Winnie Ruth Judd "Trunk Murders"...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, October 21, 1931



* Winnie Ruth Judd Marian Lane

* "Trunk Murders" bodies found

* "Love Triangle" crime



The front page has a two column heading: "Madwoman Hunted in Trunk Slayings" with subhead. Page 13 has a pictorial of the key figures in this crime. (see images)

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1st Arab summit... defending Palestine from Jews...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, May 31, 1946



* First Arab League Summit - Inshas, Egypt

* Defending Palestine from Jewish immigration



The front page has a six column heading: "Arabs United to Keep Jews Out" with subheads. (see images)

Complete with all 28 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, generally nice.



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H. Rap Brown shot... Black Panthers...

DETROIT FREE PRESS, Oct. 17, 1971



* H. Rap Brown shot in NYC

* Black Panthers Party leader

* Minister of Justice



The front page has a one column photo of H. Rap Brown with heading: "Rap Brown Shot in NY" (see images)First report coverage continues on page 2.

Complete 1st section only with 20 pages, toning along the central fold, otherwise nice.



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Empire State Building Opens in 1931...

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Bloody Sunday (1920)... Dublin, Ireland...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Nov. 22, 1920



* Bloody Sunday - Dublin, Ireland

* Irish War of Independence  - Cairo Gang

* Michael Collins - Irish Republican Army

* re. death of Father Michael Griffin (Irish priest)



The top of the front page has a two column headline: "MASSACRES TERRIFY DUBLIN; SCORES ARE SLAIN, MANY INJURED" with subheads. (see images)

Sixteen pages, light tonin... See More  

Fred "Killer" Burke jailed in Michigan...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, March 30, 1931



* Gangster hitman Fred "Killer" Burke jailed

* St. Valentine's Day massacre suspect

* Al 'Scarface' Capone era

* Prohibition & great depression



The top of the front page has a nice banner headline: "KILLER BURKE LOCKED IN ST. JOSEPH CELL" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display.

Complete with 20 pages, light... See More  

From the beginning years of the computer era...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Jan. 8, 1954 



* Early IBM computer invention trials

* International Business Machines Corp.



The front page has a one column heading:  "Electronic Brain Now A Linguist" with lead-in: "Translates" (see images) An interesting article hearkening to the very beginning of the computer era.

Complete with all 32 pages, light toning at the margi... See More  

1929 Benny Evangelista occult murders...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, July 5, 1929



* The Evangelista Occult Murders

* Black magic sinister crime



Near the bottom of the front page has a two column heading: "Massacre of 6 in Cult Family Baffles Police" with subhead. (see image) Best to have in this Detroit publication. Rare as such.

Complete with 24 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, generally in good condit... See More  

Republic of Ireland is created...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, April 18, 1949



* Republic of Ireland is born

* Leaves the British Commonwealth

* "First Freedom Day"



The very top of the front page has a banner heading: "Irish Eyes Smile Through Tears on Freedom Day" (see images) 

Complete with 30 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, some small binding holes along the spine, small library st... See More  

1945 Malmedy massacre... Battle of the Bulge.....

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, January 14, 1945



* Malmedy massacre in Belgium (1st report)

* Battle of the Bulge nears the end

* 1st SS Panzer Division - perpetrators



Page 6 has a one column heading: "Bodies of 100 Massacred GIs Are Found" (see image) This war crime "Malmedy Massacre" was actually committed about a month earlier but wasn't realized until more allied troop... See More  

1945 Malmedy massacre... Battle of the Bulge.....

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, January 15, 1945



* Malmedy massacre in Belgium

* Battle of the Bulge nears the end

* 1st SS Panzer Division - perpetrators



The front page has a banner headline: "NAZIS FLEE FROM BELGIUM; 232 GERMAN PLANES DOWNED" with subheads.

The top of page 3 has a banner heading: "Yanks Fighting in 'Field of the Dead' Cry for Revenge on Butchers" wi... See More  

America's first man in space...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, May 9, 1961 



* Astronaut Alan Shepard

* 1st American in space

* Mercury-Redstone 3 - Freedom 7

* JFK - White House ceremony



America's first man is space is heralded with a front page photo showing Shepard with wife parading through Washington D.C. Also a six column headline: "Why Russian Beat Sherpard into Space" with subheads and another relate... See More  

1944 Battle of Monte Cassino ends...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, May 18, 1944



* Battle of Monte Cassino ends w/ Allied victory

* Battle for Rome, Italy - Italian campaign

* World War II - WWII - Winter Line



The front page has a six column heading: "CASSINO REPORTED EVACUATED" with subheads. (see images)

Complete with 20 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, mainly along the spine, generally in good cond... See More  

