Category Archives: Columnists

Jimmie Fidler, March 4, 1941

Posted on March 4, 2011 by lmharnisch

           March 4, 1941: Lee Shippey writes in favor of young men who build hot rods and gives a plug for letting them use deserted highways for racing – with traffic officers’ permission.  (Notice the mention … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, Feb. 17, 1961

Posted on March 4, 2011 by lmharnisch

         Feb. 17, 1961: Jim Murray has an item on horse player Joe Frisco. Notice a mention of Murray’s former Examiner colleague Will Fowler. There’s no Jim Murray column for March 4, so I’m just running the … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, March 3, 1961

Posted on March 3, 2011 by lmharnisch

       March 3, 1961: Some 13-year-old English students turn to Matt Weinstock for help with an assignment to find “osculate” and 119 other words in print.  DEAR ABBY: My husband doesn't respect me because I gave in to … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, March 3, 1941

Posted on March 3, 2011 by lmharnisch

           March 3, 1941: Lee Shippey has a column on the plight of the Los Angeles Public Library, which was built with great aspirations as a “people’s university” and was then, as it is now, suffering … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, Feb. 16, March 3, 1961

Posted on March 3, 2011 by lmharnisch

            Feb. 16, 1961: Jim Murray writes about Dodgers Vice President Fresco Thompson, who thinks the romance has gone out of baseball. March 3, 1961: Murray files another story out of Las Vegas on the … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, March 2, 1961

Posted on March 2, 2011 by lmharnisch

    March 2, 1961: Why are so many streetlights out in West L.A.? Matt Weinstock has the story, and it’s a good one.  DEAR JEALOUS: A married woman often "flirts" because she needs the reassurance that she is desirable, … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, March 2, 1961

Posted on March 2, 2011 by lmharnisch

    March 2, 1961: Paul Coates has one of his better columns today. It’s about a couple of suspects who didn’t take part in a mass escape at the County Jail – and why they didn’t.  ALSO Manhunt Widens … Continue reading →

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Town Called Hollywood, March 2, 1941

Posted on March 2, 2011 by lmharnisch

        March 2, 1941: Last week, Philip K. Scheuer promised to write about Alfred Hitchcock’s views on Technicolor. Here they are!  One good thing about the war: It will break the foreign monopoly on tin, Tom Treanor … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, Feb. 15, March 2, 1961

Posted on March 2, 2011 by lmharnisch

        Feb. 15, March 2, 1961: Jim Murray writes about a Friars Club roast of Leo Durocher, and visits the Las Vegas training camps of boxers Gene Fullmer and Sugar Ray Robinson before their upcoming bout.  Notice … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, March 1, 1961

Posted on March 1, 2011 by lmharnisch

       March 1, 1961: Matt Weinstock has a tribute to mountain rescue teams from someone who is familiar with their work…  CONFIDENTIAL TO D.D.: If some women would work as hard to keep their husbands happy as they … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, March 1, 1961

Posted on March 1, 2011 by lmharnisch

       March 1, 1961: Los Angeles Times publisher Otis Chandler becomes a vice president of Times-Mirror.  Recent revelations by the Eisenhowers’ maid and Princess Margaret’s butler make Paul Coates wonder about his domestic help.

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, March 1, 1941

Posted on March 1, 2011 by lmharnisch

           March 1, 1941: Lee Shippey writes about Marian Anderson and Tom Treanor has the story of Schuyler Standish, 13, who just enrolled at UCLA. Katharine Hepburn has promised director Garson Kanin a yes or no … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, Feb. 28, 1961

Posted on February 28, 2011 by lmharnisch

        Feb. 28, 1961: I’ll have to double up on Jim Murray columns so that I can pick up the first two weeks, but I don’t imagine many people will complain. Here’s his column from Feb. 13 … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, Feb. 14, March 1, 1961

Posted on February 28, 2011 by lmharnisch

       Feb. 14, 1961 and March 1, 1961: Jim Murray has a column about prizefighter Norman Letcher… and looks into karate. In case you’re wondering what on earth is wrong with the Daily Mirror, I missed the debut … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Feb. 28, 1961

Posted on February 28, 2011 by lmharnisch

    Feb. 28, 1961: Matt Weinstock has a whimsical item on a mythical group called Jobless Anonymous… CONFIDENTIAL TO "BOTH 45": You cannot continue to live with your present setup. If your husband refuses to see a doctor (he … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Feb. 27, 1961

Posted on February 27, 2011 by lmharnisch

       Feb. 27, 1961: A survey of whether Pepperdine students are married brings some interesting responses, Matt Weinstock says.  DEAR ABBY: Re the item in your column about whether a man should stand and give a woman his … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, Feb. 27, 1961

Posted on February 27, 2011 by lmharnisch

         Feb. 27, 1961: “The Apartment” gets 10 Academy Award nominations, including best picture. The other nominees are "The Alamo," "Elmer Gantry," "Sons and Lovers" and "The Sundowners." Paul Coates has an interview with  Herman Abrams, who … Continue reading →

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Garbo Visits L.A.!

Posted on February 27, 2011 by lmharnisch

    Feb. 27, 1941: Greta Garbo slips into Union Station! The Times says, “Miss Garbo hasn’t done anything newsworthy for a long while, but the press has been in the habit so long of trying to get a follow … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Feb. 26, 1941

Posted on February 26, 2011 by lmharnisch

             Feb. 26, 1941: Tom Treanor is, shall we say, still seeking his voice as a local columnist. He reminisces about his early days in Southern California, and that fills in some of the blanks … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray: Don’t Kill the Umpire, Feb. 26, 1961

Posted on February 26, 2011 by lmharnisch

       Feb. 26, 1961: It has been far too long since we checked in with Jim Murray, so here’s a column about umpires. And for fans of sportswriter Jeane Hoffman (you know who you are) we have an … Continue reading →

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