Category Archives: @news

July 26, 1938

Posted on July 26, 2008 by lmharnisch

aul "the Porpoise" Chotteau collapses within 10 miles of his goal of swimming from Santa Barbara to Venice … A bomb in Haifa kills 50 people, wounds 58 others and touches off rioting … Kentucky Gov. A.B. "Happy" Chandler is … Continue reading →

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July 25, 1938

Posted on July 25, 2008 by lmharnisch

oe Shaw resigns as personal secretary to his brother, Mayor Frank Shaw, and elopes to Reno with Buelah M. Fuller of the mayor’s secretarial staff. Curiously enough, Joe Shaw is identified as a lieutenant, which I haven’t encountered before. Perhaps … Continue reading →

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July 21, 1958

Posted on July 21, 2008 by lmharnisch

ather than even make an attempt to explain what’s going on in the Mideast in this period, I’ll defer to Robert G. Neumann, below. I can only echo what Hanson W. Baldwin said Feb. 21, 1958, when he referred to … Continue reading →

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July 17, 1908

Posted on July 17, 2008 by lmharnisch

Don’t get the idea these hats were cheap; wait till you see the actual prices: $219.87 and $186.89, marked down to $86.85 USD 2007. Below, Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan gets more inches of copy but Republican candidate William … Continue reading →

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July 15, 1908

Posted on July 15, 2008 by lmharnisch

ere’s an update on the story of Joseph H.N. Longy, who was arrested on charges of sending threatening letters to local businessmen. The Times gives an elaborate description of his "oil gun" and a primitive hand grenade that was found … Continue reading →

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July 9, 1938

Posted on July 9, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, President Roosevelt, who will be arriving at Union Station in Los Angeles on July 16, 1938. I hope I can find some Times photos of his visit. r. Roy L. Smith, chairman of the Federation for Civic Betterment and … Continue reading →

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July 9, 1908

Posted on July 9, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, 3rd and Hill in 1908 and via Google maps’ street view, below. age 1 is quite a curio of another era in political coverage. "Women Vie With Men in Maniacal Howls" is not a headline one sees terribly often … Continue reading →

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Circus fire kills 168

Posted on July 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

Five Ringing Bros. officials and an employee were sentenced to prison in the Hartford, Conn., fire. Circus Vice President James A. Haley, who served eight months in prison, was eventually elected as a Democratic congressman from Florida. The James A. … Continue reading →

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July 7, 1908

Posted on July 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

e have a bounty of news today. Above, Mexican troops put down an insurrection in the state of Coahuila. And turmoil in the Mideast. At left, Mayor Harper urges Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan to accept Capt. Eugene Merrick … Continue reading →

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July 2, 1938

Posted on July 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

ayor Frank Shaw congratulates hundreds of city employees on their retirement, notably 90-year-old Robert Carr, above. The Times says that Carr worked in the street maintenance division for more than 20 years, meaning that he would have started with the … Continue reading →

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Kenneth Reich, RIP

Posted on June 30, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, Ken Reich interviews Watergate figure Donald Segretti. Ken had terrific stories about covering Watergate. In fact, one of my favorite recollections was an occasion when I got to listen to him and the late Anthony Day, former editorial page … Continue reading →

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June 28, 1908

Posted on June 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

n this Sunday, June 28, 1908, The Times is full of politics, past and present. At left, the editorial page praises Frances Folsom Cleveland, the widow of President Grover Cleveland, as the ideal of the American woman. Even making allowances … Continue reading →

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June 27, 1908

Posted on June 27, 2008 by lmharnisch

ong ago, I lost track of how many highway maps The Times has run over the years. Here is yet another one, giving us a trifecta with the map from Ed Ainsworth’s traffic series of 1938 and the one that … Continue reading →

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June 26, 1908

Posted on June 26, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, Normandie and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, "Home of the Garbage Burrito." he Times’ Harry Carr, fresh from the Republican National Convention in Chicago, heads to Lincoln, Neb., to interview William Jennings Bryan, the Democratic presidential candidate. "When he … Continue reading →

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June 25, 1938

Posted on June 25, 2008 by lmharnisch

e have more fallout from Earle Kynette’s conviction in the Harry Raymond bombing. On the jump, The Times reports that seven officers will face a police board of rights on charges of obstructing the Raymond investigation. Mayor Frank Shaw sends … Continue reading →

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June 25, 1908

Posted on June 25, 2008 by lmharnisch

  rue confession: I mixed up June 26, 1908 and June 25, 1908. I suppose that happens more often that one might suspect–or not. Readers either politely didn’t bring it to my attention or didn’t notice. Thank you for your … Continue reading →

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June 24, 1908

Posted on June 24, 2008 by lmharnisch

loodshed and slaughter mark the beginning of the Persian Civil War, which lasted until 1909. In February, the shah, Mohammad Ali, escaped an assassination attempt when two bombs were dropped on his motorcade from the roof of a house. A … Continue reading →

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June 23, 1908

Posted on June 23, 2008 by lmharnisch
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June 21, 1908

Posted on June 21, 2008 by lmharnisch

epublican William Taft gets the news that he has been nominated as the party’s presidential candidate. This sequence of photos must have seemed revolutionary for 1908. (And yes, this photo reminds me of one of my all-time favorite headlines: "Says … Continue reading →

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June 20, 1938

Posted on June 20, 2008 by lmharnisch

609 E. 2nd St. in 1938, above, and the neighborhood via Google street view, below. At left, thugs vandalizing Jewish businesses in Berlin observe a day of rest. Above, D.W. Griffith’s "Birth of a Nation" at the Criterion, 7th and … Continue reading →

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