Historic Newspapers: Aviation & Flight
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Item #711933CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, March 8, 1932
* Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
* 1931-32 Big Ten champions
* Nationals champions as well
* Future UCLA Bruins coach John Wooden
The front page of section two (sports) has a terrific banner headline: "PURDUE WINS 53-18; WOODEN SETS RECORD" with subheads that include:... Read full description -
Item #201026THE NEWS, March 9, 1932 Concerning Charles Lindbergh and Ann Morrow's baby: "Baby Still Alive, State Police Say; Ransom Deal Seen". "The issue also has a full front page banner headline reading "WILLOUGHBY BLOCK IN FLAMES", also including witness reports of the fire. Additionally, the issue contains the following front page... Read full description -
Item #696773THE DETROIT NEWS, March 13, 1932
* Ivar Kreuger suicide
* "Match King"
* Charles Lindbergh Jr.
* Kidnapping (Safe ?)
The front page has a one column heading: "FINANCIER ENDS LIFE IN PARIS" with subheads. First report coverage continues inside with photo. (see images)
Complete 1st section only with all 14 pages, rag edition,... Read full description -
Item #579211THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 26, 1932
* Guided rockets prediction
* Space travel - Moon
* Dr. H.H. Sheldon
This 26 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 15 that include: "PREDICTS 'HITCHING' ROCKETS TO STARS", "Dr. Sheldon Says 'Electric Eye,' Focused on Them, Could Guide Pilotless Craft in Space"... Read full description -
Item #630773THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 28, 1932
* Aviation pioneer Juan de la Cierva
* Very 1st flight of the modern day helicopter
* Wingless autogyro - autogiro
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "De la Cierva Flies in Tiny Wingless Machine; New Autogiro Shoots Through Air Like Bullet" (see) Was this the very 1st flight of... Read full description -
Item #665169FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Extra, April 7, 1932
* Charles Lindbergh Jr. baby kidnapping case
* Bizarre headline suggests all is well
This was one of the most famous crime mysteries of the 20th century which ended with the execution of Bruno Hauptmann. Here is a very odd banner headline that suggests the Lindbergh baby might be returned safely: "RETURN OF... Read full description -
Item #712522THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 10, 1932
* Scottsboro Boys death sentences upheld
* Negroes suspected of attacking 2 white girls
* Alabama Supreme Court decision
* Charles Lindbergh baby kidnapping
* Ransom paid to no avail
The top of page 27 has a one column heading: "7 DOOMED NEGROES LOSE ALABAMA PLEA" with subheads. (see images)
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Item #699158THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER, Ohio, May 13, 1932
* Charles Lindbergh Jr. baby kidnapping
* Body found - 1st report
* Outstanding front-page coverage
The top of the front page has a great 3-line banner headline: "CONDON AND CURTIS CALLED TO HOPEWELL FOR QUIZZING AS LINDBERGH RETURNS TO FIND HIS INFANT SON SLAIN;... Read full description -
Item #621040TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Taunton, Massachusetts, May 14, 1932
* Charles Lindbergh baby kidnapping case
* 2nd report on finding the dead body
* Upcoming trial of the century
This 14 page newspaper has a great two line banner headline on the front page: "MURDERERS ARE SOUGHT OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST" with subheads that include: "Col.... Read full description -
Item #582015THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 14, 1932
* Charles Lindbergh Jr. found dead
* Famous kidnapping hunt comes to an end
This 32 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "PRESIDENT ORDERS RELENTLESS SEARCH FOR MURDERERS OF LINDBERGH BABY; MEN WHO DEALT WITH GANGS QUESTIONED" with many subheads that include: "Hoover Directs... Read full description -
Item #619029THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, May 23, 1932
* Amelia Earhart - London welcome
* re. Transatlantic flight (Airplane)
* 1st woman to achieve solo
The front page has a one column heading: "AMELIA EARHART REACHES ENGLAND IN DRENCHING RAIN" with subhead. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 22 pages, a little... Read full description -
Item #687811THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 23, 1932
