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Item #630255THE NEW YORK TIMES, section 9 only, May 3, 1931
* Origin of the solar system
* Harold Jeffreys' theory
* Planets - moons
Page 4 of this section has a banner headline: "ORIGIN OF SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLAINED IN A NEW THEORY; An English Scientist Holds That the Earth and the Other Planets,... Read full description -
Item #651417THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 3, 1931
* George Fisher Baker death
* American Financier & philanthropist
* First National Bank of New York City
The front page has a two column headline: "GEORGE F. BAKER, 91, DIES SUDDENLY OF PNEUMONIA; DEAN OF BANKERS" with subheads. (see) Very lengthy 1st report coverage continues inside with photo.
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Item #670528THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 4, 1931
* Paul Heylandt testing rocket car
Page 13 has one column headings: "German Rocket Car Successful In Test" "Speeds at 80 Miles an Hour for 14 Minutes--Motive Power Designed for Airplanes" Coverage of Paul Heylandt testing his new rocket automobile with liquid fuel. (see)
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Item #687959THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 5, 1931
* Susan Glaspell - playwright, actress
* Margaret Ayer Barnes - novelist
* Pulitzer Prize winners for journalism
The front page has a one column heading: "TWO PULITZER PRIZES ARE WON BY WOMAN" with subheads. (see) First report coverage continues inside with photos of the winners. Always nice to have... Read full description -
Item #567098THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 5, 1931 This 56 page newspaper has a four column headline on page 35: "Senators Subdue Revamped Yankees, 7-3" with subheads that include: "Yield by 7-3, With Crippled Ruth on First and Gehrig in Right, Before 20,000" and more.
Tells of Babe Ruth being moved to 1st base in an effort to put less strain on... Read full description -
Item #701364THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 7, 1931
* Battle of Evarts - Coal miners - mining
* Harland County Wars - Kentucky
The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "BLASTS IN MINE ZONE ALARM KENTUCKIANS" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 48 pages, light toning at the margins, a little irregular along the spine, nice condition. -
Item #663010THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 8, 1931
* Francis 'Two Gun' Crowley captured
* American murderer and career criminal
* New York City Police Department shootout
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "POLICE SLAYER CAPTURED IN GUN AND TEAR GAS SIEGE; 10,000 WATCH IN W. 90TH ST." with subheads. (see) First report coverage... Read full description -
Item #688858THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, May 10, 1931
* Albert A. Michelson death (1st report)
* American physicist - 'speed of light' work
The bottom of the front page has a one column heading: "DR. MICHELSON, SCIENTIST, DIES" with subhead. (see)
Complete 1st section only with all 26 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins,... Read full description -
Item #647548THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 12, 1931
* Burning of Convents in Spain
* Marcha Real - national anthem
* Madrid churches & others - riots
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "RIOTS IN 7 SPANISH CITIES; CHURCHES LOOTED, BURNED; MARTIAL LAW IS DECLARED" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the burning of convents... Read full description -
Item #630493THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 13, 1931
* Eugène Ysaÿe death (first report)
* Belgian violinist, conductor and composer
Page 25 has a one column heading: "MANY NATIONS JOIN IN MOURNING YSAYE" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on the death of Belgian violinist, Eugène Ysaÿe. He is regarded as... Read full description -
Item #656308CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, May 15, 1931
* David Belasco death (1st report)
* Theatrical playwright - producer
The front page has a one column heading: "DAVID BELASCO, STAGE GENIUS, DIES AGED 77" with subhead. (see) Photo of Belasco is on the back page. Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous... Read full description -
Item #579112THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 16, 1931
* Early rocket power
* Transatlantic airplane travel?
This 38 page newspaper has small one column heading on page 37: "Predicts 3,000-Mile Speed", "Engineer Visualizes Rocket-Driven Transatlantic Planes" which tells of the possibility of rocket powered airplanes flying over the Atlantic Ocean.... Read full description -
Item #679137THE DETROIT NEWS, sports section only, May 17, 1931
* Twenty Grand wins Kentucky Derby
* American Thoroughbred racehorse
The front page of this section has a banner headline: "Twenty Grand Wins Kentucky Derby and Breaks Old Rosebud's Record" with subheads and three photos.
