Union Station Preview, May 2, 1939

"That I love peace is perhaps best shown by my work." --Adolf Hitler

Tim Turner covers Al Smith's arrival in Los Angeles, featuring quotes from a Negro porter and a Mexican bootblack ... in dialect: "Ahl Esmeeth."  The Times runs its political endorsements in a box next to the runover of the election story. Among other things, we support a $3-million bond issue for the airport.

This May Day photo of Red Square complements the Page 1 story on a speech at the Hollywood Bowl by Rep. Martin Dies (D-Texas) about the dangers of communist subversives.

"Abe Lincoln in Illinois" and "The Yearling" win Pulitzers.

A preview gala at Union Station has a Gay '90s theme.

The grand jury investigates bribery allegations against the mayor's former public relations aide ... and another court battle to shut down the gambling ship Rex.   The Whittier avocado show.

Casting for "Ninotchka": Cary Grant or William Powell? Romance blossoms in "Gasoline Alley."

The new Gilmore Field opens with a game between the Hollywood Stars and the Seattle Rainiers.