Elbe Day... Soviet & American troops meet....

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 28, 1945



* Elbe River Day - Torgau, Germany

* Soviet (Russian) & American Troops



The front page has a three column heading: "HOW YANKS LINKED WITH RUSSIANS" with subheads. More on pages 4 & 5. Four related photos and map are on the back page under banner heading: "First Pictures of U.S.--Russian Meeting on East Bank of the Elbe--Alli... See More  

Nuremberg trials... films shown as evidence...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 20, 1946



* Nuremberg trials - Germany - Nazis 

* “Presentation of Documentary Evidence”

* Jewish holocaust - Atrocities against Jews 

* Films showing mass murders at camps



The top of page 6 has a one column heading: "FILMS BACK CHARGE OF GERMAN CRIMES" with subhead. (see images)

Other news, sports and advertisements of th... See More  

Hermann Goering's suicide & others hang in 1946...

EVENING CHRONICLE, Allentown, Penn., Oct. 16, 1946 



* Aftermath of the Nuremberg trials - Germany 

* German Nazis - war criminals hanged

* Hermann Goering suicide by poison

* Jewish holocaust perpetrators



The top of the front page has a six column headline: "Eyewitnesses Describe Hanging of 10 Hitler Henchmen; Goering Takes Poison" with subhead. Also a related heading ... See More  

Partition of India prelude... Muhammad Ali Jinnah...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 23, 1940



* Muhammad Ali Jinnah speech

* Separate Muslim homeland  

* Partition of British India prelude 

* India and Pakistan independence



The top of page 7 has a one column heading: "DIVISION OF INDIA URGED BY MOSLEM" with subheads. (see images) Prelude to the partition of the British Indian Empire into the Dominion of Pakistan and the U... See More  

Jane Bolin, 1st African American Woman takes the bench...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 25, 1939 



* Jane Bolin 1st day as judge (NYC)

* 1st African-American black Woman

* Best publication to be had ? 



Page 21 has a small and somewhat discrete one column heading: "Woman Justice On Job" with subhead. (see image) Nice to have in this famous NYC publication, the city where she served.

Complete with 40 pages, rag edition in nice condit... See More  

Army Cadets vs. Notre Dame football in 1939...

SPORT'S SECTION ONLY of the Chicago Sunday Tribune, November 5, 1939



* Army Cadets vs. Notre Dame

* NCAA college football

* Many other games w/ photos



The front page of this section has a four column heading: "NOTRE DAME WHIPS ARMY, 14-0" with subhead. (see images) First report coverage continues inside with two related photos and stats.

Other sporting news of the day includ... See More  

War with Germany has ended...

HERALD EXPRESS, War Extra, Los Angeles, May 7, 1945 



* Germany Surrenders

* V-E day - Nazis quit



The bold banner headline with a black background above the masthead announces: "FIGHTING STOPS IN EUROPE AS WAR ENDS" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display. Two full page related pictorials on the inside pages.

Completer with all 24 pages, nice condition.... See More  

Touro Synagogue honored in 1946....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 9, 1946



* Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island

* Oldest surviving building in United States 

* Declared a National Historic Site



Page 15 has one column headings that include: "NATION SETS APART TOURO SYNAGOGUE" "Shrine of Judaism at Newport, Oldest in Country, Designated as a Historic Site" "Relic Of Colonial Beauty" "Cl... See More  

Discovery of Penicillin... USS Iowa battleship launching...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 28, 1942



* Discovery of Penicillin (historic)

* USS Iowa battleship launching

* United States Navy - WWII



The front page has a one column heading: "MIGHTIEST WARSHIP IS LAUNCHED HERE" with subhead. (see images) Lengthy first report coverage continues inside with two related photos.

But a more historic report is located at the bottom right corner of the ... See More  

Battle of the Bulge to begin the next day.......

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 15, 1944



* Battle of Bulge to begin (EVE)

* Armies line up at Siegfried Line (Westwall)

* World War II - WWII



The top of the front page has a six column headline: "7TH ARMY AT WESTWALL, SEEKS AN OPENING" with subheads. Two related maps are on page 4. The initial beginning of the infamous battle would begin the very next day.

Other news, sports and ad... See More  

1945 RMS Queen Elizabeth troops homecoming photo...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 30, 1945



* RMS Queen Elizabeth ocean liner photo

* American military troops homecoming

* European Theatre of World War II



The top of the front page has a three column photo showing the RMS Queen Elizabeth which was converted into a troopship during WWII with heading: "The Word's Largest Ship Brings Veterans Home" Also a one column heading: "SUPER... See More  

1942 USS Yorktown Midway sinking....

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. 

This sinking act... See More  

Battle of Okinawa ending... General Buckner is killed...

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE--EXTRA, June 19, 1945  The bold front page headline announces: "GEN. BUCKNER IS KILLED IN ACTION ON OKINAWA".

