Hideki Tojo becomes Prime Minister of Japan...

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, Oct. 7, 1941



* Hideki Tojo becomes Prime Minister of Japan

* General of the Imperial Japanese Army

* Bombing of Pearl Harbor imminent ?



The front page has a nice headline: "JAPAN GETS AN ARMY PREMIER" with subheads and photo of the outgoing Prince Konoye. Nice for display. Japan would attack Pearl Harbor less than two months later.

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

THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 12, 1944



* Jewish Holocaust becoming reality to the public

* Nazi-occupied Poland exterminations



This 28 page newspaper has small one column headlines on page 6: "Nazi Execution Mill Reported In Poland" and "Fugitive Tells of Mass Killings in Electrically Charges Vats". See photos for coverage on the atrocities in Nazi-occupied Poland. Rare t... See More  

1942 Battle of Stalingrad begins...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, September 14, 1942



* Battle of Stalingrad beginning

* World War II - WWII

* Volograd, Russia



The front page has a one column heading: "BATTLE IN PART OF STALINGRAD, GERMANS CLAIM" with subhead. Related map is on page 8. Coverage near the start of the Battle of Stalingrad which is currently named Volograd, Russia. Always nice to have notable events in histor... See More  

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

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 29, 1944



* Jewish Holocaust becoming reality to the public

* Nazi-occupied Poland exterminations



This 38 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 2: "2 LWOW JEWS TELL OF 'DEATH FOREST'" and "Husband and Wife Who Fled Say Nazis Killed 100,000 There--One Crucified".

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Jewish Holocaust becomes a public reality... Nazi atrocities...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 14, 1941 



* Jewish Holocaust becoming reality to the public 

* Nazi-occupied Poland - Polish Ghettos 



This 100+ page Sunday newspaper has one column headings on page 31: "DEATH RATE SOARS IN POLISH GHETTOS", "Rises as Much as 15 Times the Normal in Some Places, Dr. Henry Szoszkies Reports", "Many Facing Starvation", ... See More  

Jewish Holocaust becomes a public reality... Nazi atrocities...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 26, 1943 



* Jewish Holocaust becoming reality to the public 

* Nazi-occupied Russia exterminations 



This 60+ page Sunday newspaper has one column headings on page 19: "GERMAN MASSACRE OF 15,000 DETAILED" and "Survivor Tells of Christmas Killing of Kharkov Jews by Invaders in 1941." See photos for coverage on the atrocities in ... See More  

1942 Invasion of France... WWII...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 20, 1942 



* Dieppe Raid - Invasion of France

* Allied amphibious attack - tanks

* World War II - WWII



The front page has a nice banner headline: "U. S. ALLIED TROOPS, TANKS RAID DIEPPE 9 HOURS; MORE THAN 1,000 PLANES AID IN LAND ACTION; 182 NAZI CRAFT, 95 BRITISH HIT; KRASNODAR LOST" with various subheads and related photo. Nice for display. More on... See More  

PM SUNDAY, New York, N.Y., dated January 23, 1944.



Headlines on the frontpage read "Official Report on SPCC... Cruelty to Children" "Real Estate vs. Wounded Soldiers" "U.S. Army Bans Anti-Nazi Paper for Nazi Captives". The paper features other war news and stories of the day.



This issue also features photos (with captions) of Gary Cooper and Frank Sinatra.



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FDR death...

TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, April 14, 1945 



* Franklin D. Roosevelt FDR

* Wash. D.C. funeral

* World War II - WWII



The top of the front page above the masthead is a nice banner headline that reads: "NATION PAUSES TODAY FOR ROOSEVELT FUNERAL" with illustration. Nice for display.

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 10 pages, minor spine wea... See More  

Death of Erwin Rommel...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, October 16, 1944



* Erwin Rommel death

* The Desert Fox

* World War II field Marshall



The top of page 5 has a one column heading: "ROMMEL DIES OF WOUND CAUSED BY AUTO WRECK" with subhead and small photo. (see)  Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous publication.

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1st air raid on Berlin during WWII...

HERALD EXPRESS, Los Angeles, 5th WAR EXTRA, June 8, 1940



* 1st allied bombing of Berlin, Germany

* French bomber raids German capital

* World War II - WWII original



The front page has a nice banner headline above the masthead: "ALLIES BOMB BERLIN" with subhead. (see) Nice for display. Another WWII related banner headline also.

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"Germany...will incontestably win this war..."

