Monthly Archives: April 2010

Matt Weinstock, April 30, 1960

Posted on April 30, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Boys Are Finding People Aren't So Bad     A recent wire story from Liberty, N.Y., related that business was bad for the brothers Katz-Steven, 10, Arthur, 8, and Robert, 6 — founders of the Sav-A-Fine Co., a non-profit organization.  … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, April 30, 1960

Posted on April 30, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Mash Notes and Comment     "Dear Paul:     "You touched my heartstrings the other day when you mentioned in your column that you love tapioca.     "I myself am willing to do anything to help bring back tapioca.  In … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, April 30, 1940

Posted on April 30, 2010 by lmharnisch

    April 30, 1940: “Look for screams from stellar biggies when Los Angeles fire officials start enforcing the new ordinance banning trailer dressing rooms from sound stages,” Jimmie Fidler says. Wot’s this about Italian envoy Dino “The Charmer” Alfieri … Continue reading →

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Movie Star Mystery Photo

Posted on April 30, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Los Angeles Times file photo  Our mystery guest is Vera Lewis, above, in a photo dated Aug. 27, 1916. Feb. 12, 1956: Lewis dies at the age of 82. June 14 1925: Elinor Glyn says Vera Lewis is the … Continue reading →

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Court Rejects Chessman’s Appeal for Clemency

Posted on April 30, 2010 by lmharnisch

   Trout season opens – and The Times’ Saturday sports cover features a cartoon by Alex Perez.  April 30, 1960: Caryl Chessman’s long fight to avoid the gas chamber is just about over. On the jump: Dick Clark tells a … Continue reading →

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Cannibals Eat Presbyterian Missionaries

Posted on April 30, 2010 by lmharnisch

  April 30, 1910: I’ve seen lots of peculiar stories in the old papers, but this is the first account I have ever read of cannibals eating missionaries, in this case the Rev. Horatio Hopkins and the Rev. Hector Laurie … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, April 29, 1960

Posted on April 29, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Sinatra Admirer Undaunted by Threats     For many years as a disc jockey and program director Frank Evans has played the records of Frank Sinatra.  He knows and admires him.     Several weeks ago he was playing them, no … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, April 29, 1960

Posted on April 29, 2010 by lmharnisch

  We Are Told You're Nothing but a Procal     I'm not complaining.  I'm perfectly happy with my job.  I enjoy these daily tete-a-tetes with you.     But the unpleasant realization is slowly awakening within me that the first major … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, April 29, 1940

Posted on April 29, 2010 by lmharnisch

   The Wasp is commissioned at Boston Navy Yard. It sank in the Solomon Islands after being torpedoed by the Japanese on Sept. 15, 1942. April 29, 1940: “Artie Shaw is making no new friends fast at MGM, where the … Continue reading →

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Alfred Hitchcock Dies

Posted on April 29, 2010 by lmharnisch

  April 29, 1980: Director Sir Alfred Hitchcock dies in his Bel-Air home at the age of 80. On the jump, former Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski calls Ronald Reagan an "extremist" and backs George Bush as the Republican candidate for … Continue reading →

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Youth Attacks Girl With Ax

Posted on April 29, 2010 by lmharnisch

  East 45th Street, via Google maps’ street view. April 29, 1910: A mother finds her teenage daughter unconscious and bleeding after being struck in the head, and police question Frank Allen, a “boy of peculiar habits,” who lives next … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, April 28, 1960

Posted on April 28, 2010 by lmharnisch

“We Failed Miserably!” Time for a Final Note of Appreciation       How's your humility today?  Well, suppose we share mine.      I am haunted by a note from a longtime reader, particularly the last sentence:  "I have cancer and … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, April 28, 1960

Posted on April 28, 2010 by lmharnisch

Let's Not Be Too Hasty in Judgments       On my way to work yesterday morning, I developed a sudden dislike for Citrus Municipal Court Judge William M. Martin.  And I imagine that, throughout the day, a lot of other … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, April 28, 1941

Posted on April 28, 2010 by lmharnisch

   April 28, 1941: “That George Raft-Edward G. Robinson feud has become so venomous that their portable dressing rooms have now been moved to opposite sides of the stage,” Jimmie Fidler says.

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Lakers Moving to L.A.

Posted on April 28, 2010 by lmharnisch

April 28, 1960: The Lakers became the newest member of Los Angeles' growing collection of sports teams, agreeing to move from Minneapolis in time for the 1960-61 season. Owner Robert Short and the Coliseum Commission agreed on playing dates and … Continue reading →

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Bill Stout Reports

Posted on April 28, 2010 by lmharnisch

   April 28, 1960: Bill Stout, a fixture of early Los Angeles TV, looks at how Southern California might fare in a nuclear attack. Stout, who died in 1989 at the age of 62, once said that television news, "in … Continue reading →

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Hazing Trial Exposes Sorority’s Initiation Rite

Posted on April 28, 2010 by lmharnisch

April 28, 1910: Rituals of the Alpha Alpha high school sorority, long before the invention of pregaming and beer pong.

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Found on EBay – Batchelder Tile

Posted on April 27, 2010 by lmharnisch

This Batchelder tile of a cockatoo has been listed on EBay. Although I’ve listed other Batchelder tiles of animals (which featured a rabbit, a deer, a lion and birds), this doesn’t seem to be part of that series.  Bidding starts … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, April 27, 1960

Posted on April 27, 2010 by lmharnisch

“You Flopped, Not I!” The 'Other' Eddie Fisher Finds Life Never Dull       Eddie Fisher, 49, a special effects man at MGM, has accepted with patience and good humor the fact that he is frequently confused with Eddie Fisher, … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, April 27, 1960

Posted on April 27, 2010 by lmharnisch

Tragedy in Curtain Call for Sad Mother       For Billy Monk's mother, tragedy took a curtain call last week.       But this time, unlike the others, she was prepared.  She had warning — which is more than what … Continue reading →

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