A rusty, unexploded bomb found in the garage of a home occupied by two Japanese families prior to their evacuation a year ago, was revealed by police experts to be a World War I relic. Ray Pinker, police ballistics expert, said it was the type used by airplane pilots to strafe ground forces. It still contains powder and apparently is workable. Army authorities were notified to take it off the hands of the Police Department. Mrs. Joan Sagal, who lives in the upstairs apartment of a two-family house at 3650-52 West Monon Street, found the aerial bomb behind a board in the garage. It was shaped like a pineapple, seven inches long, with a four-fin tail and firing pin.
Sagal, Joan Japanese Americans--California--Los Angeles Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 World War, 1939-1945 Bombs Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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