Adolph Hitler's phony plea for peace in 1939...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, October 7, 1939



* Adolph Hitler's Reichstag speech

* Asks the World for peace ? (ruse)



The front page has a nice banner headline: "WE'LL ACCEPT TRUCE--NAZIS" with subheads. (see images) Lengthy text continues on page 2 with related map. Photo on the back page.

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Floyd Collins trapped in Mammoth Cave....

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, February 7, 1925 



* Floyd Collins trapped w/ great headline

* Sand Cave, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky



The front page has a nice banner headline: "FEAR COLLINS ELECTROCUTED" with subheads. Nice for display. Coverage continues on page 2 with related illustration. Five related photos are on the back page. (see images)

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Gerald Chapman convicted...

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, 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 nice banner headline for display: "SENTENCE CHAPMAN TO HANG" with subhead. (see images) First report coverage continues on page 2 with photo of Chapman. 

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Chicago Cubs baseball opens 1925 season...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 15, 1925



* Chicago Cubs opening day victory

* Major League Baseball - MLB

* Best title to be had (very rare as such)



The front page has a nice banner headline for display: "CUBS WIN SEASON'S OPENER" with subheads. Box scores are in the sport's section.

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Diamond Joe Esposito funeral in a Chicago newspaper...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, March 27, 1928



* re. Diamond Joe Esposito's funeral

* Prohibition-era Chicago gangster - mobster

* Al "Scarface" Capone era - gangland wars

* Best title to be had - very rare as such



The top of page 2 has a two column heading: "Thousands Brave Blizzard to Attend Esposito Funeral" Two related photos are on the back page. (see images) When it c... See More  

Jewish Holocaust... public reality... Nazi atrocities...

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, April 29, 1945 



* Jewish Holocaust exposed w/ photo

* Nazi-occupied Europe exterminations reality 

* Buchenwald death factory discovered 



The top of page 4 has a somewhat famous photo showing malnourished prisoners in their bunk beds with heading: "Liberated from Nazi Concentration Camp" Also a one column heading: "FIND NAZI USED CAMP T... See More  

Hindenburg airship 1st flight to America begins...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, May 7, 1936



* Hindenburg - LZ-129 zeppelin - airship

* Very 1st flight to America begins

* Lakehurst, New Jersey disaster fame



The front page has a one column heading: "NAZI ZEPPELIN HOPS FOR U. S.; 107 ON BOARD" with subhead. Photo of the new airship is on the back page. (see images) First report coverage on the start of the very 1st flight of the infamous... See More  

Russ Columbo accidently killed...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, September 3, 1934



* Russ Columbo shot and killed

* Baritone crooner - violinist - actor

* "Prisoner of Love" song fame



The top of the front page has nice banner headline: "BULLET KILLS RADIO CROONER" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display. Photo of Columbo is on the back page.

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Actress Jean Harlow leaves 3rd husband...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, May 7, 1934



* Hollywood actress Jean Harlow

* "Blonde Bombshell" sex symbol

* Separates from third husband



The bottom of the back page has a two column photo of Jean Harlow with small heading: "Film Star Separates From Third Husband"

the front page has a one column heading: "Jean Harlow And Third Husband Come To Parting Of Ways" (see i... See More  

1932 Chicago Bears championship year...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Sept. 26, 1932



* Chicago Bears vs. Green Bay Packers

* First game of the year (0-0 tie)

* Bronko Nagurski and Red Grange era

* 1st ever NFL football championship year

* Best publication to be had - very rare



The front page of the sport's section has a one column heading: "BEARS, PACKERS PLAY 0 TO 0 TIE BEFORE 14,000" with subheads and lineups. (see i... See More  

Nazi persecution of the Catholic Church in Germany...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, March 30, 1935



* Nazis - Adolph Hitler - Third Reich

* Persecution of the Roman Catholic Church

* Arrest Nuns and monks - monasteries



The front page has a banner headline for display: "CONVENTS RAIDED BY NAZIS" with subhead. (see images)

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U.S. apologizes for insulting Adolph Hitler ????!!!...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, March 6, 1937



* United States apologizes to Adolph Hitler  & the Third Reich

* Mayor Fiorello La Guardia insults Hitler calling him a "brown-shirted fanatic"

* U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull makes apology for remarks



The front page has a one column heading: "DENOUNCES U. S. CIVILIZATION FOR 'SLUR' AT HITLER" with subheads. (... See More  