* Amelia Earhart - London welcome
* re. Transatlantic flight (Airplane)
* 1st woman to achieve solo
The top of the front page has one column headings: "MRS. PUTNAM LANDS AT LONDON IN STORM; GREETED BY MELLON" "Crowds at Croydon Airdrome Disappointed as Ocean Flier Goes to Private Field"... Read full description -
Item #638522THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 24, 1932
* Augusta, Lady Gregory death
* Irish playwright & folklorist
* Amelia Earhart's recent solo flight
Page 19 has a one column heading: "LADY GREGORY DEAD; IRISH PLAYWRIGHT" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on the death of Augusta, Lady Gregory, Irish dramatist,... Read full description -
Item #630849THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 30, 1932
* Bonus Army - WWI veterans reach the capital
* Amelia Earhart re. Transatlantic flight
* 1st woman to achieve in airplane solo
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Weary Bonus Army Reaches Capital by Truck; Police Demand Congress Care for Hundreds" (see)
Page 6 has a one column... Read full description -
Item #684335THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 31, 1932
* Heinrich Bruning removed
* Chancellor of Germany
* Weimar Republic - German Reich
* Adolph Hitler advancement imminent
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "HINDENBURG OUSTS BRUENING'S CABINET OVER HOME POLICY" with subheads. (see) More on page 4 with photos of Bruning and... Read full description -
Item #557369ALBANY EVENING NEWS, from Albany, New York, dated June 3, 1932
* Stanislaus F. Hausner flight to attempt Warsaw Poland
* Bellanca CH Pacemaker airplane
* Marlene Dietrich
This 26 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page:
* POLISH AIRMAN OVER ATLANTIC
* Stanley Hausner Leaves on Attempted Hop to Warsaw
Tells of Stanislaus Hausner's... Read full description -
Item #698359THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 9, 1932
* Amelia Earhart - transatlantic flight
* 1st woman to achieve in airplane solo
* Visits Rome, Italy - Benito Mussolini
Page 6 has a one column heading: "WELCOME IN ROME FOR MRS. PUTNAM" with subheads. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Compete in 46 pages, this is... Read full description -
Item #714288NEW YORK TIMES, June 21, 1932.
* Amelia Earhart welcome home
* NYC Ticket tape parade
* Transatlantic flight (Airplane)
* 1st woman to achieve solo
The front page has one column headings: "MRS. PUTNAM HOME; GETS CITY'S HOMAGE" "Greeted Down Bay by Swooping Planes, Cheered by Throngs and Decorated by Mayor" and more. (see... Read full description -
Item #686247CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 14, 1932
* Aviatrix Amelia Earhart Putnam airplane
* Women's transcontinental flight record
* Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey
Page 3 has a one column heading: "Amelia Putnam Sets Mark For Women Flyers" with subhead. A one column photo of Earhart is on the back page. (see) First report coverage on... Read full description -
Item #675486THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 21, 1932
* Preußenschlag "Rape of Prussia"
* End of German Weimar Republic step
* Free State of Prussia cabinet dismissed
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "REICH SEIZES PRUSSIA, NAMES DICTATOR; ARMY OUSTS OFFICIALS AND RULES BERLIN; PAPEN ACTS UNDER HINDENBURG'S ORDERS"
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Item #632196THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 24, 1932
* Gunther Groenhoff killed
* Germany's Glider pilot - gliding
Near of the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "World's Glider Champion Is Killed by Fall; Groenhoff's Rudder Breaks Off in a Storm" (see) First report coverage on the death of Gunther Groenhoff, German champion... Read full description -
Item #602221THE SCRANTON TIMES, Scranton, Pennsylvania, August 16, 1932
* Jon Morrow Lindbergh born
* Early Adolph Hitler - Germany
The front page has one column headings: "SECOND SON BORN TO LINDBERGHS", "Mother And Baby Said To Be In Good Health--Betty Gow May Serve As Infant's Nurse" with photo of Anne Morrow Lindbergh (see photo).... Read full description -
Item #619261THE CLEVELAND NEWS, August 16, 1932
* Jon Morrow Lindbergh born
* Front leaf only
This front leaf only has a nice banner headline: "NEW HEIR BORN TO LINDBERGHS" with subheads and pictorial. (see) This is 1st report coverage on the birth of Charles Lindbergh's second child, Jon.
