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Description:: Tony Cornero’s newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill (also known as the Lux), which was meant to operate offshore of Los Angeles. After the Bunker Hill’s opening night, however, Cornero and five of his aides were arrested on felony charges of criminal conspiracy to conduct gambling games and serve alcohol without a license. After his arrest, Cornero announced that he was ready to go to the United States Supreme court to keep the Bunker Hill running. Cornero was also “admiral” of the Rex, another gambling vessel which was forced to suspend operations in 1938.
Date:: August 9, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Horse racing scoreboard on Tony Cornero's newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill (also known as the Lux), which was meant to operate offshore of Los Angeles. After the Bunker Hill’s opening night, however, Cornero and five of his aides were arrested on felony charges of criminal conspiracy to conduct gambling games and serve alcohol without a license. After his arrest, Cornero announced that he was ready to go to the United States Supreme court to keep the Bunker Hill running. Cornero was also “admiral” of the Rex, another gambling vessel which was forced to suspend operations in 1938.
Date:: August 9, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: War veteran Joe Julius Poncelet and his wife, Peggy Poncelet, after being arrested for an attempted robbery at a Spring St. jewelry store.
Date:: May 16, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Former Ku Klux Klan Kleagle, Ray J. Schneider, in Klan robes at a trial in which the court was attempting to preemptively disrupt the reformation of the Klan and ultimately outlawed it in California. Schneider testified, along with other former officials, that he had had no involvement with the Klan since the war.
Date:: between April and May, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: War veteran Joe Julius Poncelet and his wife, Peggy Poncelet, holding hands after being arrested for an attempted robbery at a Spring St. jewelry store.
Date:: May 16, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: The Louis M. Rich family watches as their possessions are loaded into a moving van. The family was evicted from their home on Thanksgiving Day. The young son stands with his arm around his little sister, watching, in the foreground.
Date:: November 22, 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Tony Cornero’s newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill (also known as the Lux), which was meant to operate offshore of Los Angeles. After the Bunker Hill’s opening night, however, Cornero and five of his aides were arrested on felony charges of criminal conspiracy to conduct gambling games and serve alcohol without a license. After his arrest, Cornero announced that he was ready to go to the United States Supreme court to keep the Bunker Hill running. Cornero was also “admiral” of the Rex, another gambling vessel which was forced to suspend operations in 1938.
Date:: August 9, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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