Complete sport's section only with 8 pages, rag... Read full description -
Item #715469NEW YORK TIMES, May 18, 1931
* Charles W. Holman killed
* Stunt pilot - aerobatics
* St. Paul, Minnesota fame
The front page has a one column heading: "'SPEED' HOLMAN DIES IN CRASH AFTER DIVE" with subheads. (see images)
Complete in 38 pages, light toning at the margins, a little irregular along the spine, generally in very... Read full description -
Item #675884THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 19, 1931
* Gangster Al 'Scarface' Capone
* Annual income surfaces
* Government audit reveals
Page 5 has a one column heading: "Gives Capone Income As $1,641,979 In 1928" with subhead. (see) Was this the beginning of the end for Capone ? He would eventually be tried and convicted if income tax evasion... Read full description -
Item #630289THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 21, 1931
* Alfred Wegener's body found in the Arctic
* German polar researcher, geophysicist & meteorologist
The top of the front page is a two column heading announcing: "Wegener's Body Found in Greenland Waste; Died Peacefully, Buried in Furs by Native" (see) First report coverage on German... Read full description -
Item #688340CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, May 24, 1931
* The Great Depression will end early ?
The front page has a optimistic banner headline: "WE'LL BEAT SLUMP: MELLON" with subheads and small photo of Andrew Mellon. Nice for display. Of course this didn't happen and the U.S. suffered through the 1930's.
Complete with 24 pages, rag edition... Read full description -
Item #658313THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., May 27, 1931
* 1st ballooning flight into the stratosphere
* Auguste Piccard & Paul Kipfer
The front page has a one column heading: "BALLOON LEAVES FOR HIGHT NEVER REACHED BY MAN" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the takeoff of the very 1st balloon flight to reach the stratosphere.
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Item #584785PRESCOTT JOURNAL MINER, Prescott, Arizona, May 28, 1931
* 1st balloon flight into the stratosphere
* Auguste Piccard & Paul Kipfer
This 6 page newspaper has a nice seven column headline on the front page: "TWO BALLOONISTS ARE BELIEVED DEAD"
with subheads (see images). 1st report coverage of the very 1st balloon flight to... Read full description -
Item #587338THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, June 4, 1931
* Epsom Derby - The Derby
* 1st live sporting event to be televised on TV
* John Logie Baird
This 24 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 17: "CAMERONIAN WINS ENGLISH DERBY IN STIRRING CONTEST" and more. 1st report coverage on the 1931 Epsom Derby. Though not... Read full description -
Item #573950THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Omaha, Nebraska, June 5, 1931 This 26 page newspaper has a small one column headline on the front page: "Indict Capone in Income Tax Fraud".
This would ultimately be what ended Al Capone's reign as mob leader in Chicago.
Other news of the day throughout. Good condition. -
Item #645455THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 5, 1931
* 1st American rocket powered aircraft
* William G. Swan - rocket glider
* Post Fritz von Opel - Fritz Stamer
Page 25 has one column headings: "ATLANTIC CITY PILOT FLIES ROCKET GLIDE", "Goes 1,000 Feet on One Burst in First Hop of Its Kind in America--Rises 1000 Feet" First report coverage... Read full description -
Item #574126CHRONICLE AND NEWS, Allentown, Pennsylvania, June 6, 1931 This 18 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "CAPONE FACES POSSIBILITY OF 32 YEAR TERM" "Gang Overlord Posts $50,000 Bond For Hearing on Income Tax Evasion".
This would ultimately be what ended Al Capone's reign as mob leader in Chicago.
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Item #565665THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, June 9, 1931
* Hollywood actress Clara Bow
* Quits movies
This 28 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Clara Bow, Ill, Quits Her Career In Movies" with subhead. (see) Tells of famous Hollywood actress Clara Bow quitting due to mental illness.
Other news of the day. Light browning... Read full description -
Item #563562THE DAY, New London CT Connecticut, June 10, 1931
* HMS Poseidon submarine sinking
* United Kingdom Royal Navy
This 16 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Eight Trapped in Sunken British Sub".
