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Newspaper
Coronado Compass
Location
Coronado, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1948
Page
3
The Coronado Compass is an independent Coronado newspaper pledging to help residents maintain and improve the city as a premier Pacific coast playground. It lists staff and subscription details with a yearly rate of $2.00 and 5 cents on newstands.
Coronado eyes a curfew ordinance for minors under 18 governing presence on streets after hours. The proposal defines parent duties and penalties, with police support but mixed parental views and teen leaders opposing. A public hearing will solicit community input before action.
Lieutenant General Clarence R Huebner warns that the United States risks losing wars due to neglect of defense and the need for universal military training He says the nation is a VE power in a world of have nots and stresses the danger of a year without a full army and minimum four months basic training.
Citizens back a program to send U S youths to Europe to live with locals and explain American ways while learning foreign customs. Towns will sponsor and fund travel, with New York education officials handling details. A companion idea would bring foreign youths to the United States for six months to foster peace and goodwill.
Ann Keen discusses the Coronado curfew proposal and how public conferences shape the plan. She questions the effectiveness of a ten o clock curfew and fears repeated amendments will undermine enforcement and public security.
The piece contrasts admiral and general ranks with humane officers who kept the army civil amid brutal front-line conditions. It cites personal recollections from World War II about mine fields at Volturno and Rapido, and recalls Lt. Col. John Hougen’s role in preventing injustice.
A digest of local organizations in Coronado listing meeting times and venues. Groups include American Association of University Women, American Legion Coronado Post 450, American Legion Auxiliary, Red Cross Coronado, Chess Club, Coronado Players, Eastern Star, Masonic groups, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Jewish Community Council, Job's Daughters, P T A, Realty Board, Rebekah Lodge, Veterans of Foreign Wars posts and auxiliaries, Toastmasters, Women's Club, Yacht Club, Kiwanis Lions Rotary 20 30 Club and weekly and monthly schedules at Library Park Clubhouse Masonic Temple Dinner Basket Hotel del Coronado and other local sites.
A reader suggests adding a Poetry Corner with reader submissions. L. L. Leftwich sends a sample poem about a tail and emotion, and the editor agrees a poets corner could launch when readers supply pieces.
Coronado echoes of polo past feature Barbara Chase, now Lady Nairn, as first woman governor of England’s Royal Polo Society. Vesta Jackson, wife of Brigadier General G D Jackson, sparked Coronado music series after attending La Jolla performances, while her household abounds with dogs and a terrier named Tinkle Bell.
A New York Times based survey lists 16 top titles across 22 cities. Notable works include The Naked and the Dead by Waugh The World is Not Enough Oldenbourg Raintree County Lockridge and The Moth Cain among others.
New titles include memory training by Allan L. Fletcher and creative ceramics with step by step photos by Katharine M. Lester. Also modern pension plans by Hugh O Neil and acting method by Toby Cole. Many current magazines and children titles listed for library readers.
Churches in Coronado promote religious freedom and offer services across Catholic, Christian, Episcopal, Methodist and Presbyterian denominations. Sacred Heart Catholic, First Church at Coast, Mormon Coronado School, Christ Episcopal, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and Memorial Presbyterian list service times and locations in a shared public notice. Rev. Purcell and Rev. Mounts lead respective congregations as civilian personnel attend community worship.
The Hotel del Coronado marks 60 years with a double turnover in 24 hours and a history packed with landmark events. From a rabbit hunt that birthed a resort to a royal meeting and fleet searches for a rowboat, Coronado’s castle by the sea has drawn the great and near great for decades.
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