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Ambulance driver Harry T. Meredith on the witness stand during the murder trial of Paul A. Wright, Los Angeles, 1938

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Ambulance driver Harry T. Meredith on the witness stand during the Paul A. Wright "white flame" double murder trial. During the trial Meredith recounted transporting Evelyn Wright and Johnny Kimmel, wife and best friend of Paul A. Wright, from the Wright residence to the hospital on the night of their murders. Paul A. Wright is accused of shooting the two after allegedly finding them in an embrace on a piano bench in his home.
Date:
January 24, 1938
Resource Type:
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Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Ambulance driver Harry T. Meredith on the witness stand during the murder trial of Paul A. Wright, Los Angeles, 1938

Ambulance driver Harry T. Meredith on the witness stand during the murder trial of Paul A. Wright, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Ambulance driver Harry T. Meredith on the witness stand during the Paul A. Wright "white flame" double murder trial. During the trial Meredith recounted transporting Evelyn Wright and Johnny Kimmel, wife and best friend of Paul A. Wright, from the Wright residence to the hospital on the night of their murders. Paul A. Wright is accused of shooting the two after allegedly finding them in an embrace on a piano bench in his home.
Date:
January 24, 1938
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Ambulance driver Harry T. Meredith on the witness stand during the murder trial of Paul A. Wright, Los Angeles, 1938

Ambulance driver Harry T. Meredith on the witness stand during the murder trial of Paul A. Wright, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Ambulance driver Harry T. Meredith on the witness stand during the Paul A. Wright "white flame" double murder trial. During the trial Meredith recounted transporting Evelyn Wright and Johnny Kimmel, wife and best friend of Paul A. Wright, from the Wright residence to the hospital on the night of their murders. Paul A. Wright is accused of shooting the two after allegedly finding them in an embrace on a piano bench in his home.
Date:
January 24, 1938
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Ambulance driver Harry T. Meredith on the witness stand during the murder trial of Paul A. Wright, Los Angeles, 1938

Ambulance driver Harry T. Meredith on the witness stand during the murder trial of Paul A. Wright, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Ambulance driver Harry T. Meredith on the witness stand during the Paul A. Wright "white flame" double murder trial. During the trial Meredith recounted transporting Evelyn Wright and Johnny Kimmel, wife and best friend of Paul A. Wright, from the Wright residence to the hospital on the night of their murders. Paul A. Wright is accused of shooting the two after allegedly finding them in an embrace on a piano bench in his home.
Date:
January 24, 1938
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Ambulance driver Harry T. Meredith on the witness stand during the murder trial of Paul A. Wright, Los Angeles, 1938

Ambulance driver Harry T. Meredith on the witness stand during the murder trial of Paul A. Wright, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Ambulance driver Harry T. Meredith on the witness stand during the Paul A. Wright "white flame" double murder trial. During the trial Meredith recounted transporting Evelyn Wright and Johnny Kimmel, wife and best friend of Paul A. Wright, from the Wright residence to the hospital on the night of their murders. Paul A. Wright is accused of shooting the two after allegedly finding them in an embrace on a piano bench in his home.
Date:
January 24, 1938
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Ambulance driver Harry T. Meredith on the witness stand during the murder trial of Paul A. Wright, Los Angeles, 1938

Ambulance driver Harry T. Meredith takes the witness stand during the murder trial of Paul A. Wright, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Ambulance driver Harry T. Meredith on the witness stand during the Paul A. Wright "white flame" double murder trial. During the trial Meredith recounted transporting Evelyn Wright and Johnny Kimmel, wife and best friend of Paul A. Wright, from the Wright residence to the hospital on the night of their murders. Paul A. Wright is accused of shooting the two after allegedly finding them in an embrace on a piano bench in his home.
Date:
January 24, 1938
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Ambulance driver Harry T. Meredith takes the witness stand during the murder trial of Paul A. Wright, Los Angeles, 1938

Ann Forst sits with an unidentified man at the county jail after being charged with operating a prostitution ring, Los Angeles, 1940

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Ann Forst shields her face from the press and sits with an unidentified man at the county jail. Forst was indicted for operating a forced prostitution ring that covered 11 states including California, Arizona, Washington, and Nevada. The FBI estimated that more than 200 women were victims of the "white slave ring", as termed by the press.
Date:
April 23, 1940
Resource Type:
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Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Ann Forst sits with an unidentified man at the county jail after being charged with operating a prostitution ring, Los Angeles, 1940

Ann Forst walks into county jail after being charged for operating a prostitution ring, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
Ann Forst walks into the Los Angeles county jail covering her face. Forst was indicted for operating a forced prostitution ring that covered 11 states including California, Arizona, Washington, and Nevada. The FBI estimated that more than 200 women were victims of the "white slave ring", as termed by the press.
Date:
April 23, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Ann Forst walks into county jail after being charged for operating a prostitution ring, Los Angeles, 1940

Assemblyman Jack B. Tenney, member of the "little Dies committee" at hearings for charges of Communist activity against members of the Los Angeles County S.R.A., Feb. 5, 1940

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Assemblyman Jack B. Tenney, part of the "little Dies committee" which questioned members of the Los Angeles Country State Relief Administration (S.R.A.) on charges of Communist activity. The hearings lasted only one day and ended with a recommendation that action be taken against some of the witnesses for perjury, but no one was immediately fired.
Date:
February 5, 1940
Resource Type:
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Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Assemblyman Jack B. Tenney, member of the "little Dies committee" at hearings for charges of Communist activity against members of the Los Angeles County S.R.A., Feb. 5, 1940

