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Newspaper
Coronado Compass
Location
Coronado, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1947
Page
6
The California Supreme Court holds that all trade fixtures attached to real property must be assessed as real property. This broad ruling shifts tax responsibility to landlords for items previously treated as personal property, prompting calls for emergency legislation and urging citizens to contact their legislators.
OPA will terminate regulations governing daily rates for transient hotel rooms on February 15 while maintaining controls on rooms offered to weekly or monthly guests under current quotas. Operators must file a form to decontrol and designate rooms that may then be rented only on weekly or monthly terms at current ceilings. Remaining rooms may be leased daily without rent control.
A string of brief vignettes and jokes unfolds about quick-tempered impulses and humorous misreadings. A boss rewards a loyal manager with a $2000 bonus, while a bar patron leaves with misty optics after an upbeat entrance. A kindergarten teacher apologizes for mistaking a stranger for a parent.
Social notes record visits by Mrs. Ross Ward of Santa Cruz and Mrs. Ethel Force of Seattle in Coronado, the departure of Mrs. Bensinger to Phoenix, a Coronado Players gathering hosted by Mrs. Durland and Michael Bartolo, and a kitchen shower for Miss Julie Ferguson in North Island. Also listed are visits by Mrs. Hoffmann of Salt Lake City, a birthday party for Harry Jr., Phillip Cory and wife staying at Hotel del Coronado, and Wilkes Joy returning from Fort Dix terminal leave.
Thomas Ennis Hatch Jr born Jan 12 at Union Memorial hospital Baltimore. William Crossland Pickford Jr born Jan 21 at Huntington Memorial hospital Pasadena. Parents: Hatch of Coronado and Pickford family with grandparents Roy Pickford and Lloyd Wiltse.
An aged New Hampshire store keeper, dying with family at his side, asks who is tending the store. He asks if his wife Ma and his eldest son are present, then inquires who will run the business, prompting a sobering family moment.
Coronado Camera Club hosts photographer Jack Cooper, national News Photography president, February 4 at 8 p m at Episcopal Parish House. He recently won first prize in a national contest with a Mexico City trip. Members bring water photos for competition and Cooper's critique.
Registration for horseback riding at Library Park Clubhouse during Monday and Tuesday 3 to 5 PM. Open to children and adults. Barbara Waller leads the recreation department as instructor.
Lean short ribs are browned with onions and garlic then simmered slowly in a casserole with carrots. Water, Worcester sauce, and chili sauce season the mix, then it cooks four to five hours until tender.
A patient needed three blood transfusions to survive. A strong Scotsman donated blood, and she paid him $50 for the first pint and $15 for the second. By the third donation she was grateful but had so much of his Scotch blood she only thanked him.
City Council holds sessions on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at 3 p.m. on the 2nd floor of City Hall. The City Planning Commission meets on 2nd and 4th Mondays at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall. For special meetings call City Hall at Henley 3-3128.
The Compass office invites readers to make additions changes and corrections by calling Henley 3 8444. The notice provides a contact method for readers to amend column content.
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