Front leaf only (pages 1 & 2), a little margin wear, nice for... Read full description -
Item #160914OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Aug. 16, 1932 Banner head: "Boardman Hurt In Plane Crash" & subhead: "Speed Flyer Testing Ship Falls from 2,000 ft." Includes a two column photo of Boardman from earlier in the year and a nice, three column photo of a Gee-Bee plane which he crashed. Small tear in this text, no... Read full description -
Item #583000THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Omaha, Nebraska, August 19, 1932
* Aviator Jim Mollison
* Airplane - aviation
* 1st solo Atlantic flight (W to E)
This 26 page newspaper has a six column headline on the front page: "Mollison Spans Atlantic in Tiny Plane" with subheads. More on page 9 with photo of the airplane. Tells of the first solo flight across... Read full description -
Item #590210THE SCRANTON TIMES, Scranton, Pennsylvania, August 19, 1932
* Aviator Jim Mollison
* Airplane - aviation
* 1st solo Atlantic flight (West to East)
This 24 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "FLIER LANDS AFTER OCEAN HOP" with subheads that include: "Mollison Makes First Westward Solo Flight Across North... Read full description -
Item #600782FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, August 19, 1932
* Aviator Jim Mollison
* Airplane - aviation
* 1st solo Atlantic flight (West to East)
The front page has three column headline: "Mollison Completes First Western Solo Flight Across North Atlantic In Fast Times" with subheads (see photos). This is 1st report... Read full description -
Item #601825PRESCOTT JOURNAL MINER, Prescott, Arizona, August 19, 1932
* Aviator Jim Mollison
* Airplane - aviation
* 1st solo Atlantic flight (West to East)
The front page has a nice banner headline: "LONDON FLYER ON ROUND-TRIP FLIGHT TO N.Y." with subheads (see photos). This is 1st report coverage on the first solo flight across the... Read full description -
Item #619152THE BISBEE EVENING ORE, Arizona, August 19, 1932
* Aviator Jim Mollison
* Airplane - aviation
* 1st solo Atlantic flight (West to East)
* Front leaf only
This front leaf only has a nice banner headline: "MOLLISON SPANS NORTH ATLANTIC" with subheads (see). This is 1st report coverage on the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean... Read full description -
Item #638884PRESCOTT JOURNAL MINER, Arizona, August 20, 1932
* Jim Mollison makes it
* Airplane - aviation
* 1st solo Atlantic flight (W to E)
The front page has a banner headline: "LONDON FLYER MAKES NEW BRUNSWICK SAFELY" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean from West to East. Maybe not as... Read full description -
Item #638910THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 22, 1932
* Jim Mollison
* Airplane - aviation
* 1st solo Atlantic flight (W to E)
The front page has a one column heading: "5,000 HAIL MOLLISON, HERE AFTER SEA HOP; FLIGHT BACK SPEEDED" with subheads. Much more on page 3 with related pictorial. Coverage on the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean from... Read full description -
Item #564139THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, August 31, 1932
* Hermann Goering elected president of the new Reichstag
* Early Hitler and Nazis before total power
This 36 page newspaper has one column headline on the front page that include: "REICHSTAG IS CALM; WILL ASK HINDENBURG TO LET IT CONTINUE" "Nazi Is Elected... Read full description -
Item #638150THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 31, 1932
* Nazi leader Hermann Göring
* Elected president of the Reichstag
The top of the front page has one column headings: "REICHSTAG IS CALM; WILL ASK HINDENBURG TO LET IT CONTINUE" "Nazi Is Elected Speaker--'Toleration' of the Present Cabinet Is Likely" "Red Assails... Read full description -
Item #689826CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, September 4, 1932
* Jimmy Doolittle record flight
* Airplane speed feat
The front page has a great banner headline: "FLIES 5 MILES IN A MINUTE" with subheads. Terrific for display. First report coverage continues on the back page (1st section) with two related photos. (see)
Complete 1st section only with 12 pages,... Read full description -
Item #686343THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 12, 1932
* Colonel George R. Hutchinson
* "Flying family" lost at sea ?
