Judge challenges mayor in election, Pirates win, August 10, 1938

Posted on August 10, 2008 by lmharnisch


 
New Jersey couple cross country in 1904 Oldsmobile

This Oldsmobile got 30 mpg and hit 30 mph in a 4,600-mile cross-country jaunt.  But in 1938, this was a 34-year-old car, the same age as a 1974 Oldsmobile today.

New Jersey couple cross country in 1904 Oldsmobile

 
Judge to run against Los Angeles mayor in recall election This dropcap is from a 1914 headline Turr'ble Tales of Kaptin Kiddo uperior Court Judge Fletcher Bowron accepts the nomination bid to run against Mayor Frank Shaw in the upcoming recall election. Assemblyman Sam Yorty withdraws, ending a "draft Yorty" campaign, The Times says, calling him "the candidate of the left-wing labor element" of the Federation for Civic Betterment.

In Korea, Soviet artillery pounds the Japanese front … On the jump, a caravan leaves for Amarillo, Texas, to dedicate the Will Rogers Memorial Highway.

In sports, the Hollywood Stars beat the L.A. Angels, 6-5, in the opener of the "Civil War" series.   
Drivers head to Texas on Route 66 to dedicate Will Rogers Highway Los Angeles Angels lose to Hollywood Stars
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1 Response to Judge challenges mayor in election, Pirates win, August 10, 1938

  1. marc pollard's avatar marc pollard says:
    August 10, 2008 at 8:42 pm

    Babe Brandelli owned that bar on Washington Blvd (now Abbot Kinney) in Venice for years. How about some more on him.

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