The late Mrs. Alexander was frustrated over several failed screen tests she had taken, which provoked a fight with her husband that culminated in two self-inflicted gunshot wounds to the head. She died the following day at the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. Alexander's business manager Vernon D. Wood called to deliver the message to Mrs. Alexander's father.
Doug Douglas talks about the art of his job of reading the newspaper comics over the radio. Static is the youngest of he and wife Mary's four children.
This photograph may be associated with the article, “Birthday Feted by Centenarian: Ex-Engineer Host to Three Daughters on 100th Anniversary,” Los Angeles Times 29 Dec. 1938: 4.
When police apprehended the younger MacElree on Wilshire and Santa Monica Boulevards he was found with $208 on him, part strapped to his arm and the rest taped to his ankle. His father claims that the charges are a result of a mix-up in the books of the Sheriff's office and the money found on his son is his own.
From left to right, Reverend James Whitcomb Brougher Jr., Reverend James Whitcomb Brougher Sr., and Reverend Russell Morse Brougher. Dr. James W. Brougher Sr. was a pastor at the Temple Baptist Church in Los Angeles, CA. His two sons also became preachers. Related to the article, "All Supporting Same Standard: Pastor Family Reunited Sons, Both Wearing Cloth, Visit Father Minister; Three Plan to Make Journey Together," Los Angeles Times, 20 Jun. 1925: A1.