The Easton Post Office Mail Bombings of December 30, 1931...
Item # 727419
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CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Dec. 31, 1932
* Easton, Pennsylvania Post Office
* Unsolved packages bombing
The front page has a nice banner headline: "HUNT BOMBERS IN SIX CITIES" with subheads. (see images)
Complete 1st section only with all 28 pages, rag edition, a few small binding holes along the spine, nice condition.
Background: The Easton Post Office Mail Bombings of December 30, 1931, which dominated national news throughout 1932, represent a watershed moment in early 20th-century domestic terrorism and political violence in the United States. Triggered when highly suspicious, heavily weighted packages detonated at the Easton, Pennsylvania post office and later during an attempted deactivation at a local quarry, the explosions claimed the lives of postal clerks Edward Werkheiser and John House, as well as explosives expert Charles V. Weaver. The true historical significance of this event lies in its intersection with international ideological warfare, as the lethal devices were deliberately targeted at Italian diplomats and prominent anti-fascist press figures across the American Midwest, laying bare how the bitter, violent conflict between Benito Mussolini's fascist regime and militant anarchists had breached American borders. Furthermore, the tragedy served as a brutal wake-up call for federal law enforcement; it prompted a massive, multi-state investigation by J. Edgar Hoover’s Bureau of Investigation (the precursor to the FBI) that exposed the vulnerability of the United States Postal Service to weaponization, heightened national anxieties regarding foreign radicalism during the depths of the Great Depression, and ultimately became a legendary cold case that underscored the immense difficulties early forensic investigators faced when tracking coordinated, politically motivated terror networks.
* Easton, Pennsylvania Post Office
* Unsolved packages bombing
The front page has a nice banner headline: "HUNT BOMBERS IN SIX CITIES" with subheads. (see images)
Complete 1st section only with all 28 pages, rag edition, a few small binding holes along the spine, nice condition.
Background: The Easton Post Office Mail Bombings of December 30, 1931, which dominated national news throughout 1932, represent a watershed moment in early 20th-century domestic terrorism and political violence in the United States. Triggered when highly suspicious, heavily weighted packages detonated at the Easton, Pennsylvania post office and later during an attempted deactivation at a local quarry, the explosions claimed the lives of postal clerks Edward Werkheiser and John House, as well as explosives expert Charles V. Weaver. The true historical significance of this event lies in its intersection with international ideological warfare, as the lethal devices were deliberately targeted at Italian diplomats and prominent anti-fascist press figures across the American Midwest, laying bare how the bitter, violent conflict between Benito Mussolini's fascist regime and militant anarchists had breached American borders. Furthermore, the tragedy served as a brutal wake-up call for federal law enforcement; it prompted a massive, multi-state investigation by J. Edgar Hoover’s Bureau of Investigation (the precursor to the FBI) that exposed the vulnerability of the United States Postal Service to weaponization, heightened national anxieties regarding foreign radicalism during the depths of the Great Depression, and ultimately became a legendary cold case that underscored the immense difficulties early forensic investigators faced when tracking coordinated, politically motivated terror networks.
Category: The 20th Century
Price
$48
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.