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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Water Valley MS hangings.....

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, August 3, 1931



* Great lefty Grove headline

* Philadelphia Athletics

* Major league baseball - MLB



This 16 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "GROVE WINS 13TH STRAIGHT" with subheads and photo (see images). Nice to have this report on the front page and very unusual for such a nice headline here as well. Nice ... See More  

Sugar Ray Robinson wins boxing title...

TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, December 21, 1946  This 10 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 6: "Robinson Wins Welter Crown"



Other news of the day. This issue is missing pages 7-8 which is unrelated to the mentioned report, minor margin wear, otherwise good condition.

Graf Zeppelin.....

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, October 13, 1928



* D-LZ127 Graf Zeppelin German airship

* 1st Transatlantic flight Over the Atlantic Ocean



This 14 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "CRIPPLED ZEP SPEEDS ON" with subheads (see images).



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Army vs. Yale football...

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, October 27, 1928



* Army Cadets vs Yale Bulldogs

* NCAA college football

* Great headline for display



This 14 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "ARMY LEADING BULLDOG" 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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1930 Bobby Jones wins...

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, May 29, 1930



* Bobby Jones - golfer

* British amateur championship

* This would be his 2nd win towards the famous grand slam



This 28 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "JONES SCORES SCANT VICTORY OVER JOHNSTON" and "Americans Stage Ding-Dong Battle That Is Decided Only on Eighteenth Hole"



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Jack Sharkey in heavyweight boxing match...

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, February 27, 1930



* Jack Sharkey - Boxing - boxer

* Pre-fight odds

* Nice headline for display



This 24 page newspaper has banner headline on the front page: "Jack Sharkey Holds 10-1 Odds To Beat Phil Scott" with subheads. More inside with related photos. Nice to have this report on the front page and very unusual for such a nice headli... See More  

1930 Bobby Jones wins.....

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Tennessee, May 31, 1930



* Bobby Jones (early 1st report)

* Wins British amateur championship

* This was his 2nd win towards the famous grand slam



This 13 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page:



* JONES DEFEATS WETHERED, 7-6, TO WIN CROWN

* British Amateur Gold Championship Captured by Atlantan For First Time



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1947 robot rocket airplane....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 30, 1947



* Pilotless rocket plane

* Speed of sound tested ?



This 52 page newspaper has small one column headline on page 7: "Test Rocket Plane Aims At 900 Miles an Hour"



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United Nations Headquarters site...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 14, 1947



* United Nations Headquarters site becomes official

* Turtle Bay, Manhattan, New York City



This 44 page newspaper has two column headline on the front page that include: "New York Turns Over Land As U.N. Site Is Consecrated" and more. (see photos) Reporting continues on page 4 with related photos. See photos for portion of the text here. Great to... See More  

Robot rocket plane....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 18, 1947



* Robot rocket plane

* Speed of sound tested?



This 30 page newspaper has small one column headlines on page 3: "British Robot Test Fails", "Rocket-Driven Plane Found to Travel Below Speed of Sound", and more. Other news of the day throughout. Light browning, otherwise in good condition.

Oklahoma Sooners 47 game win streak ends...

TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, November 18, 1957



* Oklahoma Sooners, Norman OK

* 47 game win streak ends - college football

* Notre Dame Fighting Irish



This 14 page newspaper has a three column headline on page 8:



* Notre Dame 7-0 Upset Victory Over Sooners Starts Festivities



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Nearing the end of the Civil War......

NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 20, 1865  Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY" "It's 'Intestine Difficulties' " "Peace Commissioners Appointed in Secret Session" "The Carnival of Death to be Ended by Negotiation" "Davis' Organ Calls It 'Treason' " "Mr. Davis and His Organ Defied&q... See More  

Battle Of Midway beginning...

TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Taunton, Massachusetts, June 9, 1942



* Battle Of Midway - Carriers

* United States Navy vs. Imperial Japanese Navy

* The battles that changed the course of WWII



This 10 page newspaper has a five column headline on the front page: "Chinese Forces Wipe Out Japanese Invasion Troops" with subhead: "Expect Return of Jap Fleet for 'Face Saving'"... See More  

Nearing the end of the Civil War......

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York City, January 13, 1865



* General Benjamin Grierson

* Blair Mission

* Final months of the war



This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration. Among the one column headlines on the Civil War are: "GRIERSON'S LAST RAID", "Forty Miles of Railroad Destroyed", "Seven Hundred Pri... See More  

Prince Karim Becomes Aga Khan IV...

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Nearing the end of the Civil War......

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York City, February 27, 1865



* General William T. Sherman

* Gen. Joe Johnston

* Final months of the Civil War



This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration. Among the one column headlines on the Civil War are: "SOUTHERN NEWS", "The Military Situation", "Anticipated Movement by Gen... See More  

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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