Category Archives: Front Pages

April 9, 1938

Posted on April 9, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, Cleveland’s notorious "Torso Killer" strikes again. Below, a defense expert examines bomb fragments in the Harry Raymond case … The 40 women in the 1st Street School Americanization class stage a fashion show. I’ll have to do a little … Continue reading →

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April 8, 1958

Posted on April 8, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, Al Jolson in blackface as the lead in "Porgy and Bess" while African Americans play all the other roles? Now there’s a casting idea that takes my breath away. Philip Scheuer interviews Ira Gershwin and notes that the lyricist … Continue reading →

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April 8, 1938

Posted on April 8, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, a mayor is murdered in Mexico and two settlers are ambushed in Israel. How Eliezer Krongold, formerly of Toronto, became an "American" in the headline is a question I can’t answer. Below, Austrian Jews fear reprisals after handbills reading … Continue reading →

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April 7, 1938

Posted on April 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, the Nazis begin taxing synagogues retroactive to Jan. 1, 1938, and ship former Austrian officials to Dachau. The Rev. Martin Niemoeller, by the way, survived the war. Below, Police Capt. Earle Kynette hires former state Sen. George W. Rochester … Continue reading →

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April 7-8, 1908

Posted on April 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, David Belasco’s play, which closed on Broadway in 1906 after 224 performances, is staged in Los Angeles. Sadly, leading lady Alice Treat Hunt will die of pneumonia June 8, 1908, in her apartment on 9th Street near Figueroa. Below, … Continue reading →

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Charlton Heston, RIP

Posted on April 6, 2008 by lmharnisch

Oct. 28, 1956 Los Angeles Look at this! We had our religion writer Dan Thrapp interview Charlton Heston about his role as Moses in "The Ten Commandments." Fortunately, Thrapp was not from the "over a salad and mineral water at … Continue reading →

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Johnny Stompanato, RIP

Posted on April 5, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, the Mirror brings out an extra on the Johnny Stompanato killing.

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Remembering Martin Luther King

Posted on April 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 17-18, 1968Anaheim, Los Angeles Above, The Times covers the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s news conference at the Disneyland Hotel and his sermon the next day at Second Baptist Church in Los Angeles. Quote of the Day: "We must … Continue reading →

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April 4, 1958

Posted on April 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, MGM is making an expensive gamble on "Ben-Hur." Below, The Times continues its daily news feature on Holy Week … and has a story about the beginning of Passover … Detectives are trying to find out why a family … Continue reading →

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April 4, 1938

Posted on April 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, the "Laugh Dictators." Who says politics doesn’t influence the arts? Below, what’s being said from the pulpit about the plight of Europe. Episcopalian: "In Germany, Hitler has attempted to dominate even religion, which means not only the unfortunate suppression … Continue reading →

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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 3, 1958

Posted on April 3, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, spring break in Bermuda. Below, flooding in San Francisco … A warrant is issued for Judy Garland ("Judy" in tight headline counts) on income tax charges … Here’s what The Times considered a lede on a weather story in … Continue reading →

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April 3, 1938

Posted on April 3, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, a conference of American Jews focuses on aiding victims of European fascism and persecution … Below, one of the stunning maps The Times published on the section fronts … Note the real estate ads. Quote of the Day: "With … Continue reading →

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The comics

Posted on April 3, 2008 by lmharnisch

April 3, 1938 Big Chief Wahoo by John Saunders and Elmer Woggam, another excursion into ethnic humor with dialect and stereotypes…. In later years, the strip added an investigative reporter named Steve Roper. Authentic Native American humor: BIA stands for … Continue reading →

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April 3, 1908

Posted on April 3, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, Sunset Magazine urges readers to send copies to their friends back East. Presumably it worked more often than not. Below, a tragic accident between two streetcars in heavy fog leaves a carload of oilfield workers injured and at least … 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, 1938

Posted on April 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, Joseph Greenwald, who played Nick Papadakis in the original Broadway production of "The Postman Always Rings Twice," dies on stage. Below, the Vatican condemns Austrian bishops’  endorsement of the union with Germany because they didn’t get the pope’s permission. … Continue reading →

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April 2, 1908: Great White Fleet Out of Tunes, Seeks Songs in the Key of Sea

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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April 1, 1958

Posted on April 1, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, the wonders of "Cinemiracle." Below, police kill one of two men who led officers on a chase in a stolen car … An update on housewives’ boycott of meat, which Paul Coates wrote about a few day earlier …  … Continue reading →

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April 1, 1938: Herbert Hoover Opposes Tariffs

Posted on April 1, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, Thomas Mann, “The Drunkard” and “Fra Diavolo” with an African American cast. Below, former President Herbert Hoover (yes, a graduate of Stanford, home of the Hoover Institution) discusses his views on international relations after his European tour.

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