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Description:: 14-year-old Mildred Douglas, who, along with friend Donna (or Zelia K.) Thompson, was reported missing. A young girl reported seeing them get into a car with 31-year-old H. B. Millard. When called in for questioning Millard testified that he did pick up Douglas and Thompson but dropped them off when he realized how young they were. Millard reported that the girls told him they were running away from home. Girls fitting the description of Douglas and Thompson were seen in an Ontario auto camp one day later.
Date:: January 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: 14-year-old Mildred Douglas, who, along with friend Donna (or Zelia K.) Thompson, was reported missing. A young girl reported seeing them get into a car with 31-year-old H. B. Millard. When called in for questioning Millard testified that he did pick up Douglas and Thompson but dropped them off when he realized how young they were. Millard reported that the girls told him they were running away from home. Girls fitting the description of Douglas and Thompson were seen in an Ontario auto camp one day later.
Date:: January 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: 14-year-old Ray Charlton, the Marble Champion of Los Angeles, surrounded by spectators as he competes. Charlton beat our over 50 competitors in the event directed by the Los Angeles Playground Department. He received a genuine agate shooter as a prize.
Date:: December 29, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Opera singer Lura Sears walks down a hallway wearing a skirt. 15-year-old Sears was chosen as the lead role in the four-act opera "Lucia di Lammermoor" that was presented by the San Gabriel Valley Opera Company in Alhambra.
Date:: February 17, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Opera singer Lura Sears sits with her legs crossed while wearing a skirt. 15-year-old Sears was chosen as the lead role in the four-act opera "Lucia di Lammermoor" that was presented by the San Gabriel Valley Opera Company in Alhambra.
Date:: February 17, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: 17-year-old Donald Rogers, also known as Donald Fehrenschild, charged with the murder of 11-year-old Marilyn Bunker. Although he insisted that he was shooting at doves on the hillside, Rogers's bullets fell near Marilyn, her two brothers, and several other children playing in the grass. When she started to run home for help, Marilyn was shot under the eye and died immediately.
Date:: February 20, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: 17-year-old Donald Rogers, charged with the murder of 11-year-old Marilyn Bunker. Although he insisted that he was shooting at doves on the hillside, Rogers's bullets fell near Marilyn, her two brothers, and several other children playing in the grass. When she started to run home for help, Marilyn was shot under the eye and died immediately.
Date:: February 20, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: 17-year-old Donald Rogers, also known as Donald Fehrenschild, with his foster mother Mrs. Bertha Fehrenschild at an inquest into the murder of 11-year-old Marilyn Bunker. Rogers was charged with the crime. Although he insisted that he was shooting at doves on the hillside, Rogers's bullets fell near Marilyn, her two brothers, and several other children playing in the grass. When she started to run home for help, Marilyn was shot under the eye and died immediately.
Date:: February 20, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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