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Item #651566FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., December 10, 1934
* The famed "Sneakers Game"
* NFL football title championship
Page 8 under "Sport Chatter" is some brief reporting which includes: "The Giants wore basketball sneakers in the second half on account of the frozen ground and then went into the air" This was... Read full description -
Item #687521THE BURLINGTON FREE PRESS, Vermont, December 10, 1934
* The famed "Sneakers Game"
* NFL football title championship
The top of page 13 has a one column heading: "Giants Capture Pro Grid Title; Beat Bears 30-13" with subhead. (see) First report coverage of the famous "Sneakers Game" which was the 1934... Read full description -
Item #572061THE ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, December 11, 1934
* Kerns Hotel fire (1st report)
* Lansing MI Michigan
This 26 page newspaper has a four column headline on the front page: "Fire Levels Michigan Hotel; 40 Feared Dead; 27 Injured". Tells of the Kerns Hotel fire disaster in Lansing Michigan with subheads (see photos).
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Item #628871THE COMMERICAL APPEAL, Memphis, December 12, 1934
* Kerns Hotel fire holocaust (1st report)
* Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan
The front page has a three column headline: "14 Dead, 30 Missing In Hotel Holocaust; Toll May Reach 40" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the Kerns Hotel fire disaster in Lansing... Read full description -
Item #697964SECTION 2 (sports) only of the Chicago Sunday Tribune, Dec. 16, 1934
* Francis "Pug" Lund wins Big Ten football MVP
* Minnesota Golden Gophers college football HB
* Chicago Tribune Silver Football award
The front page has a nice banner headline for display: "NAME LUND MOST VALUABLE BIG 10 PLAYER" with subheads and... Read full description -
Item #688655THE DETROIT NEWS, December 20, 1934
* Shelbyville Courthouse Square Historic District - Tennessee
* Lynching mob burns down after Negro is transferred
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "Troops Invade Mob-Torn City" with subhead. (see)
Complete with 52 pages, rag edition in very nice condition.
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Item #686602THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 21, 1934
* re. Albert Fish captured - indicted
* Serial killer, child rapist and cannibal
* "The Boogey Man" - "Gray Man"
* "Brooklyn Vampire" - "Werewolf of Wysteria"
The top of page 16 has a one column heading: "WITNESS LINKS FISH TO GAFFNEY CASE" with... Read full description -
Item #688658THE DETROIT NEWS, Dec. 21, 1934
* KLM Douglas DC-2 'Uiver'
* Airplane crash disaster
* Iraq desert
The top of the front page has a seven column headline: "Air Derby Winner Crashes; 7 Die" with subheads. (see)
Complete with 48 pages, rag edition in great condition. -
Item #672858THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 23, 1934
* "Little Gloria" reunites with mother
* Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
The top of page 3 has a one column heading: "VANDERBILT CHILD AND MOTHER SHOP" with subheads and related photo. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to... Read full description -
Item #572204ALBANY EVENING NEWS, Albany, New York, December 27, 1934 This 24 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "13 ARE KILLED IN BLAST OF MINER ENGINE" "20 More Injured as Train Is Torn Asunder by Explosion" and more. (see)
This tells of the boiler explosion of miners' locomotive of the... Read full description -
Lilian Harvey, Margaret Sullavan, Jean Muir, Frieda Inescort, and Claudette Colbert...
Item #210787A 6 issue set of the SCREEN & RADIO WEEKLY, from the DETROIT FREE PRESS, dated from 1935-1937. The photos below show the front page (covers) featuring Lilian Harvey, Margaret Sullavan, Jean Muir, Frieda Inescort, and Claudette Colbert. You get the complete issues! Browned a bit at the top and... Read full description -
Item #674024THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 5, 1935
* Franklin D. Roosevelt - FDR
* State of the Union Address
* Second New Deal announced
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "ROOSEVELT TO MAKE JOBS FOR 3,500,000 NOW ON RELIEF; PUSHES HIS SOCIAL PROGRAM" with many subheads. Much more on pages 2 & 3 with loads of text. First... Read full description -
Item #686725THE NEW YORK TIMES, section 10 only, January 6, 1935
* Automobiles - cars for 1935
* Many advertisements
* Photos and illustrations
This section is loaded with news and advertisements (some full page) for the automobiles that were introduced in 1935. Loads of text. See images for small portion here.
