Norman W. Church being questioned by the Senate's race track investigating committee, Los Angeles, March 5, 1940

Title: Norman W. Church being questioned by the Senate's race track investigating committee, Los Angeles, March 5, 1940
Date Created: March 5, 1940
Date: 1940-03-05
Publisher: Los Angeles Daily News
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description: Sportsman Norman W. Church (right) being questioned by the Sentate's race track investigating committee. Pictured here are (from left to right around the table) Claude Parker, Harold J. Powers, R.W. Kenny, chairman Daniel J. Metzger, and Frank J. Gordon. Church was accused of contributing $80,000 to Governor Olson's campaign fund to become the "sole boss of California horse racing." During the investigation, Church asserted that the claim was not true.
Caption: Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Norman W. ChurchNorman Church on right
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Church, Norman W.

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: Kenny, Robert W. (Robert Walker), 1901-1976
Parker, Claude
Metzger, Daniel Jack, 1888-1959
Powers, Harold J.
Gordon, Frank L.
Church, Norman W.
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Investigation
Horse racing
Sports
Corruption--California--Los Angeles
Legal

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002805nn
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