THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Aug. 7, 1947



* Aviator & business magnate Howard Hughes

* Senator Owen Brewster - Senate hearings 

* TWA & wartime aircraft contracts - monopoly

* Pan American Airways (Pan Am) - airplanes



The front page has a nice banner headline: "HUGHES, BREWSTER BATTLE" with subheads and photos of Hughes and Brewster. (see images)

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Witnessing the birth of Bob Dylan's extraordinary career...

THE VILLAGE VOICE, New York, April 20, 1961 



* Bob Dylan - Robert Allen Zimmerman

* Very 1st public performance advertisement

* Gerde's Folk City music venue in Greenwich Village



An exceedingly significant newspaper which offers witness to the birth of the music career of the legendary Bob Dylan. And perhaps no better title exists for this content. Indeed, this notice may only hav... See More  

Operation Dragoon in 1944 WWII... Southern France...

THE BOSTON POST, August 17, 1944 



* Operation Dragoon

* Southern France invasion 

* Allies invade Nazis 

* Gen. George S. Patton 



The front page has a four column headline: "NAZIS ISOLATED IN RIVIERA FIGHT" with subhead. Also a front page photo with small heading: "Fighting General At His Headquarters" (see images)

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1983 Beirut barracks bombings...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 24, 1983



* 1983 Beirut barracks bombings - Lebanon

* United States Marine Corps massacre

* Lebanese Civil War terrorist suicide attack

* Islamic Jihad Organization & Iran



The front page has a nice banner headline: "BEIRUT DEATH TOLL AT 146 AMERICANS; FRENCH CASUALTIES RISE IN BOMBINGS; REAGAN INSISTS MARINES WILL REMAIN" with subheads, two related p... See More  

1950 Jayuya Uprising - Puerto Rican Nationalist Revolt...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 31, 1950



* Jayuya Uprising - Puerto Rican Nationalist Revolt

* Pedro Albizu Campos - Utuado, Puerto Rico 



The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Revolt Flares in Puerto Rico; Soon Quelled With 23 Dead" with subhead and photo. (see images)   

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Voice of the Nation of Islam on Chrsistmas...

MUHAMMAD SPEAKS, Chicago, Illinois, January 1, 1971



* Rare African American periodical

* Nation of Islam religious movement

* Elijah Muhammad - founder



This newspaper was one of the most widely-read ever produced by an African American organization. Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad began the publication on May 1960 as a weekly publication. It was distributed nationwide by the Nation ... See More  

1930 Max Valier.... Rocket propulsion....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 20, 1930



* Max Valier

* Rocket car

* Liquid-propellant



The top of page 8 has a one column heading: "ROCKET CAR MAKES 50 MILES PER HOUR" with subheads. (see)

Complete with 26 pages, rag edition in nice condition.



background: On April 19, 1930, Austrian rocketry pioneer Max Valier staged one of his most ambitious demonstrations in Berlin when he unveil... See More  

Seabiscuit to race in the 1940 Santa Anita Handicap...

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, Dec. 7, 1939



* Seabiscuit gets one more try for victory

* Santa Anita Stakes - Arcadia, California

* Thoroughbred racehorse racing



The top of page 4B has a banner heading: "Field of 95 Nominated for $100,000 Santa Anita Derby" with subheads and photo. (see images

Complete with 30+ pages, light toning at the margins, some small binding holes along th... See More  

Luke Appling's famous 1982 baseball home run...

SUN-TIMES, Chicago, July 21, 1982



* Shortstop Luke Appling

* Chicago White Sox baseball

* Cracker Jack Old Timers game

* Famous home run at 75 years old



Page 105 has a heading: "A crackerjack all-star game" with subhead and two related photos. Text includes: "They will remember 75-year-old Luke Appling--"Old Aches and Pains"-- leading off the game for the American... See More  

World War II breaks out in Europe in 1939...

BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT, September 7, 1939 



* Blitzkrieg - Warsaw about to fall

* World War II WWII beginning 

* Nazis invasion on Poland & more



The front page features a banner headline: "NAZIS 20 MILES FROM WARSAW" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display.

Complete with 20 pages, light toning at the margins, some small binding holes along the spine, general... See More  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 10, 1950



* Chemist & spy Harry Gold sentenced

* Atomic secrets to Soviet Union (Russia)



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "GOLD, ATOM SPY, GETS 30-YEAR MAXIMUM FOR AIDING RED WING" with subheads. (see images)

Complete Sunday edition with 100+ pages, rag edition in nice condition.



