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706528

Japanese executes 3 American prioners of war...

Item #706528

August 12, 1944

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug.12, 1944.



* Japanese execute 3 American prisoners

* POW Ferdinand Frank Meringolo photo

* Hoten Camp in Mukden, Manchuria

* World War II - WWII atrocities




The front page has a one column heading: "JAPANESE EXECUTE 3 U. S. PRISONERS" with subhead. (see images) Coverage continues on page 7 with photo of one of the victims.

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700013

Bill Newton's beheading made public...

Item #700013

September 10, 1945

THE BOSTON POST, Sept. 10, 1945



* Australian pilot Bill Newton beheading

* Made public for the first time

* Japanese atrocities - cannibalism & more



The top of page 11 has a one column heading: "AUSTRALIA REPORTS JAP HORROR" with subhead. (see images) Coverage of Japanese atrocities committed on American and Australian soldiers including a report of a Australian pilot being ... See More  

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697757

1945 Buchenwald concentration camp revealed...

Item #697757

April 23, 1945

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass., April 23, 1945 



* Buchenwald concentration extermination camp

* Atrocities and inhuman conditions announced




The front page has a two column heading: "Stories Of Atrocities Will Be Given Public Following Inspection" with subhead. (see images)

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692090

Battle of Kasserine Pass... Tunisia Campaign...

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February 25, 1943

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, February 25, 1943



* Battle of Kasserine Pass - Tunisia Campaign - Africa

* 1st major battle between American & German forces




The front page has a nice banner headline: "HOW WE BEAT ROMMEL" with lead-in: "What Did It?---The Courage Of American Boys" and subheads. (see) Nice for display. First report coverage on the Battle of Kasserine Pass duri... See More  

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711962

Landing in 1943 Italy...

Item #711962

September 03, 1943

MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, September 3, 1943 



* Operation Avalanche

* Allies invade Italy




The front page has a nice banner headline: "ALLIES LAND IN SOUTH ITALY" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display.

Complete with all 18 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, some small binding holes along the spine, a few small pen notations including one on the front ... See More  

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714518

Laura Ingalls sentenced as Nazi spy....

Item #714518

February 20, 1942

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, February 20, 1942



* Laura Ingalls (aviator)

* Sentenced for treason

* Nazi - German spy




The front page is a one column heading: "LAURA  INGALLS GETS 8 MONTHS TO 2 YEARS" with subhead and photo. (see images)

Much coverage on World War II. Complete with all 40+ pages, light toning at the margins, small binding holes along the spine, nice condition.... See More  

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716303

USS Kearny torpedoed in 1941...

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October 17, 1941

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, October 17, 1941



* USS Kearny torpedoed by German U-boat

* 1st U.S. destroyer attacked during WWII




The front page has a nice headline: "NAVY OUT ON REVENGE HUNT" with subhead and photo of the warship including and statement: "NAZIS SHOT FIRST !"

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716533

Rare mention of the "Flying Tigers" in 1942...

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May 14, 1942

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 14, 1942



* Rare mention of the "Flying Tigers"

* First American Volunteer Group (AVG)

* Republic of China Air Force vs. Japan

* Shark faced Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft




Page 3 has a one column heading: "2 A. V. G. Fliers Aided In Defending Yunnan" with subhead. (see images)

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713521

1939 World War II beginning....

Item #713521

September 11, 1939

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, September 11, 1939 



* Blitzkrieg - Warsaw

* World War II WWII beginning

* Nazis invasion of Poland




The front page has a nice banner headline: "POLES REPORT WARSAW GAINS" with subheads and 2 related photos. (see images) Nice for display.

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697246

First Jewish Supreme Court Justice, Louis D. Brandeis...

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October 06, 1941

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.

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712616

Tokyo Japan occupied by U.S. in 1945......

Item #712616

September 08, 1945

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 8, 1945



* Douglas MacArthur enters Tokyo Japan

* American flag (old glory) raised over city

Japanese atrocities - Palawan Massacre



The top of the front page has a great banner headline: "M'ARTHUR SETS UP POWER IN TOKYO; SEES FLAG RAISED OVER U.S. EMBASSY; FOE THREATENED TO KILL WAINWRIGHT" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display.

