Hélène Boucher killed in airplane accident...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, December 1, 1934



* Helen Boucher killed

* French aviatrix - pilot

* Airplane crash accident



The bottom of the back page has a two column photo headed: "French Woman Air Record Holder Killed"

Page 8 has a small and discrete one column heading: "French Aviatrix Killed in Crash; Held Altitude Mark" (see)

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1934 "Uiver" airplane crash disaster....

THE DETROIT NEWS, Dec. 21, 1934



* KLM Douglas DC-2 'Uiver'

* Airplane crash disaster

* Iraq desert



The top of the front page has a seven column headline: "Air Derby Winner Crashes; 7 Die" with subheads. (see)

Complete with 48 pages, rag edition in great condition.

Betty Gow's testimony of Lindbergh baby kidnapping...

NEW YORK TIMES,  New York, New York, January 8, 1935



* Kidnapping of Betty Gow



The front page of this issue concerns the kidnapping of Miss Betty Gow, the headline of which reads:  "Miss Gow Firm in Her Story of Night of Kidnapping; Identifies Baby's Clothes".  Betty Gow was the nurse who had been attending the Lindbergh baby. Sub-heads include:



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Serial killer & rapist Albert Fish insanity plea......

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 9, 1935



* Albert Fish insanity plea

* Serial killer, child rapist and cannibal

* "The Boogey Man" - "Gray Man"

* "Brooklyn Vampire" - "Werewolf of Wysteria"



The back page has a one column heading: "Albert Fish Loses Plea" with subhead. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular... See More  

Mary Pickford... Douglas Fairbanks...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, from Springfield, Massachusetts, dated January 11, 1935



* Actress Mary Pickford

* Actor Douglas Fairbanks

* Divorce



This 32 page newspaper has two column headlines  on the front page that include:



* Mary Pickford Is Given Divorce from Fairbanks; Cruelty, Neglect Charged



and more with one column photo of Pickford.



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Gilberton, Pennsylvania coal mine disaster...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, January 22, 1935



* Gilberton, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

* Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company

* Colliery explosion disaster

* Lindbergh baby kidnapping murder case



The top of page 9 has a one column heading: "11 MINERS KILLED BY BLAST, GAS IN PENNSYLVANIA" with subheas. (see) First report coverage on the Gilberton, Pennsylvania coal mi... See More  

Charles Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping Trial...

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USS Macon (ZRS-5) crashes....

TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, February 13, 1935 



* USS Macon (ZRS-5) crashes 

* United States Navy Airship 



This 12 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "PROBE OF MACON CRASH IS DUE" with subhead. Also nice headline of the Lindbergh baby kidnapping trial as it ends.



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Sentenced to die: the Lindbergh baby case...

FORT DODGE MESSENGER, Iowa, Feb. 14, 1935  



* Bruno Hauptmann death sentence

* Charles Lindbergh baby kidnapping



Banner headline announces: "HAUPTMANN SENTENCED TO DIE" "Defense Will Fight Murder Conviction" with related subheads. Also a photo of: "Bruno Richard Hauptmann" as well as the 12 jurors in the trial. 

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Serial killer & rapist Albert Fish murder trial......

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 21, 1935



* Albert Fish trial - declared insane

* Serial killer, child rapist and cannibal

* "The Boogey Man" - "Gray Man"

* "Brooklyn Vampire" - "Werewolf of Wysteria"



The top of the back page has a one column heading: "FISH HELD INSANE BY THREE EXPERTS" with subheads. (see) I suspect this is one of the few public... See More  

Amelia Earhart's solo flight to Mexico City....

THE DETROIT NEWS, April 21, 1935



* Amelia Earhart solo flight to Mexico City

* Bug in her eye forces emergency landing



The front page has a two column heading: "Bug in Eye Forces Amelia to Halt Briefly in Long Trip" (see images) Interesting as I cannot find mention of this bizarre event in her history.

Complete 1st section only with 20 pages, rag edition in nice condition.

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Amelia Earhart non-stop flight from Mexico...

TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, May 8, 1935



* Amelia Earhart solo flight (during)

* New aviation record



The front page has one column headings: "Amelia on Her Way to East Coast" "Hops With Intention of Making Non-Stop Flight"

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 14 pages, minor margin wear, generally good.

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Charles Lindbergh invents artificial heart ?...

THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, June 21, 1935



* Charles Lindbergh & Dr. Alexis Carrel

* Perfusion pump (artificial heart) invention



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "Lindbergh--Adds to Fame; Organs Revived After Death by His Research" with photo of Lindbergh. (see images) First report coverage on the invention of the Carrel-Lindbergh perfusion pum... See More  

Deaths of Will Rogers & Wiley Post...

NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 17, 1935  



* Will Rogers & Wiley Post

* Airplane crash - deaths



The front page has a 3 column, 3 line headline: "WILL ROGERS, WILEY POST DIE IN AIRPLANE CRASH IN ALASKA; NATION SHOCKED BY TRAGEDY" with several subheads including: "10 Minute Hope Their Last" "Engine Fails on a Take-Off for Final 15 Miles to Point Barrow". Much more ... See More  

Will Rogers & Wiley Post death in 1935...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, August 18, 1935 



* Will Rogers

* Wiley Post 

* Airplane crash - deaths 



This 30+ page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "Rogers Funeral at Los Angeles; Service For Post in Oklahoma; Plane Will Bring Bodies Back" with subheads that include: "ACTOR'S WIDOW STARTS JOURNEY TO WEST COAST" and mor... See More  

Will Rogers & Wiley Post death in 1935...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, August 19, 1935 



* Will Rogers 

* Wiley Post 

* Airplane crash - deaths 



This 14 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include: "Plane Wings South With Bodies of Rogers, Post" and more with smaller subheads. (see)



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Will Rogers & Wiley Post deaths in 1935...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, August 20, 1935



* Will Rogers & Wiley Post

* Airplane crash - deaths



The front page has a one column heading: "FINAL FLIGHT OF ROGERS AND POST IS OVER" with subhead. More on page 8 with related photo. Five more photos are on the back page.

Complete in 32 pages, this is the rare rag edition that was produced on very high quality newsprint meant for insti... See More  

Will Rogers & Wiley Post death in 1935...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts,  August 22, 1935 



* Will Rogers 

* Wiley Post 

* Airplane crash - deaths 



This 20 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page: "Nation Pays Tribute Today At Rogers and Post Rites" "Observance of Obsequies Will Be Held in Many Parts of America While Actual Services Are Conducted in West"



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Death of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky... Rockets pioneer

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 20, 1935



* Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky death

* Father of rockets & Astronautics



Page 21 has one column headings: "TSIOLKOVSKI IS DEAD; DESIGNER OF ROCKETS" "Willed All Works on Aviation to Soviet When He Felt His Illness Would Be Fatal" 1st report coverage on the death of this famous scientist who is one of the founding fath... See More  

Robert H.Goddard... Rockets....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 26, 1935



* Robert H. Goddard - rockets - rocketry

* Joe Louis (Brown Bomber) vs. Max Baer

* Heavyweight boxing championship fight



Page 18 has one column headings: "LINDBERGH ENDS STUDY OF GODDARD ROCKET" and "Colonel and H. F. Guggenheim Fly From Roswell, N. M., After Three-Day Visit" (see)

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1935 Garrettsville, Ohio train robbery...

THE DETROIT NEWS, November 8, 1935 



* Garrettsville, Portage co., Ohio train robbery

* Gangsters Alvin Karpis -  Ma Barker gang



The top of page 17 has a one column heading: "'West West' gang Hunted" with subhead: "Mail Train Is Robbed of More Than $40,000" Karpis was member of the Ma Barker Gang, and was Public Enemy No. 1 at the time.

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1st U.S. mail rocket flight... 1935... Greenwood Lake, New York...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 10, 1935



* 1st American mail rocket plane planned

* Frido Kessler

* Greenwood Lake, New York



Page XX7 (inside, near the back) has one column headings: "MAIL SENT BY ROCKET" & "Flight Planned Near New York to Test Scheme Successful Abroad", which tells of the upcoming historic test flight of the 1st U.S. rocket mail plane.

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Lincoln Ellsworth Antarctic flight begins...

THE DETROIT NEWS, November 20, 1935



* Polar explorer Lincoln Ellsworth

* Antarctic airplane flight begins



The front page has a four column photo headed: "Ellsworth Braves Unknown Polar Lands and Sea" Also a two column heading: "Explorer Hops Off on Last Great Antarctic Adventure" with subhead. Related map on page 2. (see)

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China Clipper trans-pacific flight...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, November 22, 1935 



* China Clipper airplane begins famous flight 

* 1st Trans-Pacific airmail commercial service flight 



This 28 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page: "Air Clipper Starts Service Today on Transpacific Mail Route Spanning 8000 Miles" "Big Ship Will Carry record Amount of 85,000 Pieces of ... See More  

China Clipper trans-pacific flight...

THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany NY November 25, 1935  This 16 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "CLIPPER REACHES MIDWAY ISLANDS" "Giant Liner at Halfway Point on 8,000-Mile Air Mail Route" with photo of the famous airplane. (see)



Tells of the maiden flight of the first commercial flight across the Pacific Ocean.



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