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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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Raymond bombing

Posted on January 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Police Capt. Earle Kynette surrenders to authorities … a Japanese sentry slaps a U.S. envoy in Nanking … Mussolini does the goosestep! … And wedding bells for King Zog of Albania … On the jump, the Assembly vice inquiry … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on January 26, 2008 by lmharnisch

Dist. Atty. Buron Fitts charges Police Capt. Earle Kynette* with attempted murder … An Assembly committee issues more than 100 subpoenas in an investigation of vice, graft and corruption in Los Angeles … Caltech engineers discuss the possibility of sending … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on January 26, 2008 by lmharnisch

This is getting complicated. Police Capt. Earle Kynette has been cleared by Police Chief Davis and has promised to capture whoever attached a bomb to Harry Raymond’s car. Kynette has already been charged with wiretapping Raymond’s phone. Now he’s in … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on January 25, 2008 by lmharnisch

    The February 1938 issue of Vogue–delayed because of antisemitic words hidden in a cartoon. A big news day: Japanese soldiers brutalize Nanking, China, while Japanese authorities apologize and eventually issue an edict that malicious cables discrediting the Japanese … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on January 24, 2008 by lmharnisch

You’re reading this correctly: Police Chief Davis insists the LAPD had nothing to do with the Harry Raymond bombing, and Capt. Earle Kynette, who is out on bail on charges of wiretapping Raymond’s home, says he’ll have the culprits in … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on January 23, 2008 by lmharnisch

Mayor Frank Shaw says he has the "utmost confidence" in the LAPD’s investigation of the Harry Raymond bombing. He also says there is no evidence of police involvement in the blast … Allegations of police corruption in Arcadia … The … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on January 22, 2008 by lmharnisch

    Isn’t Google Earth amazing? According to this satellite photo, the distance from the LAPD surveillance post at 2711 E. 7th St. post to Harry Raymond’s house at 955 Orme was 440 feet. Email me

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Raymond bombing

Posted on January 22, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Dist. Atty. Buron Fitts calls for a grand jury investigation … An update in the Paul Wright murder trial (by the way, the house in Glendale where the killings occurred was still standing as of a few years ago). … Continue reading →

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110 revisited

Posted on January 21, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Photograph by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times Salonica Street is a popular dumping ground for cars that have been wrecked on the southbound Pasadena Freeway. This car has been sitting here for weeks. For a while, another wreck … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on January 21, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 21, 1938Los Angeles The state attorney general’s office steps into the bombing investigation and everyone in our cast of characters gets ready for the drama. (I love the front page photo of Police Capt. Earle Kynette). On the jump, … 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 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

Arrests are expected in the Harry Raymond bombing… An attempt at child visitation at Barbara Stanwyck’s San Fernando Valley ranch  (18600 Devonshire) does not go well … Paul Whiteman, Fanny Brice, Judy Garland and Ilona Massey at the Cocoanut Grove… … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on January 18, 2008 by lmharnisch

 

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Raymond bombing

Posted on January 17, 2008 by lmharnisch

 

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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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Raymond bombing

Posted on January 14, 2008 by lmharnisch

Today is the 70th anniversary of one of the more notorious events in Los Angeles history, which occurred at 955 Orme St. Perhaps you’ve heard of it. If not, read about it here. It’s called the Harry Raymond bombing.  

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The 110 revisited

Posted on December 30, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Photograph by the Los Angeles Times, July 23, 1939 He looks out from the bridge as if he is gazing toward the future. Not that this is what the photographer intended. Like The Times "Scout Car," a new 1939 … Continue reading →

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Random shot

Posted on November 21, 2007 by lmharnisch

Here’s a detail from one of the photos I found in The Times’ archives on Main Street. I can’t quite tell whether this man is a street artist or just a panhandler. He appears to have a chair and some … Continue reading →

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