Category Archives: #courts

April 4, 1908

Posted on April 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, Opening Day in the Pacific Coast League. Below, a bitter legal battle in which a woman is seeking a court order barring her husband and his adopted children from selling any of their real estate because she would receive … Continue reading →

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April 2, 1958

Posted on April 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, the popularity of TV westerns spreads to "Ozzie and Harriet." Below, Holy Week is presented in a daily news feature based on the Gospels. It is difficult to imagine that even in the 1950s anybody thought this was a … Continue reading →

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April 2, 1908

Posted on April 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, the tars of the Great White Fleet are fed up with the same old songs. I’m not sure about "I’m Afraid to Go Home in the Dark," but I did find a song titled "I Used to Be Afraid … Continue reading →

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March 31, 1938

Posted on March 31, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, film novice Charlie McCarthy blows his top. Below, vegetable peddler George Sakalis, a key witness in the Earle Kynette case, gets additional protection after complaining that he is being followed by private detectives … The head of the VFW … Continue reading →

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March 30, 1938: Times Opposes U.S. Haven for Jewish Refugees Fleeing Hitler

Posted on March 30, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, The Times editorial page opposes allowing wholesale immigration of German and Austrian Jews to America. The Times notes that they would be penniless and that many of them would either go on welfare or take jobs from Americans. Instead, … Continue reading →

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March 28, 1958

Posted on March 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, Mickey Cohen is in trouble again. Shocking, I know. This time he has a black eye courtesy of U.S. drug agent Howard W. Chappell. Cohen was eventually fined $200 for disturbing the peace. Below, the death of W.C. Handy, … Continue reading →

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March 26, 1958

Posted on March 26, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, one movie that is not on Netflix (although "Bitter Victory" is available) … Below, The Times’ editorial page pays tribute to attorney Joseph Scott … and notes the fifth anniversary of Jonas Salk’s announcement that he had discovered a polio … Continue reading →

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March 26, 1908

Posted on March 26, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, with the Great White Fleet on its way to Los Angeles, the PE promotes pleasure excursions to see ships in Venice … Below, 14 socially prominent women patients who have undergone face peels testify on behalf of J.T. Harris, … Continue reading →

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March 25, 1908: U.S. Advisor to Japan Assassinated in San Francisco

Posted on March 25, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, time to get ready for barbering the lawn … Below, the Korean community voices strong criticism of Durham W. Stevens, an American adviser to Japan, who was assassinated in San Francisco.  Feelings against Stevens are so strong among local … Continue reading →

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March 22, 1938

Posted on March 22, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, "Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife," from Ernst Lubitsch. Below, Earle Kynette’s last attempt to get out of jail is rejected as his defense prepares for a trial to begin April 12 … Carl Warr is arrested 25 years after strapping a … Continue reading →

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March 22, 1908: Plans for a New Hall of Records

Posted on March 22, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, an artist’s concept of the proposed Hall of Records, a white gingerbread building between Broadway and New High Street that was one of the landmarks of old Los Angeles.

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March 21, 1908

Posted on March 21, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, baseball and ostriches. Below, the Rev. G.W. Woodbey, an African American minister described in The Times as a rabid radical, is convicted of speaking on a street corner without a license.

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March 10, 1938

Posted on March 10, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, two more movies that are not on Netflix … Below, Mayor Frank Shaw dismisses the recall campaign as the work of "New York vice lords" who are trying to take over the city … Please don’t pick the wildflowers … Continue reading →

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March 9, 1938

Posted on March 9, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, two movies you will not find on Netflix … The Harry Raymond bombing takes a crucial turn with the beginning of a campaign to recall Mayor Frank Shaw … A writ of habeas corpus is denied for Police Capt. … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on March 8, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 8, 1958 A high school official who nearly died from stab wounds inflicted by a sheriff’s vice officer said today that he intends to take legal action against the deputy. William R. Barringer, 43, dean of boys and vice … Continue reading →

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Sleepy Lagoon

Posted on March 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

Aug. 3, 1942 Los Angeles I received several requests for Times stories on the Sleepy Lagoon case after we published the obituary of Manuel Reyes, who was wrongly convicted in the slaying of Jose Diaz. This is our first story … Continue reading →

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March 6, 1958

Posted on March 6, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, Hey look what I found! An interview with Saul Bass. Is this cool or what? Below, Marie McDonald and Harry Karl, alias "Karl the Shoe Man." You may recall earlier posts about the Jane Russell film "Fuzzy Pink Nightgown." … Continue reading →

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March 6, 1908

Posted on March 6, 2008 by lmharnisch

Fritz Kreisler and ostriches, with the White Sox thrown in. No shortage of things to do in 1908 Los Angeles … Below, in an ideal world The Times would have packaged its three stories about red activists, two on the … Continue reading →

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Pellicano file

Posted on March 5, 2008 by lmharnisch

June 29, 1977 Isn’t this a grim little story…. How odd that Pellicano was involved in it. Hm.

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March 5, 1908

Posted on March 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

A cat poisoner is loose in Watts … Mayor Harper plans to crack down on free boxing match tickets for his aides … Three months ago, the mayor caused a near-riot at City Hall by forbidding his secretary to let … Continue reading →

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