General Simon Buckner, Jr. was killed during the closing days of the Battle of Okinawa by enemy artillery fire, making him the highest-ranking United States military officer lost to enemy fire during World War II. He would remain the highest-ranking ... See More  

Helen Keller at the 1939 World's Fair...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 30, 1939



* Helen Keller - deathblindness Woman

* 1939 New York World's Fair visit



The top of page 14 has a seven column headline: "Helen Keller, Charmed by the Exposition, Promises to Visit It Again" with subheads and photo. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as other titles in our inventory do not.

Oth... See More  

Winston Churchill's speech: "War of the Unknown Warriors"...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 15, 1940



* Front-page excepts of Winston Churchill's speech

* War of the Unknown Warriors - BBC

* "France would one day celebrate its greatness again..."



The front page has a near-banner heading: "Rather London in Ruin Than Quit - Churchill", with subheads: "NO LAYING DOWN TO INVADERS, PREMIER VOWS", and "'Asks No Mercy... See More  

Boxer Max Schmeling death (?)... Judy Garland marries...

MINNEAPOLIS STAR JOURNAL, Minnesota, May 29, 1941



* Boxing - Boxer Max Schmeling death ?

* Turns out to be a false report from the Nazis

* Actress Judy Garland marries composer Dave Rose



The front page has: "Mystery Still Surrounds Fate of Max Schmeling", with a subheading: "Reported Killed in Crete, But Story Not Confirmed. The article includes a photo of him with other Ger... See More  

Lou Gehrig's final year contract...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 9, 1938



* Lou Gehrig's last contract

* Health failure nears

* Joe DiMaggio wants more also

* New York Yankees baseball



The sport's section (page 31) has a four column heading: "Yanks Boost Offer to Hold-Out Gehrig" with subheads. (see) He would sign the contract a few days later. Gehrig would have to give up baseball the following year due to h... See More  

"Alien Order" beginning internment of Japanese during World War II...

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, February 19, 1942



* Internment of Japanese Americans

* FDR's Executive Order 9066 (eve)

* Alien control order

* World War II - WWII



The front page has a two column heading: "Congressmen Demand All American-Born Japs Be Moved From Coastal Areas" with lead-in: "Enemy Aliens" and subhead. (see images) FDR would sign order # 9066 on this d... See More  

Allied propaganda newspaper dropped from planes...

NACHRICHTEN FUR DIE TRUPPE, Europe, May 21, 1944  A most fascinating single sheet newspaper printed front & back, which translates to "News For The Troops", published by the Psychological Warfare Division of the Allied forces and dropped by Allied aircraft over Germany from just weeks before the D-Day invasion.

This newspaper/leaflet was created to counter Goebbels' propaga... See More  

German Ocean Liner SS St. Louis...

"The Voyage of the Damned" ends...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 18, 1939..



* German Ocean Liner MS St. Louis

* Jewish refugees are refused in Cuba

* "The Voyage of the Damned" ENDS



The front page has one column heading: "907 REFUGEES END VOYAGE IN ANTWERP" with subhead. (see images)

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 40 pages, rag edition, a little spine wear, nice condition.



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1942 Battle of the Eastern Solomons....

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, August 26, 1942



* Battle of the Eastern Solomons

* United States Navy vs. Imperial Japanese



The front page has a nice banner headline: "6 MORE JAP SHIPS BOMBED" with subheads and related map. (see images) Nice for display.

Complete with all 40 pages, light toning at the margins, minor spine wear, generally nice.



Note: Later in August, the Battle of the... See More  

U.S. "camp" newspaper on the end of World War II in Europe...

FAR EASTERN EXPRESS, Army Daily - EXTRA, "Special Edition", Base X as noted in the dateline. May 8, 1945 (on the back page)  



* Rare United States Armed Forces camp publication 

* Surrender of Germany - V-J day - in Philippines 



The full front page is basically graphics on the surrender of Germany and the end of the war in Europe.

Online information notes this camp... See More  

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

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 17, 1943



* Jewish Holocaust becoming reality to the public

* Nazi-occupied exterminations - Gassing tests

* New Britain Campaign begins w/ U.S. troops ashore



The front page has a nice banner headline: "U. S. TROOPS INVADE NEW BRITAIN, WIN FOOTHOLD"  with subheads that include: "Americans Ashore" and more.

Page 3 has small one column he... See More  

Jewish massacre in 1941 Kharkiv, Ukraine...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 26, 1943 



* Drobytsky Yar - Kharkiv, Ukraine ravine massacre

* Einsatzgruppen - Nazi Germany death squads

* Jewish Holocaust becoming reality to the public 

* Nazi-occupied Russian Jews exterminations 



The top of page 19 has a one column heading: "GERMAN MASSACRE OF 15,000 DETAILED" with subhead: "Survivor Tells of Christmas Kill... See More  

1942 USS Lexington (CV-16) launching...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 27, 1942



* USS Lexington (CV-16) launching

* Essex-class aircraft carrier "The Blue Ghost"

* World War II - United States Navy

* Battle of the Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf fame



The front page has a three column photo with heading: "Namesake Of The Lost Lexington Is Launched" with brief text. The top of page 45 has a one column heading: "... See More