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Camp Santa Anita

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 21, 1943
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 21, 1943
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Camp Santa Anita (U. S. Army Ordnance Center)
Item ID
3746AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Two young men from Arcadia, Clyde Dietrich and George R. Summers, were among hundreds of American soldiers interned in a Japanese prison camp.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper6707
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 26, 1942
Pages
p. 4
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 26, 1942
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Dietrich, Clyde
Summers, George R.
Item ID
6516AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Death notice. Died in Japanese prison camp.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 24, 1943
Pages
p. 1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 24, 1943
Pages
p. 1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Bartik, Fred E.
Item ID
7011AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Death notice. Died in Japanese prison camp.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 22, 1943
Pages
p. 1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 22, 1943
Pages
p. 1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
MacDonald, Sherman P.
Item ID
7021AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Word was received that Fred E. Bartik, son of Marie Bartik, died in a Philippine prison camp.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper7385
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 24, 1943
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 24, 1943
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Bartik, Fred E.
Item ID
7270AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Pvt. George Summers spoke with his parents over a short wave radio from a prison camp in Japan.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 10, 1942
Pages
p. 1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 10, 1942
Pages
p. 1 photo
Subjects
Summers, George Robert, Jr.
Item ID
7266AN
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General information

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3881
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 1, 1942 p. 1
April 22, 1942 p. 1 (Women's Club remodeled)
February 29, 1943 p. 1
April 12, 1943 p. 1 (Santa Anita Club converted)
March 16, 1944 p. 1 (location and closing)
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 1, 1942 p. 1
April 22, 1942 p. 1 (Women's Club remodeled)
February 29, 1943 p. 1
April 12, 1943 p. 1 (Santa Anita Club converted)
March 16, 1944 p. 1 (location and closing)
Subjects
Christian Service Organization Center
Item ID
3756AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Mrs. A. L. Leigh, librarian, is heading the effort to collect books for army camps.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 15, 1942
January 22, 1942 second section p. 8
January 29, 1942 p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 15, 1942
January 22, 1942 second section p. 8
January 29, 1942 p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library, 1930-1960
Victory Book Campaign
Item ID
6515AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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General information

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4298
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 26, 1942 p. 1 (evacuation base rising at track)
April 2, 1942 p. 1 (closure of Huntington Drive denied)
April 8, 1942 p. 1 (race track converted into "Little Tokyo")
October 8, 1942 p. 1 (Japanese almost gone)
October 29, 1942 p. 1 (barricades on Huntington Drive removed)
October 29, 1942 West Arcadia Section, section 2, p. 1 (Final Japanese evacuation completed)
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 26, 1942 p. 1 (evacuation base rising at track)
April 2, 1942 p. 1 (closure of Huntington Drive denied)
April 8, 1942 p. 1 (race track converted into "Little Tokyo")
October 8, 1942 p. 1 (Japanese almost gone)
October 29, 1942 p. 1 (barricades on Huntington Drive removed)
October 29, 1942 West Arcadia Section, section 2, p. 1 (Final Japanese evacuation completed)
Subjects
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
Item ID
4174AN
Collection
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Lew and Dorothy Law are more than just proprietors of Law's Boys' shop in West Arcadia. In 1927-29 they were a couple of clowns. performing in the five western states.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper9514
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 16, 1949
Pages
p. 3 w/photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 16, 1949
Pages
p. 3 w/photo
Subjects
Law, Lew
Law, Dorothy
Item ID
9469AN
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S/Sgt LeRoy Newton received the Distinguished Flying Cross. He had previously received the Purple Heart.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper7390
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 23, 1944
Pages
p. 1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 23, 1944
Pages
p. 1 photo
Subjects
Newton, LeRoy
Item ID
7275AN
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Having been the protege of the New York Yankees for the past six years, Arcadia Johnny Lindell has been at various Yankee bush farms developing into major league material.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper6708
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 22, 1942
Pages
p. 9 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 22, 1942
Pages
p. 9 photo
Subjects
Lindell, John
Item ID
6517AN
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Tech. Sgt. Roy McCash has been awarded an Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 11, 1944
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 11, 1944
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
McCash, Roy
Item ID
7277AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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First Lieutenant Earl O. Chapman has been formally presented the Air Medal at his American base in Italy.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper7391
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 27, 1944
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 27, 1944
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Chapman, Earl O.
Item ID
7276AN
Collection
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After 25 years, Alfred L. Jean has been awarded the Purple Heart in recognition of wounds received in action on the western front in France.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper8026
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 13,1944
Pages
p. 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 13,1944
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Jean, Alfred L.
Item ID
7986AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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