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  

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

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  

1944 Battle of Kwajalein Atoll....

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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FDR nominated for 3rd term.... 1st & only time ever...

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, July 19, 1940



* President Franklin D. Roosevelt FDR

* Nominated for 3rd term (1st & only time in U.S. history)



The front page has a nice headline: "IT'S FDR, WALLACE; But It Came After a Revolt" with subheads and related photo. More on the following pages.

Complete with all 26 pages, light toning at the margins, small library stamp within the head... See More  

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

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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Winter War begins in 1939... Soviets invade Finland...

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, Nov. 30, 1939



* Winter War begins

* Soviet Union - Soviets

* Finland invasion

* World War II



The front page has a nice banner headline: "RUSSIANS BOMB HELSINGFORS; FIRES RAGE; HUNDREDS KILLED" with subheads and related photo. (see) Nice for display.

Complete with 34 pages, light toning, small binding holes along the spine, minor wear at the margins, gen... See More  

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

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  

First 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.

Complete in 32 pages, light toning at the margins, small library stamp in the masthead, small binding holes ... See More  

Joe Dimaggio nears the end of his hitting streak (52 & 53)...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 14, 1941



* Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak nears the end (52 & 53)

* New York Yankees - Major league baseball doubleheader



The sports section (page 21) has a four column headline proclaiming: "Yanks Take Two for Record of 14 in Row" with subheads that include: "DiMaggio Hits in Both Contests As 50,387 Watch 8-1, 1-0 Sweep" and more with bo... See More  

USS Kearny torpedoed in 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 !"

Complete with 24 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, some small binding holes along t... See More  

Laura Ingalls sentenced as Nazi spy....

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  

First of this "Combat Edition" we have offered...

THE STARS AND STRIPES, Fifth Army Combat Edition, Italy, Oct. 27, 1943  The motto in the dateline is "Be Alert And Live".

The banner head reports: "Nazis Flee Russ Trap" and smaller heads: "Disaster Looms" "Fifth Gains Heights" "Nazis Need Machinery" "You're In Italy".

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1945 Firebombing of Osaka, Japan...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 14, 1945



* Firebombing raid on Osaka, Japan

* United States Air Force B-29 bombers

* Crossing the Rhine at Remagen, Germany



The front page has a banner headline: "NEW B-29 BLOW FIRES 4 SQUARE MILES OF OSAKA" with subheads. (see images)

Also: "AMERICANS 2 MILES FROM RUHR SUPERHIGHWAY AS THEY EXPAND BRIDGEHEAD UNDER AIR COVER" with subheads and ... See More  

1945 "Sun Gun" ?... Nazi Germany scientists...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 29, 1945



* Sun Gun - heliobeam - death ray - orbital weapon

* Realization of Nazis' scientists looking into it

* Continued World War II events vs. Japan



Beginning on the front page is a bizarre report with a two column heading: "Nazis' Scientists Planned Sun 'Gun' 5,100 Miles Up" and continuing on page 5. (see images)

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Flight 537 airplane disaster....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, September 8, 1945  This 30 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "22 ON AIR LINER DIE IN CRASH LANDING IN CAROLINA SWAMP" "Eastern Air Lines Plane Cuts a Swath 50 Feet Wide Through 200 Feet of Trees, Brush" "WRECKAGE FOUND BY BOY" and more. (see) Reporting continues on the back page with a few ... See More  

Robert Ritter von Greim suicide death...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, May 28, 1945



* Robert Ritter von Greim suicide

* WWI German flying ace death

* Commander-in-Chief of Luftwaffe



The front page has a banner heading: "Nazi Air Chief Suicide; New Details of Hitler's Last Days" with subheads. Photo of Greim on page 3. (see)

World War II coverage vs. Japan as well.

Complete with 32 pages, light toning at the margins, smal... See More  

1943 Operation Kutuzov... Orel, Russia...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 5, 1943



* Operation Kutuzov

* Oryol - Orel, Russia

* WWII Red Army



The front page has a nice 3-line, 5-column headline: "RUSSIANS ENTER OREL, NAZIS FLEE; RED ARMY ATTACKS AT BELGOROD; WARSHIPS AID ADVANCE IN SICILY", with subheads and a related photo. See images for details.

Complete with 36 pages, "rag edition" (print for libraries), slightly ... See More  

Willie Vinson lynching...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 13, 1942.



* Willie Vinson, Texarkana TX lynching

* Great World War II coverage



This 30 page newspaper has a very small and discrete report on page 17 under:



* LYNCHIN RECORD BETTER



Tells of the lynching of negro Willie Vinson in Texarkana, Texas.



Other news of the day throughout including much on World War II.



Light browning, otherwise in good condition... See More  

Little Falls, NY train disaster...

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.

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with all 30 pages, l... See More  

1942 Invasion of Salamaua-Lae...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 19, 1942



* Invasion of Salamaua-Law

* Territory of New Guinea

* Imperial Japanese Navy



The top of the front page has a nice banner headline: "23 JAPANESE SHIPS BLASTED BY ALLIED FLIERS; TOLL OFF NEW GUINEA INCLUDES 12 WARSHIPS" with subheads and related map. (see)

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day with much more on World War II. Complete ... See More  

Jimmy Doolittle becomes WWII General....

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, April 23, 1942



* James 'Jimmy' Doolittle becomes a General

* Post Doolittle raid on Japan

* World War II - WWII



The front page has a one column heading: "Doolittle Promoted To Brigadier General" (see image). Interesting he received this honor just a few days after his famous air raid on Japan but weeks before the public knew he was involved.

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

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  

PM SUNDAY, New York, N.Y., dated February 27, 1944.



Headlines on the frontpage read "Why FDR Is Right in Fight With Congress" "Allies Pamper Business Pal of Mussolini" "'They Shall Inherit The Earth'" "One-Third of U.S. Opposes Free Speech". The paper features other war news and stories of the day.



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Johnny Nettleton...

PM DAILY, New York, N.Y., dated June 10, 1942.



Headlines on the frontpage read "Congress Lays An Egg - But Soldiers' Families Can't Eat It". The paper features other war news and stories of the day.



Also featured is coverage of the parade held in New York City for 15 war heroes, one of which was Johnny Nettleton.



This is a complete issue and is in nice condition; see photo for... See More  

1941 Strand Theatre fire disaster... Brockton, Mass....

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, March 10, 1941 



* Strand Theatre fire disaster

* Firemen - firefighters

* Brockton, Massachusetts



 Near the bottom of the front page is a brief, same day report with a one column heading: "Snow Crushes Roof; 12 Firemen Killed" (see image)

Complete with 28 pages, light toning at the margins, Archival mend at top right corner (see image), some s... See More