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14-year-old Mildred Douglas, reported missing, Los Angeles, January 1940

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
14-year-old Mildred Douglas, reported missing, Los Angeles, January 1940

14-year-old Mildred Douglas, reported missing, Los Angeles, January 1940

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
14-year-old Mildred Douglas, reported missing, Los Angeles, January 1940

17-year-old Donald Rogers, charged with shooting and killing 11-year-old Marilyn Bunker, Los Angeles, 1940

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
17-year-old Donald Rogers, charged with shooting and killing 11-year-old Marilyn Bunker, Los Angeles, 1940

17-year-old Donald Rogers, charged with shooting and killing 11-year-old Marilyn Bunker, Los Angeles, 1940

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
17-year-old Donald Rogers, charged with shooting and killing 11-year-old Marilyn Bunker, Los Angeles, 1940

17-year-old Donald Rogers with his foster mother Bertha Fehrenschild, Los Angeles, 1940

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
17-year-old Donald Rogers with his foster mother Bertha Fehrenschild, Los Angeles, 1940

A. Brigham Rose, William G. Bonelli, Carlos S. Hardy, and Merle Templeton at the liquor license bribe trial, Oct. 1939 - May 1940

Description:
William G. Bonelli (second from left), State Board of Equalization member, and Merle Templeton (far right), Chief Liquor Control Officer, both charged with involvement in a liquor license bribe scandal in which they allegedly conspired to extort money from liquor retailers under threat of causing them to lose their liquor license. Far left is A. Brigham Rose, attorney for Ed Levine, another alleged member of the pay-off ring, which included at least six members. Second from right is Judge Carlos S. Hardy, who was not the judge for the trial
Date:
between October 24, 1939 and May 29, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
A. Brigham Rose, William G. Bonelli, Carlos S. Hardy, and Merle Templeton at the liquor license bribe trial, Oct. 1939 - May 1940

Accused murderer John Frank Reavis awaits the decision on his indictment, Los Angeles, February 28, 1940

Description:
John Frank Reavis (seated center), 26-year-old trombone player and candy salesman, in the court anteroom awaiting the jury’s decision to indict him in the murder of 17-year-old B-girl Alice “Jerry” Burns. With him are investigating officers in the case, Detective Lieutenant Miles Ledbetter (left) and Det. Lt. Lloyd Hurst (right), and Captain Edgar Edwards (center). Reavis was indicted and after trial received a second-degree sentence of five years to life in San Quentin. His eye and left hand are bandaged as the result of a fight he had prior to his arrest
Date:
February 28, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Accused murderer John Frank Reavis awaits the decision on his indictment, Los Angeles, February 28, 1940

Accused murderer John Frank Reavis awaits the decision on Reavis's indictment, Los Angeles, February 28, 1940

Description:
John Frank Reavis (seated center), 26-year-old trombone player and candy salesman, in the court anteroom awaiting the jury’s decision to indict him in the murder of 17-year-old B-girl Alice “Jerry” Burns. With him are investigating officers in the case, Detective Lieutenant Miles Ledbetter (left) and Det. Lt. Lloyd Hurst (right), and Captain Edgar Edwards (center). Reavis was indicted and after trial received a second-degree sentence of five years to life in San Quentin. His eye and left hand are bandaged as the result of a fight he had prior to his arrest
Date:
February 28, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Accused murderer John Frank Reavis awaits the decision on Reavis's indictment, Los Angeles, February 28, 1940

Accused murderer John Frank Reavis with Deputy Sheriff Pat Kelley at Reavis's trial, Los Angeles, May 1940

Description:
John Frank Reavis, 26-year-old trombone player and candy salesman, at his trial for the murder of 17-year-old B-girl Alice “Jerry” Burns with Deputy Sheriff Pat Kelley. Reavis confessed to the murder but said that he was in a blind rage when he did it and didn’t know what he was doing. Reavis received a second-degree sentence of five years to life in San Quentin. His eye and left hand are bandaged as the result of a fight he had prior to his arrest
Date:
May 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Accused murderer John Frank Reavis with Deputy Sheriff Pat Kelley at Reavis's trial, Los Angeles, May 1940

