Category Archives: Politics

Feb. 12, 1958

Posted on February 12, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Above: Future shock! Newspapers coming into the home by color TV? If they only knew how right they were … The Navy bans low-level flights over Los Angeles after the Norwalk air crash … Deputies arrest nine people in … Continue reading →

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Feb. 12, 1938

Posted on February 12, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Jurors deliberate in the murder trial of Paul Wright, who is charged with killing his wife and best friend as they were doing something that couldn’t be described in The Times … Medicine being rushed to Bebe Kleinberger is … Continue reading →

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February 11, 1958

Posted on February 11, 2008 by lmharnisch

Weather makes the front page … Another youngster is stricken with a rare disease (The Times apparently never followed up on this story) … Fighting in the Mideast … And a new weapon in the Cold War against the Soviets … Continue reading →

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Feb. 11, 1938

Posted on February 11, 2008 by lmharnisch

There’s nothing new in the Harry Raymond case, but the Assembly vice inquiry continues … Friends tell Hitler he’s working too hard and should take a cruise … President Roosevelt wants more money for relief because of increasing unemployment … … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on February 10, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 10, 1938Los Angeles Los Angeles officials, led by Mayor Shaw, say they have nothing to hide from an Assembly  vice inquiry and are perfectly willing to turn over their income tax records.  The mayor’s brother, Frank, however, is unavailable … Continue reading →

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Random shot

Posted on February 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Photograph by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times  I saw this poster glued to some plywood at a construction site on Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice this morning. Alas, there were no similar treatments of other candidates, so I … Continue reading →

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Hitler anniversary

Posted on January 31, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 31, 1938 Berlin celebrates Adolf Hitler’s fifth anniversary … Dist. Atty. Buron Fitts promises a crackdown on vice in Los Angeles … The City Council is studying whether to set up an intake bureau to assist homeless men in … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on January 29, 2008 by lmharnisch

  An attorney for two LAPD officers charges that Assembly Speaker William Moseley Jones is exploiting the state vice inquiry to bolster his campaign for attorney general  … Diplomatic repercussions over a  sentry slapping a U.S. envoy in Nanking …  … Continue reading →

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Mystery photo

Posted on January 21, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Los Angeles Times file photo Who’s the distinguished gentleman with Joe Louis, endorsing Richard Nixon in the 1960 presidential election? Is the gentleman famed architect, Paul Williams, who designed Perino’s among many other famed buildings/homes? (Chris Morales). Absolutely right! … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on January 20, 2008 by lmharnisch

Someone asks: "Why is the Harry Raymond bombing important?" Good question. In 1937, Clifford Clinton, the owner of Clifton’s Cafeterias, was named to the Los Angeles County Grand Jury after a long dispute with the city’s health officer. Clinton led … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on January 16, 2008 by lmharnisch

    Photograph by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times The site of the Harry Raymond bombing, 955 Orme St., half a block south of Whittier Boulevard, Jan. 16, 2008.   Email me

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Snooze alarm

Posted on September 19, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Sept. 16-19, 1957 Los Angeles "State Senate committee hearing" is one of the most boring phrases in the English language and the thick dust of half a century only adds layers of tedium. But let’s stand in the back … Continue reading →

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Inklings of Camelot

Posted on August 11, 2007 by lmharnisch

Aug. 11, 1957 Princeton, N.J. I’ve intentionally avoided politics so far, but hindsight is a wonderful way to judge 50-year-old attempts to forecast the future, in this case, the 1960 presidential election. Let’s see how George Gallup did with the … Continue reading →

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