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THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 10, 1944 

* General George S. Patton 
* World War II - WWII
* Battle of the Bulge prelude

The top of the front page has a five column headline: "3D ARMY DRIVES NORTH FOR SAAR AFTER JUNCTION OF TWO DIVISIONS" with subheads that include: "MAGINOT LINE CUT" and more with related map headed: "Patton's Men Hammer Out New Gains In Saar". Related photo on page 3. See photos for partial coverage of Patton's movements within a week prior to the Battle of the Bulge.
Other news,…

SECTION 2 only of the New York Times, December 10, 1944

* Christmas appeal 
* Several case examples
* Winter time poverty
* World War II era 

The front page of this section has a banner headline: "NEW YORK'S 100 NEEDIEST CASES" with related illustration. (see images) Lengthy text with many cases continues on the following pages with two more related illustrations. Nice for display.
Other topics throughout. Complete section 2 only with all 14 pages, rag edition in very nice condition.

Background: The…

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, 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: "FRENCH GAIN ON WEST FRONT" with subheads and two photos, one showing Polish prisoners kept behind barbed wire. (see images)
Complete with 30+ pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, some small binding holes along the spine, generally in nice condition.

background: On September 7, 1939, just a week…

MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, June 11, 1945 

* Battle of Okinawa - assault on the Yaeju-Dake Escarpment 
* U.S. Tenth Army's 96th Infantry Division vs. Japanese death-stand
 
The front page has a nice banner headline: "YANKS STORM DEATH-STAND JAPS" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display.
Complete with 22 pages, some various small ink notations with a few on the front page but nothing affecting mentioned report, light toning and minor wear at the margins, generally in good condition.

Background:…

MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, August 10, 1944

* Post D-Day France being occupied by U.S. Army
* World War II German defense falling apart
* Le Mans & more towns France falls to the allies 

The front page has a nice banner headline: "YANKS CAPTURE BIG PORTS" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 18 pages, a few ink notations on the inside pages, but none affecting mentioned report, light toning and minor wear at the margins, generally nice. 

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 23, 1942

* German U-85 - U-boat crewmen 
* Sunk off North Carolina coast (29 dead)
* First German submarine sunk by U.S. Navy - USS Roper
* Buried w/ military honors at Hampton National Cemetery  

The front page has a two column heading: "29 From a Sunken U-Boat Are Buried at Hampton, Va." (see images) Other World War II coverage throughout.
Complete with 36 pages, rag edition in nice condition.

Background: On July 22, 1942, 29 German U-boat crewmen from U-85 were buried with…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Mass., July 23, 1945 

* Buchenwald concentration extermination camp
* Atrocities and inhuman conditions shown through images

The top of page 6 has a two column heading: "German Who Ruled Poland Gags At Buchenwald Horror Pictures" with subhead. (see images)
Much other World War II reporting throughout. Complete with 34 pages, rag edition in very nice condition.

Background: During his internment at Camp Ashcan in Mondorf-les-Bains in mid-1945, Dr. Hans Frank—the former…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 29, 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.
Complete with 44 pages, rag edition in great condition.

Background:After the Doolittle Raid on April 18, 1942, eight of the 80 participating…

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, Feb. 7, 1943 

* Post-Battle of Stalingrad 
* Nazis trapped at Sea of Azov

The front page has a nice banner headline: "'DUNKIRK' FOR 200,000 NAZIS" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display.
Thirty-two pages, light toning at the margins, some small binding holes along the spine, nice condition.

Background: On February 7, 1943, Red Army forces captured the port city of Azov at the mouth of the Don River, sealing the eastern shoreline of the Sea of Azov and trapping tens of…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 5, 1941

* Charles Hussock arrest in New York City
* Distribution of literature on public streets
* Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society member
* Jehovah's Witnesses movement stalled 
* Charles Taze Russell followers - Bible Students 

The top of the back page has a one column heading: "JEHOVAH ARREST HIGH COURT ISSUE" with subheads. (see images)
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because there was really no reason to save it at the time.
Much on the beginning World…

NEW YORK POST, Nov. 30, 1939

* Winter War begins
* Soviet Union - Soviets
* Finland invasion
* World War II

The front page has a great banner headline for display: "RUSSIANS BOMB FINLAND; Capital Afire, Hundreds Die" with two related photos. (see images) More inside.
Complete with all 24 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, a few small binding holes along the spine, generally nice.

