Yankees defeat the Cubs in the first game of the World Series...

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, October 5, 1938  



* New York Yankees win

* Joe DiMaggio & Lou Gehrig era

* World Series of baseball (game 1)

* Early, same day reporting 



The front page has a great banner headline: "YANKEES DEFEAT CUBS" with subheads,, large box scores, inning-by-inning coverage, and even more. Great for display and unusual for such a nice headline on... See More  

1st use of the German V-1 Flying Bomb...

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., June 16, 1944 



* German V-1 Flying Bomb

* Early cruise missile

* Robot planes - no pilot 

* Buzz bomb - doodlebuug

* London terror bombing



The front page has a banner heading: "Nazi Pilotless Planes Explode In Britain" with subheads. (see images)

Other news of the day with much on World War II. Complete with 16 pages, light toning at the m... See More  

D-Day "Extra" edition in a military newspaper...

BEACON Extra! Extra! Extra!, Philadelphia Navy Yard, June 6, 1944  



* D-Day invasion of France (1st report)

* World War II German defense



The banner headline reports: "INVASION STARTED" with subheads: "Landing Craft, With Plane and Ship Support, Pour Men And Supplies Into Beaches" "Admiral Draemel Calls for Greatest Effort, Says There Must Be No Rest Until Such... See More  

The Dunkirk evacuation, 1940...

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, May 28, 1940 



* Battle of Dunkirk (evacuation) - France

* Operation Dynamo "Miracle of Dunkirk"

* Allied soldiers on English Channel beaches



The front page has a nice banner headline relating to the stranding of allied forces on the beaches of Dunkirk, the focus of a motion picture, with: "BELGIANS DETHRONE KING FOR SURRENDERING ARMY; Entire Lef... See More  

The Blitz of 1940 begins over London...

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.

Complete with 32 pages, rag edition in great condition.



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First NCAA College basketball championship game...

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, March 28, 1939



* Very first "March Madness" - NCAA basketball championship in 1939



The top of page 3 of the sport's section has 1st report coverage on the final game of the very first NCAA basketball championship ever held, with heading: "OREGON BEATS OHIO STATE FOR NATIONAL TITLE" (see images). With present-day interest in the NCAA tournament... See More  

Battle Of Midway Won In 1942...

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., June 6, 1942



* Battle Of Midway ends w/ win

* Japanese vs. American Navy

* World war II original - WWII



The front page has a five column headline: "DEFENDERS OF MIDWAY FORCE JAPS TO RETREAT" with subhead. (see images)

Complete with 12 pages, light toning at the margins, generally in very nice condition.... See More  

1st movie preview of "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 20, 1939



* Original "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" review

* James Stewart & Jean Arthur - Frank Capra

* Political comedy-drama film - movie



Page 27 has the first movie review by the Times of what is considered one of the greatest films of all time and what made Jimmy Stewart a major movie star, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. The review is headed: &quo... See More  

FDR declares America will not enter war...

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  

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.

Complete with all 26 pages, small library label on the front page, light toning at ... See More  

Official Pearl Harbor attack probe released...

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass.., August 29, 1945



* Official Pearl Harbor attack report

* President Harry S. Truman releases

* Japan occupation just before peace signing



On August 29, 1945, with America’s enemies vanquished, President Harry S. Truman released the results of secret Army and Navy investigations into the Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that took the live... See More  

1938 Hans Bethe & the lifespan of the sun...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 18, 1938



* Hans Bethe at Cornell University

* German-American nuclear Physicist

* Atoms and the lifespan of the sun



The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Endless Duel of Atoms Declared Source of Fuel in Furnace and Sun" with subhead. (see) Lengthy text continues on page 12.

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with al... See More  

Patrick Joseph Hayes death... Catholic Cardinal...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 5, 1938



* Patrick Joseph Hayes death (First report)

* American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church

* Archbishop of New York



The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Cardinal Hayes Dies at 70 In Sleep at Country Home" with subhead and photo. (see) Much more on pages 6 & 7 with several more photos. Lengthy text. Always nice to have notabl... See More  

"The Fighting Sullivans"... Berlin is in flames...

CHICAGO HERALD AMERICAN, Jan. 18, 1943  



* The five Sullivan brothers killed

* United States Navy sailors

* USS Juneau sinking



The bold banner headline proclaims: "BERLIN AFLAME AFTER 2D RAID" with text that carries over to page 2.

