Monthly Archives: March 2008

Woman architect

Posted on March 22, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 21, 1908 Los Angeles I stumbled across the story of Penelope Murdoch yesterday but didn’t have time to pursue it until now. This photograph and few inches of type from The Times may be all that remains of the … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on March 21, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 21, 1958 Rather suddenly, after several years of unaccustomed luxury to which people became accustomed, and forgetful, the world seems to have gone sharply economic again. Once more the big talk is of nickels and dimes. Oops, better make … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on March 21, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 21, 1958 A month ago I wrote a column concerning a mysterious medal. About the size of a half-dollar, it had the embossed figure of a stork on its face side, plus the lettering "Wanstead High School." On the … Continue reading →

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March 21, 1958

Posted on March 21, 2008 by lmharnisch

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March 21, 1938

Posted on March 21, 2008 by lmharnisch

Below, despite concessions from Lithuania, war remains a possibility between the nation and neighboring Poland … Mexico nationalizes foreign oil companies … An estimated 30,000 troops have died in fighting between Japan and China … And United Press helpfully identifies … Continue reading →

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March 21, 1908

Posted on March 21, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, baseball and ostriches. Below, the Rev. G.W. Woodbey, an African American minister described in The Times as a rabid radical, is convicted of speaking on a street corner without a license. Woodbey sounds like an interesting fellow and he … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on March 20, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 20, 1958 Perhaps you, too, have caught the lilting language of the missile experts. To them a satellite or a missile is "the hardware." It is said to be propelled by an "exotic" fuel. Already such terminology is having … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on March 20, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 20, 1958 Barbara Ridley is 25. She’s the mother of four sons, ages 6, 4, 3 and 1. She’s also part of the unpleasant headlines you’ve been reading this week. She’s the wife of 36-year-old James Vernon Ridley, who … Continue reading →

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March 20, 1958

Posted on March 20, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, more layoffs, this time in Los Angeles’ auto assembly plants in South Gate, Van Nuys and Maywood, recall the recurring theme of unemployment in recent columns by Matt Weinstock and Paul Coates. Below, the Navy discovers that a mystery … Continue reading →

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March 20, 1938

Posted on March 20, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, an interesting wrinkle in the campaign to recall Mayor Frank Shaw. Below, Lithuania concedes to Poland and the nation’s celebration turns to rioting in Warsaw’s Jewish ghetto … On the jump, more than 500 people protest outside the German-Austrian … Continue reading →

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The comics

Posted on March 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 20, 1938 Wow! Here’s a "Joe Palooka" strip from 1938. All of Ham Fisher’s white characters are drawn realistically and the African American is this ghastly caricature who speaks in dialect. Seeing something like this in the daily press … Continue reading →

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Home of the week

Posted on March 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 20, 1938

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March 20, 1908

Posted on March 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

A German politician speaking in the Reichstag provokes snide remarks from the press gallery for saying "a Negro also has an immortal soul." Below, an Examiner reporter is jailed in the theft of photos that were published in the Hearst … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on March 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 19, 1958 Books never grow old for me. Somehow, I rarely find time to read them when they come out but months or years later I find them on the shelves and they are as fresh as if newly … Continue reading →

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Emmett Kelly–Dodger

Posted on March 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo Emmett Kelly, right, in an undated photo, with a mystery guest. The picture was apparently a publicity photo for the Jan. 21, 1962, television program "Project 20," which featured the Clyde Beatty Circus. By Keith … Continue reading →

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March 19, 1958

Posted on March 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, a look at the making of "The Defiant Ones." Below, we drop the masthead to run a terrific horizontal shot as a test pilot who bailed out of an F-4D  Skyray is rescued from the ocean  … President Eisenhower … Continue reading →

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March 19, 1938

Posted on March 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, a feature on Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Strode, athlete and actor, who starred in "Sergeant Rutledge." Below, Poland prepares for war with Lithuania …  The forces of Generalissimo Francisco Franco bomb Barcelona while loyalist forces sink one of Franco’s cruisers … Continue reading →

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March 19, 1908

Posted on March 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, development spreads across Southern California. And of course, once people move to Chino they will need some sort of transportation … Below, a clever fraud by a clever, affable insurance man who fakes a death … At an African … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on March 18, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 18, 1958 Yesterday I told about a man sent out by this office to visit a few of the hundreds of persons in Southern California who represent themselves as "income tax experts." We gave him the name of Victor … Continue reading →

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Arthur C. Clarke

Posted on March 18, 2008 by lmharnisch

Nov. 1, 2001 Celebrity Setup: Evolution of a Sci-Fi Master   * ‘2001’ author Arthur C. Clarke has long been fascinated with electronics. By David ColkerTimes Staff Writer Arthur C. Clarke, author of "2001: A Space Odyssey" and numerous other … Continue reading →

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