The Brink's bank robbery...

THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, Jan. 18, 1950 



* Great Brinks Robbery 

* 1st report (Boston MA) 

* Over 2 Million $$$$



The front page has a three column, two line head: "Gang Robs Armored Truck Firm of 'Over $1,000,000' ". Just above this headline and report is a photo with the caption beginning: "At the scene of $1,000,000 robbery..." (se... See More  

Howard Unruh - Camden, NJ 1949 Mass Murder...

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Joe Louis 'The Brown Bomber'...

TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, March 1, 1949 



* Joe Louis 'The Brown Bomber' retires 

* Heavyweight boxing champion 



This 12 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Joe Louis Resigns His Boxing Title" with photo. (see)



Light browning with minor margin wear, otherwise good.



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1948 Cairo-Haifa train bombings... Mandatory Palestine...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 1, 1948



* Cairo-Haifa train bombings 1948

* British ruled Mandatory Palestine

* Zionist militant group Lehi



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "30 BRITISH SOLDIERS DIE IN PALESTINE AS MINES RIP TRAIN" with subheads. (see images) More on page 3 with related map.

Complete with 40 pages, light toning, nice condition.... See More  

Howard Hughes Pan Am trials....

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, August 7, 1947



* Aviator Howard Hughes

* Pan Am airlines

* Trials



This 14 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page:



"Hughes Submits Questions"



with subheads and photo of Hughes. (see images)



Minor wear along the spine, otherwise in good condition.



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Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel assassination follow-up...

THE DETROIT NEWS, June 21, 1947 



* Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel assassination (1st report)

* Flamingo Club, Las Vegas, Nevada - Murder Inc.



The front page has a banner heading: "Bugsie Siegel, Ex-Public Enemy, Murdered" with subheads and small photo of Siegel. (see images) Nice for display. First report coverage on the assassination of famous gangster/racketeer Bugsy Siege... See More  

Black Dahlia murders continue.......

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 13, 1947



* Black Dahlia murders

* Elizabeth Short

* Hollywood - Los Angeles CA



This 52 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 22: "MOTHER OF 3 SLAIN NEAR LOS ANGELES", "Murder of Fifth of Kind in the Area This Year--Man Is Held in Previous Case" which tells of more similar murders taking place in Los Angeles, California shortly after Eli... See More  

Twin Cities Zephyr Train Wreck...

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Al 'Scarface' Capone burial...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 5, 1947



* Al 'Scarface' Capone burial

* Former Chicago gangster leader



Page 26 has small and somewhat discrete one column headings: "Capone Buried In Chicago" "Less Than Twoscore at Services in Tent at the Grave" See image for brief report on the burial of infamous mob boss, Al 'Scarface' Capone. Interesting that he got such a... See More  

1947 Al Capone death...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, January 27, 1947



* Gangster Al Capone's death

* Grace Moore's (opera singer) death (plane crash)



This 20 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page:  "Plane Crash Kills Grace Moore, 21 Others" with subheads and photo. (see photos). Also page 16 has: "Al Capone Died Broke, His Attorney Believes" and more. (see ph... See More  

1946 Newberry SC school bus crash...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, December 19, 1946 



* Newberry, South Carolina 

* School bus crash disaster 



This 60 page newspaper has a small one column headline on page 5: "11 DIE IN SCHOOL BUS HIT BY TRAIN IN FOG"



Tells of the Newberry, South Carolina school bus disaster which collided with a passenger train.



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1946 Coulter, Ohio train wreck...

THE DETROIT NEWS, December 13, 1946



* Pennsylvania Railroad trains disaster

* Coulter - Mansfield OH Ohio (1st report)



The front page has a six column headline: "7 Killed, 40 Hurt in Train Wreck" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the Pennsylvania Railroad three train collision near Mansfield, Ohio.

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Monroe GA lynchings...

THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Topeka, Kansas, July 27, 1946.



* Roger Malcolm & George Dorsey w/ wives

* Monroe GA Georgia negro massacre (1st report)



This 12 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "Mob of White Men Slaughter Four Negroes", "Two Women Victims; Georgia Lynching Follows Stabbing". 1st report coverage of the murder lynchings of four Negr... See More  

George 'Bugs' Moran arrested...

