Five Sullivan Brothers killed in WWII action....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 15, 1943



* The five Sullivan brothers killed

* United States Navy sailors

* USS Juneau sinking



The top of page 7 has a one column heading: "5 SULLIVANS DIE, SURVIVOR WRITES" with subheads. (see images) First report coverage includes part of the letter sent to the parents of the doomed sailors by a fellow friend also serving onboard the same ship. This si... See More  

Roosevelt defines four freedoms...

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, January 6, 1941

 

* Franklin D. Roosevelt's Four Freedoms defined

* State of the Union Address



The top of the front page has a four column headline: "ROOSEVELT URGES CONGRESS TO PROVIDE ARMS FOR ALL NATIONS FIGHTING TYRANNY" with subheads. (see images) Text of Roosevelt's message starts on the front page and continues inside with relate

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Count Fleet wins the triple crown... 2-issue set...

(2) WILMINGTON MORNING & SUNDAY STAR NEWS, June 5 & 6, 1943



* Count Fleet - horse racing

* Belmont Stakes win (3rd & final win)

* Triple crown winner - victory



This 100+ page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page of the sport's section (inside) that include: "COUNT FLEET FIRST BY THIRTY LENGTHS IN $50,090 BELMONT" and "Sweeps 5 Springs Stakes.... See More  

1943 Operation Husky... Sicily, Italy invasion...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 10, 1943



* Invasion of Sicily Italy begins

* Operation Husky

* World War II - WWII

* 1st stage of Europe liberation



The front page has a nice banner headline announcing: "ALLIED TROOPS START INVASION OF SICILY; NAVAL ESCORTS BOMBARD SHORE DEFENSES; LANDINGS PRECEDED BY SEVERE AIR ATTACK" with subheads and related map. (see images) More on pages 2 & 3... See More  

Death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt...

BUFFALO COURIER EXPRESS, New York, April 13, 1945 



* Franklin D. Roosevelt FDR

* Warm Springs, Georgia

* World War II - WWII



The front page two-line banner head: "PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT DIES; OATH IS TAKEN BY TRUMAN" with photos of both. One of the subheads: "Stroke Is Fatal While on Visit To Warm Springs".

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1942 Lidice Czechoslovakia massacre...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 11, 1942



* Lidice Czechoslovakia massacre

* World War II Nazis liquidation

* Battle of Midway victory



The front page has a two column heading: "Nazis Destroy Czech Village; Shoot All Men, Jail Women" Small related map on page 5. (see) First report coverage on the annihilation of the town of Lidice Czechoslovakia by the Nazis. This was in reprisal ... See More  

Mussolini is ousted in 1943...

LOS ANGELES EXAMINER, July 26, 1943 



* Italy - Benito Mussolini ousted

* Pietro Badoglio takes over

* World War II - WWII era



The bold headline announces: "IL DUCE FIRED" with: "Badoglio Becomes Premier; Crackup of Axis Presaged" and more with two photos. (see images) More on pages 2 & 3 with a full page pictorial is also nice for display.

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Winston Churchill address to U.S. Congress...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, December 27, 1941



* Prime Minister Winston Churchill address

* Joint session of the United States Congress

* "We Are The Masters Of Our Fate" speech



The front page has a one column heading: "Churchill Sees Lasting Anglo-US Tie" with subhead. (see) Complete text of Churchill's speech with photo.

Other news, sports and advertisements of the da... See More  

1945 Battle of Iwo Jima...

NEW YORK POST, February 20, 1945



* U.S. Marines land at Iwo Jima Island Japan

* World War II battle beginning

* United States Flag planting close



The bottom 1/3 of the front page has a banner headline: "WE TAKE IWO AIRFIELD" Page 2 has a heading: "TAKE IWO AIRFIELD; TOUGHEST BATTLE" and more with aerial photo of the infamous island. (see images).

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Battle of Guadalcanal...

MASON CITY GLOBE-GAZETTE, Iowa, Nov. 17, 1942  



* Naval Battle of Guadalcanal

* Savo Island - Solomons



A nice banner headline on the historic naval battle of Guadalcanal: "HAIL U.S. PACIFIC TRIUMPH" "23 Jap Warships Sunk; Foresee Yank Victory in Guadalcanal" with more subheads.

The complete section one with 16 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, g... See More  

Winston Churchill "War Situation" speech... Eisenhower is Supreme Commander...

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, February 12, 1943 



* Winston Churchill "War Situation" speech

* House of Commons of the United Kingdom

* Dwight Eisenhower becomes supreme commander



The front page has five column heading: "War: New Command, Plans for 1943" with subheads that include: "Prime Minister Tell Commons That Detailed Plans for Nine Months of Attack Are Laid&q... See More  

1943 Warsaw Ghetto uprising... WWII....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 15, 1943



* Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends in failure

* German occupied Poland - Nazi atrocities

* Jewish resistance - Jews



This 30 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 6: "ALL WARSAW JEWS HELD 'LIQUIDATED'" "Rabbi Miller Gets Report of Final Massacre After 60 Nazis Had Been Slain in Ghetto" See photos for text on the end of the Wa... See More  

Battle of the Philippine Sea...