Background: The Winter War began on November 30, 1939, when the Soviet Union launched a surprise invasion…

SECTION 6 only of the Chicago Sunday Tribune, Feb. 7, 1943 

* Hollywood actress Greer Garson
* Golden & World War II era 

This section contains entertainment related material throughout with a front page color photo of Hollywood actress Greer Garson. (see images) 
Complete section 6 only with 16 pages, minor margin wear, light toning and a few small binding holes along the spine, generally in nice condition.

Background: This February 7, 1943 issue of the Chicago Sunday Tribune’s "Section 6" holds…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 16, 1941

* Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak nears the end
* New York Yankees - Major league baseball

The sports section (page 21) has a five column headline proclaiming: "DiMaggio Streak Reaches 55 as Yanks Triumph" with various subheads and box scores. (see) Joe DiMaggio would extend his hitting streak to just one more game (56), where it would end.
Complete with 38 pages, rag edition, a little light damp staining, generally good.

Background: The July 16, 1941 edition of The…

MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, Minnesota, August 10, 1942

* Battle of Guadalcanal beginning
* Solomon Islands - U.S. Marines
* World War II - WWII

The front page has a banner headline: "FLEET FIGHTS ON; FOE STRONG" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display.
Complete with 16 pages, light toning at the margins, some small binding holes along the spine, generally in good condition.

Background: The August 10, 1942 issue of the Minneapolis Morning Tribune holds immense historical significance as it…

NEW YORK POST, February 22, 1942

* Internment of Japanese Americans
* FDR's Executive Order 9066
* Alien control order
* World War II - WWII

The front page has a one column heading: "FBI Pounces On Axis Aliens in N.Y. and N.J." (see images)
Complete with 14 pages, light toning at the margins, some small binding holes along the spine, generally nice.

Background: Executive Order 9066 and the subsequent mass incarceration of Japanese Americans stand as a profound and cautionary crisis in American…

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, April 7, 1942

* Battle of Bataan ending
* Allies surrendering to Japanese
* Philippines Campaign
* World War II - WWII

The front page has a nice banner headline in bold lettering: "BATAAN ATTACKS INCREASE IN FURY WITH HEAVY LOSS" with subhead. (see images) Nice for display. This Luzon Island province would fall two days later. The Japanese capture would eventually lead to the infamous Bataan Death March.
Complete with all 26 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins,…

NEW YORK POST, Nov. 21, 1941 

* Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann declaration
* Impending post world War II Jewish refugees 
* Jews to have a future homeland in Palestine ? 

The top of page 13 has a one column heading: "Jewish Future Is in Palestine" (see images)
Complete with all 38 pages, light toning at the margins, small binding holes along the spine, generally in good condition.

Background: The events of late November 1941 marked a critical geopolitical pivot that irrevocably bound the fate of…

NEW YORK POST, Nov. 10, 1941 

* Winston Churchill's Mansion House speech 
* Declares England with fight against Japan 
* If they attack U.S. - World War II - WWII

The front page has a nice banner headline: "'WE'LL JOIN U. S. IN HOUR IF JAPS FIGHT'--CHURCHILL" (see images)
Complete with all 26 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, some small binding holes along the spine, generally nice.

Background: The historical significance of Churchill’s November 10, 1941 speech lies in its role as…

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, August 31, 1942

* Battle of Milne Bay
* World War II - WWII
* Pacific theater campaign

The front page has a nice headline: "M'ARTHUR TRAPS JAPS IN MILNE BAY AMBUSH" with subheads. (see images) 
Complete 1st section only with 8 pages a little light staining, a few small binding holes along the spine, generally in good condition.

Background: The Battle of Milne Bay, culminating in the decisive stand at No. 3 Airstrip on August 31, 1942, was a monumental psychological and…

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE. Aug. 29, 1942 

* Lyudmila Pavlichenko visits America 
* Soviet female sniper in the Red Army
* Amazing 309 confirmed kills of Nazis  

The bottom of the front page has a three column heading: "A Russian Woman Sniper Speaks" (see images) 
Complete with 26 pages, light toning at the margins, small binding holes along the spine, generally nice.

