Category Archives: LAPD

December 14, 1931: Voices — Christine Collins

Posted on January 18, 2009 by lmharnisch

  “I have tried real hard to secure some kind of employment for my husband…”

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Voices — Christine Collins, September 28, 1931

Posted on January 16, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Vivian Leigh cast as Scarlett O’Hara, January 1939

Posted on January 16, 2009 by lmharnisch

  On January 14, 1939, The Times published the news that an English actress had been cast in the lead of "Gone With the Wind." Excuse me, but Jean Arthur as Scarlett? Hedda Hopper covers the furious reaction over David … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, January 15, 1959

Posted on January 15, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Mother Knows Best (She Says So Herself) REPORT FROM A BOY’S BEST FRIEND: Deep down in the grimy recesses of my mind lives the unreasonable conviction that, in my dear mother’s eyes, I’m a bum. As I say, … Continue reading →

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Elizabeth Short remembered, January 15, 1947

Posted on January 15, 2009 by lmharnisch

http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-382479120564900203&hl=en&fs=true A video I did on the caseseveral years ago. Today is the anniversary of the killing of Elizabeth Short, whose body was found in the 3800 block of South Norton Avenue in 1947. I always do two things in … Continue reading →

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Voices — Christine Collins, September 10, 1931

Posted on January 15, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Voices — Christine Collins, September 8, 1931

Posted on January 14, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Los Angeles, Calif.,   Sept. 8, 1931     Dear. Mr. Neumiller,     I am writing to you again in behalf of my husband, Walter J. Collins, No. 12824, an inmate at Represa, Calif.     I understand … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Mikoyan interview, January 13, 1959

Posted on January 13, 2009 by lmharnisch

Interview With Coates Russian Stars on TV Show By Paul V. Coates, Mirror News Columnist When President Eisenhower sits down with Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan on Saturday to plan give-and-take with West Berlin and Germany, it’ll be Ike … Continue reading →

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Voices — Christine Collins, 1931

Posted on January 12, 2009 by lmharnisch
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January 12-13: Soviet leader visits Los Angeles

Posted on January 12, 2009 by lmharnisch

LAPD officers keep control as a large crowd gathers at LAX in anticipation of the arrival of Deputy Soviet Premier Anastas Mikoyan. His plane was diverted to Burbank, where he landed without incident, The Times said. Today, Anastas Mikoyan (1895-1978) … Continue reading →

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Voices — Christine Collins, June 30, 1931

Posted on January 10, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Another Nixon story challenged, January 10, 1959

Posted on January 10, 2009 by lmharnisch

A strike at a Hollywood supermarket turns into a management lockout involving 1,000 grocery stores across Southern California that lasts for 28 days. The union negotiator charged that the lockout was aimed at crushing the clerks’ union and forcing smaller … Continue reading →

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Voices — Christine Collins, June 19, 1931

Posted on January 9, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Voices — Christine Collins, April 23, 1931

Posted on January 8, 2009 by lmharnisch

Centered

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Voices — Christine Collins, April 18, 1931

Posted on January 7, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Stolen statue returns

Posted on January 7, 2009 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times The 1920s statue, shrouded in plastic, will be reinstalled at San Vicente Boulevard and McCarthy Vista. The 6-foot bronze miner statue stolen last February from the Carthay Circle area and later recovered … Continue reading →

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December 21, 1930: Voices — Christine Collins

Posted on January 6, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Voices — Christine Collins, November 1, 1930

Posted on January 5, 2009 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles, Calif.November 1, 1930 Dear Mr. Neumiller I am taking the liberty of writing you a personal letter which I sincerely hope you will give consideration. I am again pleading for a parole for my husband, Walter J. Collins, … Continue reading →

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Parolee sought in killing of studio executive, January 1959

Posted on January 5, 2009 by lmharnisch

George Albert Scott and Curtis C. Lichtenwalter were leaving the In Between Cafe, 5414 Melrose, with $400 and a sawed-off shotgun about midnight Dec. 30, 1958, when they encountered Kenneth S. Savoy, 35, on his way into the bar. "Just … Continue reading →

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Our new favorite thing

Posted on January 4, 2009 by lmharnisch

Here’s one of our new favorite things: The Daily Script. Above, a page from "Double Indemnity" and — for contrast — the opening of Josh Friedman’s "The Black Dahlia." Note that "Double Indemnity" has been retyped and put into modern … Continue reading →

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