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.



Other news of the day throughout. Light browning with little m... See More  

Decision on the Hauptmann case...

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania,  February 14, 1935 The issue has a 3 line, 3 column head: "Hauptmann Is Guilty; Sentenced To Die At Trenton Next Month" with various subheads "Defense to Appeal Verdict to High Court if Necessary" "Court Room Scene Tense" "Jury in 'Trial of the Century' Out Over Eleven Hours" and more. It ... See More  

1935 Benita von Falkenhayn death sentence...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, February 17, 1935



* Benita von Falkenhayn death sentence



The top of the front page has a nice banner headline: "BEG HITLER SAVE GIRL SPIES" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display.  First report coverage on the death sentence handed down to Benita von Falkenhayn for spying for the Second Polish Republic.

Complete 1st section only with 18 pages, rag... See More  

LIBERTY magazine, New York, February 23, 1935.

  

* Skiing cover

* Grace Moore

* Golf... good and goofy

* Colored Ads (see photos)



The color cover of this issue has a very nice print of a couple skiing with the guy falling (see photos).  There is no related article... See More  

Nazi newspaper with 3 swastikas in masthead - prior to World War II...

DER BEOBACHTER (The Observer), Germany, Feb. 25, 1935  Obviously a newspaper of the Nazi party as the masthead includes 3 swastika symbols (see).

Complete in 12 pages, 12 by 18 1/4 inches, cleanly cut at the blank spine, a little margin wear, otherwise quite nice.

Babe Ruth Quits Yankees In 1935...

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE TIMES, Pennsylvania, February 27, 1935.



* Babe Ruth leaves New York Yankees

* Joining the Boston Braves



Page 8 has a one column heading: "BABE RUTH CONFIDENT OF STRONG COMEBACK" with subhead. (see)

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 18 pages, some spine wear, otherwise good.... See More  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 2, 1935



* Territory of the Saar Basin

* Reunification with  Germany

* Saar status referendum, 1935



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "SAAR GIVES HITLER DELIRIOUS OVATION AS IT REJOINS REICH" with subheads. (see) Lengthy text continues inside with 2 related photos.

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 32 pa... See More  

Baldwin v. G.A.F. Seelig, Inc....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 5, 1935



* Baldwin v. G.A.F. Seelig, Inc. ruling

* United States Supreme Court decision



The top of the front page has a two column headline: "U.S. COURT RULES ALBANY VIOLATES INTERSTATE LAW IN CONTROL OF BULK MILK" with subheads. (see) Lengthy text continues inside with complete court ruling.

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in ... See More  

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. death....

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass. March 6, 1935



* Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. death (1st report)

* Supreme Court of the United States

* Associate Justice



The top of the front page has a two column illustration of Holmes with heading: "DEATH COMES TO OLIVER WENDALL HOLMES, JR., AT AN EARLY HOUR THIS MORNING" (see).

Complete with 8 pages, light toning at the margins, a few small bi... See More  

Malcolm Campbell... Over 300 MPH in automobile...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 8, 1935



* Race driver Malcolm Campbell

* Land rocket car speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida



This 44 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include: "Campbell Breaks Auto Record, Drives at 276.816 Miles and Hour" and more (see images) Reporting continues on page 29 with related photos (see images).

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Serial killer & rapist Albert Fish trial begins...

THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, March 13, 1935



* Albert H. Fish trial - creepy acts

* Serial killer, child rapist and cannibal

* "The Boogey Man" - "Gray Man"

* "Brooklyn Vampire" - "Werewolf of Wysteria"



The top of page 4 has a one column heading: "FISH TRIAL OPENS; TO PLEAD INSANITY" with subhead. (see images) 

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Independence Day 1926...

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, March 17, 1935 (Picture Section only)



* Great illustration of "St. Patrick"



The cover is a full-page image: "St. Patrick", being a commemorative painting of St. Patrick driving snakes out of Ireland. Additional timely photographs and short stories are found throughout. See images for details.

The complete Picture Section only, slight mid-fold... See More  

"Utopian" newspaper from the depths of the Depression...

UTOPIAN NEWS, Los Angeles, California, March 18, 1935  A very unusual & rare title from the depths of the Depression. This newspaper lasted for less than 2 years, and 3 months of that time it was suspended. One of the issues notes: "The Utopian News--is both a primer & an advanced treatise on the old and the new economy...opens the door to a liberal education in economics & s... See More  

Serial killer & rapist Albert Fish trial...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 19, 1935



* Albert H. Fish court trial - self-harm

* 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: "'NOT IN RIGHT MIND,' FISH WROTE TO SON" with subheads. (see) I suspect this is one o... See More  

Dust Bowl in 1935... Dirty Thirties...

