John Dillinger raids police station... Germany quits League...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 15, 1933 



* Germany quits League of Nations

* Adolph Hitler's 1st step to ruthlessness

* John Dillinger raids police station



The top of the front page has a five column headline: "GERMANY QUITS LEAGUE AND ARMS PARLEY; HITLER SCORES TREATY, DEMANDS EQUALITY; CALLS ELECTION NOV. 12 TO OBTAIN APPROVAL" with many subheads. (see) This would be the... See More  

Actress Greta Garbo returns in 1938 w/ photo...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 8, 1938



* Swedish-American actress Greta Garbro

* Returns to New York from European trip



The back page has a two column photo showing Actress Greta Garbo aboard the ocean liner MS Kungsholm. Also a one column heading: "Garbo Back; Refuses To Discuss Own Life" with subhead. (see images)

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Five Sullivan Brothers killed in WWII action....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 15, 1943



* The five Sullivan brothers killed

* United States Navy sailors

* USS Juneau sinking



The top of page 7 has a one column heading: "5 SULLIVANS DIE, SURVIVOR WRITES" with subheads. (see images) First report coverage includes part of the letter sent to the parents of the doomed sailors by a fellow friend also serving onboard the same ship. This si... See More  

1st HEMI engine automobile released in 1951...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 10, 1951



* Chrysler Hemi engine is born (FirePower)

* 1st automobiles are released for sale

* American V8 gasoline engines 1st used



Page 19 has a three column photo headed: "The 1951 Chrysler Imperial Four-Door Sedan" with text. This was the day the HEMI (formally called "Firepower") engine made it's debut in a automobile for sale.

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1943 Ellis Hatfield death... Kentucky feud fame...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 31, 1943 



* Ellis Hatfield death (1st report) 

* Hatfields-McCoys feud fame 



Page 17 has small one column headings: "'Ellis Hatfield" and "Participated in Famous Feud in Kentucky=='Devil Anse's' Cousin" First report coverage on the death of Ellis Hatfield , who was Devil Anse's cousin of the famed Hatfield-McCoy ... See More  

Gangster Lucky Luciano... 1935 Helena earthquake...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 1, 1935



* Charles "Lucky" Luciano

* re. Dutch Schultz murder

* New York City gangster - mob boss

* 1935 Helena earthquake



The front page has a one column heading: "LUCIANA IS LINKED TO 3 BRONX DEATHS; GANG LIST ISSUED" with subheads. (see) Was he responsible for the recent murder of fellow NYC gangster Dutch Schultz ?



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Spree Killer Ernest 'Ernie' Ingenito' shootings...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 18, 1950



* Spree Killer Ernest 'Ernie' Ingenito shootings

* Franklin Township & Minotola, New Jersey



The front page has a two column heading: "Veteran Kills 5, Wounds 4 Seized After Jersey Chase" (see images) First report coverage on Ernest 'Ernie" Ingenito's spree killings in Franklin Township and Minotola, New Jersey. Nice to hav... See More  

Early Nazis plan for sterilization of races...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 31, 1937



* Jewish Holocaust prediction ?

* Extinction of Jews predicted

* Joachim Prinz - Jewish rabbi



The top of page 18 has a one column heading: "JEWS HELD DOOMED UNDER NAZI REGIME" with subheads. (see)

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Frank Costello arrested for tax evasion...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 10, 1939



* Frank Costello - Mafia gangster - mob boss

* "The Prime Minister of the Underworld"

* Arrested for income tax evasion re. gambling



The top of back page has a one column heading: "'SLOT MACHINE KING' IS ARRESTED HERE" with subheads. (see images for text)

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with all 48 pa... 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  

1954 Battle of Dien Bien Phul ends...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 9, 1954



* Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends

* First Indochina War - Vietnam

* Viet Minh communist revolutionaries



The front page has four column heading: "DIENBIENPHU'S ENTIRE GARRISON LOST" with subheads. Two small related maps on page 3. (see images)

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1938 Nuremberg speech by Hitler... Lou Gehrig's streak reaches 2,100 (30 to go)...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 10, 1938



* Lou Gehrig's consecutive game streak hits 2,100

* Iron Horse keeps rolling like a babbling brook

* Adolf Hitler gives speech at Nuremberg



Page 11 has: "4 GEHRIG HITS HELP HADLEY SCORE, 2-0", with subhead: "Durable Yankee Passes .300 at Bat First Time This Year as Senators Bow", which includes the following text: "The old iro... See More  

