ramsey and witnesses after the wine had been stored at the police station.
G. R. Freeman toured Los Angeles yesterday in a business capacity meeting potential partners and inspecting local facilities. The visit emphasized networking and exploration of investment opportunities in the city.
An officer recalls a wandering beggar spy who tailed a unit, saluted, and later betrayed their position with shell fire. The Paris Midi fragment portrays how such low profile agents slip through lines, mimic civilians, and return to unseen routes to aid invaders.
Paris dispatch reports front line actions similar to prior days. French artillery at Nieuport holds a marked edge over German positions as intermittent shelling persists between Dixmude and Ypres. German infantry attacks are repulsed and Aisne Champagne batteries prevent trench construction while Aronne region shells destroy German trenches.
Berlin reports heavy artillery activity along the western front while asserting continued operations against Russians. Describes advancing in Lodz and gains east of Czestochowa with Austro German forces. Russian Poland hints at fighting between the Varta and Vistula rivers and Russian withdrawals north of the Vistula.
Governor Hunt said fourteen condemned prisoners will be executed on December 19 at Florence penitentiary after Arizona voters upheld capital punishment. He stated he cannot commute sentences and claimed no power to change the outcome.
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