May 9, 1938

Above, a bottle of Pepsi costs a nickel (71 cents USD 2007) and is worth a dime ($1.43 USD 2007) ... Below,  unemployed actor and author Charles E. Royal finds another career telling tourists about City Hall in staggering detail. Royal, City Hall information clerk from 1936 to 1951, wrote more than 2,300 songs, The Times said. His wife, the former Olga Shuey, was a "child adagio dancer" ...  Geraldine "Gerry" Humason is chosen as a "typical outdoor coed" at UCLA ... And the government is encouraging foreign-born World War I veterans who served with U.S. forces or left the country to serve with the Allies to apply for citizenship.

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[Lora]

Does anyone remember the name of the delicious bakery that was across the street from the Bullocks Wilshire store. I think it was Biermanns? At least it started with a B. I think too that they served tea and small sandwiches...so delicious. When did it close and what's there now? Thanks