Sunday, April 8, 2012

Around Town: There was a wizard among us (part 1)

Around Town: There was a wizard among us This week's column, about L. Frank Baum, Kenneth Gage Baum., La Canada Flintridge and Miss Audrey Hepburn, was picked up by the "The Daily Ozmopolitan

In 1914, Kenneth Baum, the son of L. Frank Baum,
was an advertising executive with the Los Angeles Times.
Kenneth, along with Harrison Gray Otis and Harry Chandler, was a founding member of the Los Angeles Times Automobile Club, “the first automobile club comprised entirely of newspaper men.” (See “Newspaper Club Formed,” L.A. Times, Nov. 21, 1915). All of which explains Kenneth Baum's secrecy.

Around Town: There was a wizard among us WGN News

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