Coronado Plans $3 Million Oceanfront Resort Hotel
Public plans reveal a five story Coronado Beach Hotel and Country Club on the golf course near the ocean, with cottages and an annual payroll over $600 000, designed by Paul R Williams and supported by local officials for expedited zoning approval. The project promises 250 jobs and increased city revenue as Coronado cements its resort status.
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Ocean Beach
Planning Commission
Commission
Coronado
Paul R. Williams
Coronado Beach
Messrs
Nordblom
Fisher, Miller and McLean
Books listed with varied genres from fiction to picture books
The list reviews several titles including Mill on Mad River by Howard Clarke a historical novel set around 1820 Austrian Requiem by Kurt von Schuschnigg a memoir from a former Austrian chancellor Last Call for Lissa by Dorothy Mayer a New York based mystery Beany Malone by Lenora M Weber continuing the Malone family adventures Have You Seen Tom Thumb by Mabel Leigh Hunt a life of Tom Thumb and Barnum Picture Story of the Philippines by Hester O Neill a pictorial overview of modern Philippine life
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mill On
Mad River
Howard Clarke
Little Brown
U.S.A
Beany Malone
Lenora M. Weber
Junior Guild
Malone
Beany
Tom Thumb
Mabel Leigh Hunt
Lippincott
Charles S. Stratton
Barnum
Circus
Philippines
Hester O’neil
McKay
Polio Cases Rise in San Diego City and County
County Health Office reports 10 new poliomyelitis cases since Friday in San Diego city and county bringing annual total to 39. Dr. Lesem urges immediate medical consultation for symptoms and advises keeping children away from crowded public places during polio outbreaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex M. Lesem
San Diego
Coronado
Lesem
Army Recruiting Service Moves To Larger Quarters
Colonel Stanley S Lauferski announces the U S Army and Air Force Recruiting Office will relocate from 713 Broadway to the former U S O building at First and Broadway due to heavy enlistments and the Selective Service Act effects in San Diego County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley S. Lauferski
San Diego
U.S. Army
US. Air Force
Broadway
U.S.O
First and Broadway
Army
Air Forces
San Diego County
Congress
Twaddle humor bites and border jokes from Gerry's Coffee
A humorous column highlights two pieces from Gerry Carney's Twaddle including Toot Sweet and Probably Cured Him. The satire references wartime British humor, a Bacon joke, and a Coronado Day feature with Mike and Joe From Mexico. Notable quips cover newsreel silliness about Matt Carrier Harold Cutler and Soviet Army skirt policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geraldine Carney
Gerry
Orange
Twaddle
Tommy
Merrie Olde England
Lord Bacon
Hogg
Bacon
Planning Commission Sets July 16 Hearing for New Hotel Project
Planning Commission will hear plans for a nearly $3,000,000 two story hotel by new owners Robert Nordblom of New York and Boston M Bert Fisher and Herman Miller of Los Angeles. The Class A hotel would have 170 deluxe rooms with terraces 20 four room bungalows dining room convention room lounge and a Sky Room with 100 capacity. Architect Paul R Williams designed the project now on display at City Hall with possible start this summer pending approval from the Commission and City Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Nordblom
New York
Boston
M. Bert Fisher
Herman Miller
Los Angeles
Commission
Paul R. Williams
Coronado
City Hall
H. C. McLean
San Diego
Eugene L. Freeland
City Council Adopts New Tax Roll and Traffic Ordinances
City Council last Tuesday approved the 1949 budget and a new tax assessment roll. They paid June bills and read Ordinance No. 773 repealing many prior ordinances. First readings were given to two vehicle traffic ordinances. Requests from Mrs. Jeanne Jurad for Youth Center dancing classes and from Police Chief J W Jordan for officer leave and Scout use of Crown Pool were referred for recommendations/investigation. Planning Commission actions allowed Gallion to move a building and Allen to build a plant shelter on tidelands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanne Jurad
J. R. Goodbody
J. W. Jordan
Goodbody
Jordan
Crown Pool
Boy Scouts and
Sea Scouts
Howard Fuller
Planning Commission
J. P. Gallion
D Avenue
Arthur
Allen
Tidelands
Police Chief Warns on NAS Dump Trespass and Theft
In a letter to The Compass Editor Captain L. E. Gehres outlines federal penalties for unlawfully entering NAS zones and stealing government property. He notes Title 18 Article 97a carries fines up to 5000 dollars and up to a year in prison, with theft fines reaching 10000 dollars or up to ten years, urging awareness among readers and juveniles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gehres
N.A.S
U. S
Wales
Coronado Chamber And South Bay Group Discuss Bus Route
Coronado Chamber and South Bay group meet to discuss a bus route. President Schroeder presided with attendees Leo Hanson George Crawford C H Soderberg Clarence Anderson El win Anderson Al Bram Charles Free Curtis Hinkle Laurence Priddy John Robertson Walker Stitt among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coronado Chamber
South Bay Group
President Schroieder
Leo Hanson
George Crawford
C. H. Soderberg
Clarence Anderson
Elwin Anderson
al Bram
Charles Free
Curtis Hinkle
Laurence Priddy
John Robertson
Walker Stitt
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Coronado Compass
Orange Avenue
Menley
Zoronado
Naval Air Station
Imperial Beach
Palm City
Nestor Area
Louis Malens
Marvin K. Chase, Jr
Richard H. Watkins
Florence Brown
Kurt von Schuschnigg
Putnam
Austria
Hitler
von Schuschnigg
Europe
Lissa
Dorothy Mayers
Mill
Army Recruiting Service
Ick
Mike
Joe
Mexico
Lowell de Weese
Lower Orange
U.S. Immigration Service
del Mar
Sam
Lowell
INS
Matt Carrier
Harold Cutler
Federal Reserve
Cutler
Berlin
Harry
Manila
Philippine Supreme Court
the Compass
David Zea
L. E. Gehres
U.S. Naval Air Station
Hanesee
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