September 30, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

Posted on September 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

September 30, 1959: Paul Coates on a young con man, and on the tragic tale of Barbara Burns, the daughter of Bob “Bazooka” Burns.

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Crowd Storms Coliseum in Ticket Mix-Up

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Sept. 30, 1959, Mirror Cover

Sept. 30, 1959: "Chisox" is one of those words we don't see in headlines these days. Keith says: "Gotta love the pale hose."


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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movies

Posted on September 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 30, 1948, Movies

Sept. 30, 1948: "Apartment for Peggy" and "The Creeper!"
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Dodgers Champs!

Posted on September 30, 2009 by lmharnisch


Sept. 30, 1959, Cover

Sept. 30, 1959: The Dodgers are the lead story over the explosion of an airliner. Of course, this isn't the home delivery edition, which probably had a different layout.

Sept. 30, 1959, Knitting
The Dodgers swept their playoff series with the Braves, becoming an
unlikely World Series participant that found an unlikely way to win the
deciding game.

Trailing by three runs in the bottom of the ninth, the Dodgers
rallied to tie it and then won the game in the 12th, 6-5. A former
Brooklyn Dodger hero, Carl Furillo, pinch-hit in the ninth and his
sacrifice fly scored Gil Hodges to tie it. In the 12th, Furillo's
chopper over the mound was fielded by shortstop Felix Mantilla but his
throw skipped past first baseman Frank Torre, scoring Hodges from
second.

Never before had a National League team jumped from seventh place to
the pennant in one season. The Dodgers headed to Chicago for Game 1 of
the Series.

–Keith Thursby

At left, Mrs. Buzzie Bavasi is doing a lot of knitting for good luck! 

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White Sox, Reds Prepare for 1919 World Series

Posted on September 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 30, 1919, Baseball

Sept. 30, 1919: Keith came over yesterday and said: "Hey, Lorenzo, you know that World Series page you posted is the Black Sox, right?" Actually, I didn't. So we're going to be following the 1919 World Series.

Oct. 21, 1977, Black Sox

Oct. 21, 1977: Robert Kirsch reviews Eliot Asinof's "Eight Men Out."

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Bad Drivers … Socialist Agitators … and Divorce Court

Posted on September 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

SEpt. 30, 1909, George Zobelein

Edmund Waller "Ted" Gale draws George Zobelein, head of the Los Angeles Brewing Co.

Sept. 30, 1909, Briefs

Bad drivers … socialist agitators in Central Park (Pershing Square) … and divorce court…. It was hard to decide which was the more interesting story so I uploaded the whole page.These little briefs are a wonderful time capsule of life in Los Angeles 100 years ago.
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Found on EBay — Bullock’s Wilshire

Posted on September 29, 2009 by lmharnisch

Bullock's Wilshire Sweater EBay
Bullock's Wilshire Sweater EBay

This very bright sweater from Bullock's Wilshire has been listed on EBay. Bidding starts at 50 cents.
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September 29,1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

Posted on September 29, 2009 by lmharnisch

September 29, 1959: Paul Coates on Dorothy Roseborough, a woman who liked to write…
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C-H-A-R-G-E!! FANS STORM COLISEUM

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Sept. 29, 1959, Mirror Cover

Sept. 29, 1959: Los Angeles goes "baseball batty."
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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movies

Posted on September 29, 2009 by lmharnisch


Sept. 29, 1947, Joke

Sept. 29, 1947: Soviet humor about America.


Sept. 29, 1947, Movies

"Life With Father" at the Wiltern.
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Celebrating the Reyes Adobe

Posted on September 29, 2009 by lmharnisch

Reyes_adobe

Photograph by Carlos Chavez / Los Angeles Times

The fifth annual Reyes
Adobe Days festival will be held Oct. 2-4 at the Reyes Adobe Historical
Site, 5464 Reyes
Adobe Road in Agoura Hills. The festival honors the Reyes family and
carries on the tradition of celebrations that once included a rodeo.

This year's festival
will include a parade with Jerry "Leave It to Beaver" Mathers as grand
marshal. There will also be historical demonstrations and museum tours
as well as music, carnival games, pony rides and food booths.

