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Conservatives Sexually Frustrated, UCLA Daily Bruin Says

Posted on September 26, 2013 by lmharnisch

Sept. 26, 1943: The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen ends its strike against the Pacific Electric, with workers returning to their jobs at 2 a.m. Their first task is to untangle a “freight jam which had threatened to undermine the entire … Continue reading →

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Japanese Lieutenant Killed at Guadalcanal Went to USC

Posted on April 11, 2013 by lmharnisch

April 11, 1943: And here begins one of my favorite “Li’l Abner” episodes: Zoot Suit Yokum. The Times reports a strange encounter on Guadalcanal in which an unidentified Marine took a rifle from a wounded Japanese lieutenant. According to Torrance … Continue reading →

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Zoot Suit Files: Intelligence Report on Subversives

Posted on September 11, 2011 by lmharnisch

Sept. 24, 1942: Intelligence officer B.L. Canaga compiles a report on subversives that might be active in the 11th Naval District. His list includes communists, Japanese, Falangists, Sinarchists, Italians, Germans and acts of sabotage: “Many prominent and wealthy motion picture … Continue reading →

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May 27, 1938

Posted on May 27, 2008 by lmharnisch

Photograph by the Los Angeles Times, dated April 13, 1938 Above, the defendants and their attorneys in the Harry Raymond bombing … At left, more angry exchanges between Deputy Dist. Atty. Eugene Williams and Police Capt. Earle Kynette … Also: … Continue reading →

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Christmas past

Posted on December 25, 2007 by lmharnisch

Christmas in prison with Dalton Trumbo, 1950  

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Dec. 3, 1957

Posted on December 3, 2007 by lmharnisch

 

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Reds freed!

Posted on June 17, 2007 by lmharnisch

Note the suicide of Stanford scientist William K. Sherwood. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

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McCarthy dies

Posted on May 3, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Part 1 Click to enlarge Part 2, click to enlarge   Part 3, click to enlarge   Pictures from Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy’s funeral here.  Email me 

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