Background: The late August 1942 American tour of Soviet Lieutenant Lyudmila Pavlichenko, as captured in The Springfield Union, marks a…

NEW YORK POST, November 14, 1941

* Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels
* Speech with "10 Commandments" against Jews
* Important step in the Jewish Holocaust disaster
* Includes "Star of David" yellow badge rules
* The "Final Solution" is introduced  

Page 2 has a one column heading: "Goebbel's Anti-Jewish Decalogue" This report contains the "Ten Commandments" against the Jews in Nazi Germany. (see images)
And the top of this page has a banner heading: "52,000 Jews Massacred in Kiev, and It's All…

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, December 16, 1941

* Official Pearl Harbor attack report
* Frank Knox - secretary of the Navy
* U.S. enters World War II - WWII

The front page has a one column heading: KNOX DISCLOSES HAWAII DETAILS" with subheads. (see images) Lengthy text continues on page 3.
Complete with all 10 pages, light toning at the margins, some small binding holes along the spine, generally nice.

Background: The official report submitted by Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox on December 15, 1941, was…

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, October 27, 1940 The top of page 16 has a four column heading: "Sounding of Ram's Horn Heralds Coming Of the Year 5701 for Jewish Race" with subhead and related photo. (see images)
Complete with 38 pages, light toning and some wear at the margins, some small binding holes along the spine, generally good. Should be handled with care.

Background: Published in the New York World-Telegram during the solemn transition to Rosh Hashanah and the Hebrew year 5701, Elliott…

NEW ORLEANS ITEM--2nd EXTRA, Aug. 14, 1945  Certainly one of the more dramatic issues on the end of World War II to be found, with the entire top half of the front page taken up with "P E A C E !" in huge, bold letters, measuring 8 1/2 inches tall. The subhead reads: "Japs Accept Allied Terms".
Eight pages, very nice condition, and certainly a terrific issue for display.

THE LOCK HAVEN EXPRESS, Penn. Dec. 8, 1941 

* Attack on Pearl Harbor
* U.S. to enter World War II
* Imperial Japanese Navy
* DAMAGED BUT STILL GOOD FOR DISPLAY

This is a severely damaged issue but on one of the most historic events of the 20th century. The front page has a banner headline: "U.S. DECLARES WAR ON JAPAN; Senate 82-0, House 388-1; Rankin Votes 'No'" with various subheads and related map. 
The front page and back leafs of the 1st section only (pages 1-2 & 9-10), much damage including…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 15, 1944

* Battle of Bulge to begin (EVE)
* Armies line up at Siegfried Line (Westwall)
* World War II - WWII

The top of the front page has a six column headline: "7TH ARMY AT WESTWALL, SEEKS AN OPENING" with subheads. Two related maps are on page 4. The initial beginning of the infamous battle would begin the very next day.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day with much more on World War II. Complete with all 36 pages, light toning at the margins, very nice…

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, June 24, 1940

* France-Italy armistice
* Dictator Benito Mussolini 
* Battle of France conclusion

The front page has a nice banner headline: "FRENCH ACCEPT DUCE'S TERMS, FIGHTING TO CEASE TONIGHT" with subheads. (see) Nice for display.
Complete with all 28 pages, light toning, some small binding holes along the spine, generally nice.

Background: This June 24, 1940, issue of the New York World-Telegram serves as an extraordinary historical time capsule, capturing the precise…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 6, 1945

* Japanese atrocities described
* Palawan Massacre - Philippines 

The top of the front page has a five column headline: "U. S. ACCUSES JAPAN OF MASSACRE, TORTURE, STARVATION OF CAPTIVES" with subheads that include: "Burning and Murder of 150 in Prison Camp at Palawan Told. (see) Lengthy reporting continues on pages 2 & 3.
Complete with all 40 pages, light toning and a little wear along the margins, generally nice.

Background: The global publication of Imperial…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 5, 1945

* Wake Island back in U.S. possession
* Post World War II Japan

The front page has a four column headline: "AMERICAN FLAG IS RAISED ON WAKE ISLE" with subheads that include: "EPIC OF ATOLL ENDS" "Americans Go Ashore to Crown Heroic Fight of marines in 1941" and more. (see)
Complete with all 40 pages, light toning at the margins, generally very nice.

Background: The formal surrender of Wake Island on September 4, 1945, carried immense symbolic and emotional…

THE STARS AND STRIPES, January 1, 1945

* Battle of the Bulge 
* World War II - WWII

The front page has a two column heading: "Yanks Cut Deeper Into German Bulge" with  subhead & related map. (see images) Nice to have in this famous military publication.
Other World War II news of the day. Complete in 8 pages, a little spine wear, nice condition.