THE STAR, Guernsey, Channel Islands, Feb. 28, 1942 



* Rare German occupation title

* World War II - WWII



Among the front page reports are: "Vulnerability of the British Empire" "Navy Unable to Cope with Present Day Warfare" "Why The Axis Will Win This War" which is a fascinating article, beginning: "Germany and her valiant allies will incontestably wi... See More  

1942 Marshalls-Gilberts raids... Pacific Islands...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Feb. 2, 1942



* Marshalls-Gilberts raids - Pacific Islands

* USS Yorktown - Task Force 17

* Post Attack on Pearl Harbor

* Prelude to the Battle of Midway



The front page has a nice banner headline: "SIX JAP BASES RAIDED BY U. S." with subheads. (see) Nice for display. First report coverage on the Marshall-Gilberts raids by Task Force 17 onboard the USS Yorkt... See More  

How did Adolph Hitler die ?... Russian report...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 7, 1945 



* The mystery of Adolph Hitler's death 

* Mauthausen Concentration camp 



This 36 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Hitler Body Proof Declared Fairly Certain by Russians". See photos for the official report from the Russian military on the death of Adolph Hitler. There was always speculation on how he d... See More  

Jewish homeland in Palestine?....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 25, 1943



* Jewish rescue in Palestine?

* Extermination of Jews in Europe



This 70+ page Sunday newspaper has one column headlines on page 19: "PALESTINE CALLED MAIN HOPE OF JEWS",

"Willkie and Other Leaders Urge Action Now to Save Victims of Hitler" and more. See photos for coverage on the use of Palestine to save the Jewish population from exte... See More  

General Patton...

PM DAILY, New York, N.Y., dated January 31, 1944.



Headlines on the frontpage read "By a Neutral Eyewitness: Official Report on Jap Terrorism" "Report AMG Plan to Set Up King In So. Italy".The paper features other war news and stories of the day.



On the back page of this issue is a photo of General Patton.



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Battle of Cape Esperance in 1942....

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, October 14, 1942



* Battle of Cape Esperance

* Savo Island, Guadalcanal

* World War II - WWII



The front page has a six column headline: "5 More Jap Ships Sunk" with subhead Coverage on the Battle of Cape Esperance and Savo Island, Guadalcanal.

Complete in 38 pages, light toning at the margins, some spine wear, otherwise good.... See More  

Rudolph Hess parachute mystery in 1941...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, May 13, 1941.



* Rudolph Hess Scotland parachute jump mystery

* Adolph Hitler's right hand man

* World War II - WWII



The front page has a banner headline in bold lettering: "HESS SKIPS; IN BRITAIN" with subheads. related photos on the back page. (see)

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1st Jewish Supreme Court Justice, Louis D. Brandeis...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Oct. 6, 1941



* Louis D. Brandeis death (1st report)

* 1st Jewish Supreme Court justice



The front page has a great banner headline: "BRANDEIS, NOTED JURIST, DIES" with subheads. Nice for display. First report coverage continues on page 12 with photo. (see) Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous publication.

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Death of George M. Cohan...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 6, 1942



* Death of song writer George M. Cohan



This 42 page newspaper has two line, one column headline on page 20: "GEORGE M. COHAN, 64, DIES AT HOME HERE," with subheads that include: "Original Yankee Doodle Boy Composed 'Over There' and 'It's a Grand Old Flag'" and more.

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1945 Attack on Yokosuka, Japan....

MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, July 19, 1945



* Attack on Yokosuka - Japan

* United States Navy air raid

* Imperial Japanese Navy



The front page has a great banner headline: "HALSEY HITS JAP NAVY IN HIDEOUT" with subheads and related photo. Nice for display.

Complete with 18 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, a few spots of stray ink writing throughout with one on ... See More  

Winston Churchill's 1939 radio broadcast on Russia...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 2, 1939



* Winston Churchill radio broadcast speech

* "I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia.

    It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma"



The top of the front page has a five column headline: "CHURCHILL BARS A HITLER PEACE" with subheads. (see) Complete text of Churchill's radio address is on page 6.

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Fritz Von Opel arrested...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 26, 1940



* Fritz von Opel seized... Rocketeer 

* SS Conte di Savoia 



This 46 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 10 that include: "VON OPEL SEIZED ON ITALIAN SHIP" "Auto Maker Is Taken Off Conte di Savoia at Gilbraltar Control Port" and more (see photos). He was considered a dangerous alien during wartime with his great k... See More  

Clanton AL bus explosion....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 27, 1941



* Clanton, Alabama bus disaster

* Gasoline explosion



The back page has one column headings that include: "14 IN BLAZE BUS PERISH IN ALABAMA" and "Death of Eight Others Feared as Vehicle Hits Bridge Rail, Bursts Fuel Tank, Burns" and more (see photos). First report coverage on the gasoline explosion on a Montgomery-Birmingham passenge... See More  

1945 President Harry Truman speech...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 26, 1945 



* President Harry Truman 

* World Security Parley 

* European war nears the end 



The front page has a nice banner headline: "OPEN PARLEY TO END WARS" with subheads and complete text of Truman's speech on page 6. Much on World War II.

Complete with 36 pages, small binding holes along the spine, small address stamp wi... See More