Legs Diamond assassination.... Same day report...

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, December 18, 1931  This 18 page newspaper has a five column headline on the front page: "Enemies 'Execute' Legs Diamond" with subheads. Nice to have this report on the front page and very unusual for larger than normal headline here as well. Nice for display.



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Notre Dame vs. Northwestern....

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, November 22, 1930



* Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

* Knute Rockne's last year as coach



This 12 page newspaper has a nice six column headline on the front page: "NORTHWESTERN AND IRISH TIE IN FIRST" with subheads. Nice to have this report on the front page and very unusual for such a nice headline here as well. Nice for display.

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1st New York to Panama airplane flight.....

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, November 10, 1930



* 1st New York to Panama flight

* Aviator Roy W. Ammell - airplane



This 16 page newspaper has a nice six column headline on the front page: "FLIER SAFE AT GOAL OF 2,270-MILE TRIP" with subheads (see photos). Nice to have this report on the front page and very unusual for such a nice headline here as well. Nice for disp... See More  

Twenty Grand wins Belmont in 1931...

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Tennessee, June 13, 1931



* Twenty Grand - American thoroughbred race horse

* Belmont Stakes - great headline for display



This 12 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page:

"TWENTY GRAND WINS BELMONT STAKE" with subheads (see photos). Nice to have this report on the front page and very unusual for such a nice headline here as well. Nice f... See More  

Army-Navy football game...

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Tennessee, December 13, 1930



* Army Cadets vs. Navy Midshipman

* NCAA college football - Yankee Stadium



This 12 page newspaper has a nice six column headline on the front page:  "ARMY SCORES LATE TO TRIM NAVY, 6-0" with subheads (see photos). Nice to have this report on the front page and very unusual for such a nice headline here as well. Nice for di... See More  

Knute Rockne's last collegiate game.....

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, December 5, 1930



* Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. USC Southern California Trojans

* Last official collegiate game coached by Knute Rockne before death

* Notre Dame to repeat as National Champions after this game



This 32 page newspaper has pre-game reporting on the Notre Dame vs. USC football game which was the last collegiate game Knute Rockne w... See More  

Robert Goddard... early rockets...

THE DETROIT NEWS, Michigan, July 18, 1929



* Robert H. Goddard - Clark University professor

* Early rockets - rocketry



This 60 page newspaper has a two column headlines on page 15: "Test Rocket's Explosion Is Mistaken for Meteor".



Other news of the day throughout including period advertising. This rag edition is in very nice condition.



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Al G. Barnes circus death...

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, July 25, 1931  This 12 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "BARNES, PIONEER OF CIRCUS, DEAD", "End Comes For Master Showman at Indio, Cal.; Under Big Top Since Youth"



Nice to have this report on the front page.



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Rocksprings Texas tornado disaster...

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Tennessee, April 13, 1927



* Rocksprings, Texas

* Extreme tornado disaster



This 30 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page:  "62 PEOPLE DEAD IN TEXAS STORM; MANY ARE HURT", "Tornado Levels Village, Leaves Scores Dead and Injured in Debris; Toll Mounting" with smaller subheads. (see photos) Tells of the tornado disaster at Roc... See More  

William Edward Hickman hangs....

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, October 19, 1928



* William Edward Hickman hanged

* Marion Parker kidnapping and murder



This 28 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "'FOX' HICKMAN HOLDS COURAGE AS TRAP DROPS" and "Only Slight Pallor and Weakening Knees Show Emotions of Doomed Youth" with smaller subheads and photo of... See More  

1st U.S. mail rocket flight...

THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Nebraska, February 10, 1936



* 1st American rocket plane try

* Rocket mail - Frido Kessler (1st report)

* Greenwood Lake, New York



This 18 page newspaper has a one column headline on page 4:  "ROCKET PLANE FAILS; ANOTHER TRIAL PLANNED" with smaller subheads. Tells of the 1st test flight try of the 1st U.S. rocket mail plane.



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1930 Frost TX tornado....

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, May 7, 1930



* Runge & Frost TX Texas

* Tornadoes disaster



This 24 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "65 KNOWN DEAD IN TEXAS STORM" and "Horror of Tetanus Expected to Add to Toll; Eight Reported in Dying Condition". See photos for text. Nice to have this report on the front page.



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Bill Arnold wins the Indianapolis 500...