A. C. Robinson feeding pigeons near the Deauville Club, Santa Monica, 1940s

Description:
Photograph of A. C. Robinson, wearing a suit, tie and hat, feeding a flock of pigeons. Several 1940s-era cars are parked next to a food stand behind Robinson. A sign on the stand reads, in part: "Mermaid...dogs...sandwiches." The castle-style building in the background is the Deauville Beach Club.
Date:
[1940s]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
A. C. Robinson feeding pigeons near the Deauville Club, Santa Monica, 1940s

A. C. Robinson feeding pigeons near the Deauville Club, Santa Monica, 1940s

Description:
Photograph of A. C. Robinson, wearing a suit, tie and hat, feeding a flock of pigeons. Several 1940s-era cars are parked next to a food stand behind Robinson. A sign on the stand reads, in part: "Mermaid...dogs...sandwiches." The castle-style building in the background is the Deauville Beach Club.
Date:
[1940s]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
A. C. Robinson feeding pigeons near the Deauville Club, Santa Monica, 1940s

Actor Leo Carrillo and Mrs. Will Rogers at the Will Rogers Memorial Celebration parade, Santa Monica, 1940

Description:
Photograph of actor Leo Carrillo standing outside of a parade car with Mrs. Will (Betty Blake) Rogers, seated inside. Actress Billie Burke is seated at center; her daughter, author Patricia Ziegfeld Stephenson, is seated at far left. The two are in conversation with two cowgirls on horseback. A male, also on horseback and wearing western attire, is seen in the background. All were participants in the "Roundup of the Stars" parade, part of the Will Rogers Memorial Celebration.
Date:
July 27, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Actor Leo Carrillo and Mrs. Will Rogers at the Will Rogers Memorial Celebration parade, Santa Monica, 1940

Actors Freddie Bartholomew and Wendy Barrie at a charity ball and dinner held at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, February 11, 1940

Description:
Actors Freddie Bartholomew and Wendy Barrie make an entrance at the 11th annual charity ball and dinner of the Junior Auxiliary of the Jewish Home for the Aged, held in the Biltmore Bowl. The theme was patriotic and Bob Hope, George Murphy and Jerry Colona presided as masters of ceremony
Date:
February 11, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Actors Freddie Bartholomew and Wendy Barrie at a charity ball and dinner held at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, February 11, 1940

Actresses Evelyn Venable, Ann Rutherford, and Linda Ware on horseback at the Will Rogers Memorial Celebration parade, Santa Monica, 1940

Description:
Photograph of three actresses, dressed in western/cowgirl attire, seated on horseback at the "Roundup of the Stars" parade - part of the Will Rogers Memorial Celebration. From left to right: Evelyn Venable, Ann Rutherford, and Linda Ware. The actresses wear cowboy hats, vests, neckerchiefs, skirts and boots, and wave to the crowds out of view. Residential dwellings and a business with a sign reading, "Union Garage Storage" are in the immediate background; the Clock Tower building is seen in the distance.
Date:
July 27, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Actresses Evelyn Venable, Ann Rutherford, and Linda Ware on horseback at the Will Rogers Memorial Celebration parade, Santa Monica, 1940

Actress Linda Ware on horseback at the Will Rogers Memorial Celebration parade, Santa Monica, 1940

Description:
Photograph of actress Linda Ware, dressed in western/cowgirl attire and seated on horseback at the "Roundup of the Stars" parade, part of the Will Rogers Memorial Celebration. Ware's ensemble is comprised of a cowboy hat, fringed vest and skirt, leather wrist cuffs and cowboy boots. She wears a sash that reads, "Miss Highway 66." Spectators are seated and standing along the parade route that followed along Palisades Park (the original rustic branch fence is viewed in the background beyond the palm trees).
Date:
July 27, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Actress Linda Ware on horseback at the Will Rogers Memorial Celebration parade, Santa Monica, 1940

Agnes Whitaker and Mertie West eat at a table at Rock Creek, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1940

Description:
Agnes Whitaker and Mertie West eat at a table at Rock Creek. Mrs. Whitaker wears a flat hat and an apron. Mrs. West has one arm in the air and in the other hand she holds a fork or spoon. The table is covered with jars, bowls, cups, and plates. There is a large box of Wheaties on the table. At the right, there is another table with more supplies on it. There are other supplies in the background, including a Scotch Soap box. There are trees in the background.
Date:
August 29 to September 7, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Agnes Whitaker and Mertie West eat at a table at Rock Creek, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1940

