Baby abandoned at hospital; Times’ Oscar favorites, January 8, 1939

Posted on January 8, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz is honored for 32 years of public service.

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Above, a baby nicknamed Little Buttercup is abandoned at White Memorial Hospital. Unfortunately, The Times never followed up on what became of her. We also take a look at improvised records left by climbers on California’s mountain peaks, including notes in bottles, names carved on a shingle and a message scratched into a half-dollar.

At left, The Times editorializes once again against a federal anti-lynching law. It’s unclear to my why the editorial board felt so strongly about this particular issue, but it did.

Below left, The Times offers its Academy Awards choices. We struck out except for Bette Davis in "Jezebel," above. Note: Fay Bainter won an award, but for a supporting role in "Jezebel" rather than best actress in "White Banners."

And in sports, Sam Snead shoots a 69 at the L.A. Open in Griffith Park. 

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To be perfectly fair, as Dewey Webb points out, several of these folks were at least nominated: Wendy Hiller, Robert Donat and James Cagney. Thanks Dewey! 		1939_0108_sports

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