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The Los Angeles Times from Los Angeles, California • 3

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Los Angeles, California
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FEBRUARY 26, 1942. os Arificlcs (limes THURSDAY MORNING. and Anti-aircraft Guns Comb Sky During Al Searchlight arm rj Go 4 4 A SEEKING OUT "OBJECT" Scores of searchlights built a wigwam of light beams over Los Angeles early yesterday morning during the alarm. This picture taken during blackout shows nine beams converging orv an "object" in sky in Culver City area. The blobs of light which show at apex of beam angles were made by anti-aircraft shells.

MARKINGS Hugh Landis of 1 738 W. 43rd Place points to holes made in his car, as it stood in garage, by fragments of anti-aircraft shell that hit near by. Times photo -T. -yf Story on Pago Part 1 A. 'H-vAJ SAilt Timn photo 4 ON.

BEDROOM PIERCED Here is damage done to bedroom in home of Victor L. Norman at 2036 Easy Long Beach, when anti-aircraft shrapnel pierced dwelling. Timrf photo CLOSE ONE Miss Blanche Sedgwick and niece, Josie Duffy, got up to watch firing and escaped possible injury when shell fragment hit. Mrs. H.

G. Landis examines missle. W) photo AFTER DUD Cliff Stingley, air-raid warden and Detective Captain R. R. Carnahan, dig for dud which buried itself in roadside near Rancho golf course.

Herman F. Reich (right,) found spot where shell Timtt photo 1 v'. I f1 I 1 if Llm-rZ -a; v. Vl A -1 W. A 7ww''''''ni 1 ''uJi I.

x-jis -'A-' 1 A SHIPYARD FRAGMENTS Left to right ore W. M. Breslin, Don Gomes and David Parker holding hatful of ack-ack shell bits picked up in California Shipyard. Tim phot DEEP ONE Motorcycle Officer Bobby tSi Clark reaches into hole caused by dud shell in driveway' at 1337 Maple Santa Monica. Shell was recovered.

rciAo Pr photo UNEXPLODED Lieut. L. E. Richards' holds part of un-exploded shell found ofter digging search 'near Rancho. 4 Tim ph-ji.

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