Coronado Leads County Safety Contest in 1947 Drive
San Diego County Safety Council launches an inter city contest to reduce traffic deaths and injuries. Coronado leads early with 236 percent per 1000 population, La Mesa and National City follow. Mayors of eight cities will publish monthly standings using 1946 census figures and police records. Coronado aims to host a commemorative dinner for top entrants and crowns a Safety Queen by March 15.
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San Diego
la Mesa
San Diego County
el Cajon
Escondido
Coronado
Chula Vista
National City
Oceanside
Fireproof Jail Needed Says Police Chief in Letter
Chief Jor dan argues for a new police building citing severe jail overcrowding and unsafe conditions. He notes ventilation gaps, no female prisoner facilities, dangerous stairs, inadequate storage, lack of covered parking, and a substandard courtroom labeled a kangaroo court.
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Jordan
Compass
Coronado
County Grand Jury
Jordan’s
Carillon Program at First Methodist Coronado
A sequence of daily musical excerpts and performances from March 17 to 22 at First Methodist Church of Coronado led by AM R. McCants, including Brahms Schumann Handel and Chopin pieces, with a closing anecdote from a gospel sermon.
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First Methodist Church of
Coronado
R. McCants
Rotary Club Tours Electric Company Plant
Rotary Club members toured the San Diego plant to see capacity expansions. The plant now outputs 35 000 kw per hour with a future extension adding 60 000 kw hourly, serving 141 000 customers across 4400 square miles. The facility uses oil and natural gas, with 11 000 barrels of oil weekly to run a 38 ton generator at 3600 rpm.
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Sion
San Diego
Daniel Turner
Turner
E. L. Prout
Los Angeles
Glowing husband and gloomy veteran exchange wry toast
A humorous exchange contrasts a husband praising a wife’s warm welcome with a veteran quipping about a new hat. The brief banter captures light domestic wit and civic candor in a compact, era voice.
Tax Office Opens Late For Taxpayers In San Diego
San Diego's Internal Revenue office will stay open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday to help taxpayers file income tax returns and 1947 estimated taxes before the March 15 deadline. Harry C. Westover notes the deadline will be observed and payments may be made by personal check money order cashier's check or express check.
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San Diego
Internal Revenue
Benfit
California
Harry C. Westover
Westover
Bureau
America
Uncle Sam
Genial family dig at wages sparks old time humor
An uncle chides his nephews about current pay and recalls his own marriage era with a sharp quip. The nephew retorts that he does not know the old amount and bets his uncle never did either.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Coronado Safety Council
Roy Freeman
Bay Shore Motors
Kiwanis Club
Geo. S. Heckard
Nobby Bootery
Merchants’ Assoc
Walker Brown
Tanner Motor Livery
American Legion
John Schroeder
Bank of America
Lions & Chamber of Commerce
Adm
W. L. Friedell
U.S.N
Harvey Cain
E. T. Anderson
Coronado Home Bakery
Rotary
Neil Grimsley
Bean & Pratt
L. P. Priddy
Coronado Journal
R. M. Riddell
the Compass
Carol Fifield
Culligan Soft Water
H. R. Fuller
S. Wattawa
Glen Wade
J. W. Jordan
Grand Jury
Coronado Pet Shop
First Ave
George Crawford
Orange Avenue
Post Office
Henley
Willi
Mar
Symphony Sewer
Schumann
Brahms -Behr
Te Eneee
Organ Concerto
Debeaokseeved
Handel Scissonds Schumann
Brahms
Rubinstein
Country Gardens
Lemare
Angel Voices
Sullivan
Rocher
Heaven
Rotary Club Tours Electric Company
Pet Delicatessen
PET Shop
Orange Ave
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