DAILY NEWS, Los Angeles, WAR EXTRA, June 22, 1944



* Battle of the Philippine Sea

* Mariana Islands

* Pacific War



A nice banner headline announces: "BIG U.S.-JAPANESE SEA FIGHT RAGING" and subheads. (see) First report coverage on the Battle of the Philippine Sea near the Mariana Islands. This was the last of five major 'carrier-vs.carrier' engagements with Japan..

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1941 New York Yankees pennant...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, September 5, 1941 



* New York Yankees - Major League Baseball 

* Earliest pennant ever won 



This 42 page newspaper has a three column headline on page 25: "Yanks Clinch 12th Pennant" with subheads that include: "FLAG RACE WON IN RECORD TIME" "Yanks' Pennant Victory, Sixth Under McCarthy, Earliest in American League Ann... See More  

Nazis predict a "doomed" D-Day invasion...

THE STAR, Island of Guernsey (in the English Channel), May 27, 1944  



* German occupation publication

* D-Day invasion to fail ?



A very curious issue, as Guernsey, an English-speaking island, was occupied by the Germans during WWII so all the news was pro-Nazi.

Among the front page reports are: "Futile Air Attacks on the Atlantic Wall" "France Certain Invasion Threat is... See More  

Iwo Jima report...

Sugar Ray Robinson... Jake LaMotta... Joe Louis...

THE STARS AND STRIPES, Mediterranean Edition, February 25, 1945



Three prime boxers are covered in the sporting segment of this issue: Sugar Ray Robinson, Jake LaMotta and Joe Louis (see images).



A front page report has details regarding the fighting on Iwo Jima:  "Marines Gain Slowly Against Fierce Jap Iwo Jima Defenses".



Being the Sunday edition, color comics of Dick Tracy... See More  

Jewish Holocaust... public reality... Nazi atrocities...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 13, 1944



* Jewish Holocaust being known for the 1st time

* Nazi-occupied Europe exterminations



This 32 page newspaper has one column headings on the front page: "FOE PUT NURSERIES INSIDE DEATH CAMP" and "Fairy-Tale Settings to Amuse Children of Internees Are Found at Holland Prison".



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Internment of the Aliens...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 19, 1941  Page 52 carries a report "Aliens to Be Held in Southwest" as well as an additional article "100 Aliens on Coast Sent to Montana" with subheads "Those Held as 'Dangerous' Go From San Francisco Area to Camp at Missoula", "One a Magnesium Expert", "Detention of Hansgirg May Shut Down Los Altos Plant - Ols... See More  

Joe Louis boxing victory...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 19, 1941



* Joe Louis - Brown Bomber

* Billy Conn

* Heavyweight boxing title fight



This 46 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "LOUIS, NEAR DEFEAT, STOPS CONN IN 13TH AND RETAINS CROWN", "Bomber Suddenly Turns Tide, Hammering Foe to Floor With Furious Attack" and more. Much more in the sport's section inc... See More  

Attempt to kill Hitler... Real life "Valkyrie" event...

THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, Massachusetts, July 20, 1944



The popular movie starring Tom Cruise is based on the real-life event reported in this newspaper.



Being a early report, the front page has a small, breaking news style report with one column headline:



* Hitler Injured By Assailants



Most details were not known at this very early point in the attempted coup, as it happen... See More  

1941 Siege of Odessa, Ukraine begins...

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, Aug. 8, 1941



* Siege of Odessa begins - Ukraine

* Operation Barbarossa - WWII

* Axis invasion of the Soviet Union



The front page has a nice banner headline: "NEW BLITZ MENACES ODESSA" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the beginning of the siege of Odessa in the Soviet Union by the Axis forces.

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Release of Walt Disney's "The Three Caballeros"... Georgia to repeal Poll Tax...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 6, 1945



* Walt Disney's ~ The Three Caballeros

* Georgia Poll Tax



This issue has a premiere week ad for the historic release of the 1st movie to merge animation and live action.  Walt Disney's The Three Caballeros starred: Panchito, Joe Carioca, and Donald Duck, with actresses Aurora Miranda, Dora Luz and Carmen Molina. Although the ad is quite smal... See More  

Attempted assassination of Hitler...

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, July 23, 1944 



* Adolph Hitler escapes assassination plot

* Operation Valkyrie - Loyal aides stay put



The last column of the ftpg. has: "HITLER PLEADS WITH ARMY TO REMAIN LOYAL" with a subhead. The article carries over to pg. 2 where there is a photo of Hitler with Mussolini.

This was shortly after the attempted assassination of Hitler.

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1939 Howard Rushmore & "Gone With the Wind" controversy......

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 22, 1939



* Howard Rushmore - Daily Worker communist

* "Gone With the Wind" movie film controversy



The front page has a two column heading: "Daily Worker Critic Forced Out of Job On Refusal to Attack 'Gone With the Wind'" (see)



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Charlie Chaplin's 1944 Mann Act case...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Feb. 17, 1944



* Actor Charlie Chaplin

* Actress Joan Barry

* Mann Act case - paternity



The front page has a nice banner headline: "PROBE CHAPLIN BLOOD TEST" with subheads. Nice for display. Two related photos are on the back page. Nice color illustration re. Hitler's eventual demise also on the front page.

Complete with all 32 pages, light toning at th... See More