Illegal Immigrants on Welfare! Child Psychic Says Missing Man Was Murdered

Posted on June 11, 2009 by lmharnisch
June 11, 1939, What Do You Make of This Hole Under the Instrument Panel?

"What Do You Make of This Hole Under the Instrument Panel?"

June 11, 1939, Miguel

California, the "welfare magnet," for illegal immigrants.

June 11, 1939, Pansy Ring

Above, UCLA's famous "pansy ring" for future brides.

June 11, 1939, Strauss
Hitler pays a surprise birthday visit to Richard Strauss …
 

June 11, 1939, Hitler

… and welcomes Nazi troops returning from Spain.

June 11, 1939, Hollywood

Marian Anderson sings Schubert's "Ave Maria" despite some commotion in the audience.

June 11, 1939, Joe Berry

Angel pitcher "Jittery Joe" Berry and his son Robert Miles Berry at Wrigley Field.

June 11, 1939, Folies Bergere

June 11, 1939, Psychic

A 7-year-old girl who says she has psychic powers offers a clue in the disappearance of Howard Greenhalgh.

 

June 11, 1939, Beau Geste

"Beau Geste" is being filmed in the California desert.

June 11, 1939, Brides

June brides!

June 11, 1939, Negro Chorus

The George Garner Negro Chorus.

June 11, 1939, Race

Herbert J. Seligmann takes a look at racial prejudice.

June 11, 1939, Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball in "Five Came Back."

June 11, 1939, Best Sellers

This week's best sellers. Fiction: "Grapes of Wrath," "Wickford Point," "All This and Heaven, Too," "The Tree of Liberty" and "Seasoned Timber."

Nonfiction: "Days of Our Years,"   "Autobiography With Letters" and "Through Embassy Eyes."

June 11, 1939, Grapefruit Pie

I suppose if your taste buds were shot from smoking two packs a day — as many people did in the 1930s –  this might seem edible. But the idea of grapefruit pie sounds wretched.

June 11, 1939, Buses
Fresno, San Jose and Stockton are getting rid of their streetcars. 		June 11, 1939, Vivisect

Anti-vivisectionists based in the Bradbury Building! 

June 11, 1939, Siesta

"Siesta" by Alfonso Ontiveros. The Times described him as "the originator of the Mexican school of cubism." He often drew the cover art for The Times Sunday magazine. 
June 11, 1939, Aunt Jemima

"Dat's Happy Eatin'."

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