March 23, 1941: The Times’ editorial page opposes raising taxes to fund the library. It’s the war, you know, and if we go around handing out money to the library, next in line will be the police, and firefighters and the parks department, The Times says.  (Voters defeated the measure, 20,277 to 13,292).

Ellis Kutten is a refugee Pole in Hollywood, the man who was in charge of cement manufacturing for all Poland…. Today, with Mrs. Kutten, he is making a fresh start from a Hollywood rooming house. He has been in America for two months and has no job but he is as sure of himself as if he were already behind an executive's desk, Tom Treanor says. 

Terse description of Mickey Rooney: Peter Pan-ic, Jimmie Fidler says.