Monthly Archives: April 2011

Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, April 30, 1941

Posted on April 30, 2011 by lmharnisch

           April 30, 1941: Horatio Winslow fills in for columnist Lee Shippey, who is recovering from surgery, with a piece about the Women's Ambulance and Defense Corps of America. The organization, unofficially supported by the Army, … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, April 30, 1961

Posted on April 30, 2011 by lmharnisch

            April 30, 1961: Down on the field, a team called the Los Angeles Angels were playing once again. It was possible to close my eyes and go back to 1944, the first time I … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, April 29, 1941

Posted on April 29, 2011 by lmharnisch

             April 29, 1941: Irvin S. Cobb fills in for Lee Shippey once again. Height of Something or Other: Gertrude Lawrence's reported plan to auction Vic Mature's appendix (well preserved in a bottle) for British … Continue reading →

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From the Stacks – ‘Portraits of Crime’ (1977)

Posted on April 29, 2011 by lmharnisch

    Two years after writing about  LAPD Det. Ector Garcia, I finally located a copy of his book, “Portraits of Crime,” which arrived in the mail from the U.K. while I was on vacation. No one will ever mistake … Continue reading →

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‘The Chinese Murder,’ April 29, 1891

Posted on April 29, 2011 by lmharnisch

               April 29, 1891: The Times reports the death of a Chinese woman named Ah Gue/Goot Gue, who was shot in the abdomen by her husband, Wong Ark/Gam Duck, outside a brothel on Apablasa Street. … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, April 28, 1941

Posted on April 28, 2011 by lmharnisch

        April 28, 1941: Irvin S. Cobb fills in for Lee Shippey, who is still recovering from surgery.  Tom Treanor files a report from a press junket to Venezuela, saying that reporters are treating it as a … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, April 28, 1961

Posted on April 28, 2011 by lmharnisch

        April 28, 1961: Jim Murray dips into the mailbag and finds letters from Frank Capra and George Kennedy, among others. Meredith Willson wants Murray to write a baseball comedy so he can use it for a … Continue reading →

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President Kennedy Urges Self-Censorship for Newspapers

Posted on April 28, 2011 by lmharnisch

        April 28, 1961: President Kennedy calls on the nation's newspapers to censor themselves in publishing information that could be useful to global communism in the cold war.  "Communism, he said, is a 'monolithic and ruthless conspiracy' … Continue reading →

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San Francisco Clinic Cures ‘Bad Girls’

Posted on April 27, 2011 by lmharnisch

    April 10, 1949: A San Francisco "promiscuity clinic" is working to treat "bad girls." No, really! After citing some terrifying statistics (68% of U.S. brides are not virgins!) Howard Whitman profiles the Psychiatric Service of the San Francisco … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, April 27, 1941

Posted on April 27, 2011 by lmharnisch

        April 27, 1941: Lee Shippey files  a column from his hospital bed! OUR PARTY FOR VENEZUELA met in the Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center before sailing today. We could look out across the city at the … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, April 27, 1961

Posted on April 27, 2011 by lmharnisch

        April 27, 1961: The Angels make their debut at a refurbished Wrigley Field against the Minnesota Twins. Jim Murray says: "You have to marvel that, at 1:30 this afternoon, they will bravely begin an extended run … Continue reading →

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UC May Have to Charge Tuition – Someday

Posted on April 27, 2011 by lmharnisch

          April 27, 1961: The Senate Education Committee turns down a proposed tuition fee for University of California students but says one may have to be imposed — eventually.

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Found on EBay — Bullock’s Wilshire

Posted on April 26, 2011 by lmharnisch

This pair of shoes from the Collegienne department of Bullock’s Wilshire has been listed on EBay. Bidding starts at $9.99.

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, April 26, 1941

Posted on April 26, 2011 by lmharnisch

           April 26, 1941: Harriet Grainger fills in for Lee Shippey, who is recovering from surgery. BELLS TO: Fibber McGee and Molly, who, loyal to the radio sponsor they've had for years, nixed more lucrative offers … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, April 26, 1961

Posted on April 26, 2011 by lmharnisch

            April 26, 1961: Jim Murray writes about pitcher Jim Brosnan’s book “The Long Season,” calling it "The best book on baseball ever written and one of the best on any subject."

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Vacation Is Over

Posted on April 26, 2011 by lmharnisch

    Vacation is over, but it’s going to take me a few days to plow through everything that has accumulated since I left.  Have you missed Jim Murray? Me too!

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Found on EBay – Louis Adamic

Posted on April 25, 2011 by lmharnisch

Louis Adamic’s “The Word of Satan in the Bible” has been listed on EBay in a lot of 40 Little Blue Books published by E. Haldeman-Julius. This is an intriguing item from Adamic, best known for “Dynamite,” which is frequently … Continue reading →

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LAPL Is Hiring!

Posted on April 25, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Photograph by Carolyn Kellogg / Los Angeles Times   The Los Angeles Public Library website says: “We are accepting applications for the positions of as-needed Librarians, Clerk Typists and Messenger Clerks.  Interviews will be conducted during the … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, April 25, 1941

Posted on April 25, 2011 by lmharnisch

        April 25, 1941: Lee Shippey is still recovering from surgery, so his friends are filling in for him. Today’s column by novelist Harlan Ware is about what Hollywood success did to one writer. No matter how … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on April 25, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: June 11, 1936 — Franchot Tone and Robert Greig in a comedy sequence in MGM's "The Unguarded Hour," directed by Sam Wood. Loretta Young plays the heroine in the Lawrence … Continue reading →

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