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The Life Story Of Don Juan Temple

Romance of the Ranchos · April 12, 1942 · 27 min · 4,808 words

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The Romance of the Ranchos. Los Angles 1830. American violates customs to win lovely Signorita. Los Angles 1850. Murdered of prominent American narrowly averted. Los Angles 1860. First theatrical troop plays Los Angles. The title Insurance and Trust Company of Los Angles presents the Romance of the Ranchers, a weekly dramatization of the colorful events and characters which make California history

so interesting. Each week our wandering Vocaro Frank Graham returns to tell another true story of the Days of the Dawn. War savings bonds is the new official name for the securities that were formerly called Defense Savings Bonds. The change in name is significant. It indicates that America is now turning its attention to the all-out aggressive warfare which alone can bring final victory.

So let us own the home front. Take the offensive tool. Let us resolve again to go all out with the weapons we have. Our Dimes and Dollars. Buy a War Savings Bond tomorrow. And now here to tell us the story is our wandering Vakaro, Frank Graham, Buenas noches Signores, he's in Yores.

Tonight we're going to trace the highlights from the life of Don Juan Temple, one of the earliest American pioneers in Southern California. On the land of Rancho Los Cetitos, his home, the great city of Long Beach now stands.

The history of this man and the land, furnished a romantic chapter in the romance of the ranches. It was in the year 1827 that this young Massachusetts-born man, John Temple, stepped off a sailing ship in the sleepy little part of Alta, California, San Diego.

They'd just beaten the course from part of way Honolulu, and the travel is worth thankful to set foot on dry land. It's mighty pleasant, isn't it? You're able to stand up on your two feet, not feel a deck sliding out from under you?

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