Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Not to be confused with Don A. Allen, Los Angeles City Council member, 1947–57.Charles A. Allen was on leave from his job as supervisor of the Los Angeles City Hall parking garage when he was elected to the Los Angeles City Council in 1941. He was reelected in 1943 and 1945, but in the April 1947 primary election his victory — already certified by the City Council—was set aside by court order, a recount was made, and he had to face a final election the next month, which he lost to Kenneth Hahn.A native of Missouri, where he was a captain in the National Guard and was given the nickname "Cap," Allen was in the grocery business and ran several Los Angeles area markets. He was also active in clubs and civic associations. He took the garage job in 1935 and ran for Los Angeles City Council District 8 six years later in an election to succeed 12-year veteran Councilman Evan Lewis. He won that year and was reelected twice more.In 1940, the 8th District was bounded on the north by Vernon Avenue, on the west by Western Avenue, on the east by the city limits or Alameda Street and on the south by about Slauson Avenue.. }
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- Charles_A._Allen_(Los_Angeles) abstract "Not to be confused with Don A. Allen, Los Angeles City Council member, 1947–57.Charles A. Allen was on leave from his job as supervisor of the Los Angeles City Hall parking garage when he was elected to the Los Angeles City Council in 1941. He was reelected in 1943 and 1945, but in the April 1947 primary election his victory — already certified by the City Council—was set aside by court order, a recount was made, and he had to face a final election the next month, which he lost to Kenneth Hahn.A native of Missouri, where he was a captain in the National Guard and was given the nickname "Cap," Allen was in the grocery business and ran several Los Angeles area markets. He was also active in clubs and civic associations. He took the garage job in 1935 and ran for Los Angeles City Council District 8 six years later in an election to succeed 12-year veteran Councilman Evan Lewis. He won that year and was reelected twice more.In 1940, the 8th District was bounded on the north by Vernon Avenue, on the west by Western Avenue, on the east by the city limits or Alameda Street and on the south by about Slauson Avenue.".