* Aviation - airplanes
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "HUTCHINSONS FEARED LOST; PLANE WITH 8 DOWN AT SEA; AID GOES FROM GREENLAND" with subheads. (see) First report coverage continues on page 3 with... Read full description -
Item #595070THE DETROIT NEWS, Michigan, September 15, 1932
* The American Nurse airplane lost
* Edna Newcomer- female pilot missing
The front page has one column headings: "3 FEARED LOST IN ROME FLIGHT" and "Plane Fails To Arrive Over Italy; Gasoline Supply Believed Exhausted" with photo showing the three lost... Read full description -
Item #579278THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 22, 1932
* Super airplane design study
* Gasoline rockets
* Stratosphere flight
This 34 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 17 that include: "TALK OF SUPERPLANE OF 1,000-MILE SPEED", "California Institute Experts Study Plan of 'Automatic Gasoline-Burning Rocket Engine'", "TO... Read full description -
Item #649188THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 4, 1932
* Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
* Visits American w/ photo
* Amelia Earhart receives trophy
Page 21 has a one column heading: "LADY ASTOR LAUDS OUR SELF-CRITICISM" with subheads and photo. (see)
Also on the same page is a one column heading: "Amelia Earhart Gets Trophy For Flying" with subhead.... Read full description -
Item #590123THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 18, 1932
* Franz von Papen resigns
* Adolph Hitler - Nazis
* Paul von Hindenberg
This 40 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "PAPEN CABINET QUITS; PARTY HEADS CALLED", "Hindenburg Accepts Ministry's Resignation After Failure to Get Reichstag Backing", "May... Read full description -
Item #701537THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 20, 1932
* Wright Brothers Monument dedication
* Kitty Hawk, North Carolina National Memorial
* Big Kill Devil Hill - Orville Wright present
The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "SHAFT TO WRIGHTS DEDICATED IN STORM" with subheads. (see images)
Complete 1st section only with all 32 pages, rag... Read full description -
Item #659523THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 17, 1933
* Audrey Sale-Barker & Joan Page
* Airplane crash in African Jungle
* Lipstick note for help fame
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Two Girl Fliers Crash in African Jungle; Rescue Airplanes Attempt to Reach Them" (see) First report coverage on Audrey... Read full description -
Item #564591THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, March 31, 1933.
* Jewish boycott beginning
* Holocaust start
This 16 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "Jews Implore Hindenburg to Avert Boycott"; "Nazis Determined to Clamp Lid on Semitic Business"; Breaslau Orders Jews to Return Passports" and more.... Read full description -
Item #575210SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, EXTRA !, April 4, 1933
* Crash of the USS Akron (ZRS-4)
* 1st report... Great headline for display
This 10 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "DIRIGIBLE AKRON WRECKED AT SEA" with subheads and photo. (see)
This issue is damaged with major spine and central fold wear... Read full description -
Item #594869THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, April 4, 1933
* Crash of the USS Akron (ZRS-4)
* United States Navy airship
* Early, same day 1st report
This 16 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "AIRSHIP AKRON, HIT BY LIGHTNING OFF BARNEGAT EARLY TODAY, DESTROYED--FEARED ALL BUT TWO OF 76 ARE DEAD" with... Read full description -
Item #700610CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 5, 1933
* Crash of the USS Akron (ZRS-4)
The front page has a nice banner headline: "AKRON SURVIVOR TELLS STORY" with subheads. (see images) More on pages 2-5 with related photos. Also a full back page pictorial. Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this world famous newspaper.
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Item #566887THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, April 5, 1933
* Crash of the USS Akron (ZRS-4)
* United States Navy airship
This 40 page newspaper has a three line, five column headline on the front page: "73 LOST IN AKRON CRASH, 3 SURVIVORS HERE; SHIP DRIVEN DOWN IN STORM, CAUSE IS UNKNOWN,; RESCUE BLIMP FALLS, 2 DROWN, 5 ARE SAVE" with many subheads that include:... Read full description -
Item #635172THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 15, 1933
* Aviatrix Amelia Earhart
* Harmon Trophy presentation
Page 3 has a small one column heading: "Amelia Earhart Honored" "Receives Award Harmon Trophy for Transatlantic Flight" See image for brief report here. I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as... Read full description -
Item #555236TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, April 22, 1933
* USS Macon (ZRS-5) maiden flight
* Airship - Dirigible
* United States Navy
This 28 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "MACON UP 12 HOURS IN MAIDEN FLIGHT", "Akron's Sister Ship Soars Over Ohio and Rides in Smooth Air Over Lake Erie" and... Read full description -
Item #648119THE NEW YORK TIMES, Rotogravure section 7 only, April 23, 1933
* USS Macon maiden flight photo
The top of the front page of this pictorial section has a nice photo of the USS Macon in it's hangar getting ready for her maiden flight. Nice for display. (see) Page 3 has photos of Charles Lindbergh and Adolph Hitler.
Other topics throughout. Ten pages, minor... Read full description -
Item #656499CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, May 12, 1933
* Elizabeth Bacon Custer's will filed
* General George Armstrong Custer widow
Page 24 has a one column heading: "Gen. Custer's Widow Leaves U.S. War Relics" (see)
Complete with all 32 pages, this is the "rag edition" printed on very high quality newsprint meant for institutional... Read full description
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