Coney Island Roller Coaster fatality....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 15, 1937



* Coney Island amusement park

* Roller coaster mishap - death



This 48 page newspaper has one column headings on page 24: "ONE DEAD, 2 HURT IN CONEY MISHAPS", "Man Falls From Car of Roller Coaster--Two Girls Injured on Another 'Ride'" and "Mardi Gras Under Way". See photos for text. Nice to have ... See More  

1937 Little Rascals "hand-coloring" photo...

PICTURE SECTION only of the Chicago Sunday Tribune, Sept. 19, 1937



* Little Rascals "hand coloring" photo

* Our Gang - Spanky - Alfalfa - Darla

* Children - comedy short films fame



The top half of the front page of this section features a photo of some of the main characters of the "Little Rascals" or "Our Gang" showing Spanky, Alfalfa, Buckwheat amongst other... See More  

Japanese aerial bombing of Canton & Nanjing (Nanking), China

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Mussolini meets w/ Hitler in 1937 Germany...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, section 4 only, September 26, 1937



* Benito Mussolini - Italy dictator

* Visits Adolph Hitler for 1st time



The front page of this section has a nice banner pictorial regrading the meeting of Adolph and Benito Mussolini with heading: "Will The Rome-Berlin Axis Be Extended Into A Four Powered Pact?" with smaller subheads. (see)

Other topics throughout. Complete ... See More  

1937 Second Sino-Japanese War...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 28, 1937



* Imperial Japanese Navy - submarines

* Second Sino-Japanese War sinking  

* Chinese fishing boats - junks attacked



The top of the front page has a three column headline: "JAPANESE SUBMARINES SINK FISHING JUNKS; HUNDREDS DIE; 22 NATIONS CONDEMN RAIDS" with various subheads. (see images) More inside.

Complete with all 48 pages, rag edi... See More  

Christy Mathewson honored at Bucknell Univsersity......

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 1, 1937



* Christy Mathewson honored

* Bucknell University - Lewisburg

* Davis Gym cornerstone laid



Page 23 has a one column heading: "Christy Mathewson Honored At Bucknell" with subhead. (see)

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with all 46 pages, rag edition, minor creasing, some spine residue from disbinding, otherwise very ic... See More  

Mussolini meets w/ Hitler in Germany photos...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Rotogravure section only, October 3, 1937



* Benito Mussolini - Italy dictator

* Visits Adolph Hitler in Munich



The front page of this rotogravure section has 2 related photos of Mussolini meeting Adolph Hitler in Germany earlier in the week.

Other topics throughout. Complete rotogravure section only with 12 pages, a few small tape mends, tiny piece torn away at upper le... See More  

Yankees vs. Giants... World Series...

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, October 6, 1937



* New York Yankees vs. Giants

* World Series MLB Baseball 



The front page has a two column heading: "YANKS WIN 8-1 BEHIND PITCHING OF 'LEFTY' GOMEZ" with subheads and photo of Lefty Gomez and scoreboard. (see) Inning by inning description continues inside.

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

Seabiscuit favored at Jamaica...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 12, 1937



* Seabiscuit at Continental Handicap

* Jamaica, New York

* Thoroughbred racehorse racing



The sport's section (page 36) has a five column headline: "Seabiscuit Favored in Rich Jamaica Race Today" with subheads. (see) Coverage on the same day of the Continental Handicap at the Jamaica Race Course in Queens, New York. Always nice to have nota... See More  

1937 Mulga Al mine explosion...

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, October 16, 1937 



* Mulga, Alabama 

* Coal mine disaster - Early same day report 



This 8 page newspaper has a early same day breaking news one column headlines on the front page: "30 Men Are Killed By Mine Blast" "Explosion in Alabama Coal Mine Today Is Blamed on Gas"



Tells of the Woodward Iron Company's co... See More  

Mason City, IA bus-train disaster...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, October 23, 1937



* Mason City IA Iowa

* Rock Island rocket train

* School bus collision



This 30 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include: "Rocket Train Smashes School Bus, Killing 9" and more with photo also on the front page (see photos). This tells of the Rock Island Rocket train and school bus disaster i... See More  

Hermann Goering's Four Year Plan...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 26, 1937



* Hermann Goering - Adolph Hitler

* "Four Year Plan" - economic measures

* Rearmament of Germany



The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Reich to Rally World's Germans In Support of the Four-Year Plan" with subhead. (see)

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with all 46 pages, rag edition in ni... See More  

Early Nazis plan for sterilization of races...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 31, 1937



* Jewish Holocaust prediction ?