Light browning, otherwise in good condition.
wikipedia notes: HMS Poseidon (P99) was a Parthian class submarine designed and built... Read full description -
Item #565664THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, June 10, 1931
* HMS Poseidon submarine sinking (1st report)
* United Kingdom Royal Navy
This 26 page newspaper has a two column headline at the bottom of the front page: "British Sub Destroyed, Two Killed, 18 Missing" with subhead: "Naval Craft Sinks After Collision... Read full description -
Item #624463THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 10, 1931
* HMS Poseidon submarine sinking (1st report)
* United Kingdom Royal Navy
The front page has one column headings: "BRITISH SUBMARINE SINKS WITH 18 MEN" "Two of 33 Saved Succumb to Injuries After Collision With Steamer Offf China" "FLEET SENDS DIVERS DOWN and more. First report coverage... Read full description -
Item #566003THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, June 11, 1931
* HMS Poseidon submarine sinking
* United Kingdom Royal Navy
This 30 page newspaper has one column headlineS at the bottom of the front page:
* 8 MAY ESCAPE 'SUB' PRISON
* Rescue Fight Is Pressed; In Yellow Sea
Other news of the day. Light browning with little margin wear, otherwise in good condition. Should be... Read full description -
Item #579125THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 11, 1931
* Early rockets flight (space)
* Dr. Darwin O. Lyon
* Pierre Montagne
This 52 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 4: "WINS PRIZE FOR STUDY OF ROCKET'S STRENGTH" and more. See photos for text here.
Also a small one column heading on page 27: "NEW ROCKET ATTEMPT" (see photos).... Read full description -
Item #619239ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, June 12, 1931
* Aviator Amelia Earhart
* Beech-Nut autogiro crash
The front page has a two column heading: "Amelia Earhart Uninjured When Autogiro Crashes on Takeoff at Abilene, Texas" with subhead and photo. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 28 pages, irregular along the spine, generally... Read full description -
Item #580343MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Tennessee, June 13, 1931
* Twenty Grand - American thoroughbred race horse
* Belmont Stakes - great headline for display
This 12 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page:
"TWENTY GRAND WINS BELMONT STAKE" with subheads (see photos). Nice to have this report on the front page and very unusual... Read full description -
Item #566805THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, New York, June 15, 1931
* St. Philbert sinks
* St. Nazaire France
This 14 page newspaper has a very nice banner headline on the front page: "500 ARE DROWNED WHEN SHIP SINKS" with subheads. (see) Tells of the French steamer St. Philbert sinking off of St. Nazaire France.
Other news of the day. Light... Read full description -
Item #674101FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., June 16, 1931
* Al "Scarface" Capone - gangster - mob boss
* The beginning of the end of his criminal career
The front page has a one column heading: "Report Capone Will Enter Guilty Plea" with subhead. (see) Capone would plead guilty for tax evasion on this day.
Complete with all 14 pages,... Read full description -
Item #646304THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 16, 1931
* Anna Adams Gordon death (1st report)
* Woman's Christian Temperance Union
* Social reformer - temperance movement
Page 27 has a one column heading: "ANNA GORDON DEAD; W. C. T. U. LEADER" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on the death of Anna Adams Gordon, temperance movement pioneer. I... Read full description -
Item #599193LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, June 17, 1931
* Al 'Scarface' Capone
* Income tax evasion guilty plea
The front page has one column headings: "CAPONE FACES LONG TERM", "Possible 34 Years in Prison, and $94,000 Fine". This is 1st report coverage on Al 'Scarface'... Read full description -
Item #669600THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 20, 1931
* Gypsum Cave - Nevada
* Prehistoric Man & ground sloths
* Mark Raymond Harrington
Page 2 has a article headed: "TELLS OF NEVADA MAN OF 20,000 YEARS AGO" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on Mark Raymond Harrington's findings in Gypsum Cave within the Frenchman Range of Nevada. I... Read full description -
Item #630342THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 22, 1931
* Schienenzeppelin - rail zeppelin - railcar
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "'Rail Zeppelin' Speeds 143.75 Miles an Hour; World Record Is Set on Hamburg-Berlin Run" (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 40 pages, this is the rare rag edition... Read full description -
Item #630343THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 23, 1931
* Ruth Rowland Nichols airplane crash
* 1st Woman solo Transatlantic flight attempt
* Newfoundland - Canada
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "RUTH NICHOLS HURT IN CRASH AT ST. JOHN ON WAY TO EUROPE" with subheads. (see) Lengthy text continues on page 3 with photo.
