Former President Says 'Liberal,' 'Conservative' Labels Are 'Dumdum' Words

"She Left This Note Written in Lipstick! It Explains Everything.'

In a commencement address at Earlham College, former President Herbert Hoover says that labels like "liberal" and "conservative" are "dumdum words to assassinate men and then to plant bitter onions on their graves."

President Roosevelt shakes hands with West Point graduates and gives them their commissions as second lieutenants.

Jewish refugees seeking sanctuary face a difficult plight after being turned away from Cuba, Peru and Mexico.

Adjusted for inflation, the suits cost $383.63 and $460.36.

A massed band of young musicians performs at the Hollywood Bowl in a program titled "I Am an American."

Richard Holland, 16, is charged with killing Paul Butler in a brawl after a trip to one of the offshore gambling ships. Richard's father admitted taking his son to the gambling ship and said several people in their group had been drinking. The judge ruled that Holland acted in self-defense, but committed him to the Blade School at Atascadero, Calif. That's right. Someone accused in a stabbing was sentenced to the Blade School.

Lee Shippey's "Great American Family" sets an attendance record at the Pasadena Playhouse.

Below, a federal official says Los Angeles is jeopardizing its chances of getting federal slum clearance funding by failing to submit proposals.

President Roosevelt -- seeking an unprecedented third term -- and Vice President John Nance Garner of Texas are expected to compete for the 1940 Democratic nomination.

Local school officials seek ways to prevent drunkenness and reckless driving by graduating seniors.

Above, Lee Shippey reminises about church picnics in one of his typical columns and talks about William S. Hart's re-release of "Tumbleweeds."

At left, Mayor Bowron dispels rumors that he plans to resign to take a post on the federal bench.