* Extinction of Jews predicted

* Joachim Prinz - Jewish rabbi



The top of page 18 has a one column heading: "JEWS HELD DOOMED UNDER NAZI REGIME" with subheads. (see)

Other news of the day. Complete 1st section only with all 40 pages, rag edition in nice condition.... See More  

Penn State Nittany Lions in 1934 & more....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, sport's section only, November 7, 1937



* Penn State Nittany Lions

* NCAA college football games



Page 2 of this section has a banner headline: "48,000 See Penn State Strike Through Air to Conquer Penn in Annual Game" with subheads, stats and lineups (see) Many other college football games reported as well throughout.

Other sporting news of the day. Complete... See More  

George Eyston's Thunderbolt speed car photo.....

ROTOGRAVURE SECTION ONLY of the New York Times, November 7, 1937



* Captain George Edward Thomas Eyston

* Land speed record holder

* Thunderbolt (car) photo



Page 3 has a photo of George Eyston's "Thunderbolt" speed car which surpassed Sir Malcolm Campbell's record earlier in the week. Includes a photo of Eyston and some text as well. (see)

Other topics throughout. Complet... See More  

Alabama Crimson Tide football...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, sport's section only. November 14, 1937



* Alabama Crimson Tide

* NCAA college football

* Notre Dame fighting Irish



Page 6 of this section  has a three column headline that reads: "Alabama Close to Title" with subheads that include: "Late Drive Wins For Alabama, 7-0", "Kilgrow's Short Pass to Warren in Final Period Bea... See More  

Of Mice and Men opens in theater version....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, November 23, 1937  This 48 page newspaper has under "NEWS OF THE STAGE" on page 26: "Of Mice and Men' Opens This Evening" telling of the opening night for the stage (theater) version of this famous novella. This would be the first mention of this novella in non book form.



Also a small one column advertisement on the same page for the openin... See More  

Last major train robbery in the United States...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., November 26, 1937



* Last major train robbery in the U.S.

* Deming, Luna County, New Mexico

* Henry Loftus and Harry Donaldson



You might call it the official end of the "Wild West", but in any case the two column heading near the bottom of the front page announces what is considered the last major train robbery in the country: "''Brooklyn... See More  

Robert George Irwin sentenced....Gedeon murders...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 29, 1937



* Robert George Irwin sentenced

* Artist - sculptor - mental patient

* Veronica Gedeon - Easter murders



The top of the back page has a one column heading: "139-YEAR SENTENCE IMPOSED ON IRWIN" with subheads. (see) Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous publication.

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1937 Shangai victory Japanese parade...

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, Dec. 3, 1937



* POST Battle of Shanghai - China

* Japanese victory parade bombing

* Second Sino-Japanese War



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "BOMB THROWN AT JAPANESE ARMY PARADE IN SHANGHAI" with subheads. (see images)

complete with 40+ pages, light toning at the margins, small binding holes along the spine, nice condition.... See More  

Aviator Rudy Kling killed in 1937...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 4, 1937



* Air Racer Rudy Kling killed

* "Pride of Lemont, Illinois"

* Air Racing - airplanes - aviation



The top of the front page has a two column heading: "2 Ace Fliers Die in Miami As Downdraft Traps Racers" with subhead. (see) First report coverage continues on page 3 with three related photos including one of Kling, the pride of Lemont, Illi... See More  

USS Panay incident in 1937...

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, December 15, 1937 



* USS Panay incident - bombing

* Yangtze River, Nanjing, China 



The front page has a nice headline: "JAPAN EMPEROR'S APOLOGY AWAITED BY ROOSEVELT" with various subheads. (see images)

Complete with 30 pages, light toning at the margins, small binding and minor wear along the spine, generally nice.... See More  

Indiana Hoosiers Corbett Davis wins 1937 MVP...

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, Dec. 19, 1937



* Corbett Davis wins Big Ten football MVP

* Indiana Hoosiers college football fullback

* Chicago Tribune Silver Football award



The front page of the sport's section has a nice banner headline for display: "DAVIS IS VOTED MOST VALUABLE IN BIG TEN" with subheads and illustrtation. (see images) Of course this is the only publication to repor... See More  

1937 Prince Aga Khan IV as a baby in photo...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 20, 1937



* Prince Aga Khan IV photo

* Imam of Nizari Ismailism



Page 15 has a two column photo with heading: "Grandson Of Aga Khan On Sled Ride In Alps" (see)

News, sports and advertisements of day. Complete with all 44 pages, rag edition in nice condition.

1937 Lincoln Tunnel opens (day of)...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 21, 1937



* Opening of the Lincoln Tunnel (day of)



Page 3 has a four column diagram: "Principal Arteries Leading To And From The Lincoln Tunnel" Also a one column heading: "GOVERNORS TO OPEN NEW TUNNEL TODAY" with subheads. (see) Probably only found in a New York City publication.



Complete in 48 pages, light toning at the margins, small lib... See More