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Shirly Temple set her handprints outside Grauman's Theater...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Rotogravure Picture Section, March 22, 1935



* Shirly Temple handprints at Grauman's Chinese Theater



The front page of the Rotogravure Supplement has various images, but the most desirable is the one showing a young Shirley Temple forming her hand prints in the cement in the court of Grauman's Theater.

This section is complete in 4 pages (2 leaves), is very f... See More  

Outlaw Raymond Hamilton... 1935 Prentiss, Mississippi...

THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, March 29, 1935



* Bank robber Raymond Hamilton 

* Prentiss, Mississippi bank robbery 

 * Outlaws Bonnie and Clyde fame



The top of the front page has a two column headline: "Two Desperadoes Disarm Posse in Reign of Terror" with subhead. (see images)

Complete with 22 pages, light toning at the margins, some small bindin... See More  

Patterson v. Alabama... Scottsboro Boys....

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 2, 1935



* Patterson v. Alabama decision

* United States Supreme Court case

* Scottsboro Boys rape case

* Jury of African-Americans



The front page has a one column heading: "2D SCOTTSBORO DEATH PENALTY UPSET BY COURT" with subhead. (see images) Coverage continues on page 14 with photo of Haywood Patterson.

Complete with 34 pages, rag edition in nice... See More  

Violinist Franz von Vecsey death...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 7, 1935



* Franz von Vecsey death

* Hungarian violinist & composer



The top of page 40 has a one column heading: "BARON VECSEY DIES; NOTED VIOLINIST, 42" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the death of Franz von Vecsey, Hungarian violinist and composer.

Other news of the day. Complete 1st section only with all 42 pages, rag edition, nice con... See More  

Gene Sarazen wins 1935 Masters golf tournament

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., April 9, 1935



* Gerne Sarazen wins Masters Tournament

* Augusta National Golf Club - Georgia

* Just the 2nd Masters ever played



The top of page 18 has a two column heading: "Sarazen Plays Flawlessly, Beats Wood by Five Strokes" with subhead. First report coverage on Gene Sarazen winning the 1935 Masters Golf Tournament in Augusta, Georgia.

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1935 beheading of Horst Wessel's assassins...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 10, 1935



* re. Storm Trooper Horst Wessel assassination

* Propaganda symbol of Nazi Germany - Nazis

* Martyr for the Nazi Party by Joseph Goebbels

* Two assassins executed by beheading (1st report)



The front page ha sa one column heading: "Nazis Behead 2 Men; Killed Horst Wessel" (see images)

Complete 1st section only with all 20 pages, rag edition ... See More  

Hermann & Emmy Göring wedding.... Black Sunday Dust Storm - 3 days prior...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 11, 1935



* Hermann Göring wedding - marriage

* German actress Emma Sonnemann

* "First Lady of the Third Reich"

* Dust Bowl - 3 days prior to "Black Sunday"



The top of page 7 has a one column heading: "GOERING MARRIED IN NAZI SPLENDOR" with subhead and photo. Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World fa... See More  

1935 Rockville, Maryland school bus disaster...

THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Nebraska, April 12, 1935 



* Williamsport, Maryland High School 

* Rockville, Maryland disaster (1st report) 



This 36 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "14 CHILDREN DIE AS TRAIN SPLITS BUS" "Bodies of Children Hurled Into Cemetery or Strewn Along Tracks 200 Yards"



Tells of the school bus - train collision a... See More  

Lou Gehrig named 'Captain' of the Yankees...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 13, 1935



* Lou Gehrig becomes team captain

* New York Yankees first baseman



The sport's section (page 25) has a one column heading: "Gehrig Takes No. 1 Spot on Yankee Team" (see) Only a few men have ever held the title of Captain of the Yankees with Derek Jeter being the latest.

Complete with all 34 pages, This is the "rag edition" prin... See More  

Dutch Schultz tax evasion trial begins...

ALBANY EVENING NEWS, Albany, New York, April 15, 1935  This 22 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "TRIAL STARTS, BUT SCHULTZ ISN'T WORRIED" "'I've Been in Worse Spots than This,' Declares Beer Boss" with smaller subheads. Other news of the day.



Light browning with little spine wear, otherwise in good condition.