Strip Shopping

November 16, 1947
Los Angeles

Three fellas who stopped by the market at 1313 E. Olympic last night got a humiliating surprise when a pair of armed robbers made them slip off their trousers and hand ’em over. While the chilly victims were waiting in the back of the store, the robbers made off with $800 from the till and $289 from various pockets. They were kind enough not to take the trousers when they left.

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Kim Cooper is the creator of 1947project, the crime-a-day time travel blog that spawned Esotouric’s popular crime bus tours, including The Real Black Dahlia. She is the author of The Kept Girl, the acclaimed historical mystery starring the young Raymond Chandler and the real-life Philip Marlowe, and of The Raymond Chandler Map of Los Angeles. With husband Richard Schave, Kim curates the Salons and forensic science seminars of LAVA- The Los Angeles Visionaries Association. When the third generation Angeleno isn’t combing old newspapers for forgotten scandals, she is a passionate advocate for historic preservation of signage, vernacular architecture and writer’s homes. Kim was for many years the editrix of Scram, a journal of unpopular culture. Her books include Fall in Love For Life, Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth, Lost in the Grooves and an oral history of Neutral Milk Hotel.

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  1. OBITUARY

    Mrs. Virgil Earp
    Funeral services for Mrs. Virgil Earp, 98, who died Friday, will be conducted at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the Ivy Overholtzer Mortuary Chapel. She was the last of the renowned law enforcement family of western frontier days. Her husband, who died 40 years ago, was a deputy to his brother, U.S. Marshal Wyatt Earp, credited with cleaning the Clanton gang out of the Tombstone (Ariz.) area. Mrs. Earp was a native of Council Bluffs, Iowa. For the last four decades, she made her home with her grand-niece, Mrs. C.E. Halliwell, 6301 8th Ave.

    Quote of the day: “We believe it is the right of every woman to be gainfully employed if she so desires.â€Â
    Laura M. Lorraine, California Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs.

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