Monthly Archives: November 2009

November 21, 1919: Wife Divorces ‘Girlish’ Army Officer

Posted on November 21, 2009 by lmharnisch

November 21, 1919: Lucille Howell seeks a divorce from her husband, an Army captain who likes to wear a girdle.

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Pioneer of Covered Wagon Days Seeks to Save Oregon Trail

Posted on November 21, 2009 by lmharnisch

Ezra Meeker, who first traveled the Oregon Trail in 1852. The city is overrun with loose dogs, The Times says. Dec. 4, 1928: Ezra Meeker dies at the age of 97. Nov. 21, 1909: The Times profiles Ezra Meeker, who … Continue reading →

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Artist’s Notebook: Gustavo Dudamel

Posted on November 21, 2009 by lmharnisch

Gustavo Dudamel, by Marion Eisenmann, Nov. 12, 2009. Marion Eisenmann and I have been looking at Los Angeles landmarks as a modern version of Nuestro Pueblo, but we realized that the debut of Gustavo Dudamel as music director of the … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay – Thomas Bros. Map

Posted on November 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

  This 1940s vintage Thomas Bros. map of Los Angeles has been listed on EBay. These maps and street guides – which show the city before freeways – are entertaining and can be useful references for anyone researching the history … Continue reading →

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November 20, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on November 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

About Football This is Big Game Week and I might as well get into the act, too.  I suppose it’s true — once a sports writer, you never get over it entirely. SC and UCLA are being criticized for the … Continue reading →

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November 20, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on November 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

Drama in Housewife’s Life Is Fraught With I’ve come to the labored conclusion that housewives lead more interesting lives than career girls. This, I’ve done without benefit of polls or surveys.  In fact, I’ve even ignored those subtle inferences in … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on November 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

Nov. 20, 1957: “Chuck Heston did as much painting as acting in ‘The Big Country,’ so his canvases will be used to publicize it.”

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Movie Star Mystery Photo

Posted on November 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo  Update: As many readers realized, this is Milton Sills. Although there’s no caption information on the back, the photo is evidently from “The Sea Hawk.”   Sept. 16, 1930: The Times reports the death of … Continue reading →

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Amelia Earhart – Airplane Babe

Posted on November 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photos After the release of “Amelia,” the film about Amelia Earhart, I thought it would be fun to get into The Times’ photo archives and see what we had. Here are two pictures dated March 25, … Continue reading →

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Man Denies Daughter in Divorce Suit

Posted on November 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

“Wonder What a Decoy Thinks About” by Clare Briggs Nov. 20, 1919: A judge refuses to declare that a young girl is Eurasian simply because a man charges in a divorce suit that the father was a Japanese cook employed … Continue reading →

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Teacher Hospitalized After Undressing in Class

Posted on November 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 20, 1909: An unidentified woman, deranged over the death of her brother, is taken to a hospital after the school nurse finds her undressing in front of her class.

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November 19, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on November 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

Saga of a Guy Who Flipped From Poky “I walk alone,” the voice on the phone told me, more as an apology than as a boast.  “With me, it’s habit.  I guess I never learned any other way.” The voice … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on November 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 19, 1956: "Jose Quintero, bright young director of the "Long Day's Journey Into Night," is a rage overnight. He's a Hollywood boy who couldn't make good in his hometown — tried as an actor there and came to … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay – Ann Toth Letters

Posted on November 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

  A lot of letters written to Ann Toth, who was the roommate of Elizabeth Short – the Black Dahlia, were listed on EBay. The vendor carefully noted that the letters were from the 1950s to the 1970s, rather than … Continue reading →

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Opera Tenor Confined to Mental Ward

Posted on November 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Clare Briggs on “That Guiltiest Feeling.” Pietro Buzzi in 1905. Nov. 19, 1919: Pietro Buzzi, operatic tenor, is take to the psychiatric ward  of county hospital after being removed from a Hollywood studio. According to a 1916 story in … Continue reading →

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Hopis Expel Mennonite Missionaries

Posted on November 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 19, 1909: The Moquis of Arizona, now known as the Hopis, throw some Mennonite missionaries out of Oraibi.  

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November 18, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on November 18, 2009 by lmharnisch

It’s  Still ‘Professor’ Everyone remembers certain of his teachers, particularly the ones who inspired or stirred him, even if he has lost touch with them and never sees them now. Julius Sumner Miller, physics instructor at El Camino College and … Continue reading →

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November 18, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on November 18, 2009 by lmharnisch

As Senators Write to Indignant Taxpayers While we’re all gathered here together, in this smoke-filled room, I’d like to say a few words in behalf of politicians. They are our friends.  Behind that stodgy facade that they put up, they’ve … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on November 18, 2009 by lmharnisch

   Nov. 18, 1955: While on tour in Chicago with “The King and I,” Yul Brynner worked on a doctorate in philosophy at Northwestern and gave drama lessons to the rest of the cast, Hedda Hopper says. 

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Beauty Queen Seeks Divorce From Dockworker

Posted on November 18, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 18, 1959: Shirlee Garner Witty seeks a divorce, saying that her husband was always making snide remarks. Witty competed for the title of Miss Universe in 1956 even though she was a wife and mother, because at that … Continue reading →

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