Complete section 10 only with all 32 pages,... Read full description -
Item #547463NEW YORK TIMES, New York, New York, January 8, 1935
* Kidnapping of Betty Gow
The front page of this issue concerns the kidnapping of Miss Betty Gow, the headline of which reads: "Miss Gow Firm in Her Story of Night of Kidnapping; Identifies Baby's Clothes". Betty Gow was the nurse who had been... Read full description -
Item #710182CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, January 11, 1935
* Mary Pickford & Douglas Fairbanks divorce
The top of the front page has a nice banner headline for display: "'DOUG' AND MARY DIVORCED" with subhead. First report coverage continues inside with related pictorial (see images)
Complete with 36 pages, rag edition in very... Read full description -
Item #648139THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 11, 1935
* Mary Pickford & Douglas Fairbanks divorce
* Charles Lindbergh baby kidnapping murder trial
* Great depression era original
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Mary Pickford Obtains Divorce In Surprise 3-Minute Hearing" with subhead. (see) First report coverage... Read full description -
Item #555863THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, from Springfield, Massachusetts, dated January 11, 1935
* Actress Mary Pickford
* Actor Douglas Fairbanks
* Divorce
This 32 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include:
* Mary Pickford Is Given Divorce from Fairbanks; Cruelty, Neglect Charged
and more with one column photo of Pickford.
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Item #568486THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, January 11, 1935
This 20 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "MARY PICKFORD DIVORCES DOUG, ENDING THE 'PERFECT MARRIAGE'" with small photos of the two. (see)
Other news of the day. Light browning with a few binding slits along the spine, otherwise good.... Read full description -
Item #575203TOLEDO BLADE, Ohio, January 11, 1935
* Actress Mary Pickford - Divorce
* Actor Douglas Fairbanks
This 34 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page:
"MARY PICKFORD WINS DIVORCE" "Doug, in St. Moritz With Lady Ashley, Does Not Contest Suit" with photo of Pickford. (see)
Other news of the day throughout.... Read full description -
Item #619038THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, January 12, 1935
* Amelia Earhart (female aviator)
* Solo Pacific Ocean flight (Hawaii to Oakland)
* 1st of it's kind (during flight report)
The front page has one column headings: "AVIATRIX FLASHES ACROSS PACIFIC FROM HONOLULU" "Flier Believed Off Coast of San Francisco in Fog... Read full description -
Item #712824CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, January 14, 1935
* Mosul-Haifa oil pipeline opens
* King Ghazi of Iraq - Kirkuk
The top of page 18 has a one column heading: "MOSUL OIL LINE, 1,150 MI. LONG, IN SERVICE TODAY" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 30 pages, rag edition in nice condition. A few small binding holes along the spine, -
Item #554592THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, January 14, 1935
* Richard E. Byrd expedition
* Little America in Antarctica
This 32 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page: "Byrd Party Close to Pole In 88-Day Dogsled Journey" and "Expedition Returns From 1,410-Mile trip On Which Was Discovered a Vast Plateau--It Embraces the Leverett... Read full description -
Item #638265THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 14, 1935
* Saar status referendum, 1935
* Territory of the Saar Basin plebiscite
* Reunification with Germany - Nazis
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "SAAR PLEBISCITE ORDERLY AS 98% CAST THEIR VOTES; NAZI TOTAL IS PUT AT 80%" with subheads. (see) More on page 3 with two related photos. Lengthy... Read full description -
Item #638670THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 16, 1935
* Jimmy Doolittle breaks flight record
* Transcontinental transport airplanes
The top of page 19 has a one column heading: "DOOLITTLE SPANS U. S. IN 12 HOURS" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on Jimmy Doolittle breaking the... Read full description -
Item #685568ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, Jan. 17, 1935
* Ma Barker and Fred Barker
* Florida outlaws killings (1st report)
Under the one column front page heading: "BANDIT FORAYS SPUR FEDERAL CRIME ATTACK" with subheads is a brief report from Florida on the killings of Ma and Fred Barker, infamous 1930's gangsters. A more lengthy... Read full description -
Item #660869CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, January 18, 1935.
