Hanna, Phil Townsend, 1896-1957

Phil Townsend Hanna was born on Aug. 24, 1896 in Los Angeles, CA; attended Univ. of Southern California; worked for Los Angeles tribune, 1915-16; night city editor, then night editor, Los Angeles times, 1917-19; manager, Los Angeles Bureau of the Associated Press, 1919-20; editor, Western highway builder for six years beginning in 1920; art editor, 1922, editor, 1926, Touring topics (called Westways by 1934); became public relations counsel for the Automobile Club of Southern California, 1941; editor, Bohemian life; secretary of the Wine and Food Society; wrote books, including Libros Californianos; or, five feet of California books (1931), California through four centuries; a handbook of memorable historical dates (c.1935), California under twelve flags (c.1937), The dictionary of California land names (1951), and The wheel and the bell : the story of the first fifty years of the Automobile Club of Southern California (1950). Hanna die on June 1, 1957.