Historic Newspapers: Issues for under $50

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 24, 1930

* Victorian wins Agua Caliente Handicap
* American Thoroughbred racehorse

The sport's section (page 16) has a banner headline: "$123,400 Agua Caliente Handicap Is Won by Victorian; Track Record Broken" with subheads and photo. (see) 1st report coverage on Victorian winning the Agua Caliente... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 26, 1930

* SS Europa maiden voyage
* German Ocean Liner
* Breaks transatlantic (W) speed record
* Take Blue Riband from SS Bremen
 
The front page has one column headings: "EUROPA SETS RECORD; ARRIVES 18 MINUTES UNDER BREMEN TIME" "Big German Liner Cuts Through Fog on Last Leg for Mark of 4... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 27, 1930

* Arnettsville, West Virginia
* Coal mine explosion disaster

Page 6 has one column headings: "12 KILLED IN MINE IN WEST VIRGINIA" "Gas Explosion Traps Victims Working in Coal Shaft at Arnettsville" and more. (see) 1st report coverage on the Yukon mine explosion of the Crown Coal... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 30, 1930

* Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
* Acrobat Hans Jahn falls to his death

Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Circus Acrobat Killed at Bronx Performance In Forty-Foot Fall in Pole-Balancing Act" (see)
Complete 1st section only with 28 pages, nice condition.

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., April 2, 1930

* Bobby Jones wins Southeastern Open
* PGA professional golf tournament - Augusta, Georgia
* The beginning of his famed grand slam

The sport's section (page 24) has a two column heading: "Jones Adds Southwestern Golf Title to His Long String" with subhead. (see) First report coverage... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 5, 1930

* Victoria of Baden death (1st report)
* Queen of Sweden

Page 19 has a one column headings: "QUEEN OF SWEDEN DIES AT 68 IN ROME" "Victoria Succumbs at Winter Villa to Bronchial Ailment Suffered Many Years" and more with photo. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 40... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 11, 1930

* Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma)
* Fight for India independence (Salt tax)
* Gujarat, India villages campaign

Page 13 has one column headings: "GANDHI RESTS, WORN BY CONSTANT STRAIN" "Indian Leader's Nerves Frayed--Campaign of Disobedience Spreads Over the Country" "He... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 16, 1930

* Dr. Albert Einstein
* Uniform field theory
* Electricity and gravity

Page 3 has one column headings: "Dr. Einstein Clarifies Theory To Scientists" "German Physicist Retraces to Prussian Academy Steps in Reaching His Field Formula" See image for text here.
Other news, sports and advertisements... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 18, 1930

* Max Valier
* Rocket car

This 52 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 11: "VALIER SHOWS BERLIN NEW GAS-ROCKET CAR",
"German Believes He Has Made Propulsion by Recoil From Explosions Practical". Tells of Austrian Max Valier testing his new rocket automobile. See photos for text.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 19, 1930

* Al 'Scarface' Capone seizing control of Chicago
* Rocket airplane flight... Paul Heylandt
* American gangster era original

Page 9 has one column headings: "'POLITICAL RACKET' IS LAID TO CAPONE" "Gangster Is Becoming a Power in the Chicago City Hall, According to Rumors"... Read full description  

QUINCY EVENING NEWS, Mass.,  April 21, 1930

* Aviator Charles Lindbergh & wife
* Transcontinental flight record
* Airplane - aviation - aviator

The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Share Flight Honors" with subhead and photo (see)
Complete with 14 pages, light toning and minor wear at the... Read full description  

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 23, 1930

* American explorer & aviator Carl Ben Eielson
* Trans-arctic airplane flight - Siberia death

The front page has a one column heading: "Eielson Dead in Arctic; Scan Snow for Body" Two related photos are on the back page.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 38... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 25, 1930

* Charles Lindbergh flight
* Airplane journey w/ his mother
* Early aviation era original