* Start of Social Security in the U.S.
The front page has a one column heading: "CONGRESS GETS 'SOCIAL SECURITY,' PENSION BILLS" with subhead. First report coverage on what would eventually become social security in the United States.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day.... Read full description -
Item #571434THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, Jan. 18, 1935
* Robert Mais captured
* Public enemy # 1
The ftpg. has a report headed: "Killer 'Bob' Mais Arrested In Bed In New York City" with various subheads including: "Public Enemy No. 1 of East Comes to End of Trail" "Record Is Bad" and a bit more (see). The... Read full description -
Item #640792ROTOGRAVURE SECTION of the New York Times, January 20, 1935
* Saar status referendum, 1935 photos
* Territory of the Saar Basin plebiscite
* Reunification with Germany - Nazis
The front page of this picture section has five related photos territory of the Saar Basin plebiscite. (see) Nice for display.
Other topics throughout. Six pages, a little... Read full description -
Item #649505THE NEW YORK TIMES, section 2 only, January 20, 1935
* Sufi Abdul Hamid arrested
* African-American Islam convert
* Anti-Semitism rhetoric in Harlem
The front page of this section has a one column heading: "HARLEM'S 'HITLER' JAILED FOR SPEECH" with subheads that include: "Court Calls Sufi Abdul Hamid 'Imposter... Read full description -
Item #676090THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 21, 1935
* Gangster Alvin "Creepy" Karpis
* Public enemy # 1 criminal
* Atlantic City NJ shootout & escape
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "BREMER KIDNAPPER SHOOTS HIS WAY OUT OF TRAP IN JERSEY" with subheads. (see) First report coverage continues on page 3 with a... Read full description -
Item #578164ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, January 21, 1935
* Gilberton, Pennsylvania
* Coal mine explosion
This 24 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "Mine Blast Kills 2, Overcomes 50" and "Pennsylvania Rushes Aid to Men Felled by 'Black Damp'" which tells of the Philadelphia and... Read full description -
Item #695174CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, January 22, 1935
* Gilberton, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
* Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company
* Colliery explosion disaster
* Lindbergh baby kidnapping murder case
The top of page 9 has a one column heading: "11 MINERS KILLED BY BLAST, GAS IN PENNSYLVANIA" with subheas. (see) First... Read full description -
Item #713519THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, January 25, 1935.
* SS Mohawk shipwreck
* Ward Line ocean liner
* New Jersey coast collision
* Charles Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping Trial
* Bruno Hauptmann takes the stand
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "190 Are Saved as Ward Liner Sinks in Crash" with subhead and photo. (see... Read full description -
Item #551324NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 30, 1935 America refuses to join the World Court!. Ftpg. 3 line, 3 col. head: "Senate Beats World Court, 52-36, 7 Less Than 2/3 vote; Defeat For The President" & subheads: "Concessions Are Futile" "Direct Pressure From the White House Fails to Stem the Tide" & more.
Note: Although President... Read full description -
Item #638447THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 1, 1935
* Joseph Smith Fletcher death
* English author - detective fiction
The top of page 21 has a one column heading: "J. S. FLETCHER DIES; POPULAR NOVELIST" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on the death of J. S. Fletcher, English journalist and author who specialized in detective... Read full description -
Item #638439THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 3, 1935
* Prohibition ends in Iceland
* Beer returns - legal liquor
The top of the front page has a small one column heading: "Iceland Ends Prohibition; Few Drink Excessively" (see)
Other news of the day. Complete 1st section only with all 32 pages, rag edition in nice condition.