Background: In January 1945, the Saar Region—a heavily industrialized area along the German-French border—was the scene of major Allied offensive…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 19, 1940

* The Hardest Day - Battle of Britain
* German Luftwaffe vs. British Royal Air Force
* World War II - WWII

The top of the front page has a six column headline: "600 NAZI PLANES RAID LONDON AREA AGAIN; 140 DOWNED, R.A.F. ATTACKS CHANNEL BASES" with subheads. (see) Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous publication.
Complete with all 32 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, small piece torn away along the spine,…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 5, 1940

* Ze-ev Jabotinsky death (1st report)
* Jewish Revisionist Zionist - Zionism
* Odessa, Ukraine author poet orator 

The top of page 13 has a one column heading: "JABOTINSKY DEAD; LED NEW ZIONISTS" with subheads and photo. I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as other titles in our inventory do not.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with all 30 pages, light toning at the margins, nice condition.

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 5, 1944

* Alexander Fleming
* Penicillin - Penicillium
* Made available for public use
* World War II - WWII 

The front page has a two column heading: "Public to Get Penicillin Through 1,000 Hospitals" See below for background.
Complete in 34 pages, rag edition in great condition.

Background: This complete, 34-page issue of The New York Times from May 5, 1944, is a highly prized historical artifact that captures the exact dawn of the antibiotic age. Featuring a front-page…

MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, Feb. 24, 1942 

* Attack on California coast
* Ellwood oil field shelling
* Japanese submarine I-17

The front page banner headline proclaims: "SUB SHELLS WEST COAST" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display.
Complete with all 16 pages, light toning at the margins, small binding holes along the spine, generally in good condition.

Background: On February 23, 1942, the Japanese submarine I-17, commanded by Kozo Nishino, surfaced off the coast of Goleta, California, and…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 27, 1944 

* Third United States Army
* General George S. Patton 
* World War II - WWII
* Battle of the Bulge prelude

The front page has a banner headline: "3D ARMY GAINS 5 MILES, SPLITS MAGINOT LINE" with subheads that include: "Patton's Forces Mile From St. Avold, Key Town Below Saarbruecken" and more. (see) Much more on other World war II events of the day.
Complete with all 34 pages, light toning at the margins, nice condition.

Background: On November 26, 1944, a pivotal…

MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, Sept. 12, 1945

* Manhattan Project comes to fruition
* Director physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer
* Post atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
* Japanese claim of radiation in deaths

The front page has a two column heading: "Atom Bomb Ray Deaths a Myth, Writer Discovers" with photo of Nat Finney. (see images)
Complete with all 20 pages, several small ink notations throughout with 2 on the front page, but none affecting the key report, some tiny binding holes along the…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 23, 1939

* Schneider v. State of New Jersey (Irvington)
* Supreme Court of the United States ruling
* Jehovah Witnesses victory re. street handbills 
* Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society 
* Charles Taze Russell followers - Bible Students 

The top of the front page one column heading: "HIGH COURT BARS CURBS ON HANDBILLS SET BY FOUR CITIES" with subheads. (see images) Much more on page 32.
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because there was really no reason to save…

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Jan. 27, 1942

* Ben Hogan - professional golfer wins 
* San Francisco Open - Harding Park
* Much coverage on World War II - WWII

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: The front page of the sport's section (page 21) has a one column heading: "HOGAN BEATS PAR, RAIN, MUD-WINS COAST GOLF MEET" with subhead and leader board. (see images) 
Complete with 34 pages, light toning along margins, small binding holes along the spine, generally nice.

Background: In 1942, Ben Hogan captured the San…

NEW YORK POST, August 21, 1940
 
* Leon Trotsky assassination (day of)
* Soviet Union Red Army founder
* Marxist Theorist

The front page has a two column heading: "Trotsky Is Dying After Ax Attack" (see images) He would die on this day
Complete with all 22 pages, light toning at the margins, small binding holes along the spine, generally nice.

Background: The assassination of Leon Trotsky on August 21, 1940, signaled the definitive, bloody consolidation of Joseph Stalin’s absolute control over the…

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., Aug. 28, 1942

* USS Iowa battleship launching
* United States Navy - WWII 

The front page has a two column photo with heading: "Biggest Warship Is Launched" with brief text. 
And the top of the back p age has a one column heading: "IOWA, BIGGEST BATTLESHIP, IS LAUNCHED EARLY" with subheads. (see images)
Much on other World War II events of the day. Complete with all 24 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, generally nice.

