Holocaust beginning in Austria....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 23, 1938



* Vienna, Austria holocaust beginning

* Jews and Catholics persecuted

* Nazis arresting citizens at random



The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Organized Nazi Terrorism Goes On Secretly in Vienna" with subhead. (see) Lengthy text continues inside.

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Helen Keller gives award to Lily Pons photo....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 26, 1938



* Helen Keller & Lily Pons



Page 26 has a two column photo with heading: "Opera Star Gets Medal For Aiding The Blind" (see)

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with all 52 pages, rag edition in nice condition.

Lou Gehrig's 2,000 straight game....

THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 1, 1938 This 34 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 17: "TOM HENRICH CLOUTS SIXTH HOME RUN, 12-5" "Dickey Gets Fifth as New Yorkers Smash Boston Nine" with box scores. (see)



This was the 2,000th game milestone achieved by Yankee great Lou Gehrig. He would end up playing in 2,130 straight games before ending his car... See More  

Avoca, Pennsylvania coal mine disaster...

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, June 3, 1938 



* Avoca, Pennsylvania mine disaster (1st report) 

* Robert Goddard - Rocket invention



This 18 page newspaper has a one column heading on the front page: "Ten Killed, Six Injured In Mine Blast" coverage of the explosion of the Volpe Coal Company mine near Avoca, Pennsylvania.



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Pasteurized wins the Belmont Stakes....

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, June 4, 1938



* Pasteurized - horse racing

* Belmont Stakes victory

* Thoroughbred racehorse



The front page has a banner headline: "PASTEURIZED WINS BELMONT STAKE" with subheads. (see) Unusual for such a nice headline on the front page as most newspapers reported such events in the sport's section only. Great for display.

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Albert Einstein's Swarthmore College commencement address....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 7, 1938



* Albert Einstein commencement addresss

* Swarthmore College - Pennsylvania



The top of page 16 has a one column heading: "EINSTEIN CRITICIZES 'BARBARITY' ABROAD" with subheads and complete text of Einstein's address. First report coverage on Albert Einstein's commencement address at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania.

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1938 Clyde TX tornado....

THE DETROIT NEWS, Detroit, Michigan, June 11, 1938



* Clyde TX Texas

* Tornado disaster



This 24 page newspaper has one column headings on the front page: "Tornado Kills 13 Villagers" and "Texas Survivors Describe Terror Scenes" which is a 1st report on a tornado disaster in Clyde, Texas.



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1938 Clyde, Texas tornado disaster...

THE NEW YORK TIMES,. June 12, 1938



* The Clyde tornado disaster

* Callahan County, Texas - TX



Page 3 has a one column heading: "RAKE TEXAS DEBRIS FOR TORNADO DEAD" with subhead and related photo. (see) First report coverage on the 1938 Clyde, Texas tornado disaster. Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous publication.

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Charles Francis Massy Swynnerton killed....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 13, 1938



* Charles Francis Massy Swynnerton

* English naturalist - tsetse fly expert

* Killed in airplane crash in Africa



The front page has a two column heading: "Swynnerton, Expert on Tsetse Fly, Is Killed With Two Others in an Air Crash in Africa" (see) Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous publication.

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Jacob 'Gurrah' Shapiro found guilty...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 18, 1938



* Jacob 'Gurrah' Shapiro

* New York mobster

* Murder Inc. co-founder



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "GURRAH CONVICTED, GETS 3-YEAR TERM AS FUR RACKETEER" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on New York mobster, Jacob 'Gurrah' Shapiro, co-founder of Murder Inc., found guilty of racketeering in the fur in... See More  

Babe Ruth debuts as a coach in 1938...

SECTION TWO (sports) section only of the Chicago Daily Tribune, June 20, 1938.



* Babe Ruth debuts as a coach

* Brooklyn Dodgers - MLB baseball



The front page of sport's section (page 19) has a one column heading: "Babe Saves Run for Brooklyn; Gets Big Hand" with photo of Ruth on his first day as a Dodgers coach. (see images)

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German Spies...

NEW YORK TIMES, New York, June 21, 1938 



* Nazis spies indicted in the U.S.... 

* Germans...  Espionage... 



This 42 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "U.S. JURY INDICTS 18 AS SPIES IN REICH GOVERNMENT'S PAY; SECRET SERVICE HEAD NAMED" with subheads. (see) More on the inside pages including photos of the accused.



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Joe Louis beats German Max Schmeling..