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695428

1944 Battle of Aachen, Germany...

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October 12, 1944

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 12, 1944



* Battle of Aachen, Germany

* World War II - WWII urban fighting

* 1st city on German soil to be captured




The front page has a nice banner headline: "AACHEN BLASTED AFTER DEFYING UNTIMATUM; GERMANS REPORTED FLEEING THE BURNING CITY" with subheads and related map. (see) Nice for display.

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712468

1945 Operation Veritable... Allied pincer movement...

Item #712468

February 12, 1945

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 12, 1945



* Operation Veritable in Germany

* Battle of the Klever Reichswald forest

* Allied pincer movement - Canadian 1st Army

* Kleve- Lower Rhine region - Northwest Germany

* Final stages of World War II - WWII




The front page has a banner headline: "BRITISH ENTER CLEVE, CUT FOE'S LATERAL ROAD; AMERICANS SMASH INTO OUTSKIRTS OF PRUEM" with subhead... See More  

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702028

1944 Bereznegovatoye–Snigirevka offensive ends...

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March 18, 1944

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 18, 1944



* Bereznegovatoye–Snigirevka offensive ends

* Southern Ukraine - Soviet Red Army victory

* Rodion Malinovsky & the 3rd Ukrainian Front




The top of the front page has a five column headline: "RUSSIANS 10 MILES FROM RUMANIA" with subheads and related map. (see images)

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546008

Landing in Solomons...

Item #546008

September 08, 1942

PM DAILY, New York, N.Y., dated September 8, 1942.



Headlines on the frontpage read "Japs Again Land in Solomons" "Nazis Rip Into Center of Russian Line Before Stalingrad" "FDR Will Lick Inflation With or Without Congress". The paper features other war news and stories of the day.



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709343

1943 Withholding tax bill signed into law...

Item #709343

June 11, 1943

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 11, 1943



* Withholding tax bill signed into law

* President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)

* World War II era




The top of the front page has a one column headings: "PAY-AS-YOU-GO TAX IS SIGNED INTO LAW; IN EFFECT ON JULY 1" "Wage and Salary Earners Will Find 20% Withheld to Put Then on Current Basis" and more. (see) First report coverage continues o... See More  

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662620

U.S. regains Possession of Wake Island...

Item #662620

September 05, 1945

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 5, 1945



* Wake Island back in U.S. possession

* Post World War II Japan




The front page has a four column headline: "AMERICAN FLAG IS RAISED ON WAKE ISLE" with subheads that include: "EPIC OF ATOLL ENDS" "Americans Go Ashore to Crown Heroic Fight of marines in 1941" and more. (see)

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691508

1944 Battle of Kwajalein Atoll....

Item #691508

February 03, 1944

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., February 3, 1944



* Battle of Kwajalein Atoll

* World War II Pacific Campaign vs. Japan

* United States Marine Corps (USMC)

* Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign




The front page has a four column headline: "U.S. FORCES CAPTURE MAIN AIRFIELD, SEIZE TWO MORE ISLETS IN MARSHALLS AREA" with subheads and 2 photos of the commanding Generals. (see)

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715839

1945 super atomic bomb development announcement...

Item #715839

September 25, 1945

THE BOSTON POST, Sept. 25, 1945



* New super atomic bomb developed

* Post Hiroshima & Nagasaki bombings

* Leslie C. Arends' warning announcement




The top of the front page has a two column heading: "NEW ATOMIC BOMB BARED" with subhead. (see images) See below for information.

Complete with 18 pages, nice condition.



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694990

Jewish homeland in Palestine?....

Item #694990

April 25, 1943

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 25, 1943



* Jewish rescue in Palestine?

* Extermination of Jews in Europe




The top of page 10 has a one column heading: "PALESTINE CALLED MAIN HOPE OF JEWS" with subheads. (see) Coverage on the use of Palestine to save the Jewish population from extermination under Hitler's control in Nazi Germany.

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715690

1942 Invasion of France... WWII...

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August 20, 1942

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  

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703737

The Blitz of 1940 begins over London...

Item #703737

September 07, 1940

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 7, 1940 



* The Blitz (1st Phase) BEGINS

* Germany bombs London England 

* World War II - WWII campaign




The top of the front page has four column headline: "GERMAN PLANES RAID LONDON ALL DAY..." with subheads. (see images) First report coverage on the very beginning of The Blitz.

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617033

Battle of Kula Gulf...

