Victoria of Baden death...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 5, 1930



* Victoria of Baden death (1st report)

* Queen of Sweden



Page 19 has a one column headings: "QUEEN OF SWEDEN DIES AT 68 IN ROME" "Victoria Succumbs at Winter Villa to Bronchial Ailment Suffered Many Years" and more with photo. (see)

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Mahatma Gandhi starts salt march to Dandi...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 11, 1930



* Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma)

* Fight for India independence (Salt tax)

* Gujarat, India villages campaign



Page 13 has one column headings: "GANDHI RESTS, WORN BY CONSTANT STRAIN" "Indian Leader's Nerves Frayed--Campaign of Disobedience Spreads Over the Country" "He Explains At Speech" and more. (see)

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Einstein's Uniform field theory....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 16, 1930



* Dr. Albert Einstein

* Uniform field theory

* Electricity and gravity



Page 3 has one column headings: "Dr. Einstein Clarifies Theory To Scientists" "German Physicist Retraces to Prussian Academy Steps in Reaching His Field Formula" See image for text here.

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1930 Max Valier... Rocket propulsion...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 18, 1930



* Max Valier

* Rocket car



This 52 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 11: "VALIER SHOWS BERLIN NEW GAS-ROCKET CAR",

"German Believes He Has Made Propulsion by Recoil From Explosions Practical". Tells of Austrian Max Valier testing his new rocket automobile. See photos for text.



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1930 Paul Heylandt.... rocket propulsion....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 19, 1930



* Al 'Scarface' Capone seizing control of Chicago

* Rocket airplane flight... Paul Heylandt

* American gangster era original



Page 9 has one column headings: "'POLITICAL RACKET' IS LAID TO CAPONE" "Gangster Is Becoming a Power in the Chicago City Hall, According to Rumors" "Said To Control Unions" and more. (s... See More  

1930 Max Valier.... Rocket propulsion....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 20, 1930



* Max Valier

* Rocket car

* Liquid-propellant

* Paul Heylandt



The top of page 8 has a one column heading: "ROCKET CAR MAKES 50 MILES PER HOUR" with subheads. (see)

Complete with 26 pages, rag edition in nice condition.



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Ohio State Penitentiary Diaster...

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Gunnison, Mississippi negro lynching...

THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, April 24, 1930



* Lloyd Warner negro lynching

* St. Joseph, Missouri



This 26 page newspaper has a small one column headline on the front page: "Crowd Shoots Negro In Levee Lynching Bee" which tells of the lynching of Negro Dave Harris in Gunnison, Mississippi.



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Charles Lindbergh & Mahatma Gandhi...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 27, 1930



* Charles Lindbergh airmail flight

* Mahatma Gandhi's salt march

* Great depression era original



Page 3 has one column headings: "LINDBERGH LANDS MAIL AT HAVANA" "Colonel Will Span Caribbean Today on Way to Nicaragua in Next Leg of Flight" and more. (see)

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Gallant Fox wins 1930 Wood Memorial Stakes...

SECTION II (sports) only of the Chicago Sunday Tribune, April 27, 1930



* Gallant Fox wins Wood Memorial Stakes

* Thoroughbred horse race - Queens, New York

* Year of the triple crown - becoming all time $$$ winner



The front page of this sport's section only has a seven column heading: "Sande Rides Gallant Fox To $10,000 Victory" with subheads. A photo is on page 3. (see)

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A newspaper fighting against the Prohibition amendment...

THE CALIFORNIA MINUTE MAN, San Francisco, May, 1930  The masthead notes: "A Liberal Paper For Liberal People" and also notes that is is: "Published by the California Division of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment".

As might be imagined, all the content relates to repealing the Prohibition amendment, which would happen in 1933.

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Tekamah NE tornado...

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, May 2, 1930



* Tekamah NE Nebraska

* Tornado disaster (1st report)



This 26 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "Storms Roar Through Middle West; 20 Dead" and "7 Victims Women; Property Damage Set at Hundreds Of Thousands of Dollars". This tells of the Tekamah, Nebraska disaster.



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Early rocket plane tests...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 2, 1930



* Early rocket airplane test flight

* Dusseldorf, Germany



This 48 page newspaper has small one column headings on page 6 that reads: "Tail-Less Plane Crashes", "Rocket Machine Is Badly Damaged--German Flier Slightly Hurt" which tells a early rocket plane test flight by Hans Espenlaub of Germany.



