Monthly Archives: October 2009

L.A. Welcomes Victorious Dodgers

Posted on October 9, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 9, 1959 In their second season in Los Angeles, the Dodgers turned to a very local hero en route to winning the World Series. Larry Sherry, who played baseball for Fairfax High before joining the Dodgers' farm system, … Continue reading →

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Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on October 9, 2009 by lmharnisch

  June 15, 1938: The original Nuestro Pueblo features have ended, so I’m going back to pick up the ones I missed previously. For this drawing, Joe Seewerker and Charles Owens visited 6162 N. Figueroa. Here’s the house!

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Black Sox Win Game 7

Posted on October 9, 2009 by lmharnisch

Oct. 9, 1919, The Black Sox win Game 7, 4-1. Oct. 9, 1919: For some reason, we ran two game stories, one from AP and the other an exclusive.   July 22, 1921: Bill Burns testifies that pitcher Eddie Cicotte … Continue reading →

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Notes From a (Very) Wild Rose

Posted on October 9, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 9, 1909: Love letters spice up a hearing on a marriage annulment. She signed them “Your Own Wild Rose.”

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October 8, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 8, 2009 by lmharnisch

Hollywood Intellectual Eugene Vale, author of “The Thirteenth Apostle,” lives and works a few blocks from Sunset and Laurel Canyon Blvds., rendezvous of actors, entertainers, agents and horse players, and fountainhead of glib, superficial wisecracks about Hollywood. Yet out of … Continue reading →

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The Strange, Terrible Saga of Mario Lanza

Posted on October 8, 2009 by lmharnisch

Oct. 8, 1959: Columnist Dick Williams on Mario Lanza. Oct. 8, 1959: “The Best of Everything” starts tomorrow at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre.

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Oct. 8, 1959

Posted on October 8, 2009 by lmharnisch

I always worry when Coates goes on vacation. He had some health problems and died at an early age, poor fellow, so his absences always trouble me. Dear Abby has advice for parents with mule-headed teenage daughters!

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Dodgers Take Series!

Posted on October 8, 2009 by lmharnisch

Oct. 8, 1959: The Mirror celebrates the Dodgers’ victory! And NBC suspends Charles Van Doren.   USC students protest new regulations imposed after the death of Richard Swanson during a fraternity hazing. Elvis says of being in the Army: "It … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movies

Posted on October 8, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 8, 1936: “The Big Broadcast of 1937” opens at the Paramount, 6th and Hill.

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Sox Favored Over Dodgers in Game 6 of Series

Posted on October 8, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 8, 1959: The Dodgers lead the page in the final edition, with the death of Mario Lanza and President Eisenhower taking action in a weeklong strike at ports on the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico.

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Black Sox Win Game 6 of World Series

Posted on October 8, 2009 by lmharnisch

Oct. 8, 1919: The Black Sox win the sixth game of the World Series. July 19, 1921: The prosecution begins its case in the 1919 Black Sox World Series. The prosecution says Eddie Cicotte met former White Sox pitcher Bill … Continue reading →

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Tango Craze Invades Pasadena

Posted on October 8, 2009 by lmharnisch

Jan. 14, 1913: That wicked dance, the “Tango Argentine,” is coming to Pasadena! These poses, among the most modest in the tango,  are demonstrated by Oscar and Suzette, who “brought the sensational dance to America.”

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October 7, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 7, 2009 by lmharnisch

Ledge to Remember As anyone who was around then will recall, things were mighty tough in 1936.  The Depression was on and jobs were scarce and, while hardly anyone went hungry, many persons weren’t eating too well. In this prevailing … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Oct. 7, 1959

Posted on October 7, 2009 by lmharnisch

Oct. 7, 1959: Paul Coates is on vacation.   Dear Suspicious: If there is nothing “between them” there out to be a wall!

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Mario Lanzo Dies!

Posted on October 7, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 7, 1959: Singer Mario Lanza dies of a heart attack. He was 38. Iraqi leader Abdel Karim Kassem survives an attempted assassination.

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movies

Posted on October 7, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 7, 1935: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at the Warner Bros. Beverly Hills Theatre.

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Orioles Shut Out Angels in Playoffs

Posted on October 7, 2009 by lmharnisch

Oct. 7, 1979: Pope John Paul II tours the U.S. So much for the playoffs. The Angels' first taste of postseason ended bitterly thanks to Scott McGregor, who pitched a shutout and sent the Orioles into the World Series. Baltimore … Continue reading →

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Sox Beat Dodgers, 1-0

Posted on October 7, 2009 by lmharnisch

Oct. 7, 1959: Hold off on that victory parade. The White Sox extended the World Series to at least Game 6 by edging the Dodgers, 1-0, before yet another record crowd in the Coliseum. Sandy Koufax gave up the game’s … Continue reading →

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Cincinnati Beats Black Sox in Game 5

Posted on October 7, 2009 by lmharnisch

Oct. 7, 1919: Edmund Waller “Ted” Gale on Game 5 of the Black Sox World Series. Oct. 7, 1919: Cincinnati beats the Black Sox 5-0. "Chicago's interest in its White Sox of 1919 practically ended today when they went down … Continue reading →

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October 7, 1909: Jurors Convict Man, Take Up a Collection for Him

Posted on October 7, 2009 by lmharnisch

October 7, 1909: Pedro Vasquez was arrested by Detective Talamantes for stealing two pairs of trousers. After the jurors convicted Vasquez,  they took up a collection so he could buy a shirt since he didn’t have one. 

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