Category Archives: Front Pages

May 31, 1958

Posted on May 31, 2008 by lmharnisch

At left, Marshal Dillon and Miss Kitty! But wait, there’s roller derby: the San Francisco Bay Bombers vs. the Los Angeles Braves! Talk about mind-rotting nostalgia: "Heckle and Jeckle," "Mighty Mouse" and "Howdy Doody." And, hmm…. "Bowling Time" or "Topper"? … Continue reading →

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May 31, 1938

Posted on May 31, 2008 by lmharnisch

Floyd Roberts of Van Nuys, who gained much of his experience on the dirt track at Ascot, wins the Indianapolis 500. Roberts averaged 117.2 mph in a four-cylinder car (at left) built and owned by Lou Moore and designed by … Continue reading →

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May 31, 1908

Posted on May 31, 2008 by lmharnisch

    Above and at left, the "white and many-pillared mansion of commerce" opens at Broadway and 8th in Los Angeles. According to The Times, Hamburger’s Department Store was the largest building on the West Coast and had California’s first … Continue reading →

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May 30,1958

Posted on May 30, 2008 by lmharnisch

At left, a quote from a 12-part series running in The Times. Howard Whitman is identified as a "noted writer and commentator." After filing stories from wartime London in 1944 and the D-day invasion, Whitman returned to such fare as … Continue reading →

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May 29, 1938

Posted on May 29, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, what Los Angeles was reading in 1938–and a shoutout to the Zombie Reading Program over at This Book Is for You…. "When there’s no more room in closed stacks, the out-of-print will rise up and walk the earth." At … Continue reading →

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May 28, 1958

Posted on May 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above and at left. two World War I planes are parked with a Super Sabre to publicize a flight to Pittsburgh for an air show. Times aviation writer Marvin Miles noted that the planes had machine guns, Vickers on the … Continue reading →

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May 28, 1938

Posted on May 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

Photograph by the Los Angeles Times Police chemist Ray Pinker with the steering wheel from Harry Raymond’s car, in a photo from the trial of Police Capt. Earle Kynette dated May 4, 1938. At left, here’s where we see corruption … Continue reading →

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May 28, 1908

Posted on May 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above and at left, I’m not sure which is more remarkable, the story about Kate Welsh, the sister of prizefighter Fred Welsh, or the byline: Louise M. George. As late as the 1950s, reporters rarely got bylines, so it’s impossible … Continue reading →

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May 27, 1938

Posted on May 27, 2008 by lmharnisch

Photograph by the Los Angeles Times, dated April 13, 1938 Above, the defendants and their attorneys in the Harry Raymond bombing … At left, more angry exchanges between Deputy Dist. Atty. Eugene Williams and Police Capt. Earle Kynette … Also: … Continue reading →

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May 27, 1908

Posted on May 27, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, time to start planning summer getaways to Tahoe … At left, fruit peddler Leonardo Vett, accused, along with his wife, of stealing diamonds from local jewelry shops. "Vett looks like a Jew but says he is an Italian," The … Continue reading →

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Memorial Day, 1882

Posted on May 26, 2008 by lmharnisch

 

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May 26, 1958

Posted on May 26, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above and at left, authorities arrest five members of the July 26 Movement  in a plot to make arms for Fidel Castro’s rebel army in Cuba. A machine shop set up in a garage at 3144 Oakwood Ave., Lynwood, was … Continue reading →

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May 26. 1938

Posted on May 26, 2008 by lmharnisch

Photograph by the Los Angeles Times Harry Raymond testifies about his injuries from the bomb placed in his car, in a photo dated April 30, 1938. Police Capt. Earle Kynette insists that he is being framed as he argues with … Continue reading →

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The comics

Posted on May 25, 2008 by lmharnisch

May 25, 1958 Wow! Some day in the future, students will have computers in the classroom! Notice that none of them are texting their pals or playing World of Warcraft!

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May 25, 1938

Posted on May 25, 2008 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Andrew H. Arnott / The Los Angeles Times Attorney Joe Fainer, left, and police chemist Ray Pinker examine pieces of Harry Raymond’s bombed-out car in a photo dated May 6, 1938. Police Capt. Earle Kynette testifies in the … Continue reading →

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May 25, 1908

Posted on May 25, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, The Times interviews Manitoba Police Chief E.J. Elliott, who is visiting from Canada to extradite a fraud suspect. At left, a parishioner stabs a priest after Mass at a church in Salisbury, Mo. As he lay bleeding and expected … Continue reading →

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May 24, 1938

Posted on May 24, 2008 by lmharnisch

His name was Dwight Tyler Simpson, a 32-year-old business student from Laconia, N.H. Not an enemy in the world, apparently, except for somebody who broke a milk bottle on his skull and strangled him. Dwight had been living at 747 … Continue reading →

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May 24, 1908

Posted on May 24, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Above, 16 people are injured at a balloon ascension in Berkeley when the gas bag ruptures at an altitude of 300 feet and the airship plunges to earth. The hydrogen gas bag, made of cotton treated with kerosene oil, … Continue reading →

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Chavez Ravine

Posted on May 23, 2008 by lmharnisch

May 23, 1958 By Keith ThursbyTimes staff writer A heavy hitter joined the political fight over a new stadium for the Dodgers. Warren Giles, president of the National League, warned that the Dodgers could be forced to leave Los Angeles … Continue reading →

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May 23, 1938

Posted on May 23, 2008 by lmharnisch

It’s another slow day in the trial of Police Capt. Earle Kynette in the Harry Raymond bombing … In the meantime, let’s take a look at former police investigator Fletcher E. Felts, whose father was one of the longest-serving officers … Continue reading →

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