Sale of 3.2 beer signals coming end of Prohibition...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 9, 1933 



* Prohibition ends

* Beer returns

* Legal liquor



The front page has a one column heading: "$10,000,000 REVENUE FROM BEER IN A DAY" with subheads. (see) The Cullen-Harrison Act which allowed for the sale of 3.2% beer throughout the nation was passed just 2 days earlier. The full end of Prohibition would come on Dec. 5 with the ratification o... See More  

By and for brewery and soft drink workers...

BREWERY & SOFT DRINK WORKERS' JOURNAL, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1918  An interesting folio size newspaper for members of the: "International Union of United Brewery & Soft Drink Workers" from just a year before Prohibition. Two of the inside pages are in German. An interesting newspaper for display in a home bar, etc.

Four pages, lightly toned, some minor margin tears, small b... See More  

John Dillinger hunted in Chicago...

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, May 1, 1934



* Outlaw John Dillinger now in Chicago IL

* The city where he would be killed

* Post Little Bohemia Lodge shootout



The front page has a one column heading: "DILLINGER HUNT NOW IN CHICAGO" with subhead and photo of Dillinger as a young boy. (see)

Complete with 8 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, generally n... See More  

1934 John Dillinger gang... Flint, Michigan robbery...

ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, Pennsylvania, May 18, 1934



* John Dillinger gang

* Flint Michigan MI bank robbery



The front page has a one column heading: "Dillinger Linked To Bank Holdup" with subhead: "Three Robbers Get $25,000 in Flint, Mich., Crime". (see)

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 32 pages, light toning at the margins, some small ... See More  

John Dillinger... Al Capone... the gangsters...

THE BELLINGHAM HERALD, Washington, May 3, 4, 9, 18, and 29, 1934  This is a 5 issue set from May of 1934 which provides a great swath of reporting covering this famous period of gangsters, robberies, and mob related events.  The issues include reports (and images) mentioning Al Capone, John Dillinger, and John Hamilton (see).  Each issue is complete, have minor margin tears, general... See More  

Gerald Chapman convicted...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 5, 1925 



* Gerald Chapman convicted - death sentence 

* Count of Gramercy Park - gentleman bandit 

* Prohibition era outlaw 



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "CHAPMAN CONVICTED, SENTENCED TO DEATH; HIS NERVE UNBROKEN" with subheads. (see) Lengthy 1st report coverage continues on page 2.  Always nice to have no... See More  

Assassination attempt on Al Capone...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 21, 1926 



* Mob boss Al Capone assassination attempt 

* Tommy machine gun drive by 

* Chicago Gangster Wars 



Page 15 has a small and somewhat discrete one column headings:  "2 SHOT IN 'SCARFACE'S' INN" "Hit as Machine Guns in Autos Spatter Cicero (ill.) Hotel" First report coverage on the assassination a... See More  

Chicago gangsters declared defeated.....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 21, 1931



* Chicago gangsters defeated

* Al 'Scarface' Capone & more

* Gangland - public enemies



Page 5 has a one column heading: "CHICAGO GANGSTERS DECLARED BEATEN" with subheads. (see)

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 44 pages, this is the rare rag edition that was produced on very high quality newsprint, wi... See More  

Al Capone gets 1 year jail term...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 18, 1929



* Al "Scarface" Capone

* Chicago Beer baron

* Enters Jail for 1 year

* Avoids murder for hire



The front page has a one column heading: "CAPONE ENTERS JAIL TO SERVE ONE YEAR" with subheads. (see) Lengthy 1st report coverage continues inside. Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous publication.

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Gangster 'Dutch' Schultz surrenders to authorities...

BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvanian, Nov. 30, 1934  Near the top of the ftpg. is a one column photos of gangster "Dutch" Schultz, headed: "Surrenders To Law" and with the caption reading: "Sought by police & Federal agents for months, 'Dutch' Schultz, ex-New York beer baron and racketeer, surprised Federal  authorities at Albany, N.Y., by surrenderin... See More  

Prohibition in America...

THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, December 19 1917



* America prohibition adopted

* House approves with vote



The front page has a one column heading: "PROHIBITION ISSUE NOW UP TO STATES" with subhead. (see) This is coverage on prohibition being adopted United States law. It would come in effect in January of 1919. Nice to have in this title which probably had pro-prohibition l... See More  

Mad Dog Coll captured...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 5, 1931



* Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll gang captured

* American mobster hitman

* Dutch Shultz mob war



The front page has a two column headline: "COLL SEIZED WITH HIS GANG; IDENTIFIED AS BABY KILLER; 6 TAKEN IN BATTLE UPSATE" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the capture of New York mobster Mad Dog Coll. Lengthy text continues on page 3 ... See More  

Review & premiere of "Goodfellas", in a Los Angeles newspaper...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, September 19, 1990



* Best "Goddfellas" film advertisement

* Grand Opening Day movie premiere review

* Martin Scorsese - crime - mobsters - mafia



A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "Goodfellas" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading newspaper from the home of the entertainment industry - the Hollywood ... See More  

