Category Archives: Politics

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 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 20, 1938

Posted on March 20, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, an interesting wrinkle in the campaign to recall Mayor Frank Shaw. Below, Lithuania concedes to Poland and the nation’s celebration turns to rioting in Warsaw’s Jewish ghetto … On the jump, more than 500 people protest outside the German-Austrian … 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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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 10, 1938

Posted on March 10, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, two more movies that are not on Netflix … Below, Mayor Frank Shaw dismisses the recall campaign as the work of "New York vice lords" who are trying to take over the city … Please don’t pick the wildflowers … Continue reading →

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March 9, 1958

Posted on March 9, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, a literary time capsule: Thomas B. Costain … James Jones … James Gould Cozzens … and Vance Packard. Below, Republican President Dwight Eisenhower calls for a huge spending program to end the U.S. recession. Eisenhower advocates civil works programs … Continue reading →

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March 9, 1938

Posted on March 9, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, two movies you will not find on Netflix … The Harry Raymond bombing takes a crucial turn with the beginning of a campaign to recall Mayor Frank Shaw … A writ of habeas corpus is denied for Police Capt. … Continue reading →

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March 8, 1908

Posted on March 8, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, meet Margaret Deland and take a look at some of the things she says: Divorce is selfish, it’s socially criminal to bring a child into the world that can’t be properly cared for, and she opposes women’s suffrage because … Continue reading →

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Feb. 25, 1958

Posted on February 25, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, a profile of William Alland, who played the reporter tracking down the life of "Citizen Kane" and in his final years worked for the Los Angeles Times poll. Below, A race car plows into a crowd of spectators at … Continue reading →

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Feb. 26, 1938: ‘Snow White’ Inspires ‘Dopey’ Dance

Posted on February 25, 2008 by lmharnisch

  A dance that apparently didn’t catch on … Below, Police Chief James Davis testifies before the Los Angeles County Grand Jury in the Harry Raymond bombing … And the grand jury considers indictments on charges that a bookmaking syndicate … Continue reading →

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Feb. 21, 1958

Posted on February 21, 2008 by lmharnisch

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Raymond bombing

Posted on February 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 19, 1938Los Angeles Antisemitism in Austria … Earle Kynette is indicted in the Harry Raymond bombing … Unrest in the Mideast … On the jump, two men are executed at San Quentin in a double hanging.   Email me

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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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Feb. 16, 1958

Posted on February 16, 2008 by lmharnisch

 

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Raymond bombing

Posted on February 15, 2008 by lmharnisch

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Feb. 14, 1908

Posted on February 13, 2008 by lmharnisch

    At top, Santa Monica African Americans begin the Union League … Above, Cottolene, a blend of cottonseed oil and beef tallow … Meet Joseph Margolis (1869-1945), who was active in politics until at least the early 1940s, in … Continue reading →

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Feb. 13, 1958

Posted on February 13, 2008 by lmharnisch

  The Metropolitan Transit Authority takes its first steps toward "a speedy mass transit system." Will it build a monorail from the Valley to downtown Los Angeles? Reporter Ray Herbert is going to look at the implications for bus and … Continue reading →

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H-bomb protest

Posted on February 12, 2008 by lmharnisch

 

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