Coronado Chamber Drives Membership For South Bay Growth
The Coronado Chamber of Commerce seeks broad support for its annual membership drive. It reports saving residents auto registration costs from 1949 and proposes long term plans including linking Coronado to South Bay bus service and a possible Fourth of July community celebration. The success hinges on merchant participation this year.
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Coronado
Chamber of Commerce
Coronado Chamber OF Commerce
Birds Made by Men Fly the Harbor in War Machines
A contemplative poem contrasts aircraft with birds over the harbor. Motorized, gold-tinged planes zip through sunlit skies as cormorants skim the sea. The piece contemplates whether human power can redirect aggression toward peaceful ends.
California Speaks on Tax Saturation and Public Discourse
A compilation of quotes from notable figures in California and San Francisco includes J Vernon McGee on taxation limits, Andor Foldes praising constitutional modernity, William Knowland criticizing filibusters, and Governor Earl Warren warning about dangers in state mental institutions.
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Marty Drury
Calif
Assn
George Christopher
S. F
Earl Warren
California
Local Chamber highlights 1949 registrations and transit savings
The Coronado Palm City and Imperial Beach community chamber extols 1949 registrations surpassing 37000 dollars in value and ferry and bus fare savings over 1000 dollars, plus reduced San Diego lines. It urges recognition during the upcoming membership drive and notes various local humor and activism items.
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Coronado
Palm City
Imperial Beach
San Diego
Orange Ave
STA College
State
Sigma Chi
Best Sellers List Confirms Popular Fiction and Nonfiction Picks
A mixed top sellers snapshot shows Lloyd Douglas and Thomas Costain in fiction alongside Irwin Shaw and Frances Parkinson Keyes. Nonfiction highlights feature Eisenhower, Sherwood, Flynn, Carnegie, Mailer, and titles blending self help and war history.
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Antoine's
Frances Parkinson Keyes
Europa
Dwight Eisenhower
Roosevelt and
Hopkins
Robert Sherwood
Roosevelt Myth
John T. Flynn
Dale’ Carnegie
Community Forum Letter Urges Care For Elderly Ward
Warner Butler appeals Coronado readers to visit the County Hospital Custodial Ward at Camp Elliott eight miles out. He notes 170 bed-fast elderly with no relatives, lacking activities, and poor morale, urging weekly or biweekly visits to ease their isolation.
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Marie Antoinette
Coronado
Camp Elliott
Linda Vista
Greyhound Bus
Bincerély
Warner Butler P.O
California Delegation Seeks Unified Action On Veterans Hospital
In a Washington newsletter, Congressman notes California lawmakers from both parties forming a team. He highlights harmony under Harry Sheppard as they press for reinstatement of the San Diego Veterans Hospital and plan talks with General Gray of the Veterans Administration to explain the cancellation.
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McKinnon
Washington
Congress
California
Texas
North
South Pole
Harry Sheppard
San Bernardino
San Diego Veterans Hospital
General Gray
Veterans Administration
San Diego
Books in Review: War-Torn Villages and Western Adventures
Readings from Coronado Public Library and new releases span war era novels about La Fontenelle and Vera Brittain plus brisk mystery thrillers set in Los Angeles. Notable titles include The Dukays by Lajos Zilahy and Saint Errant by Leslie Charteris, with adventures across North Africa and the American West.
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Katharine Dunlap
Morrow
France
la Fontenelle
Vera Brittain
Macmillan
Paradise
Myron Brnnig
Rinehart
Dukays
Lajos Zilahy
Prentice Hall
Clifford Knight
Dutton
California
Leslie Charteris
Crime Club
Day Keene
Mill
New County Fair Plans for 1949 Improvements
The San Diego County Fair will start June 24 with $760,000 in new buildings. Paul T. Mannen, manager of the exposition, said construction begins on the first of the funded projects before the fair opens. Mannen credited State Division of Fairs and Expositions funds and predicted Del Mar grounds would rival any in the state within five years.
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San Diego County
Paul T. Mannen
Mannen
State Division of Fairs and Expositions
del Mar
Community Forum on Coronado Ranch Naming and Use
Coronado residents discuss future development of the Silver Strand ranch property bought by the city for 175000. The article suggests a straw vote, naming options like Rancho Cabrillo and Rancho del Coronado, and urges civic input and sponsor participation.
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Ranch
Coronado Compass
Coronado
Silver Strand Ranch
Planning Commission
Compass
Florida
Rancho del Coronado
Rancho Margaritas
Perlas) del Coronado
Rancho Coronado
J. D. Macmullen
U.S. Army
Reader letter suggests renaming Hog Ranch to Hogg Ranch
The editor reports a citizen L. L. Anderson proposes changing the name Hog Ranch to Hogg Ranch for the area and notes another suggestion from Mrs. Pearl Jackson, Rancho Del Hoche, received this week.
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Hog Ranch
Hogg Ranch
L. L. Anderson
P.O
Coronado
Pearl Jackson
Rancho del Hoche
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