THE GREENSBOROUGH PATRIOT, (Greensboro), North Carolina, June. 23, 1938



* Joe Louis (Brown Bomber)

* Max Schmeling (German fighter)

* Famous rematch - boxing



Page 5 of this issue has a one column heading: "LOUIS SMASHES DOWN SCHMELING FOR WORLD TITLE - Brown Bomber Beats German To Floor In Little Over Two Minutes". First report coverage on the heavyweight boxing championship betw... See More  

1938 Harvard-Yale Regatta... rowing...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 25, 1938



* Harvard-Yale Regatta boat race

* Rowing races - Thames River



The sport's section page (9) has a banner headline: "50,000 Watch Harvard Oarsmen Register First Sweep Over Yale Since 1916" with subheads and  photo. (see) Lengthy reporting.

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Baker Bowl in Philadelphia last MLB game...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, July 1, 1938



* Baker Bowl last game

* Philadelphia Phillies

* MLB baseball



The sport's section (page 28) has one column headlines: "Giants' Heaviest Barrage of Year Sinks Phils, 14-1" "Bang Out 19 Hits for 29 Bases; Now Lead by Four Games" with box scores. 



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Évian Conference opens.... Jewish refugees...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 6, 1938



* Evian Conference in France opens

* President Franklin D. Roosevelt

* Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany



The front page has a one column heading: "32 NATIONS GATHER TO HELP REFUGEES" with subhead. (see) First report coverage on the opening of the Evian Conference in France. This was to discuss the plight of the increasing numbers of Jewish refu... See More  

Mummies uncovered in Egypt....

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, July 10, 1938  This 30+ page newspaper has two column headlines near the bottom of the front page: "20,000 Mummies Unearthed in Egyptian City of the Dead" "Burial Ground Cut from Rock Covers Acres; Valuable Inscriptions Adorn Walls".

See photos for complete text.



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Howard Hughes around World flight....

OMAHA DAILY JOURNAL = STOCKMAN, Nebraska, July 12, 1938



* Aviator Howard Hughes

* Flight around World



This 4 page newspaper from the corn belt has one column headlines on the front page: "HUGHES REACHES OMSK IS DASH 'ROUND GLOBE", "American and Companions Reach Moscow 17 Hours Ahead of Post's Record" and more. (see)



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1938 Howard Hughes Around World success....

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, July 14, 1938. 



* Aviator Howard Hughes 

* Flight around World success (Early 1st report) 



This 20 page newspaper has a great banner headline on the front page:



"HUGHES GIRDLES WORLD UNDER 4 DAYS"



with subheads and related photo (see photos). Early, same day, 1st report coverage on the historic flight around the World b... See More  

Douglas Corrigan famous flight in 1938...

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North face of Eiger Mountain scaled 1st time....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 24, 1938



* North face of Eiger Mountain

* Bernese Alps - mountain range

* Climbed for the very 1st time



The top of page 23 has a two column heading: "Four Men on Unscaled Alps Wall, Waiting for Dawn to Reach Peak" with subhead. (see) Coverage on the 1st time the North face of Eiger Mountain was climbed. They would achieve their goal the very next day. Alw... See More  

North face of Eiger Mountain scaled 1st time....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 26, 1938



* North face of Eiger Mountain

* Bernese Alps - mountain range

* Climbed for the very 1st time



The front page has a one column heading: "CLIMBERS CONQUER DREAD EIGER PEAK" with subhead. (see) First report coverage on the 1st time the North face of Eiger Mountain was climbed. Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World fam... See More  

RMS Mauretania launched....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, July 29, 1938  This 34 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 6 that include: "NEW MAURETANIA SLIDES INTO WATER" "100,000 Sees the 34,000-Ton Liner Named by Wife of Cunard White Star Head" and more with relate photo. (see)



Tells of the launch of the RMS Mauretania which was the first Ocean Liner under the newly formed Cunard White... See More  

Henry Ford receives medal from Adolph Hitler....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 31, 1938



* Henry Ford's 75th birthday celebration

* Receives "Grand Cross of the German Eagle"

* Adolph Hitler - Nazis - Third Reich



The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Ford, at 75, looks to 'Going Ahead'; Huge Parties Given Him in Detroit" with subhead. (see) First report coverage of Henry Ford's 75th birthday c... See More  

Sufi Abdul Hamid killed... "Harlem Hitler"...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 1, 1938



* Sufi Abdul Hamid killed

* African-American Islam convert

* Anti-Semitism - "Harlem Hitler"



The front page has a one column heading: "PLANE CRASH FATAL TO 'HARLEM HITLER'" with subheads. First report coverage continues on page 3 with photo of Hamid. Nice to have in this famous NYC Publication.

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