Item #617033

July 06, 1943

THE NEWS, Frederick, Maryland, July 6, 1943



* Battle of Kula Gulf - Solomon Islands

* World War II naval battle - WWII

* United States Navy - Japanese Imperial



The front page has a banner headline: "U.S. Fleet Heavily Damages Jap Naval Forces In Battle Of Kula Gulf, Navy Reports On Incomplete Information" with subheads. (see) 1st report coverage on the battle of Kula Gulf.

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592591

USS Saratoga... Japanese kamikaze attacks...

Item #592591

June 16, 1945

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 16, 1945 



* USS Saratoga - aircraft carrier - USS Hazelwood

* Japanese kamikazes - Iwo Jima

* Joachim von Ribbontrop captured






This 28 page newspaper has a four column headline on the front page: "RIBBONTROP IS CAPTURED IN HAMBURG" with subheads. (see photos) Also on the front page are one column headlines: "CARRIER SARATOGA BADLY HIT OFF IWO&q... See More  

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668336

Little Falls, NY train disaster...

Item #668336

April 20, 1940

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 20, 1940



* Little Falls NY New York - Gulf Curve

* Lake Shore Limited train wreck (1st report)




The front page has a nice banner headline: "TRAIN CRASH; 13 DIE, 60 HURT" with subhead. First report on the Lake Shore Limited train disaster at Little Falls, New York.

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648471

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

Item #648471

March 23, 1943

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 23, 1943



* Jewish Holocaust becoming reality to the public

* Rovno, Eastern Poland prison camp massacre




Page 6 has a brief article headed: "Whole Population Of Prison Executed" "Germans Retaliate for Attempted Break Fatal to Two Guards" (see) Rare to find such reports in newspapers at this time as the reality of the holocaust was just being know... See More  

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710287

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

Item #710287

November 14, 1943

THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 14, 1943



* Jewish Holocaust being known for the 1st time

* Nazi-occupied Poland exterminations


* Lomza & Bialystok ghettos



Page 3 has small and somewhat discrete one column headings: "2,500 Poles Executed" "Mass Executions in Lomza and Bialystok Reported" (see image)

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713606

1945 Battle of Iwo Jima w/ photo....

Item #713606

February 21, 1945

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, February 21, 1945.



* Battle of Iwo Jima w/ photo

* Fighting on Mount Suribachi

* United States Flag planting close




The front page has a somewhat brief report with small heading: "Marines Take Iwo Airfield..." and more. (see image) The iconic flag raising on Mount Suribachi would occur two days later. Given the small report here, it is somewhat surprising... See More  

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589217

Racehorse Seabiscuit retires in 1940....

Item #589217

March 12, 1940

THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 12, 1940



* Seabiscuit retires (1st report)

* Underdog thoroughbred racehorse champion




This 26 page newspaper has a two column headline in the sport's section (page 11): "Seabiscuit, Greatest Money Winner of American Turf, Retired to Stud by Howard" with subhead: "Mighty Horse's Victory in Santa Anita Handicap Was 89th ... See More  

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713902

Battle of Stalingrad ends with Nazis defeated...

Item #713902

February 01, 1943

THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 1, 1943



* Battle of Stalingrad ending

* Nazis 1st major loss in WWII

* One of the bloodiest battles in history




The top of the front page has a five column headline: "NAZIS' STALINGRAD CHIEF CAPTURED, ONE OF LAST 2 POCKETS WIPED OUT" with subheads. Related map on page 2. (see) Coverage on the closing events of the Battle of Stalingrad which was con... See More  

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713877

Japanese Army & Navy Generals ousted in 1944...

Item #713877
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 22, 1944



* Admiral Osami Nagano

* Imperial Japanese Navy

* Field Marshall Hajime Sugiyama

* Hideki Tojo removes both officers

* World War II - WWII




The top of the front page has six column headlines that include: "JAPANESE ARMY AND NAVY CHIEFS OUSTED" with subhead. (see images) Coverage continues on page 3 with photos of the two Japanese officers.

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713882

`945 Kamikaze attack on USS William D. Porter...

