Editing Cathedral City, California (section)

===Depression era nightclubs===
In 1931, Al and Lou Wertheimer of the reputed Detroit "Purple Gang" opened the Dunes Club just outside Palm Springs' city limits. This was followed in 1939 by Earl T. Sausser's 139 Club and the Cove Club in 1941, built by Jake Katelman and Frank Portnoy.<ref>{{cite book|last=Moruzzi|first=Peter|title=Palm Springs Holiday|year=2009|publisher=Gibbs Smith|location=Layton, UT|isbn=978-1-4236-0476-1|pages=39–42|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zdZPqOwMM2gC}}</ref><ref>Artist Carlo Wahlbeck, resident of Palm Springs, is the owner of 29 wood panels that used to hang in the now-demolished 139 Club. The panels were autographed and doodled on in the 1930s and early 1940s by the likes of Humphrey Bogart, Betty Grable, Jack Benny, Cole Porter, Fanny Brice, Gracie Allen, George Burns, Rosalind Russell and others.{{citation needed|date=June 2014}}</ref>