NYC mobster Vannie Higgins shot & killed...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 20, 1932



* Vannie Higgins shot & killed

* NYC mobster - prohibition bootlegger

* "Brooklyn's Last Irish Boss"



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "VANNIE HIGGINS DIES, SILENT ON SLAYERS; POLICE MYSTIFIED" with subheads. (see) Lengthy first report coverage continues inside with photo. Always nice to have notable events in ... See More  

Walter Liggett assassination... Kid Cann....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 10, 1935



* Journalist Walter Liggett assassination

* Kid Cann - Isadore Blumenfeldd

* Jewish-American mobster - gangster

* Minneapolis, Minnesota organized crime



The front page has a one column photo of Walter Liggett headed: "Assassinated" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the assassination of American journalist Walter Liggett. Minneapo... See More  

Dutch Schultz assassination...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 27, 1935.

 

* Dutch Schultz assassination

* Jewish-American mobster

* Hunt for the killers in NYC



The top of the front page has one column heading: "STEIN FOUND DEAD AS POLICE HUNT HIM IN SCHULTZ MURDER" and more. (see) More on page 33, lengthy text.

Other news of the day. Complete 1st section only with all 40 pages, rag edition in nice condition.... See More  

Bootlegger Dutch Schultz indicted.... Jewish persecution...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 10, 1935



* Dutch Schultz - Arthur Simon Flegenheimer

* New York City bootlegger - racketeer - gangster

* Jewish Holocaust - Jews persecution in Germany



The front page has a one column heading: "SCHULTZ INDICTED ON 11 NEW COUNTS" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on famous New York City gangster Dutch Schultz's indictment for income tax eva... See More  

Al 'Scarface' Capone & gang beer taxes...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 31, 1935



* Al 'Scarface' Capone and crime syndicate

* Taxes on barrels of beer bootlegged



The front page has a one column heading: "$120,000 TAX LEVIED ON CAPONE AND GANG" with subheads. (see) Coverage on the attempt of the government to collect tax money on barrels of beer that was bootlegged when Capone was in power. He was currently in jail f... See More  

NYC Speakeasies police raids....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 19, 1932



* NYC speakeasy - speakeasies

* Prohibition era police raids

* Beer - liquor illegal



The front page has a one column heading: "36 DRY RAIDS START CITY-WIDE ROUND-UP" with subheads. (see) More related reporting on page 3 with list of the establishments raided.

Other news, sports and advertisements during the prohibition era in America. Complete ... See More  

Al 'Scarface' Capone changes plea....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 31, 1931



* Gangster Al 'Scarface' Capone tax evasion case

* Changes plea to Judge H. Wilkerson



Page 12 has a one column heading: "CAPONE BEGS A TRIAL AS COURT BARS DEAL" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on Al Capone changing his mind and pleading not guilty after learning he may get a hefty jail sentence on the tax evasion charge. This ... See More  

P.T. Barnum & his white elephant... Modoc Indians... Baseball...

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Dec. 8, 1883  The back page has: "Modocs On A Peace Footing" "Bogus Charley--Steamboat Frank--Princess Mary--Shacknasty Jim--Scarface Charley, and others" "Savages Converted Into Agriculturists..." with more on the Modoc Indians in the Idaho Territory, all taking nearly 2 1/2 columns.

Also on the bkpg: "Barnum's White Elephant&... See More  

San Francisco long shore strike...

THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Omaha, Nebraska, July 6, 1934  The front page has a three-column, three-line headline "2 Slain, Many Injured in Coast Fight Between Strikers, Police; Troops Ordered to Waterfront" with subheads "2,000 Guards, Equipped With Nauseating Gas, To Patrol Area" "Public Is Warned" "hunger Forces Pickets To Make Truce During Meal Time".

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Prohibition ends in Iceland in 1935...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 3, 1935



* Prohibition ends in Iceland

* Beer returns - legal liquor



The top of the front page has a small one column heading: "Iceland Ends Prohibition; Few Drink Excessively" (see)

Other news of the day. Complete 1st section only with all 32 pages, rag edition in nice condition.

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Actress Grace Moore & Al Capone deaths...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 27, 1947



* Grace Moore killed in airplane crash

* Opera singer & actress - Tennessee Nightingale

* Gangster Al 'Scarface' Capone death



The top of the front page has a two column  headline: "GRACE MOORE DIES IN BURNING PLANE; PRINCE ALSO KILLED" with subheads that include: "Crash In Denmark" "Take-Off Mishap Fatal to Sing... See More  

Jimmy Hoffa guilty...

THE PRATT TRIBUNE, Pratt, Kansas, July 27, 1964



* Jimmy Hoffa found guilty

* Teamsters leader



This 8 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Hoffa Guilty in Union Pension Fraud Case".



Other news of the day including much on the Rochester NY race riots. A few small binding holes along the spine, otherwise good.



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