1945 Battle of Okinawa... Yonabaru...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, May 23, 1945



* Yonabaru (port city) captured

* Battle of Okinawa, Japan

* United States Army (USA)



The front page has a nice displayable headline: "CAPTURE KEY OKINAWA CITY" with subheads. related map on page 2. (see)

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1943 Battle of Rennell Island...

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, EXTRA, Feb. 3, 1943



* Battle of Rennell Island - Solomons

* Last major naval engagement

* During the Guadalcanal Campaign

* World War II - WWII Pacific theater



The front page has a nice banner headline: "PACIFIC BATTLE RAGES; U.S., JAP SHIPS SUNK" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display.

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World War II begins... Poland invasion...

BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT, September 27, 1939.

 

* Blitzkrieg - Warsaw surrenders

* World War II WWII beginning

* German invasion of Poland



The front page has a nice banner headline announcing: "3000 DIE IN WARSAW 'INFERNO'" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display.

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GrummanTBF Avenger toepedo bomber debut...

NEW YORK WORLD TELEGRAM, June 15, 1942



* Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bomber

* United States Navy new military aircraft

* Debuted at the Battle of Midway in same month



The front page has a four column photo with heading: "New U. S. Torpedo Plane Called World's Deadliest" with subhead. (see images) This was when this torpedo bomber was announced to the public. It made it's ... See More  

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

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 20, 1943 



* Jewish Holocaust being known for the 1st time 

* Nazi-occupied Europe exterminations 



This 46 page Sunday newspaper has a small one column heading on page 9: "New Threats Against Jews". See photo for brief coverage on the ongoing atrocities in Nazi-occupied Europe. Rare to find such reports in newspapers at this time as the realit... See More  

1945 Buchenwald concentration camp revealed...

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)

Much other World War II reporting. Complete with 8 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margin... See More  

Landing in 1943 Italy...

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.

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

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 24, 1942 



* Jewish Holocaust being known for the 1st time 

* Nazi-occupied Europe exterminations 



This 80+ page Sunday newspaper has one column headings on page 5: "NAZIS' EXECUTIONS PUT AT 97 IN WEEK", "10 Slain in Paris Over Attack on German Officer Are Most Recent Additions to Toll", "Firing Squads Take Victims From Low ... See More  

Landing in Solomons...

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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1942 Doolittle raid of Japan....

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  

1942 Doolittle raid of Japan revealed...

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  

1945 Japanese officers commit Seppuku (Harakiri)...

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, June 27, 1945



* Mitsuru Ushijima & Isamu Cho

* Imperial Japanese Army officers

* Seppuku - Harakiri - Ritual suicide

* Battle of Okinawa - re. Japanese defeat

* World War II - WWII nearing the end



The bottom of the front has a two column heading: "Jap Army and Naval Chiefs On Okinawa Commit Hara Kari (sic)" with subhead. (see images)

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

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  

The death of "Buck Rogers" creator...

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

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  

Jewish homeland in Palestine?....

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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Bombing of Pearl Harbor imminent ?...

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, Dec. 2, 1941



* Pre-Pearl Harbor attack on America

* Just a few days away - imminent

The front page has two column heading: "Japan Reopens U.S. Talks, Continues Rush To Arms; FDR Sees Stark" (see images) The Japanese armada were already on there way towards Hawaii.

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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  

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

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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"NAZIS DESTROYED IN FRENCH ATTACK" - WAR EXTRA! 9 A.M. Final...

LOS ANGELES EXAMINER, June 12, 1940  (9 A.M. Final Edition)



* Great WWII reporting!

* War Extra



The top of the front page has: "WAR EXTRA", followed by the dramatic 2-line, full-banner headline: "NAZIS DESTROYED IN FRENCH ATTACK". Additional headlines include: "BRITISH SMASH ITALY BASIS" and "Rain Aids Defense of Paris; Fascist Bombs Hit Geneva.&... See More  

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

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  

USS Saratoga... Japanese kamikaze attacks...

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  

Adolph Hitler's phony plea for peace in 1939...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, October 11, 1939



* re. Adolph Hitler's Reichstag speech

* Asks the World for peace ? (ruse)



The front page has a nice banner headline: "CALLS HITLER PEACE 'A RUSE'" with subheads. (see images) Lengthy text continues on page 2.

Complete with 38 pages, rag edition in very nice condition. A few small binding holes along the spine.



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Battle of the Bulge begins... Initial attack by the Germans...

MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, December 19, 1944



* Battle of Bulge begins

* Initial German attack

* World War II - WWII



The front page has a four column heading: "Germans Drive Yanks Back 4 Miles, Lose 143 Planes" with subheads. (see images)

Complete with with 18 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, some small ink notations on the inside pages only, generally good... See More  

1945 Battle of the Bulge ending events....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 29, 1945



* General Courtney Hodges

* 1st Infantry Division (United States)

* Battle of the Bulge ending events

* World War II - WWII Europe



The front page has a nice banner headline: "U.S. FIRST ARMY STRIKES SUDDENLY IN BLIZZARD" with subheads and related photo. (see) Lengthy text continues inside with a few photos and map.

Complete with 28 pages, ... See More