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Description:: Will E. MacFaden (1913-1992) and Robert W. Kenny (1901-1976), pose together as two of California's youngest judges. William E. MacFaden (1913-1992) became the youngest judge in the state of California when he was sworn in as Redondo Beach city judge on July 1934.Robert W. Kenny was a former reporter and one of the youngest judges selected to serve as a Superior Court Judge in Los Angeles. He was appointed on December 6, 1932. He later served as the 21st Attorney General of California.
Date:: between 1932-1936
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Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: William Bioff (left) with Judge Isaac Pacht at an investigation of the affairs of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. Bioff, IATSE's business agent was questioned regarding suspicions of organized crime within the alliance.
Date:: November 18, 1937
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Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: William G. Bonelli (center), member of the State Board of Equalization, who is accused of soliciting and accepting bribes from local liquor retailers, standing between A. Brigham Rose (left) and Judge Carlos S. Hardy (right). A. Brigham Rose is the attorney for Ed Levine, a lobbyist also accused of involvement in the liquor license bribe scandal. It is unclear how Judge Hardy is involved with Bonelli, as he is not the judge for this trial.
Date:: between October 24, 1939 and May 29, 1940
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Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Taken during Branting’s trip to Los Angeles from Stockholm to lecture about the rising Nazi threat. Her trip was sponsored by the World Committee to Aid Victims of German Fascism. She was welcomed to Los Angeles by a group headed by Judge Lindsey. Branting and Lindsey were known figures on social reform issues in their respective nations. Branting’s father was multiple-time Swedish Prime Minister Hjalmar Branting.
Date:: [November 1935]
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Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Taken during Branting’s trip to Los Angeles from Stockholm to lecture about the rising Nazi threat. Her trip was sponsored by the World Committee to Aid Victims of German Fascism. She was welcomed to Los Angeles by a group headed by Judge Lindsey. Branting and Lindsey were known figures on social reform issues in their respective nations. Branting’s father was multiple-time Swedish Prime Minister Hjalmar Branting.
Date:: [November, 1935]
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Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Parker and Blakey were both songwriters who had appeared on the radio together.
Date:: November 4, 1935
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Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Judge Cecil D. Holland presided over cases like the William Freelove "Lottery Trial" in October 1935.
Date:: 1930s
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Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: James Francis Thaddeus O'Connor was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. Before becoming a federal judge, President Roosevelt appointed him Comptroller of the Currency in 1933. He served in this position during the Great Depression and resigned in 1938.
Date:: 1930s
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Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: James Francis Thaddeus O'Connor was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. Before becoming a federal judge, President Roosevelt appointed him Comptroller of the Currency in 1933. He served in this position during the Great Depression and resigned in 1938.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: “Night-life figure” (read: Madam) Lee Francis and Judge Cecil D. Holland examining an anonymous letter sent to Judge Holland which asked the court to convict Francis. Francis was arrested on a morals offense after she offered two girls to an undercover deputy sheriff over the phone. This was the second letter sent to the Judge that condemned Francis’s actions.
Date:: February 5, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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