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William Joyce "Lord Haw-Haw" execution...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 4, 1946



* William Joyce executed (1st report)

* Lord Haw-Haw

* Nazi propaganda broadcaster



Page 7 has one column headings announcing: "LORD HAW HAW DIES ON LONDON GIBBET" "Britain's Despised Traitor Is Hanged After Reaffirming His Nazi Beliefs" (see)

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 38 pages, this is the &quo... See More  

"Monty has a double!"

Field Marshal Montgomery's body-double fooled Germany...

DAILY EXPRESS, London, October 4, 1945



* Clifton James delivers as "Monty's" body-double

* Great D-Day bluff



The front page has "Monty Has A Double - His D-Day bluff deceived the Germans", with related text and a photo of Lieut. Clifton James as Montgomery. Read the article to learn more details regarding this great deception which helped keep the actual date for D-D... See More  

Jewish physician identifies Holocaust leaders...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 22, 1945 



* Bergen-Belsen concentration camp

* Nazi death factory horrors revealed

* Jewish woman gets revenge



Page 5 contains a very compelling article on identifying Nazis leaders involved in the holocaust atrocities on the Jews, with the one column heading: "Belsen Survivor Picks Out Nazis" and subhead: "Jewish Woman Physician Who Was Also i... See More  

Battles on Iwo Jima...

STARS & STRIPES, Paris Edition, March 15, 1945  This was the: "Daily Newspaper of U.S. Armed Forces in the European Theater of Operations" as noted in the masthead.

Front page reports include: "East Bank Forces Capture Honnef, Imperil Highway" "Iwo Marines Seal Off Caps" "RAF's New 11 Ton Box, Heaviest Yet, Rocks Reich". The front page features... See More  

Release of Walt Disney's "The Three Caballeros"... U.S. prohibition leader dies..

THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 3 & 5, 1945, along with the  MINNIAPOLIS SUNDAY TRIBUNE's Picture Section, January 28, 1945



* Walt Disney's ~ The Three Caballeros

* William E. Johnson's death



This 2 issue set (with bonus Picture Section) covers the historic release of the 1st movie to merge animation and live action.  Walt Disney's The Three Caballeros starre... See More  

Stockton, Georgia train collision...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, August 6, 1944 



* Stockton, Georgia 

* Atlantic Coast Line Railroad 

* Trains collision 



This 60+ page newspaper has a somewhat discrete one column headline on page 32: "45 NEGROES KILLED IN SOUTHERN WRECK".



Tells of the Stockton, Georgia train collision that killed many Negro railroad laborers.



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Jewish Holocaust... Nazi atrocities... Cold-blooded murder...

This issue is being offered as a piece of history.  Issues with content related to the numerous atrocities perpetrated upon humanity during this era help to verify what some feebly attempt to deny. It's interesting to note that many such reports never made it to the front page... and in the case of numerous newspapers... never made it to print at all. We at Rare Newspapers offer such item... See More  

1943 Frankford Junction train wreck....

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Harry Oakes mysterious death...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 9, 1943



* Harry Oakes death

* Gold mine millionaire

* World War II - WWII

* Military aircraft insignia



The top of page 8 has a two column illustration with heading: "New Insignia For American Planes" (see images)

The front page has a two column heading: "Sir Harry Oakes, Millionaire, Dead; Wounds on Body Prompt Inquiry". First report cov... See More  

Crystal Springs, Mississippi train disaster....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, August 6, 1942 



* Crystal Springs, Mississippi 

* Train-bus collision disaster 



The back page has one column headings that include: "12 DEAD, MANY HURT IN TRAIN-BUS CRASH" "Three From Up-State Among Thise Killed at a Grade Crossing in Mississippi" "FREIGHT CONFUSED DRIVER" and more. (see) First report coverage on the... See More  

Rare movie prop newspaper from 1942...

THE BLISSVILLE SUN, Blissville, Maryland, (no date) 



* Very rare movie prop issue



We've all seen newspapers used as props in movies, typically with a headline relating to the plot of the movie. Obviously created exclusively for the production of the movie, they are quite rare and seldom come on the collector's market--particular issues from the "golden age of Hollywood"... See More