Item #713882

July 05, 1945

MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, July 5, 1945



* Japanese Kamikaze suicide attacks

* USS Twiggs & USS William D. Porter

* United States Navy Destroyers

* Battle of Okinawa - Japan




The top of page 3 has a two column heading: "Jap Aerial Attacks Sink 2 Destroyers" (see images) Coverage on the Japanese Kamikaze attack on the USS Twiggs & the USS William D. Porter during the Batt... See More  

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585044

Minnesota Golden Gophers... 1940 National champs....

Item #585044

December 03, 1940

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 3, 1940



* Minnesota Golden Gophers

* National champions (1st report)

* NCAA college football




This 52 page newspaper has one column headlines in the sport's section (page 35) that include: "MINNESOTA RATED TOP TEAM OF 1940", "Gophers Finish First in Final Associated Press Poll of Football Writers", "Stanford Is Runner-Up" and mo... See More  

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589674

Jewish Holocaust becomes public reality...

Item #589674

November 18, 1944

THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 18, 1944



* Jewish Holocaust becoming reality to the public

* Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia exterminations




This 28 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 4: "20 OF 12,000 JEWS ALIVE IN BELGRADE", "1,000 Fled Systematic Murder and Torture by Germans--Children Were Hanged". See photos for coverage on the atrocities in Nazi-occupied Yugoslavi... See More  

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683489

Dwight Eisenhower to lead D-Day attack....

Item #683489

December 25, 1943

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, December 25, 1943



* General Dwight D. Eisenhower

* Chosen to lead D-Day by FDR




The front page has a one column heading: "ALLIED INVASION ARMY TO BE LED BY EISENHOWER" with subhead. (see) More inside with a few related photos.

Complete with all 26 pages, light toning at the margins, small library stamp within the masthead, small binding holes along the spine... See More  

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713873

1942 Doolittle raid of Japan....

Item #713873

April 21, 1942

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, April 21, 1942



* The famous Doolittle raid of Japan

* U.S. Army Air Force B-25B Mitchell bombers

* USS Hornet aircraft carrier




The front page has a one column heading: "Raiders Came From Carriers, Tokyo Says". (see images) This was the famous Doolittle raid on Japan. It was not known at the time that James "Jimmy" Doolittle was involved due to s... See More  

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672760

1942 Doolittle raid of Japan revealed...

Item #672760

April 19, 1943

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 19, 1943



* The famous Doolittle raid of Japan revealed

* U.S. Army Air Force B-25B Mitchell bombers

* USS Hornet aircraft carrier




Near the bottom front page is a two column heading: "Tokyo Raid Made From Carriers, U.S. Fliers Reveal on Anniversary". (see) This was when it was first revealed to the public that Jimmy Doolittle was responsible for the raid ... See More  

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709351

Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands... USS Wasp sinking...

Item #709351

October 28, 1942

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 28, 1942



* Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands

* U.S. Navy vs. Imperial Japanese Navy

* Guadalcanal campaign - World War II


* USS Aircraft Carrier Wasp sinking



The front page has a five column headline: "U. S. ARMY REPELS JAPANESE ON GUADALCANAL; FLIERS SINK 2 DESTROYERS, HIT A BATTLESHIP, BUT FOE'S SEA FRONT OFF ISLAND IS UNBROKEN" with subheads. (s... See More  

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577813

Roger Touhy escapes jail in 1942...

Item #577813

October 10, 1942

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 10, 1942



* Roger Touhy escapes prison

* Chicago mob boss & bootlegger

* Stateville haunted prison




This 30 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page:  "TOUHY MOB HEADS BREAK FROM PRISON", "Former Enemies Take to Cover as 5 Desperate, Armed Men Flee Toward Chicago in Auto" which tells of Chicago gangster Roger Touhy.

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601828

Minnesota Golden Gophers... 1940 National champs....

Item #601828

December 03, 1940

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 3, 1940



* Minnesota Golden Gophers

* National champions (1st report)

* NCAA college football




This 52 page newspaper has one column headlines in the sport's section (page 35) that include: "MINNESOTA RATED TOP TEAM OF 1940", "Gophers Finish First in Final Associated Press Poll of Football Writers", "Stanford Is Runner-Up" and mo... See More  

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686245

1942 Doolittle raid of Japan....

Item #686245

April 21, 1942

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 21, 1942



* The famous Doolittle raid of Japan

* U.S. Army Air Force B-25B Mitchell bombers

* USS Hornet aircraft carrier




The front page has a one column heading: "TOKYO NOW TELLS OF 10 U.S. PLANES" with subhead. (see) This was the famous Doolittle raid on Japan. It was not known at the time that James "Jimmy" Doolittle was involved due to secre... See More  

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701804

FDR declares America will not enter war...

