Category Archives: #courts

Raymond bombing

Posted on February 10, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 10, 1938Los Angeles Los Angeles officials, led by Mayor Shaw, say they have nothing to hide from an Assembly  vice inquiry and are perfectly willing to turn over their income tax records.  The mayor’s brother, Frank, however, is unavailable … Continue reading →

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Dogfight

Posted on February 10, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 10, 1908Los Angeles     The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals raids a carefully planned dogfight in an orange grove outside Covina. Officers capture 23 spectators who came to the fight from across the country while … Continue reading →

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Saved by the cross

Posted on February 8, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Feb. 6, 1958Los Angeles This was supposed to be a simple story, a story about second chances: A 75-cent crucifix saves the life of a teenage thief who is shot in the chest. Lying in his hospital bed, he … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on February 8, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 8, 1938Los Angeles Above, Lutheran minister Martin Niemoeller protests a secret trial by the Nazis on charges of treason. Niemoeller, who survived the war, was one of hundreds of dissident German ministers who were arrested by the Nazis in … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on February 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

  A "bodacious riot of hillbilly hotcha"–with Humphrey Bogart? And who else is in the cast? Ronald Reagan? Coming up next year, Bogart as a cowboy (with Jimmy Cagney) in "The Oklahoma Kid." The Carnegie Foundation warns that colleges risk … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on February 6, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Feb. 6, 1938 Los Angeles It’s Sunday in Los Angeles, and the weekly real estate section features the floor plan of a modern home–cost $3,990 ($57,055.15 USD 2007) … Japan builds a navy … As Hitler consolidates his power, … Continue reading →

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Woman killed

Posted on February 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Feb. 4, 1958 Los Angeles They were just four kids out driving around, all jammed in the front seat as Robert cruised South Los Angeles. Judy was sitting next to him. Then there was George and a 16-year-old girl … Continue reading →

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Madame Butterfly

Posted on February 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 4, 1908Los AngelesA performance of Puccini’s "Madame Butterfly" at the Mason Opera House is reviewed by The Times’ Harry Carr, an institution at the paper for many years … Carr also wrote "Los Angeles–City of Dreams" … Firefighters were … Continue reading →

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Harry Raymond bombing

Posted on February 3, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 3, 1938Los Angeles  Paul Wright collapses on the witness stand … A car plays "Nearer, My God, to Thee" when it reaches 60 mph … A member of the LAPD Intelligence Unit surrenders in the investigation of the Harry … Continue reading →

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110 revisited

Posted on February 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Teamsters representative Fred Ferrier was sentenced to three months in jail and a $1,000 fine after a Jan. 29, 1958, accident in which his airborne car jumped the center divider on the Pasadena Freeway and killed the driver of … Continue reading →

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February 2, 1938: Jelousy slaying

Posted on February 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Feb. 2, 1938 Los Angeles After watching The Times twist and turn to avoid saying exactly what the victims in the Paul Wright case were doing when they were shot, we finally get around to it–sort of. Here’s the … Continue reading →

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Feb. 1, 1938

Posted on February 1, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Harry Raymond undergoes surgery to remove more bomb fragments … Times columnist E.V. Durling, an institution of the 1930s, urges restraint in deciding whether the LAPD was involved in the Raymond case   … Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz poses for … Continue reading →

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Feb. 1, 1908

Posted on January 31, 2008 by lmharnisch

Legal troubles among the Daughters of Pocahontas (white members only!) land in court … Imported grass seed from the Sahara is to be planted in the California desert … The Odd Fellows discuss a convention in Los Angeles … A … Continue reading →

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Jan. 29, 1958

Posted on January 29, 2008 by lmharnisch

 

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Raymond bombing

Posted on January 29, 2008 by lmharnisch

  An attorney for two LAPD officers charges that Assembly Speaker William Moseley Jones is exploiting the state vice inquiry to bolster his campaign for attorney general  … Diplomatic repercussions over a  sentry slapping a U.S. envoy in Nanking …  … Continue reading →

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Jan. 29, 1908

Posted on January 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

Wow. Despite what I know about local history, I’m stunned by the article on the mass firing of Japanese employees across the city … Los Angeles County is looking for another coroner … Bad news in the courts for automobile … Continue reading →

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Jan. 28, 1908

Posted on January 27, 2008 by lmharnisch

If you’re going to check the level of oil in a tank, do not use an oil lamp with a flame … The explosion cuts off streetcar service in Los Angeles … And one of my favorite nefarious officials of … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on January 26, 2008 by lmharnisch

Dist. Atty. Buron Fitts charges Police Capt. Earle Kynette* with attempted murder … An Assembly committee issues more than 100 subpoenas in an investigation of vice, graft and corruption in Los Angeles … Caltech engineers discuss the possibility of sending … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on January 26, 2008 by lmharnisch

This is getting complicated. Police Capt. Earle Kynette has been cleared by Police Chief Davis and has promised to capture whoever attached a bomb to Harry Raymond’s car. Kynette has already been charged with wiretapping Raymond’s phone. Now he’s in … Continue reading →

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Jan. 26, 1908

Posted on January 25, 2008 by lmharnisch

Newspapering a century ago: The Times blasts the City Council’s spending in caustic language that is unimaginable today–and so much fun … Eight newsboys and messengers are arrested for–what’s this?–selling tips on the horses … And complicated lawsuits in the … Continue reading →

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