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Title
District Attorney Buron Fitts
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1931
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
District Attorney Buron Fitts declares that a virtual "slave market" has been operated in Los Angeles by a "love syndicate," supplying young girls as companions for wealthy men. He alleges that William Jobelmann and Olive Day are involved in the operation of the alleged "love mart." Jobelmann and Miss Day, formerly known as Dorothy Clark and said to be Jobelman's wife, have been placed under arrest while official investigation of the charges is in progress. Photo dated: March 6, 1931.
Type
Image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00046577
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 3600.
CARL0000050935
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/16679
Subject
Jobelmann, William
Day, Olive Clark
Fitts, Buron,--1895-1973
Mills, John P
Pantages, Alexander
Shreve, Jesse
Crime--California--San Diego
Lawyers--California--San Diego
Trials--California--San Diego
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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