Item #701804

August 17, 1941

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 17, 1941



* President Franklin D. Roosevelt - FDR

* United States not close to entering WWII

* Tensions with Japan re. American hostages ?




The top of the front page has a five column headline: "ROOSEVELT DECLARES U. S. IS NO NEARER WAR; REVEALS FULL ACCORD ON WORLD CONFLICT" with subheads and related photo. Also a two column heading: "Japan Refuses to... See More  

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698247

1945 USS St. Lo... 1st Japanese kamikaze attacks....

Item #698247

December 01, 1944

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 1, 1944



* USS St. Lo - Casablanca-class escort carrier

* Leyte Gulf, Phillipines - Kamikazes attack




Page 3 has a somewhat discrete one column heading: "Navy Names 4 Ships Damaged Off Leyte" Although brief, this is the 1st report on the loss of the escort carrier USS St. Lo. She was the first major warship to sink as the result of a kamikaze attack. Rep... See More  

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713824

Siege of Budapest ends w/ capture... General Patton...

Item #713824

February 14, 1945

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 14, 1945



* Siege - Battle of Budapest ends w/ capture - Hungary

* Post-Battle of the Bulge - General George S. Patton




The front page has a nice banner headlines: "BUDAPEST IS TAKEN AT COST OF 159,000 TO FOE"& "BRITISH CLEAR REICHSWALD, PATTON PUSHES ON" with subheads and related photo. (see images) More inside.

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582767

The death of "Buck Rogers" creator...

Item #582767

February 04, 1940

THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 4, 1940



* Philip Nowlan death

* Buck Rogers creator

* Science Fiction




This 100+ page newspaper has one column headings on page 41 that read: "PHILIP NOWLAN DIES; DREW 'BUCK ROGERS'", "Cartoonist, a Former Writer, Is Stricken in Philadelphia". See photos for brief text here.



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698252

General George S. Patton welcome home....

Item #698252

June 08, 1945

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 8, 1945



* General George S. Patton

* Welcome home celebration

* Post European theater




The top of the back page has a photo of Patton with family headed: "Gen. Patton Arrives in U.S." Page 13 has a one column heading: "NOISY BOSTON CROWDS GREET PATTON RETURN" with subhead. (see images) Coverage on General George S. Patton's welcome home i... See More  

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699590

Prelude to Pearl Harbor ?...

Item #699590

July 31, 1941

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 31, 1941



* Prelude to Pearl Harbor attack ?

* Japan bombs USS Tutluila




The top of page 6 has a one column heading: "U. S. PROTESTS JAP BOMBING OF RIVER GUNBOAT" with subhead. (see images) First report coverage continues on page 3 with photo. This event happened more than 4 months before the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

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676995

1942 Japenese attack on California coast...

Item #676995

February 24, 1942

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, Feb. 24, 1942 



* Attack on California coast

* Ellwood oil field shelling

* Japanese submarine I-17




The front page has a three column photo with heading: "Army and Navy Planes Hunt Jap Sub Off Pacific Coast" with subhead. (see) This brief yet very historic shelling only caused minor damage to the oil field—a pump house and a single oil derrick w... See More  

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685140

1942 Cleo Wright lynching... Sikeston, Missouri....

Item #685140

January 26, 1942

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 26, 1942



* Lynching of Cleo Wright - Negro

* Sikeston, Scott County, Missouri




Page 17 has a one column heading: "NEGRO IS LYNCHED BY MISSOURI CROWD" with subhead. (see)

Other news of the day throughout including much on World War II. Complete with all 32 pages, rag edition in very nice condition.



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718507

1942 USS Yorktown Midway sinking....

Item #718507

September 20, 1942

MINNEAPOLIS SUNDAY TRIBUNE, September 20, 1942



* USS Aircraft Carrier Yorktown sinking

* Battle of Midway aftermath

* World War II - WWII




The front page has a two column heading: "The Order Was 'Abandon Ship'" with lead-in: "Officer Tells of Yorktown's Last 60 Hours Afloat" and subhead. (see images) Lengthy report continues on page 4. 

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