Back Number Budd's Great Loss...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 25, 1895  The front page has one column with: "BACK NUMBER BUDD'S GREAT LOSS", detailing "Fifteen million copies of newspapers, magazines and other publications" which belonged to Robert M. Budd, a colored newsman, better known as "Back Number Budd" 



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Ratification of the repeal of prohibition....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 24, 1933 



* End of Prohibition in New York State

* Beer - liquor returns - Ratification voted

* Repeal of the Eighteenth 18th Amendment



The top of the front page has a three line, two column headline: "REPEAL BY 20 TO 1 IS VOTED IN STATE; 6TH WET VICTORY" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the state of New York ratifying the repeal of Proh... 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.

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Ofuna POW camp liberated... Doolittle executions...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 7, 1945



* U.S. prisoners freed from Ofuna Camp

* Executions of Doolittle raiders told



The top of page 5 has a one column heading: "8,000 MEN FREED OF 32,500 IN JAPAN" with subhead and 2 related photos showing a few liberated Yankees freed from Ofuna prisoner-of-war camp. This was the POW camp that held Louis Zamperini and Pappy Boyington.

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Flight 421 airplane disaster... Jackie Robinson hits for the cycle...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 30, 1948 



* Northwest Airlines Flight 421 disaster 

* Winona, Minnesota 

* Jackie Robinson hits for the cycle 



The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Plane Crashes in Midwest; All 36 on Board Are Killed" with subhead. (see images) Report continues on page 8 with related map.

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1929 Endurance airplane flight record...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 24, 1929 



* Airplane endurance record flight 

* Curtiss Robin monoplane airplane 



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "ST. LOUIS FLIERS SET ENDURANCE RECORD; KEEP ON INTO NIGHT" with subheads. (see) Lengthy article continues on page 3 with 3 related photos. (see) Coverage on the airplane endurance record flight on the Curtiss... 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.

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Last 4 Doolittle raiders rescued in 1945 China...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 22, 1945



* Jimmy Doolittle raiders

* Last 4 rescued in China



The front page has a two column heading: "4 Doolittle Fliers Saved" (see images)

Complete with 38 pages, light toning at the margins, nice condition.

Frank Yerby... The Foxes of Harrow...

NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 25, 1947  Page 35 has a two column, opening day review and image for "The Foxes of Harrow", written by Frank Yerby. This movie was created from the 1st script ever purchased by Hollywood which was written by a black writer and then made into a major motion picture. The fact that it starred Rex Harrison and Mauren O'Hara makes it all the more desirable ... See More  

Ibn Saud conquers Yemen in 1934...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 5, 1934



* King Ibn Saud conquers Yemen

* Saudi-Yemeni War - Saudi Arabia



The top of the back page has a one column heading: IBN SAUD MARCHERS ON YEMEN CAPITAL" with subheads. (see)

Complete with 34 pages, rag edition, tiny binding holes along the spine, very nice condition.

Black Sunday begins... Dust bowl...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 14, 1935



* Black Sunday begins

* Dust Bowl



The top of page 31 has a one column heading: "DUST STORM HEADS FOR PACIFIC COAST" with subheads that include: "Only Low Pressure Protects California as Slit Pours on New Mexico, Arizona" "New Clouds In Oklahoma" and more. (see)

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June Robles found... desert cage...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 15, 1934



* June Robles found alive 

* Desert cage box - Tucson, Arizona 

* William Gettle



The top of the front page has a four column headline: "ROBLES GIRL AND GETTLE SAFE HOME; CHILD CHAINED IN PIT UNDER CACTUS; SIX SEIZED AS GETTLE'S KIDNAPPERS" with subheads and photo. (see) More inside, loads of text. Always nice to have notable events i... See More  

1943 Battle of Munda Point... U.S. victory...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 7, 1943



* Battle of Munda Point ends w/ U.S. victory

* United States Army vs. Imperial Japanese Army

* New Georgia Campaign - Solomon Islands



The top of  the front page has a six column headline: "AMERICANS CAPTURE MUNDA'S AIRDROME" with subheads. (see images) Coverage continues on page 5 with related map.

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