Raymond bombing

 

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Feb. 5, 1938
Los Angeles

The Harry Raymond bombing drops to the back page on this Saturday morning in Los Angeles … The Assembly vice investigation continues … The gagged and beaten body of a Filipino houseboy from Beverly Hills is found in a laundry bag hidden in a Jefferson Boulevard storm drain … A judge and a prosecutor are initiated into a law fraternity (note the Masonic reference in the headline: "rode the goat") … Times elevator operator John C. "Pat" Opp dies.

Quote of the day: "Although having but one leg and using crutches, Opp boasted he could hop as fast as most persons could run with two legs." –Obituary on Times elevator operator John C. "Pat" Opp.

 

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