May 5, 1938

Above, Thelma Todd's famous (or notorious) Inn ... Below, George Sakalis says he was offered $3,000 to keep his mouth shut in the trial of Police Capt. Earle Kynette in the Harry Raymond bombing ... Jackie Coogan says he brought a lawsuit against his mother and stepfather over his earnings as a childhood actor because his stepfather was going to cash a $100,000 life insurance policy for $7,500 ... Mussolini reportedly tells Hitler, during the Fuehrer's visit to Rome, that he has nothing to gain from a military pact with Germany. On the jump, George Farley goes on trial on charges of killing Deputy City Marshals Leon W. Romer and T. Dwight Crittenden when they tried to serve an eviction notice. Farly, 54, an African American, has entered dual pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity.

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