Category Archives: @news

March 28, 1908

Posted on March 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, the circus is coming to town–apparently. I can’t find any further mentions of "Towle’s Circus." Below, Rep. J. Thomas Heflin hates African Americans and he hates drinking, so you can imagine how he feels about African Americans who drink … Continue reading →

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March 27, 1938

Posted on March 27, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, Gail Patrick , who was later a producer on "Perry Mason" …  Below, Field Marshal Hermann Goering says all Jews must leave Austria … Dr. J. Leon Lazarowitz, head of the Rambling Hoboes of America Union, wants to come … Continue reading →

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March 26, 1908

Posted on March 27, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, Joseph H. Maulhard becomes the first firefighter to be buried in the Firemen’s Relief Assn. plot at Inglewood Park Cemetery. Unfortunately, I can’t find any information about whether his death was related to his job or some other cause. … Continue reading →

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March 24, 1938

Posted on March 24, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, the dazzling hands of Los Angeles visitor Albert Tangora, who can type 141 words a minute for an hour, The Times says. Tangora, the world’s champion typist, was married in Los Angeles in 1926 to the former Dorothy Lane, … Continue reading →

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March 24, 1908

Posted on March 23, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, the daily horoscope as it existed a century ago. Below, the plight of hobos who are running afoul of a tough constable around Burbank. In an interview, a homeless man complains of being sentenced to the chain gang … … Continue reading →

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March 23, 1938

Posted on March 23, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, Police Chief James Davis and Mayor Frank Shaw help lay the cornerstone at the Police Academy in Elysian Park. Here we have two men who will be driven from office by the end of the year during one of … Continue reading →

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March 21, 1938

Posted on March 21, 2008 by lmharnisch

Below, despite concessions from Lithuania, war remains a possibility between the nation and neighboring Poland … Mexico nationalizes foreign oil companies … An estimated 30,000 troops have died in fighting between Japan and China … And United Press helpfully identifies … Continue reading →

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March 19, 1958

Posted on March 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, a look at the making of "The Defiant Ones." Below, we drop the masthead to run a terrific horizontal shot as a test pilot who bailed out of an F-4D  Skyray is rescued from the ocean  … President Eisenhower … Continue reading →

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March 19, 1938

Posted on March 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, a feature on Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Strode, athlete and actor, who starred in "Sergeant Rutledge." Below, Poland prepares for war with Lithuania …  The forces of Generalissimo Francisco Franco bomb Barcelona while loyalist forces sink one of Franco’s cruisers … Continue reading →

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March 18, 1938

Posted on March 18, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, a first-person account of the Rape of Nanking. Below, Poland and Lithuania hover at the brink of war … Anti-fascists riot in Paris … And in a radio address, Secretary of State Cordell Hull "reaffirmed this country’s intense desire … Continue reading →

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March 17, 1908

Posted on March 17, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, the St. Vincent nine … Below, The Times’ Harry Carr files a firsthand report on the U.S. fleet in Magdalena Bay, Mexico … Quote of the day: "The fleet in the distance really looked like a great smoky factory … Continue reading →

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March 16, 1938

Posted on March 16, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, prepare yourself for a shock: Police Chief James Davis wants–more officers. Below, Hitler calls the expansion of Germany "The greatest achievement of my life" … Austrian Jews are barred from voting. Quote of the day: A wave of lawlessness … Continue reading →

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March 13, 1958

Posted on March 13, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, what has to be the quote of the day: "Two things are at stake for America in the Middle East … Arab oil and Arab friendship. Both depend upon understanding. You can afford to lose the oil. You cannot … Continue reading →

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Hitler defies world!

Posted on March 13, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 13, 1938 Above, actress Margaret "Devil Dogs of the Air" Lindsay, star of "Gold Is Where You Find It." Below, the streets of Vienna are filled with Austrians giving the Nazi salute and shouting lustily: "We were just following … Continue reading →

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St. Francis Dam breaks

Posted on March 13, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, entertainment of the day … Below, because the St. Francis Dam broke after the March 13 paper had been published, The Times couldn’t report the disaster until March 14 … Robert Towne drew on this event as a plot … Continue reading →

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Hitler seizes Austria!

Posted on March 12, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, an excerpt from the Saturday religion page featuring the Church of the Open Door and Sister Aimee at Angelus Temple … Below,  Hitler seizes Austria and the world holds its breath. Quote of the day: Developments in Austria "make … Continue reading →

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March 11, 1938

Posted on March 11, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, The Times not only identified a woman who says she was the victim of an attack (notice how we tiptoe around the word "rape"), we even ran her picture. Even though I knew newspapers used to do identify rape … Continue reading →

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Feb. 21, 1958

Posted on February 21, 2008 by lmharnisch

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Feb. 21, 1938

Posted on February 21, 2008 by lmharnisch

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Raymond bombing

Posted on February 18, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 18, 1938Los Angeles Talk about a big news day … The grand jury, infuriated when most of the subpoenaed police officers refuse to testify in the Harry Raymond case, seizes intelligence files and discovers the unit was spying on … Continue reading →

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