The Louis-Conn Rematch
One of the most anticipated sports events of the immediate postwar era was the rematch between the reining Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World, Joe Louis and challenger Billy Conn of Pittsburg. Continue reading
The Fifth Street Store Becomes Milliron’s
On May 7, 1946, owners of The Fifth Street Store department store on the southwest corner of Fifth and Broadway announced that it had a new name: Milliron’s. Continue reading
Gravel Gertie’s Wedding Day
With much serious news in the summer of 1946- the atom bomb tests at Bikini Island, smog, a polio outbreak, gangster violence, for a start- Los Angeles like the rest of the country could find respite in the funny pages and the much anticipated wedding of Gravel Gertie. There was a local connection, too. Continue reading
Los Angeles and Burbank Airports
Both opened in 1930; in 1946 Los Angeles was ready to take its place as the city’s premiere airport.
Les Bruneman
In its survey of Gangland Killings 1900-1951, the LAPD lists Les Bruneman as the unlucky first victim of the post-bootleg era.
J. H. Graham 