Page 3 has one column headings: "LINDBERGH TAKES MOTHER TO CAPITAL" "He Stops at Lakehurst and Camden in First Day's Flight Toward Canal" and more with nice photo. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, sport's section only, April 27, 1930

* Gallant Fox wins Wood Memorial Stakes
* Thoroughbred horse race - Queens, New York
* Great depression era original

The front page of this section has one column headings: "GALLANT FOX FIRST IN WOOD MEMORIAL" "Kentucky Derby Favorite, With Sande Up, Defeats Crack... Read full description  

THE DETROIT NEWS, April 28, 1930

* Fayetteville, Tennessee
* Air show stunt disaster
* Airplane circus

The top of page 37 has a one column heading: "PLANE KILLS 8; PILOT IS HELD" with subhead. First report coverage on the air show disaster at Faytteville, Tennessee which was one of the very 1st air show disasters.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 2, 1930

* Early rocket airplane test flight
* Dusseldorf, Germany

This 48 page newspaper has small one column headings on page 6 that reads: "Tail-Less Plane Crashes", "Rocket Machine Is Badly Damaged--German Flier Slightly Hurt" which tells a early rocket plane test flight by Hans Espenlaub of Germany.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 2, 1930

* Tekamah, Nebraska
* Tornado disaster
* Mahatma Gandhi arrest ?

Page 3 has one column headings: "STORMS KILL 18 IN MIDDLE WEST" "Tornado Hits Tekamah, Neb., Leaving Six Dead and Many Injured" and more. (see)
Page 9 has: "LOOKS FOR ARREST OF GANDHI IN RAID" with subheads. (see)
Other... Read full description  

THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, May 5, 1930

* Nashua NH New Hampshire fire
* 1st report

This 16 page newspaper has a six column headline on the front page: "Seven Fires About New London; Thousands of Acres Burn Over; Rage All Night; Loss Unknown" with subheads that include: "Fire at Nashua Razes 250 Homes, $3,000,000 Loss"... Read full description  

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, May 7, 1930

* Runge & Frost TX Texas
* Tornadoes disaster

This 24 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "65 KNOWN DEAD IN TEXAS STORM" and "Horror of Tetanus Expected to Add to Toll; Eight Reported in Dying Condition". See photos for text. Nice to have this report on... Read full description  

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, May 12, 1930

* Aviator Pablo Sidar Escobar killed
* Mexican army air ace airplane crash

The front page has a five column heading: "Two Flyers Dive to Death in Ocean" with subhead. Small photo of Escobar is on the front page.
Complete with 42 pages, rag edition in great condition. A few small binding holes... Read full description  

THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, May 13, 1930

* Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma)
* Siege of Solapur, Maharashtra, India
* Indian Independence Movement

The top of the front page has a three column headline: "Troops Crush Sholapur Revolt; Native Rule Is Short Lived; Arrest Six, Gandhists Flee" with subhead. (see)
Other news, sports... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 15, 1930.

* Aviator Richard E. Byrd welcome home
* First Antarctica - South Pole expedition
* Al "Scarface" Capone jail release in Miami

The front page has a one column heading: "BYRD REACHES CANAL; STEPS ON HOME SOIL TO CHEERS OF THRONG" with subheads. (see)
Page 30 has a one column... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 17, 1930

* Amateur golfer Bobby Jones
* Walker Cup won by U.S.
* Royal St George's Golf Club
* Sandwich, Kent, England

The front page has one column headings: "AMERICAN GOLFERS BEAT BRITISH, 10-2, TO KEEP WALKER CUP" "Capture 7 of the 8 Singles in Final of Tournament Over Links at Sandwich"... Read full description  

SUNDAY BEE-NEWS, Omaha, Nebraska, May 18, 1930

* Gallant Fox race horse
* Triple crown of horse racing
* Kentucky Derby (1st of 3 wins)

The front page has a two column heading: "Sande Boots His Gallant Fox In to 'Darby' Fame" with subheads. (see) Much more in the sport's section with banner headline and photo. 1st report... Read full description