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Hynes, William

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Approx. 25 items: several pieces of correspondence and information sheets (on onionskin paper) containing "Confidential" material with a confusing array of claims related to Hynes, that is was a communist, an anti-communist, a loyal American, a subversive, while also serving on the Los Angeles Police Department ; LAT clips of news stories on his activities of the 1930s and 1940s, including the allegation, in Ken (mag), 6/22/1939, that "Hynes, acting Captain of the Los Angeles Police, was supplying confidential information to Italian agents..." Included is LAT obit , "W.F. Hynes, noted foe of Reds, dies" (age 55), 5/18/1952. Also a copy of a letter from Philip Connelly of Los Angeles Industrial Union Council to Mayor Fletcher Bowron on the subject of Hynes' alleged contacts with the Axis Powers, and 3-pp. dossier for Hynes headed "Confidential," no address given and signed simply "J."

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1928 - 1952
Call number
mssLAT
Creator
Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
The Los Angeles Times,
Associated people
Bassett, James E., (1912-1978.)
Chandler, Norman, (1899-1973.)
Chandler, Otis, (1927-2006.)
Conrad, Paul, (1924-2010.)
Johnson, W. Thomas, (1941-)
Owens, Charles H.
Associated organizations
Los Angeles Times (Firm).
Los Angeles Times History Center.
Times Mirror Company.
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