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Financier F.W. Leistikow, victim of wrongful taxation, Los Angeles, October 6, 1943

Description:
Financier F.W. Leistikow, who, along with his wife Esther E. Leistikow and 17 others, will benefit from a settlement with the County Counsel’s Department after claiming that the county illegally collected taxes on luxury homes in 1939, 1940, and 1941. The claims totaled $32,171.35 and, although the Counsel did not admit wrongdoing, they realized it would be more difficult to protest and decided to pay 62.5% of that amount, equal to $20,117.72
Date:
October 6, 1943
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Financier F.W. Leistikow, victim of wrongful taxation, Los Angeles, October 6, 1943

Members of Southern California Townsend club start trip to national convention, October 21, 1935

Description:
Start of journey of Southern California Townsend club members to Chicago for national convention. Clubs named after Dr. Francis Townsend to advocate for his old age pension plans, a precursor to Social Security. West was western divisional director of Townsend club; Litchenfels, state area officer; Highley, President of Los Angeles club; Biddlecom, member of national advisory board. Wives of Bliss and Highley also present.
Date:
[October 21, 1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Members of Southern California Townsend club start trip to national convention, October 21, 1935

Tony Cornero surrounded by staff on his newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill or Lux, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:
Tony Cornero surrounded by staff and Radio News Reel broadcasting equipment on his 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
Tony Cornero surrounded by staff on his newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill or Lux, Los Angeles, 1946

Veterans filling out paperwork to purchase Quonset huts and other surplus military supplies, Port Hueneme, July 15, 1946

Description:
Veterans filling out paperwork with the War Assets Administration at Port Hueneme to purchase Quonset Huts and other surplus army and navy supplies such as tentage, steel bunks, electrical saws, bridge-building equipment, pumps and an air-raid warning siren. More than 1000 veterans with priority certificates showed up for the sale, some camped out to ensure they would get their choice of hut. The huts cost between $230 and $288 depending on the number of windows.
Date:
July 15, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Veterans filling out paperwork to purchase Quonset huts and other surplus military supplies, Port Hueneme, July 15, 1946

Group gathered in the office of price administration, Los Angeles, May 4, 1946

Description:
Photographer and others gathered in the Office of Price Administration with six dummies wearing signs that say: "This congressman committed political suicide. He voted against the O.P.A. by A.V.C." The American Veterans Committee hung the dummies from lamp posts and high wires at prominant intersections throughout the city in support of prolonging government regulation of prices.
Date:
May 4, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Group gathered in the office of price administration, Los Angeles, May 4, 1946

Veterans at Port Hueneme waiting to purchase Quonset huts and other surplus military supplies, Port Hueneme, July 15, 1946

Description:
Veterans at the War Assets Administration area in Port Hueneme waiting to purchase Quonset Huts and other surplus army and navy supplies such as tentage, steel bunks, electrical saws, bridge-building equipment, pumps and an air-raid warning siren. More than 1000 veterans with priority certificates showed up for the sale, some camped out to ensure they would get their choice of hut. The huts cost between $230 and $288 depending on the number of windows.
Date:
July 15, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Veterans at Port Hueneme waiting to purchase Quonset huts and other surplus military supplies, Port Hueneme, July 15, 1946

Assemblywoman Jeanette E. Daley, vice-chairman of a legislative committee appointed to investigate the practices and policies of the S.R.A., Los Angeles, March 5, 1940

Description:
Committee vice-chairman, Assemblywoman Jeanette E. Daley, at the meeting of a joint legislative committee composed of seven Senators and eight Assemblymen, which was appointed to investigate policies and practices of the State Relief Administration. Some topics discussed at the hearing included S.R.A. funding of crossing guards, the transfer of S.R.A. headquarters from San Francisco to Los Angeles, how the S.R.A. leases quarters, and financial conditions, including the controversial 40% cut of relief checks. This last point drew picketers from the Workers Alliance, who marched outside the State Building during the committee’s S.R.A. hearings.
Date:
March 5, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Assemblywoman Jeanette E. Daley, vice-chairman of a legislative committee appointed to investigate the practices and policies of the S.R.A., Los Angeles, March 5, 1940

Home in rural El Monte completed under the Rurban Homes project funded by the Federal Resettlement Administration, El Monte, 1935

Description:
Home in rural El Monte completed under the Rurban Homes project funded by the Federal Resettlement Administration. 100 homes were completed and occupied in El Monte under the small farm home program supported by the Los Angeles Times and the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. The rural homes were provided to low-income families who could not afford private loans in an attempt to create a small farm home development.
Date:
1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Home in rural El Monte completed under the Rurban Homes project funded by the Federal Resettlement Administration, El Monte, 1935

Veterans filling out paperwork to purchase Quonset huts and other surplus military supplies, Port Hueneme, July 15, 1946

Description:
Veterans filling out paperwork with the War Assets Administration at Port Hueneme to purchase Quonset Huts and other surplus army and navy supplies such as tentage, steel bunks, electrical saws, bridge-building equipment, pumps and an air-raid warning siren. More than 1000 veterans with priority certificates showed up for the sale, some camped out to ensure they would get their choice of hut. The huts cost between $230 and $288 depending on the number of windows.
Date:
July 15, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Veterans filling out paperwork to purchase Quonset huts and other surplus military supplies, Port Hueneme, July 15, 1946

Capt. Robert C. Burdett, skipper of Tony Cornero's newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill or Lux, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:
Captain Robert C. Burdett, skipper of 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
Capt. Robert C. Burdett, skipper of Tony Cornero's newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill or Lux, Los Angeles, 1946

Dressed in traditional Scandinavian clothing, 14-year-old Anita Roos sells Mayor Bowron the first ticket to the Finnish Relief bazaar, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
Dressed in traditional Scandinavian clothing from her native Finland, 14-year-old Anita Roos sells Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher Bowron the first ticket to the Finnish Relief Fund bazaar, held in S.A.E. Auditorium. Looking on are secretary-treasurer of the bazaar committee, Victor Kallio, and acting bazaar chairman, Peter Williams.
Date:
February 6, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Dressed in traditional Scandinavian clothing, 14-year-old Anita Roos sells Mayor Bowron the first ticket to the Finnish Relief bazaar, Los Angeles, 1940