Professional Career
In 1928 Hunter tried an advertising system where he would publish train and bus schedules and charge for advertising, then placing them in hotels. The project worked moderately well in such cities as Nampa and Twin Falls but completely failed in Pocatello, Idaho. After this failure Hunter moved to southern California.
In California Hunter initially worked in a citrus factory and in shoe sales. After a few weeks he secured a job at a Bank of Italy branch on April 23, 1928. Hunter studied at the American Institute of Banking while working for the Bank of Italy.
In June 1928 Hunter met Clara May "Claire" Jeffs, a lady from Salt Lake City who had moved with her family to Los Angeles in 1926. They dated some over the next year, but not exclusively with each other at this point Besides working in banking Hunter was still playing the saxophone for dances on a regular basis. By the summer of 1929 Howard and Claire were dating steady. However Howard was contemplating serving a mission so they held off on marriage. However, he eventually decided to get married instead. Howard and Claire were married in the Salt Lake Temple on June 10, 1931.
In November 1930 Howard was involved in booking for the merger of the Bank of Italy with the Bank of America of California to form the Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association. Shortly after that Hunter took a position as a junior officer with the First Exchange Bank of Inglewood. This bank was taken over by the state of California and placed in receivership in January 1932.
For the next two years Hunter filled several odd jobs, including working as a bridge painter and a laundry detergent peddler. In 1934 he managed to get a position as a title examiner with the Los Angeles County Flood Control District.
Hunter then began to study at Southwestern Law School, whereupon graduating he had a successful career as a lawyer. Howard and Claire's first son, William, died shortly after he started law school. However his sons Richard Hunter and John Hunter were both born while he was in law school.
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