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1931 British gold standard dropped...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Sept. 22, 1931



* British gold standard stopped - dropped

* Monetary money currency system



The top of the front page has a three column headline: "BRITAIN CALM UNDER GOLD SUSPENSION; ACT GETS ROYAL ASSENT; POUND AT $4.22; STOCKS RALLY HERE AFTER EARLY SLUMP" with subheads. (see images)

Complete with 56 pages, rag edition in very nice condition. A few small b... See More  

1916 Pancho Villa Expedition...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, April 13, 1916



* Pancho Villa Expedition - Mexico Revolution

* Post attack on Columbus, New Mexico

* United States Army operation



The front page has a nice banner headline in red lettering: "CARRANZA MAKES DEMAND, U. S. ORDER TROOPS HOME" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display. Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "w... See More  

Apollo 11 takeoff... Neil Armstrong...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 17, 1969



* Apollo 11 Moon spaceflight takeoff

* Neil Armstrong - Buzz Aldrin - Michael Collins



The front page has a banner headline: "NEXT STOP: MOON" with subheads and nice related pictorial which takes up most of the front page. Nice for display. More on page 2.. First report coverage at the beginning of the historic flight of Apollo 11 which put the very... See More  

1943 Japanese suicides on Attu...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. Feb. 1, 1944



* Battle of Attu - Aleutian Islands campaign

* Japanese Imperial Army soldiers suicides 

* Surgeon Paul Nobuo (Nebu) Tatsuguchi diary



Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Diary Tells How Japs Killed Selves on Attu" with subhead. (see images)

Complete with 16 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, g... See More  

THE RALEIGH TIMES, N.C. May 12, 1970



* 1970 Augusta, Georgia race riot 

* African Americans - Negroes

* Largest urban uprising in deep South

* Black teenager Charles Oatman killing

* Police brutality protests - racial injustice



The front page has a two column heading: "Six Men Die In Race Riot" with lead-in: "'Guerilla Warfare'" and photo showing the turm... See More  

1960 Marshall, Texas & Baton Rouge racial protests...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., March 31, 1960



* Marshall, Texas & Baton Rouge, Louisiana 

* Negroes - college students - lunch counter protests

* Civil Rights Movement - against segregation 



The front page has a four column headline: "250 NEGROES SEIZED AS FIRE HOSES HALT TEX. RACE FLAREUP" with subheads. (see images)

Complete with 52 pages, light toning at the marg... See More  

1933 search for Loch Ness Monster & John Dillinger.....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 22, 1933



* Loch Ness Monster proof ?

* Beginning of the legendary hoax 

* John Dillinger on the run

* Police raid on hideout

* Midwest bank robber



The top of page 23 has a one column heading: "TRAIL OF 'MONSTER' SEEN IN SCOTLAND" with subheads. (see images)

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Manhattan Project goes public for the first time....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 16, 1945



* Manhattan Project is first made public

* Henry DeWolf Smyth report is released

* re. Atomic bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki

* J. Robert Oppenheimer - Otto Hahn - Enrico Fermi



The top of page 8 has a seven column heading: "Story of Scientists' 'Battle' for Atom Bomb Secret Revealed in Smyth Report" with smaller subheads and re... See More  

1956 Clinton, Tennessee school integration crisis...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Sept. 2, 1956



* "The Clinton 12" high school integration 

* Clinton, Tennessee Negroes desegregation

* "Brown v. Board of Education" aftermath 



The front page has a two column heading: "Tear Gas Routs Mob In Race-Torn Town" with subhead. (see images)

Complete with 30+ pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, sm... See More  

1938 Howard Hughes' Around the World flight...

THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT, N.C., July 11, 1938.



* Aviator Howard Hughes takes off 

* Airplane flight around World (1st stage)



The front page has a one column heading: "HUGHES PLANE HOPS FOR PARIS" with subheads. (see images)

Complete with 8 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, some tiny binding holes along the spine, generally in nice condition.



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1942 Doolittle raid of Japan.... Executions revealed...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 22, 1943



* re. The famous Doolittle raid of Japan

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

* Realization of Japanese executions



The front page has a two column heading: "Chiang Reveals Massacres As Tokyo Raid Reprisals" (see images) This was when the Japanese executions of some American airmen were first being made public.

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1942 Battle Of Midway victory... WWII...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 12, 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 banner headline: "ARMY FLIERS BLASTED TWO FLEETS OFF MIDWAY" with subheads. (see images) More reporting inside. Coverage on the recent victory at the Battle of Midway.

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How did Adolph Hitler die ?... Russian report...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 7, 1945 



* The mystery of Adolph Hitler's death 

* Charred remains in Berlin bunker 



The top of page 10 has a one column heading: "BODY OF HITLER IDENTIFIED, SAYS RUSSIAN OFFICER" with subhead. (see images) Official report from the Russian military on the death of Adolph Hitler. There was always speculation on how he died and wha... See More  

A Franklin D. Roosevelt Fireside Chat Issue !

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 8, 1933



* Bank Crisis - New Deal

* Franklin D. Roosevelt FDR

* 2nd Fireside Chat (1st report)



The top of the front page has a four column headline: "ROOSEVELT PROMISES A 'PARTNERSHIP' WITH BUSINESS, FARMERS AND WORKERS TO PROVIDE PROFITS AND HIGHER WAGES" with several subheads and complete text of Roosevelt's address. Loads of text. Always nice... See More