Further information is available at the Agoura Hills website.

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‘War Is War’

Posted on September 29, 2009 by lmharnisch


Sept. 29, 1939, U-Boat

Sept. 29, 1939: Ruth Locke describes a submarine attack off the Irish coast.


Sept. 29, 1939, U-Boat

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September 29, 1919: Omaha Mob Burns Courthouse, Tries to Kill Mayor Before Lynching Black

Posted on September 29, 2009 by lmharnisch

September 19, 1909: Los Angeles Times coverSeptember 29, 1919: A mob in Omaha sets fire to the courthouse after trying to lynch Mayor Mayor Ed P. Smith when he appealed for law and order. Rioters finally lynch William Brown, an African American accused of raping a white woman. Federal troops were sent to restore order. Continue reading →

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Man Haunted by Jesuit Spies

Posted on September 29, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 29, 1909, Theater

Sept. 29, 1909: Billie Burke in "Love Watches."


Sept. 29, 1909, Insane

Ernest Ritter's mind may be unbalanced over a sad love affair, doctors say.
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Found on EBay — St. Francis Dam Disaster

Posted on September 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

St. Francis Dam Bridge
This postcard showing a bridge washed out in the March 12, 1928, collapse of the St. Francis Dam has been listed on EBay. I don't recall ever seeing any photographic cards like this in the time I've been monitoring EBay. The Buy It Now price is $55.
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September 28, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on September 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

September 28, 1959: “They say I have nothing but yes men around me. I don’t operate that way. I know what I know, so I’m interested in what you know. If you don’t tell me what you think, if you yes me, the picture is hurt. If you tell me what you think, we’ll have no problems.” — Cecil B. DeMille

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September 28, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

Posted on September 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

September 28, 1959: Paul Coates on the lingering effects of holding Japanese Americans during World War II.

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Dodgers Win 3-2; On to Coliseum!

Posted on September 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 28, 1959, Cover

Sept. 29, 1959

It's Dodger Day in Los Angeles. Got your tickets yet?

The Dodgers returned home to the Coliseum after beating Milwaukee,
3-2, in the first game of their playoff series. One more victory and
the Dodgers would be in the World Series against the Chicago White Sox.

Larry Sherry pitched an incredible 7 2/3 innings of relief to keep
the Dodgers in the game and catcher John Roseboro homered in the sixth
to provide the winning margin.

Speaking of tickets, 70,000 seats were going on sale for today's second game. Don Drysdale would face Lew Burdette.

At least one member of the White Sox was rooting for the Dodgers.
"Pop flies are homers in the Coliseum so that's the park for us,"
catcher Sherm Lollar said.

The City Council was behind the Dodger Day business, of course. "Los
Angeles has more baseball fans than any other city and each of our fans
is rooting for the team to stay on top," said Mayor Norris Poulson.

–Keith Thursby
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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movies

Posted on September 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 28, 1946, Movies

 Sept. 28, 1946: "Rebecca" and "Two Guys From Milwaukee."

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Dodgers, Braves Tie for Pennant

Posted on September 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 28, 1959, Cover

The Dodgers and Braves would meet in a best-of-three playoff series
to determine the National League representative in the World Series.

Both teams won their regular-season finales to stay tied for first.
The Dodgers beat the Cubs, 7-1, and the Braves beat the Phillies, 5-2.
The playoffs would start in Milwaukee.

–Both teams finished with 86 victories, a major league record for the fewest wins for a first-place team.

–Danny McDevitt would start Game 1 for the Dodgers apparently bypassing Sandy Koufax, who earlier had been named the starter.

–The playoff games would be day games, thanks to a protest by the
Braves, according to a story in The Times. No clue what the Braves were
protesting.

–Tickets would be at regular season prices.

–Keith Thursby

Sept. 28, 1959, Comics

I just got it. “Alabama Brown” in “Abbie an’ Slats” is a takeoff on Tennessee Williams.

Sept. 28, 1959, Abel Gance

Abel Gance hopes to remake “Napoleon.” And Frank Capra offers insight on D.W. Griffith, calling him “the poor man’s Shakespeare.”
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