Assemblyman Sam Yorty, chairman of the "little Dies committee" at hearings for charges of Communist activity against members of the Los Angeles County S.R.A., Feb. 5, 1940

Description:
Assemblyman Sam Yorty, chairman of the "little Dies committee" which questioned members of the Los Angeles County State Relief Administration (S.R.A.) on charges of Communist activity. The hearings lasted only one day and ended with a recommendation that action be taken against some of the witnesses for perjury, but no one was immediately fired.
Date:
February 5, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Assemblyman Sam Yorty, chairman of the "little Dies committee" at hearings for charges of Communist activity against members of the Los Angeles County S.R.A., Feb. 5, 1940

Assemblyman Sam Yorty, chairman of the "little Dies committee" at hearings for charges of Communist activity against members of the Los Angeles County S.R.A., Feb. 5, 1940

Description:
Assemblyman Sam Yorty, chairman of the "little Dies committee" which questioned members of the Los Angeles County State Relief Administration (S.R.A.) on charges of Communist activity. The hearings lasted only one day and ended with a recommendation that action be taken against some of the witnesses for perjury, but no one was immediately fired.
Date:
February 5, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Assemblyman Sam Yorty, chairman of the "little Dies committee" at hearings for charges of Communist activity against members of the Los Angeles County S.R.A., Feb. 5, 1940

Assemblyman Sam Yorty, chairman of the "little Dies committee" at hearings for charges of Communist activity against members of the Los Angeles County S.R.A., Feb. 5, 1940

Description:
Assemblyman Sam Yorty, chairman of the "little Dies committee" which questioned members of the Los Angeles County State Relief Administration (S.R.A.) on charges of Communist activity. The hearings lasted only one day and ended with a recommendation that action be taken against some of the witnesses for perjury, but no one was immediately fired.
Date:
February 5, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Assemblyman Sam Yorty, chairman of the "little Dies committee" at hearings for charges of Communist activity against members of the Los Angeles County S.R.A., Feb. 5, 1940

Assemblyman Sam Yorty, chairman of the "little Dies committee" at hearings for charges of Communist activity against members of the Los Angeles County S.R.A., Feb. 5, 1940

Description:
Assemblyman Sam Yorty, chairman of the "little Dies committee" which questioned members of the Los Angeles County State Relief Administration (S.R.A.) on charges of Communist activity. The hearings lasted only one day and ended with a recommendation that action be taken against some of the witnesses for perjury, but no one was immediately fired.
Date:
February 5, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Assemblyman Sam Yorty, chairman of the "little Dies committee" at hearings for charges of Communist activity against members of the Los Angeles County S.R.A., Feb. 5, 1940

Assemblymen Jack Tenney and Sam Yorty at hearings for charges of Communist activity against members of the Los Angeles County S.R.A., Feb. 5, 1940

Description:
Assemblymen Jack Tenney (left) and Sam Yorty at the hearings for charges of Communist activity in the Los Angeles County State Relief Administration (S.R.A.). Both were on the "little Dies committee" which questioned various members of the S.R.A. The hearings lasted only one day and ended with a recommendation that action be taken against some of the witnesses for perjury, but no one was immediately fired.
Date:
February 5, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Assemblymen Jack Tenney and Sam Yorty at hearings for charges of Communist activity against members of the Los Angeles County S.R.A., Feb. 5, 1940

Assemblywoman Jeanette E. Daley, vice-chairman of a legislative committee appointed to investigate the practices and policies of the S.R.A., Los Angeles, March 5, 1940

Description:
Committee vice-chairman, Assemblywoman Jeanette E. Daley, at the meeting of a joint legislative committee composed of seven Senators and eight Assemblymen, which was appointed to investigate policies and practices of the State Relief Administration. Some topics discussed at the hearing included S.R.A. funding of crossing guards, the transfer of S.R.A. headquarters from San Francisco to Los Angeles, how the S.R.A. leases quarters, and financial conditions, including the controversial 40% cut of relief checks. This last point drew picketers from the Workers Alliance, who marched outside the State Building during the committee’s S.R.A. hearings.
Date:
March 5, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Assemblywoman Jeanette E. Daley, vice-chairman of a legislative committee appointed to investigate the practices and policies of the S.R.A., Los Angeles, March 5, 1940

Assemblywoman Jeanette E. Daley, vice-chairman of a legislative committee appointed to investigate the practices and policies of the S.R.A., Los Angeles, March 5, 1940

Description:
Committee vice-chairman, Assemblywoman Jeanette E. Daley, at the meeting of a joint legislative committee composed of seven Senators and eight Assemblymen, which was appointed to investigate policies and practices of the State Relief Administration. Some topics discussed at the hearing included S.R.A. funding of crossing guards, the transfer of S.R.A. headquarters from San Francisco to Los Angeles, how the S.R.A. leases quarters, and financial conditions, including the controversial 40% cut of relief checks. This last point drew picketers from the Workers Alliance, who marched outside the State Building during the committee’s S.R.A. hearings.
Date:
March 5, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Assemblywoman Jeanette E. Daley, vice-chairman of a legislative committee appointed to investigate the practices and policies of the S.R.A., Los Angeles, March 5, 1940