Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, March 21, 1941

March 21, 1941: Tom Treanor says that the war has created a narcotics shortage in Los Angeles, so that many addicts are getting clean and sober or switching to liquor.  The evidence is mostly anecdotal, however, and doesn't inlude marijuana use.  Police report an increase in drug thefts from doctors and pharmacies, as well as rise in forged prescriptions.   Cuff Notes: Phone Headman Buddy De Sylva at Paramount and ask why, with all the testing, he doesn't look into this column's suggestion that Luise Rainer would be perfect for Maria in "For Whom the Bell Tolls," Jimmie Fidler says. ALSO Drug Fiends Make Crime Wave, 1919 Hallucinations of a Cocaine Fiend, 1889 Heroin on the Daily Mirror Marijuana on the Daily Mirror

4 Children Hurt in Runaway by Frightened Horse

Sept. 4, 1919: "Somebody Is Always Taking the Joy Out of Life" by Clare Briggs (1875-1930). I would imagine the anti-union message resonated with The Times' editorial policy.

Turner Hall at 321 S. Main St. becomes the Los Angeles Men's Club, a "dry saloon" mainly for servicemen returning from World War I ... A horse frightened by a piece of paper runs away with a wagon that is "smashed to splinters" at Alameda Street and Florence Avenue, injuring four young passengers.