Another notable report is headed above the masthead, in red ink: "FIGHTING SULLIVANS-- Story of 5 Brothers Lost Together Serving Their Cou... See More  

1939 JFK photo while still in college...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 22, 1939



* Very early John F. Kennedy - JFK

* Photo while still attending Harvard



The top of page 10 has a two column photo showing a young John F. Kennedy with heading: "Another Kennedy Son Arrives Here" Also a one column heading: "22 ARRIVE IN U.S. ON DIXIE CLIPPER" with subhead: "George F. Eliot and a Son of Kennedy Are Among 18 American... See More  

Disease ends Lou Gehrig's career... Yankees...

NEW YORK TIMES, June 22, 1939  



* Lou Gehrig ends baseball career

* Infantile Paralysis - New York Yankees

* Best title to be had ? (rare as such)



A six column headline on page 26 announces: "Gehrig's Career as Player Ended by Infantile Paralysis" with one column subheads: "Activity Is Barred By Clinic's Report" "Gehrig Will Be Required Conserve Energy... See More  

Third Battle of Kharkov... 1943 Soviet Union...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 19, 1943



* Third Battle of Kharkov begins

* Nazi Germany vs. Soviet Red Army

* World War II Eastern Front



The front page has a five column headline: "RUSSIANS STRIKE AT OREL AND BEYOND ROSTOV" with subheads. (see images) This was the very 1st day of the Third Battle of Kharkov in the Soviet Union.

Complete with 38 pages, light toning at the margins, nic... See More  

Japanese-American newspaper from Hawaii reports war against Japan...

THE NIPPON JIJI, "Leading Japanese Daily Newspaper In Hawaii", Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, U.S.A. December 8, 1941  



* Attack on Pearl Harbor

* U.S. to enter World War II

* Imperial Japanese Navy



Interesting to have this banner headline: "U.S. CONGRESS DECLARES WAR AGAINST JAPAN AS FDR ACCUSES HER OF TREACHERY" in a newspaper for the Japanese citizens of Ha... See More  

Printed shortly before the reality of Pearl Harbor...

THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, December 7, 1941  



* Pre Pearl Harbor attack on America

* Dated December 7, 1941 (DAY OF)



This is what the people read in their morning newspaper at about the same time their radios reported the bombing of Pearl Harbor. This somewhat benign banner head: "Roosevelt Sends Personal Note to Emperor In 'Final' Effort to Avert War With Japan; Reds... See More  

Interesting title: it must not be sent home...

SSHHH, August 6, 1944  An interesting title for sure, being a single sheet military paper reporting on recent battle reports. The newsiest purposely has no city of publication, but was presumably published somewhere in Europe, two months after D-Day. 

Printed at the bottom of the front page is: "This edition must not be sent home" which likely explains the scarcity of this tit... See More  

1942 Battle Of Midway victory...

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., June 11, 1942



* Battle Of Midway - Carriers

* United States Navy vs. Imperial Japanese Navy

* The sea battle that changed the course of WWII



The front page has a six column heading: "Midway Victory Saves Hawaii" with subheads. (see images). Coverage on the recent victory at the Battle of Midway.

Complete with 18 pages, light toning at the margins, gene... See More  

Allied propaganda newspaper dropped from planes...

NACHRICHTEN FUR DIE TRUPPE, Europe, May 24, 1944  



* Rare allied issue dropped from aircraft

* Occupied France World war II - WWII



A most fascinating single sheet newspaper, 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.

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1939 Anoka, Minnesota tornado outbreak...

THE MOBILE PRESS, Alabama, June 19, 1939



* Anoka & Champlin, Minnesota

* Tornadoes disaster outbreak



Page 5 has a single-column heading: "10 PERSONS DIE, 60 ARE HURT IN MIDWEST TORNADO", with subheading: & "Seven Towns and Uncounted Number of Farm Homes Destroyed or Damaged", which tells of a tornado outbreak in Minnesota that destroyed the town of Anoka. Se... See More  

Dutch Harbor, Alaska bombed.... Midway...

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass, June 4, 1942.



* Dutch Harbor, Alaska

* Japanese airplane attack

* Battle of Midway eve

* Reinhard Heydrich killed

* "The Blond Beast" "Hangman"



The front page has a nice banner headline: "WEST COAST ALERT FOR RAIDS" with subheads and related map. (see images) Nice for display.

Complete with all 16 pages, light toning at the margin... See More  

Battle of Stalingrad ending with Nazis defeat...

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass., February 1, 1943



* Battle of Stalingrad ending

* Nazis 1st major loss in WWII

* One of the bloodiest battles in history



The front page has a six column heading: "Reds Say 240,000 Nazis Lost At Stalingrad" with subheads (see images). Coverage on the ending of the Battle of Stalingrad which was considered the 1st major loss for the Nazis and a ma... See More