Alexander Sparks, the first husband of Doris Dazay, at the murder trial of George Dazey, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
Alexander Sparks, the first husband of Doris Dazey, who was allegedly murdered by her second husband, George Dazey. At the trial, Sparks testified that he had remained friendly with his ex-wife and the two had occupied the same hotel room in 1934. This aided the prosecution's claim that George Dazey had committed murder because he was unsure of the paternity of a boy born to Mrs. Dazey in 1935.
Date:
February 13, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Alexander Sparks, the first husband of Doris Dazay, at the murder trial of George Dazey, Los Angeles, 1940

Alexander Sparks, the first husband of Doris Dazay, at the murder trial of George Dazey, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
Alexander Sparks, the first husband of Doris Dazey, who was allegedly murdered by her second husband, George Dazey. At the trial, Sparks testified that he had remained friendly with his ex-wife and the two had occupied the same hotel room in 1934. This aided the prosecution's claim that George Dazey had committed murder because he was unsure of the paternity of a boy born to Mrs. Dazey in 1935.
Date:
February 13, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Alexander Sparks, the first husband of Doris Dazay, at the murder trial of George Dazey, Los Angeles, 1940

Al Fallon and Rhetta Strayhorn Scott pose while attending the Pioneer Picnic at Sycamore Grove Park, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Al Fallon and Rhetta Strayhorn Scott posing while attending the Pioneer Picnic at Sycamore Grove Park. Al Fallon stands at left. He faces slightly right and looks to the camera. To his right, Rhetta Strayhorn Scott faces slightly left and looks to the camera. Plants, trees and shrubbery stand in the background directly behind them.
Date:
June 27, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Al Fallon and Rhetta Strayhorn Scott pose while attending the Pioneer Picnic at Sycamore Grove Park, Los Angeles, 1940

Alleged blackmailer George Wallace, alias Robert M. Nixon, with U.S. Marshal William S. Sweeney, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
George Wallace (alias Robert M. Nixon) with U.S. Marshal William S. Sweeney. Wallace is accused of blackmailing lawyer and horse owner Neil S. McCarthy. McCarthy received four letters, allegedly from Wallace, threatening to maim his race horses with poisoned-needle darts if he didn’t pay up. Wallace testified that he had written the letters, but he had been acting on behalf of a gang of “tough eggs” that were behind the scheme.
Date:
[February 14, 1940]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Alleged blackmailer George Wallace, alias Robert M. Nixon, with U.S. Marshal William S. Sweeney, Los Angeles, 1940

Alleged blackmailer George Wallace, alias Robert M. Nixon, with U.S. Marshal William S. Sweeney, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
George Wallace (alias Robert M. Nixon) with U.S. Marshal William S. Sweeney. Wallace is accused of blackmailing lawyer and horse owner Neil S. McCarthy. McCarthy received four letters, allegedly from Wallace, threatening to maim his race horses with poisoned-needle darts if he didn’t pay up. Wallace testified that he had written the letters, but he had been acting on behalf of a gang of “tough eggs” that were behind the scheme.
Date:
[February 14, 1940]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Alleged blackmailer George Wallace, alias Robert M. Nixon, with U.S. Marshal William S. Sweeney, Los Angeles, 1940

Alleged blackmailer George Wallace, alias Robert M. Nixon, with U.S. Marshal William S. Sweeney, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
George Wallace (alias Robert M. Nixon) with U.S. Marshal William S. Sweeney. Wallace is accused of blackmailing lawyer and horse owner Neil S. McCarthy. McCarthy received four letters, allegedly from Wallace, threatening to maim his race horses with poisoned-needle darts if he didn’t pay up. Wallace testified that he had written the letters, but he had been acting on behalf of a gang of “tough eggs” that were behind the scheme.
Date:
[February 14, 1940]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Alleged blackmailer George Wallace, alias Robert M. Nixon, with U.S. Marshal William S. Sweeney, Los Angeles, 1940