JFK's 1963 Arlington National Cemetery ceremony...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Nov. 12, 1963



* President John F. Kennedy - JFK

* "A Special Day", 11 November, 1963

* Veteran's Day ceremonies w/ photo

* Arlington National Cemetery - Virginia

* Tomb of the Unknown Soldier visit



The front page has a six column heading: "Kennedy Leads Tribute to War Dead" with lead-in: "Taps...A Wreath...And 21 Guns" and photo ... See More  

Mississippi civil rights workers go missing...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, June 23, 1964



* Mississippi Civil Rights workers disappear

* James Chaney - Philadelphia MS (1st report)



The front page has a one column heading: "3 Disappear In Dixie Rights Push" (see images) First report coverage on the 3 Civil Rights workers that went missing at Philadelphia, Mississippi. This was a notable civil rights-related murder and was the premis... See More  

1963 Moab, Utah mine explosion disaster...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Aug. 28, 1963



* Moab, Grand County, Utah mining explosion disaster

* Texas Gulf Sulphur's Cane Creek" Potash Mine



The front page has a banner headline: "MINE BLAST TRAPS 16" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display.

Complete with 36 pages, library stamp within the masthead, some small binding holes along the spine, generally nice.... See More  

Detroit's Purple Gang w/ humorous photo...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, July 23, 1929 



* The Purple Gang - gangsters

* Criminal mob of bootleggers

* Prohibition era in Detroit

* Humorous photo & headline linked



The front page has a banner headline: "4 ALLEGED PURPLE GANGSTERS GO ON TRIAL TODAY AS RUM PLOTTERS" with subheads. (see images) A photo of 4 young boys, two of them being boy scouts is directly underneath thi... See More  

Television coming to your home in 1939 ?...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Oct. 21, 1938



* David Sarnoff announces home television

* RCA - Radio Corporation of America invention

* Home entertainment about to modernize - TV



Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Television Ready for Home; Sets to Go on Sale by Spring" with subhead. (see images)

Complete with 30 pages, light toning and a little wear at the mar... See More  

1931 Gladewater, Texas oil well explosion disaster....

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, April 29, 1931



* Gladewater, Gregg & Upshur County, Texas

* Sinclair No. 1 Cole oil well explosion disaster



The front page has a two column heading: "Oil Gusher Explodes; Flames Kill 14 Men" with subhead. (see images)

Complete with 30 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, generally in good condition. ... See More  

1960 Cal Poly Mustangs football team disaster...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Oct. 30, 1960



* California Polytechnic State University

* Football team airplane crash - Toledo, Ohio

* Cal Poly Mustangs - San Luis Obispo



The front page has a banner headline: "18 in Football Squad Die In Toledo Airliner Crash" with subheads. (see images)

Complete with 50+ pages, light toning at the margins, two small library stamps within the masthead,... See More  

1954 Rocky Marciano KO's Ezzard Charles... Billy Grahm "saves" gangster/boxer Mickey Cohen...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Sept. 18, 1954



* Rocky Marciano wins by knockout vs. Ezzard Charles

* Heavyweight boxing title at Yankee Stadium

* Billy Grahm and gangster/boxer Mickey Cohen



The top of the front page has a full-banner headline: "ROCKY KO'S CHARLES IN 8TH", with subheading: "Ez Fails To Retake Crown - 25,000 See Him Floored 3 Times". This is accompanie... See More  

1956 Bela Lugosi (Dracula) Death...

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1901 Great Lake Erie Steamboat Race...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, June 4, 1901



* The Great Lake Erie Steamboat Race

* The Tashmoo vs. City of Erie - steamers

* Cleveland, Ohio to Erie, Pennsylvania



The top of the front page has a three column headline: "CITY OF ERIE WON BIG RACE BY ONLY 45 SECONDS" with subheads and photos of each ship. (see images)

Twelve pages, light toning, a little margin wear, generally good. Shoul... See More  

Harry Houdini's "magic" newspaper...

"FREE PRESS MAGIC" was a special section of the Detroit Free Press newspaper, May 1, 1927 



* Rare Harry Houdini periodical



The masthead notes: "Founded By Houdini" Interestingly the inside pages are taken up with two comics, one in color. However the front and back pages have various puzzles, games or magic items that are in black ink.

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1957 Gaza Strip riots...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, March 11, 1957



* Arabs riot and lynchings

* Jews - Jewish - Israel

* U.N. troops in Gaza Strip - Palestine

* Return of Egyptian administration



The front page has a nice banner headline: "ARAB RIOTERS STONE U.N. POLICE IN GAZA" with subheads. (see images)

Complete with 48 pages, light toning at the margins, small binding holes along the spine, small libr... See More