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Shanghai, China massacre...

Item # 575896 ·
THE OMAHA EVENING BEE, Omaha, Nebraska, April 12, 1927

* Shanghai Massacre (early same day 1st report)
* China Civil war begins


This 20 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "CANTONESE UNITY COLLAPSES; 12 DIE" and "Field and Machine Guns Used by Conservatives to Down Radicals"

This tells of the Shanghai Massacre that would lead to the China Civil War.

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day throughout. Light browning, little margin wear, otherwise in good condition.

wikipedia notes: The Shanghai massacre of 1927, also known as the April 12 Incident, was a large-scale purge of Communists from the Kuomintang (KMT) in Shanghai, ordered by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek on 12 April 1927, during the Northern Expedition against the warlords.
Category: The 20th Century
Price
$37
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.