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, May 30, 1930



* Indianapolis 500 classic

* Billy Arnold wins

* Great headline for display



This 28 page newspaper has a nice six column headline on the front page: "YOUNG ARNOLD WINS SPEEDWAY CLASSIC"



Nice to have this report on the front page and very unusual for such a nice headline here as well. Nice for display.



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Eva Dugan hanging... first woman to be executed in Arizona...

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, February 21, 1930  This 26 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page:  "SIX OF SEX SEE ARIZONA WOMAN SLAYER HANGED", "Mrs. Dugan, Who Killed Employer, Executed; Head Severed By Rope's Snap" with smaller subheads. This tells of the hanging of Eva Dugan, the first woman to be executed Arizona. Nice to have ... See More  

Knute Rockne sidelined as coach... World Series...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 11, 1929  This 64 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 39: "Rockne Ill at Home as Notre Dame Team Leaves for Navy; Has Nebraska as Guest". Was this the beginning of his leg problem which lead to him coaching his final year in a wheel chair ?



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First living earth being into space...

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The Four Horsemen in 1951...

THE DETROIT NEWS, Michigan, February 14, 1951



* Notre Dame Fighting Irish

* Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Jake Lamotta



This 56 page newspaper has a one column heading at the bottom of the front page of the sport's section (page 45):"'4 Horsemen'---Today and in the 1920's" with two group photos of the famed football players from Notre Dame (see photos).



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Mahatma Gandhi starts his 21-day fast...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, May 30, 1933



* Mahatma Gandhi starts his 21-day fast



This 32 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 6: "GANDHI ENDS FAST, WEAK BUT HAPPY", "His Friends Rejoice as He Sips Orange Juice After 21 Days Abstinenence From Food" and more. Other news, sports and advertisements of the day throughout. Minor margin wear, otherwise in good condi... See More  

Independence rally in Bombay, India... Gandhi...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, January 27, 1930



* Independence rally in Bombay India

* Mahatma Gandhi



This 44 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 6: "REDS IN INDIA CLASH WITH NATIONALISTS"; "300 Tear Down Latter's Falgs at Huge 'Independence Day' Meeting in Bombay" and "ASSAIL GANDHI PROGRAM"



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Cleveland circus fire... Ringling Brothers Circus...

THE NEWS, Frederick, Maryland, August 4, 1942



* Cleveland OH Ohio circus fire

* Ringling Brothers



This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "50 Animals Burned As Fire Sweeps Circus Tent" and "Disastrous Blaze Sweeps Menagerie At Ringling Bros. Cleveland Show"



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Gandhi during fasting...

THE NEWS, Frederick, Maryland, March 7, 1939



* Mahatma Gandhi

* "Fast Unto Death"

* Rajkot, India



This 10 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "GANDHI WINS AND ENDS HIS FAST", "Has Been Without Food For 98 Hours" and "To Meet With Viceroy"



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Gandhi starts hunger strike....

THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Omaha, Nebraska, September 19, 1932



* Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

* The Mahatma food strike beginning



This 12 page newspaper has a two column headline at the bottom of the front page: "Gandhi Eats Less and Stops Exercise as Fast Nears"



This tells of the start of his 6-day hunger strike in jail. See photo for text here.



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Galveston, Texas hurricane...

SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, August 17, 1915 



* Galveston, Texas hurricane...  Early 1st report 



This 18 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "GALVESTON STORM", "City Apparently Safe", "No Loss Of Life Reported", and "Sea Wall Shows No Signs of Weakening--Gale at Times 90 Miles and Hour".



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Prohibition in America starts...

THE SCRANTON TIMES, Scranton, Pennsylvania, January 19, 1920



* Prohibition in America starts 

* No beer - liquor 



This 20 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page:

"SUPREME COURT IS SPEEDING UP DRY DECISION" "Permits Rhode Island To Institute Original Proceeding To Test" "Validity Of Prohibition Act" which tells of the start of prohi... See More  

1957 Pan Am Flight 7 disaster...

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, November 9, 1957



* Pan Am Flight 7 disaster (early 1st report)

* Clipper Romance Of The Skies

* Boeing 377 Stratocruiser airplane



This 12 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page: "Fear Plane, 44 Aboard Lost At Sea". This tells of Pan Am Flight 7 airplane disaster in the Pacific Ocean.



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