Thanks for posting that excerpt. Good read.

Your matchbook is interesting too. On the inside, it connects the dots between the LV La Rue (on the LV Strip) with the Hollywood La Rue (on the Sunset Strip). The drive between the 2 locations, pre-Interstate 15, would have been quite a trek along Highway 91 and Route 66.

I just recalled the article I had seen on the Los Angeles La Rue. Here's a link --
https://martinturnbull.com/2014/03/15/billy-wilkersons-la-rue-restaurant-at-8361-sunset-boulevard-1940s/