Other news, sports... Read full description -
Item #580341MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Tennessee, June 23, 1931
* Wiley Post and Harold Gatty - 1st airplane flight around the World begins
* Monoplane Winnie Mae ( early same day report)
This 22 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page:
"WORLD FLIERS HOP OFF FOR BERLIN" with subheads (see photos). Nice to have... Read full description -
Item #712024FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., June 23, 1931
* Wiley Post and Harold Gatty (1st leg)
* 1st airplane flight around the World begins
* Monoplane Winnie Mae
The front page has a one column heading: "Gatty and Post On First Leg Of World Flight" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 14 pages, light toning at t he... Read full description -
Item #583257MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, June 24, 1931
* Wiley Post and Harold Gatty - 1st airplane flight around the World begins
* Monoplane Winnie Mae (early same day report)
This 18 page newspaper has five column headline on the front page: "American Fliers Land in Berlin". Other news of the day including period... Read full description -
Item #594251MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, June 26, 1931
* Wiley Post and Harold Gatty
* 1st airplane flight around the World
* Monoplane Winnie Mae
This 24 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Airmen Near Half Way Mark In Speed Hop Around World".
Other news of the day including period... Read full description -
Item #557262THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, June 28, 1931
* Wiley Post and Harold Gatty
* 1st airplane flight around the World (during flight)
This 30 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include:
* POST AND GATTY PLOW INTO MUD; PLANE IS SAFE
* First Bad Landing IS Made at Blagoveshchensk as Ship Hits Mire, but Fliers Will... Read full description -
Item #565755THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, June 29, 1931
* Wiley Post and Harold Gatty
* 1st flight around the World in airplane
* During flight reporting
This 16 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include:
* POST AND GATTY END LAST HOP OVER SIBERIA
* Round World Fliers to Take Off Today for Flight to... Read full description -
Item #693981THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 29, 1931
* Betty Robinson airplane crash - dead ?
* Winner of 1st Olympic 100-meter for Women
* Youngest athlete to win gold medal (16 yrs. old)
Page 3 has a one column heading: "Elizabeth Robinson Hurt In Air Crash" with subhead. (see) Robinson was thought to be dead and was put in the trunk of car and taken... Read full description -
Item #575420THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, June 30, 1931
* Wiley Post and Harold Gatty
* 1st flight around the World in airplane
* During flight reporting
This 22 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "World Fliers Reach Alaska After Perilous 2,300 Mile Flight Over Bering Sea" with... Read full description -
Item #556574TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTTE, Massachusetts, July 2, 1931
* Wiley Post and Harold Gatty become national heroes
* 1st airplane flight around the World (ends)
This 28 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include: "GREAT WELCOME FOR GATTY AND POST AT END OF WORLD TRIP" and more.
This was the very... Read full description -
Item #580479MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Tennessee, July 2, 1931
* Wiley Post and Harold Gatty... 1st flight around the World in airplane ends
* Hero's welcome in New York City
This 22 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page:
"WILD OVATION GREETS FLIERS IN MANHATTAN" "New York Accords Heroes' Welcome to Post, Gatty... Read full description -
Item #582713THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Omaha, Nebraska, July 2, 1931
* Wiley Post and Harold Gatty... 1st flight around the World in airplane ends
* Hero's welcome in New York City
This 24 page newspaper has a five column headline on the front page: "MILLIONS ACCLAIM AIRMAN" with subhead: "Heroes Ride In Confetti Blizzard" with related... Read full description -
Item #580449MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Tennessee, July 3, 1931
* Max Schmeling (German Boxer) vs. Young Stribling
* Title boxing match (pre fight)
This 14 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page:
"FIGHT ODDS SHIFT TO CHAMPION" with subheads (see photos). Unusual for such a nice headline here on the front page.
Other news of the day... Read full description
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