1927 Chicago Bears football vs. Packers....

SECTION TWO (sports) only of the Chicago Daily Tribune, Nov. 21, 1927



* Chicago Bears vs. Green Bay Packers (rivalry)

* Early NFL National Football League

* Best publication to be had (very rare)



The front page of this section has a nice banner headline: "BEARS HUMBLE GREEN BAY PACKERS, 14-6" with subheads, lineups, and related photo. (see images) An early game here which was 14 ... See More  

Franklin D. Roosevelt's fireside chat issue...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, March 13, 1933 



* Bank Crisis of 1933

* Franklin D. Roosevelt FDR

* 1st Fireside Chat (1st report)



The front page has a nice banner headline: "32 BANKS REOPEN HERE TODAY" with various subheads and related illustration. (see images) Nice for display. The text of FDR's first "fireside chat" begins on the front page and concludes on page 2. ... See More  

Bill Brennan (boxer) killed in 1924...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 16, 1924



* Boxer Bill Brennan killed by gang shooting

* Jack Dempsey challenger - heavyweight boxing



The front page has a banner headline announcing: "'BILL BRENNAN, BOXER, SLAIN" with subheads. Photo of Brennan on the back page. (see images)

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Rumrunner Larry Fay assassination....

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, January 2, 1933



* Rumrunner Larry Fay killed

* Prohibition era rum-running

* NYC bootlegger - gangster



The front page has a one column heading: "Racketeer Fay of N. Y. Slain at Night Club" Related photo on the back page (see images)

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Independence Day 1926...

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, March 17, 1935 (Picture Section only)



* Great illustration of "St. Patrick"



The cover is a full-page image: "St. Patrick", being a commemorative painting of St. Patrick driving snakes out of Ireland. Additional timely photographs and short stories are found throughout. See images for details.

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Churchill's famous: "This was their finest hour..." speech...

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Sigmund Freud escapes Nazi Germany in 1938...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 6, 1938



* Austrian Jew Sigmund Freud escapes Nazism

* Escaping Adolph Hitler and Nazi Germany

* Founder of psychoanalysis - neurologist

* Flies from Vienna to Paris to London



The top of page 10 has a two column heading: "Freud Consoled by U. S. Envoy on Flight to Exile in London" (see images)

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Constantine pogrom in Algeria... Jews massacre...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, August 7, 1934



* Constantine, Algeria pogrom

* Anti Jewish riots - Jews massacre

* Arabs - Muslims attack



The front page has a one column heading: "Jews and Arabs Renew Algeria Riots; 100 Die" with small related map. (see images) First report coverage on the Muslim anti-Jewish riots in Constantine, Algeria.

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Ohio State wins 1st Big Ten track & field title in 1942...

SPORT'S SECTION only of the Chicago Sunday Tribune, March 8, 1942



* Ohio State Buckeyes win 1st championship

* Big Ten indoor track and field championships



The front page of this section has a nice banner headline: "OHIO STATE WINS BIG 10 INDOOR TRACK TITLE" with subheads, results and three related photos. (see) Nice for display

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Tuskegee Airmen graduates... Lucy Parsons...

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, March 8, 1942



* Tuskegee Airmen graduate from University

* World War II African Americans military pilots

* First in the United States Army Air Forces

* Lucy Parsons burned to death - anarchist



The top of page 10 has a one column heading: "U. S. GRADUATES FIRST SQUADRON OF NEGRO FLYERS" with subheads. (see images) These first African American military pil... See More  

"Dapper" Danny Hogan killed by bomb...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, December 5, 1928



* "Dapper" Danny Hogan assassination

* St. Paul, Minnesota Irish mobster

* Wineville Chicken Coop murders

* Gordon Stewart Northcott pleads not guilty



 The top of page 11 has a one column heading: "Bomb In Auto Kills 'Dapper Danny' Hogan" (see image)

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Bloody Sunday (1921)...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 11, 1921



* Bloody Sunday - day of violence

* Belfast, Northern Ireland

* Irish War of Independence



The front page has a one column heading: "BATTLE BLAZES IN BELFAST; 15 DEAD, 90 HURT" with subhead. (see images) First report coverage on Belfast's Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland during the Irish War of Independence.

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1936 Haywood Patterson prison sentence... Scottsboro Boys....

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Jan. 24, 1936



* Scottsboro  Boys rape case

* Haywood Patterson prison sentence



The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "GIVE SCOTTSBORO RAPIST 75 YEARS IN FIRST RETRIAL" with subhead. (see images) First report coverage on Haywood Patterson sentenced to prison for rape in the famous Scottsboro Boys case.

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