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Item #638452THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 7, 1935
* Kirsten Flagstad - Norwegian opera singer
* Tristan und Isolde music drama
* Metropolitan Opera "The Met"
The top of page 22 has a one column heading: "FLAGSTAD HAILED IN ROLE OF ISOLDE" with subheads and photo. See images for text here.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day.... Read full description -
Item #649418THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 9, 1935
* Max Liebermann death
* German-Jewish painter
The top of page 16 has a one column heading: "MAX LIEBERMANN, ARTIST, DIES AT 87" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on the death of Max Liebermann, German-Jewish painter and printmaker, and one of the leading proponents of... Read full description -
Item #638500THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 11, 1935
* Michael von Faulhaber - Roman Catholic Cardinal
* Archbishop of Munich opposes Nazi government
The front page has a one column heading: "CARDINAL IN THREAT TO CUT OFF NAZIS" with subheads. (see) See below for more information. Always nice to have notable events in history reported in... Read full description -
Item #598348THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, February 13, 1935
* USS Macon (ZRS-5) crashes (1st report)
* United States Navy Airship
The front page has a nice banner headline: "MACON PLUNGES INTO SEA, 81 OF 83 SAVED; SOS CALL FROM PACIFIC BRINGS RESCUE SHIPS" with subheads and photo (see photos).
Other news, sports and advertisements... Read full description -
Item #555237TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, February 13, 1935
* USS Macon (ZRS-5) crashes
* United States Navy Airship
This 12 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "PROBE OF MACON CRASH IS DUE" with subhead. Also nice headline of the Lindbergh baby kidnapping trial as it ends.
Other news of the day... Read full description -
Item #598346THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, February 14, 1935
* Bruno Hauptmann found guilty
* Charles Lindbergh Baby kidnapping
* Death sentence
The front page has a very nice banner headline: "HAUPTMANN CONVICTED---MUST DIE" with subheads and nice, large photo of Hauptmann. 1st report coverage on the conviction of... Read full description -
Item #608812THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, February 14, 1935 The issue has a 3 line, 3 column head: "Hauptmann Is Guilty; Sentenced To Die At Trenton Next Month" with various subheads "Defense to Appeal Verdict to High Court if Necessary" "Court Room Scene Tense" "Jury in 'Trial of the... Read full description -
Item #705045CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, February 17, 1935
* Benita von Falkenhayn death sentence
The top of the front page has a nice banner headline: "BEG HITLER SAVE GIRL SPIES" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display. First report coverage on the death sentence handed down to Benita von Falkenhayn for spying for the Second Polish... Read full description -
Item #679444THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 17, 1935
* Benita von Falkenhayn death sentence
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Two Aristocratic Women Doomed As Spies by a Court in Germany" with subhead. (see) First report coverage on the death sentence handed down to Benita von Falkenhayn for spying for the Second Polish Republic.... Read full description -
Item #688505THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 20, 1935
* Benita von Falkenhayn guillotine execution
* Zelda Sears death - American actress
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Nazis to Behead Two Men; Women Faced Axe Calmly" with subhead. (see) Coverage on the guillotine executions which included Benita von Falkenhayn for... Read full description -
Item #214883LIBERTY magazine, New York, February 23, 1935.
* Skiing cover
* Grace Moore
* Golf... good and goofy
* Colored Ads (see photos)
The color cover of this issue has a very nice print of a couple skiing with the guy falling (see photos). There is no related article on this inside pages.
A story entitled: The private... Read full description -
Item #699313SPORT'S SECTION ONLY of the New York Times, Feb. 24, 1935
* Very first Santa Anita Handicap
* Thoroughbred horse race - racing
* Arcadia, California racetrack
The top of the front page of this section has a two column heading: "AZUCAR BEATS LADYSMAN IN $127,000 COAST STAKE WITH EQUIPOISE SEVENTH" with subheads and photo.... Read full description -
Item #692346DER BEOBACHTER (The Observer), Germany, Feb. 25, 1935 Obviously a newspaper of the Nazi party as the masthead includes 3 swastika symbols (see).
Complete in 12 pages, 12 by 18 1/4 inches, cleanly cut at the blank spine, a little margin wear, otherwise quite nice. -
Item #582389LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, February 26, 1935
* Babe Ruth leaves New York Yankees (1st report)
* Joining the Boston Braves
This 6 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "BRAVES SECURE BABE RUTH", "To be Vice President and Assistant Manager of Boston Nat'l Club" with photo of... Read full description
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