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Louis R. Glavis, director of investigation for the Department of the Interior, in the office of U.S. Attorney Peirson Hall.

Description:
Louis R. Glavis (left), director of investigation for the Department of the Interior, as well as for the Civil Works Administration and Publiv Works Administration, is photographed with U.S. Attorney Peirson Hall. Glavis's visit to Los Angeles coincided with increasing indictments relating to accusations that various major oil corporations had violated the National Petroleum Administration's code of fair competition. The government contended, via the offices of Attorney Peirson Hall, that major oil companies such as Shell and Standard oil had planned to create price-cutting wars, cut wages and reduce employment.
Date:
[circa March 27, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Louis R. Glavis, director of investigation for the Department of the Interior, in the office of U.S. Attorney Peirson Hall.

Maj. Donald H. Connolly, C.W.A. director of Los Angeles County, meets with Peirson M. Hall and Capt. Edward Macauley, circa February 1934.

Description:
Maj. Donald H. Connolly, United States Army engineering officer, succeeded Harrold English as C.W.A. director of Los Angeles County. In this image, Maj. Connolly (cent.) meets with Capt. Edward H. Macaulay (left), the state director of the C.W.A. for California, and Peirson M. Hall (right), federal prosecutor for LA County.Donald H. Connollly was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers from West Point in 1910, and was the officerin charge of the W.P.A of southern California for 1935-1939. He would go on to reach the rank of Major General, serving in the Persian Gulf command from 1942-1944. Ma. Gen. Donald H. Connolly retired from service in 1948 and died in 1969.Peirson M. Hall was a Federal prosecutor for southern California. He took office on May 1, 1933. Peirson Hall later became a local federal judge for Los Angeles, serving for over 35 years.Capt. Edward Macauley was a retired Naval captain, who served as the administrator of the Civil Works Administration for California for 1933-1934. He went on to serve as a member of the U.S. Maritime Commission and as a deputy administrator of the War Shipping Administration. He previously had served as a naval architect and marine engineer, as well as the director of emergency relief for San Mateo county.
Date:
[circa February 1, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Maj. Donald H. Connolly, C.W.A. director of Los Angeles County, meets with Peirson M. Hall and Capt. Edward Macauley, circa February 1934.

Maj. Donald H. Connolly, C.W.A. director of Los Angeles County, meets with Peirson M. Hall and Capt. Edward Macauley, circa February 1934.

Description:
Maj. Donald H. Connolly, United States Army engineering officer, succeeded Harrold English as C.W.A. director of Los Angeles County. In this image, Maj. Connolly (cent.) meets with Capt. Edward H. Macaulay (left), the state director of the C.W.A. for California, and Peirson M. Hall (right), federal prosecutor for LA County.Donald H. Connollly was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers from West Point in 1910, and was the officerin charge of the W.P.A of southern California for 1935-1939. He would go on to reach the rank of Major General, serving in the Persian Gulf command from 1942-1944. Ma. Gen. Donald H. Connolly retired from service in 1948 and died in 1969.Peirson M. Hall was a Federal prosecutor for southern California. He took office on May 1, 1933. Peirson Hall later became a local federal judge for Los Angeles, serving for over 35 years.Capt. Edward Macauley was a retired Naval captain, who served as the administrator of the Civil Works Administration for California for 1933-1934. He went on to serve as a member of the U.S. Maritime Commission and as a deputy administrator of the War Shipping Administration. He previously had served as a naval architect and marine engineer, as well as the director of emergency relief for San Mateo county.
Date:
[circa February 1, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Maj. Donald H. Connolly, C.W.A. director of Los Angeles County, meets with Peirson M. Hall and Capt. Edward Macauley, circa February 1934.

Louis R. Glavis, director of investigation for the Department of the Interior, in the office of U.S. Attorney Peirson Hall, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
Louis R. Glavis (left), director of investigation for the Department of the Interior, as well as for the Civil Works Administration and Publiv Works Administration, is photographed with U.S. Attorney Peirson Hall. Glavis's visit to Los Angeles coincided with increasing indictments relating to accusations that various major oil corporations had violated the National Petroleum Administration's code of fair competition. The government contended, via the offices of Attorney Peirson Hall, that major oil companies such as Shell and Standard oil had planned to create price-cutting wars, cut wages and reduce employment.
Date:
[circa March 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Louis R. Glavis, director of investigation for the Department of the Interior, in the office of U.S. Attorney Peirson Hall, Los Angeles, 1934

U.S. Attorney Peirson M. Hall with unidentified man, Los Angeles, 1933-1937

Description:
Peirson M. Hall was an attorney in the Los Angeles County who once served as a city councilman, U.S. attorney, and eventually a Los Angeles Superior Court judgeBecause the negative sleeve labels Hall as a U.S. Attorney, we can assume that the photograph was probably taken between 1933 and 1937, when Peirson served that post.
Date:
[between 1933-1937]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
U.S. Attorney Peirson M. Hall with unidentified man, Los Angeles, 1933-1937

U.S. Attorney Peirson M. Hall with unidentified man, Los Angeles, 1933-1937

Description:
Peirson M. Hall was an attorney in the Los Angeles County who once served as a city councilman, U.S. attorney, and eventually a Los Angeles Superior Court judge. Because the negative sleeve labels Hall as a U.S. Attorney, we can assume that the photograph was probably taken between 1933 and 1937, when Peirson served that post.
Date:
[between 1933-1937]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
U.S. Attorney Peirson M. Hall with unidentified man, Los Angeles, 1933-1937

Justice John W. Preston of the State Supreme Court and US Attorney Peirson M. Hall, both involved in the Elk Hills oil field case, 1935

Description:
Justice John W. Preston of the State Supreme Court and US Attorney for the Southern District of California Peirson M. Hall stand next to each other. Hall is smiling to someone off the left side of the picture. Preston is facing the camera and smiling slightly.
Date:
July 19, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Justice John W. Preston of the State Supreme Court and US Attorney Peirson M. Hall, both involved in the Elk Hills oil field case, 1935