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Great fires at Nashua, New Hampshire...

THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, May 5, 1930



* Nashua NH New Hampshire fire

* 1st report



This 16 page newspaper has a six column headline on the front page: "Seven Fires About New London; Thousands of Acres Burn Over; Rage All Night; Loss Unknown" with subheads that include: "Fire at Nashua Razes 250 Homes, $3,000,000 Loss" "Three Mile Area Swept by Flames--Many Na... See More  

1930 Frost TX tornado....

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, May 7, 1930



* Runge & Frost TX Texas

* Tornadoes disaster



This 24 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "65 KNOWN DEAD IN TEXAS STORM" and "Horror of Tetanus Expected to Add to Toll; Eight Reported in Dying Condition". See photos for text. Nice to have this report on the front page.



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Mexican aviator Pablo Sidar Escobar killed...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, May 12, 1930



* Aviator Pablo Sidar Escobar killed

* Mexican army air ace airplane crash



The front page has a five column heading: "Two Flyers Dive to Death in Ocean" with subhead. Small photo of Escobar is on the front page.

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Gandhi's siege of Solapur, India...

THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, May 13, 1930



* Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma)

* Siege of Solapur, Maharashtra, India

* Indian Independence Movement



The top of the front page has a three column headline: "Troops Crush Sholapur Revolt; Native Rule Is Short Lived; Arrest Six, Gandhists Flee" with subhead. (see)

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Richard Byrd welcome home... Al Capone jail release...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 15, 1930.



* Aviator Richard E. Byrd welcome home

* First Antarctica - South Pole expedition

* Al "Scarface" Capone jail release in Miami



The front page has a one column heading: "BYRD REACHES CANAL; STEPS ON HOME SOIL TO CHEERS OF THRONG" with subheads. (see)

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Honey Grove, Texas Negro lynching...1930...

THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, May 17, 1930 



* Honey Grove, Texas 

* Negro lynching 



This 16 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page: "Second Negro In Texas Is Burned By Mob in Week". 1st report coverage on the lynching of Negro George (Sam?) Johnson in Honey Grove, Texas.



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Gallant Fox wins Kentucky Derby...

SUNDAY BEE-NEWS, Omaha, Nebraska, May 18, 1930



* Gallant Fox race horse

* Triple crown of horse racing

* Kentucky Derby (1st of 3 wins)



The front page has a two column heading: "Sande Boots His Gallant Fox In to 'Darby' Fame" with subheads. (see) Much more in the sport's section with banner headline and photo. 1st report coverage on Gallant Fox winning the Kentucky De... See More  

Bobby Jones wins at Sunningdale Golf Club...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, May 20, 1930



* Amateur golfer Bobby Jones

* Sunningdale Golf Club, Berkshire

* Golf Illustrated Gold Vase



The sport's section (page 18) has a two column headline: "Jones in Brilliant Round to Win Coveted Trophy" with subhead. (see) 1st report coverage on Bobby Jones winning at Sunningdale Golf Club in Berkshire, England.

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Babe Ruth hits 3 home runs in a row...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, NY, May 22, 1930



* Babe Ruth hits 3 home runs in a row

* New York Yankees



This 56 page newspaper has a six column headline on page 21: "Ruth Hits 3 Homers in First Game But Yanks Lose Two" with subheads that include: "3 HOMERS BY RUTH FAIL TO SAVE YANKS" "For First Time in His Career He Hits Thrice for Circuit in a Single League Game&qu... See More  

Browns Beat Tribe...

NEWS, May 23, 1930, from Cleveland, Ohio. Headline "Browns Beat Tribe Again, 5-4"  with subhead "Bunched Hits Again Costly To Indians" includes box score and play by play. Also includes a photo of Earl Averill and his family. This is the full issue and has a little flaking at the edges, otherwise is in good condition. See photos for full details.

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1930 Babe Ruth home run streak....

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, May 24, 1930



* Babe Ruth home runs (Seven in five days)

* New York Yankees - MLB



This 14 page newspaper has one column headings on the front page: "Babe Ruth Hits 13th Home Run" and "Bambino Runs String to Seven in Five Days, Equaling Record Made Twice By Self".



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