Background: On August 27, 1942,…

NEW YORK POST, October 1, 1940

* Albert Einstein becomes United States Citizen
* Theory of Relativity fame - physics

The top od page 3 has a three column heading: "Einstein Takes Oath of Citizenship" with subhead. (see images)
Twenty pages, piece torn away along the top margin of the front page and replaced with archival mending, minor margin wear, some small binding holes along the spine, generally in good condition.

Background: The naturalization of Albert Einstein on October 1, 1940, represented…

THE SATURDAY EVENING POST, Philadelphia, April 3, 1943 

* Norman Rockwell color illustration
* April Fool: Checkers" WWII era 

The front page has a nice color illustration by Norman Rockwell titled: "April Fool: Checkers" (see images) Nice for display. See below for further details regarding this particular Rockwell print.
Various topics and advertisement throughout. Complete with all 106 pages, printed on glossy paper stock (may obscure look in images), some residue from a failed attempt to…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 29, 1942

* Internment of Axis-Americans beginning
* World War II - WWII - Japanese citizens

Page 12 has a one column heading: "WEST COAST MOVES TO OUST JAPANESE" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with all 40 pages, rag edition in very nice condition.

Background: The convergence of events on January 28, 1942, serves as the critical transition point where the United States moved from targeted national security measures to a policy of mass, race-based incarceration. The…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 30, 1942 

* First World War II "Medal of Honor" given 
* Lieutenant Alexander "Sandy" Nininger Jr.
* Hero for actions at the Battle of Bataan 
* Post attack on Pearl Harbor Pacific Theater  

The top of the front page has two photos headed: "Dies A Hero" Also a one column heading: "M'ARTHUR OFFICER HONORED BY NATION" with subhead. (see images) 
Much more reporting on World War II events of the day. Complete with all 38 pages, rag edition in very nice condition.

Background: The…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 28, 1943 

* "Rare of Europe" - Nazis looting - plundering 
* Art, machinery, war materials & much more 

The top of the back  page has a one column heading: "NAZI LOOTING HELD BIGGEST IN HISTORY" with subheads. (see images) 
Complete with all 44 pages, rag edition in great condition.

Background: The April 28, 1943, New York Times report served as the public unveiling of a massive Allied investigation into Nazi spoliation, revealing that the "rape of Europe" had expanded far…

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, EXTRA, July 12, 1943 

* Invasion of Sicily Italy
* Operation Husky 

The nice headline on the front page in bold lettering announces: "HEAVY BATTLE ON NEAR SICILY INVASION PORT" with subheads, related map and photo. (see images) Nice for display. 
Complete with 18 pages, light toning at the margins, some small binding holes and a little wear along the spine, generally nice.

Background: Operation Husky stands as a pivotal turning point in World War II, serving as the massive…

MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, June 16, 1942

* Chicago Tribune journalist Stanley Johnston
* USS Lexington & the Battle of the Coral Sea
* Imperial Japanese Navy secret coding - codes 

Read below for a short biography of Journalist Stanley Johnston who worked for this very publication. This issue contains the 4th installment out of 15 he wrote regarding his experience onboard the USS Lexington during the Battle of the Coral Sea.
The top of page 2 has a banner heading: "U.S. WARBIRDS SINK JAP CARRIER,…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 12, 1943 

* Krakow and Lodz ghettos erased 
* Severe persecution of Polish Jews  
* Jewish Holocaust heats up in Poland
* World War II - WWII Europe 

Near the bottom of page 5 is a one column heading: "Nazis Erase Ghettos In Two Polish Cities" with subhead. (see image) 
Complete with all 42 pages, rag edition in very nice condition.

Background: The liquidation of the Kraków Ghetto in March 1943 and the industrial isolation of the Łódź Ghetto represent a critical shift in the…

THE STARS &  STRIPES, New York & London edition, Nov. 29, 1943  

* Great Lakes Naval Training Station Bluejackets 
* Beats Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Purdue's stadium 
* Military pro vs. college football national champions

In the masthead is: "Daily Newspaper of U.S. Armed Forces in the European Theater of Operations".
The top of page 5 has a banner heading: "Great Lakes Topples Unbeaten Notre Dame, 19-14" with subheads, stats and related illustration. (see images)
Of course there is World War II…