Tag Archives: 1938

Raymond bombing

Posted on February 22, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 22, 1938Los Angeles Earle Kynette is stuck in jail … Gen. Otis’ aide-de-camp dies … The Iowa picnic, right out of Raymond Chandler … The city celebrates Washington’s birthday … And Aline Barnsdall sues for the return of some … Continue reading →

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Feb. 22, 1938

Posted on February 22, 2008 by lmharnisch
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Feb. 21, 1938

Posted on February 21, 2008 by lmharnisch

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Model homes

Posted on February 20, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 20, 1938Los Angeles Adjusted for inflation, the price on the first home ($18,750) is $268,116.31 USD 2007. Zillow lists it at $1.7 million. The last home ($28,800) is $411,826.66 USD 2007. Zillow lists it at $3.6 million. I guess … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on February 20, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 20, 1938Los Angeles   Yes, the AP actually wrote the above story and The Times actually published it. Below, one of the most backward sentences I have read in a long while: "Not guilty will be the plea of … Continue reading →

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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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Raymond bombing

Posted on February 15, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 16, 1938Los Angeles    

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Feb. 14, 1938

Posted on February 14, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, an ad for the Del Coronado … Capt. Earle Kynette compares himself to Alfred Dreyfus … "Hammer Slayer Flees Hospital," now there’s a headline that says "read me" … A writer injured in the Japanese bombing of a U.S. … Continue reading →

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Feb. 13, 1938

Posted on February 13, 2008 by lmharnisch

    It’s Sunday in 1938, and here’s an ad from the real estate section … And a panel from "Buck Rogers" … Hitler plans to announce that he respects Austrian independence … Paul Wright is convicted of manslaughter 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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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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Raymond bombing

Posted on February 8, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 8, 1938Los Angeles Above, Lutheran minister Martin Niemoeller protests a secret trial by the Nazis on charges of treason. Niemoeller, who survived the war, was one of hundreds of dissident German ministers who were arrested by the Nazis in … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on February 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

  A "bodacious riot of hillbilly hotcha"–with Humphrey Bogart? And who else is in the cast? Ronald Reagan? Coming up next year, Bogart as a cowboy (with Jimmy Cagney) in "The Oklahoma Kid." The Carnegie Foundation warns that colleges risk … Continue reading →

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The comics

Posted on February 6, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 6, 1938 Los Angeles A full page from The Times’ Sunday comics shows what the tobacco companies did in the days before Joe Camel … Yes, kids, you can drive like a maniac and still eat right if you … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on February 6, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Feb. 6, 1938 Los Angeles It’s Sunday in Los Angeles, and the weekly real estate section features the floor plan of a modern home–cost $3,990 ($57,055.15 USD 2007) … Japan builds a navy … As Hitler consolidates his power, … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on February 5, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Feb. 5, 1938Los Angeles The Harry Raymond bombing drops to the back page on this Saturday morning in Los Angeles … The Assembly vice investigation continues … The gagged and beaten body of a Filipino houseboy from Beverly Hills … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on February 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Feb. 4, 1938Los Angeles Dist. Atty. Buron Fitt investigates charges that Los Angeles city and county officials are being bribed to protect gambling in "Little Tokio" … The city’s first "skyscraper" at Court and New High Street is torn … Continue reading →

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Harry Raymond bombing

Posted on February 3, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 3, 1938Los Angeles  Paul Wright collapses on the witness stand … A car plays "Nearer, My God, to Thee" when it reaches 60 mph … A member of the LAPD Intelligence Unit surrenders in the investigation of the Harry … Continue reading →

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