Word: los
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Los Angeles, Calif...
Late last Thanksgiving afternoon Mrs. St. Louis Estes gave birth to a girl in the large house near Los Angeles which Cinemactor Noah Beery used to own. Four hours later Mrs. Estes answered her telephone. Next day she was up & around the house. The second day she took her new baby motoring. Four days later she began to feed the infant the juice of raw vegetables. Last week, dressed in trousers and zipper shirt, she sat down on an iron lawn chair and posed for a picture with her 72-year-old husband and the ten children she has borne...
...been quietly waiting for the proper time to break the record of $12,000 in one day held by another city. "Imagine our dismay then," continued "The House of Lucky Wedding Rings," "when the news reached us shortly thereafter, that on August 28, 1933, the Slavick Jewelry Co. of Los Angeles, had held a one-day sale which so far surpassed all previous records as to make them look like the efforts of amateurs. The Slavick concern set a mark that astonished the entire silverware industry. They sold $44,000 worth of silver in one day, all of one brand...
...beyond reach. We couldn't see a glimmer of hope of any event that would enable us to challenge it. So we gave up the idea and tried to reconcile ourselves to see it held elsewhere. But it griped us. And to have that record held in Los Angeles of all cities...
...Los Angeles, Southern California ended its conference season in which it won only one game, by losing to Washington, 14-to-7. Rice Institute's Owls, traditional tail-enders in the Southwest Conference, won their first championship by smothering Baylor with five touchdowns...