Category Archives: #courts

Times Opposes Picture Brides

Posted on November 26, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Edmund Waller “Ted” Gale on a Thanksgiving theme – a union turkey. Nov. 26, 1919: The Times editorializes against picture brides, charging that they are just a maneuver around a California law that prevents Japanese immigrants from owning land.

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November 25, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on November 25, 2009 by lmharnisch

Vice President Richard Nixon will be grand marshal of the Rose Parade! There Must Be Some Kind Answer to This (News item) Mrs. Carol Carpenter, 19, was arraigned in Los Angeles Municipal Court yesterday on felony child-desertion charges . . … Continue reading →

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An Expensive Thanksgiving Turkey

Posted on November 24, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Adjusted for inflation, these turkeys cost $5.92 a pound, USD 2008. Nov. 24, 1909: Pompey Smith,  identified as an African American, refuses to leave jail when his term is up because he wants to be exonerated. A judge tells … Continue reading →

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Police Unable to Stop Rising Tide of Auto Thefts

Posted on November 23, 2009 by lmharnisch

  As the country went dry, companies offered a way for people to brew their own alcohol.  Remember, beer is a health drink!      Nov. 23, 1919: “Motor car thefts are increasing and will continue to increase until some … Continue reading →

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Seniors Make Foolish Marriages, Judge Says

Posted on November 22, 2009 by lmharnisch

“A Pathetic Scene on the Nineteenth,” by Clare Briggs Nov. 22, 1919: A judge trying a divorce case between a 55-year-old woman and her 67-year-old husband says: "I wish you would keep your old folks down in Long Beach from … Continue reading →

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China Offers Great Market for U.S., Diplomat Says

Posted on November 22, 2009 by lmharnisch

Florence Newmark marries Sylvain Kauffman at 903 Beacon Ave. Nov. 22, 1909: Former Judge J.C. McNally, the U.S. consul to Nanjing, "expressed optimistic views of the commercial future of China and said that the country would be a network of … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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Three Sought in Robbery, Killing

Posted on November 18, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Dance tonight at the Roma, 616 S. Hill St.      Nov. 18, 1919: The housekeeper of a downtown rooming house is sought in the robbery and murder of the proprietor, W. Frank Sheets, and police are also looking … Continue reading →

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Witness Describes Union Violence

Posted on November 18, 2009 by lmharnisch

     Nov. 18, 1909: In Chicago, Bruno Verra testifies against Vincent and Joseph Altman, brothers charged with several bombings and arson fires on behalf of the carpenters union. Verra says he was paid $5 each to hit non-union carpenters … Continue reading →

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Baseball Players May Sue Over Nonpayment of World Series Bonuses

Posted on November 17, 2009 by lmharnisch

 The Chicago players have been waiting for more than a month for their money from the World Series. Nov. 17, 1919: Pacific Coast League umpires want the league to pay for pressing their pants.

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Father Seizes Daughter in Child Custody Dispute

Posted on November 17, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 17, 1909: The courts and the police grapple with a child custody case after a father seizes his 2-year-old daughter and refuses to say where she’s been hidden, based on advice from his attorney. 

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Nov. 16, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on November 16, 2009 by lmharnisch

Search for Better Brand of Justice Erle Stanley Gardner, you either like or dislike. He’s easy to categorize. If you don’t like him, he’s a troublemaker, a rebel who gets his kicks by destroying the public’s illusions concerning the integrity … Continue reading →

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Plans for Aviation Meet

Posted on November 16, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Glenn Curtiss takes to the air over Los Angeles, 1910.   Plans are underway for an aviation week in early 1910. Glenn Curtiss has already signed a contract to appear. The “woman in black” may be involved in white … Continue reading →

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Servicemen Wreck L.A. Union Hall Over Armistice Day Shootings

Posted on November 15, 2009 by lmharnisch

Nov. 15, 1919:  In response to the Centralia, Wash., shootings, “Twenty-five silent, stalwart men in full uniform of the United States Army and Navy raided the headquarters of the local I.W.W. in the Germain Building while a ‘defense’ meeting of … Continue reading →

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November 15, 1909: Finds ‘Husband’ Is Woman

Posted on November 15, 2009 by lmharnisch

November 15, 1909: Dr. Alice Bush of Oakland sues for divorce, charging that her husband, R.K. Morgan, failed to disclose something rather important. The lynchings in Cairo, Ill., are endorsed from the pulpit and in the press.  Saying that lawlessness … Continue reading →

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Hard Cider Is a Soft Drink

Posted on November 13, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Someone had fun writing this story. But “Remember the Mane"? Cider, even hard cider, is a soft drink.   Nov. 13, 1919: Pastry was flying at the Lewis Bakery, 448 S. Hill St., after Thomas H. Whitfield complained that he … Continue reading →

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