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Herman E. Hubler and his wife Anna L. Hubler, who are accused of involvement in a theater bank night fraud scandal, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Herman E. Hubler and his wife Anna L. Hubler, who are accused of involvement in a theater bank night fraud scandal, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: between December 24 and 27, 1935
1935-12-24/1935-12-27
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Herman E. Hubler and his wife Anna L. Hubler, who are accused of involvement in a theater bank night fraud scandal. The couple convinced numerous community theaters to use their 14-year-old daughter Blanche, known as Goldilocks, to pull the winning ticket in the bank night lottery. Goldilocks would palm a fake ticket and the winner would be one of the Hubler's accomplices, Alexander Szymanski or Roy Keown. The defendants admitted to winning thousands of dollars through the scandal.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Hubler, Anna L.Hubler, Herman E.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz0027x8d5
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Fraud--California--Los Angeles
People
Spouses--California--Los Angeles
Crime
Legal
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Hubler, Anna L
Hubler, Herman E
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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