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Item #568798THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, November 26, 1935 This 20 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page:
* PLANE SKIMS SEA TO WAKE ISLAND
* China Clipper's Uneventful Hop Described by Passenger
with photo of the famous airplane. (see)
This tells of the maiden flight of the first commercial flight across the... Read full description -
Item #646940BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvanian, Nov. 30, 1934 Near the top of the ftpg. is a one column photos of gangster "Dutch" Schultz, headed: "Surrenders To Law" and with the caption reading: "Sought by police & Federal agents for months, 'Dutch' Schultz, ex-New York beer baron and racketeer,... Read full description -
Item #652166THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 3, 1935
* James Henry Breasted death
* Archaeologist - Egyptologist
* University of Chicago professor
* Oriental Institute founder
The top of page 25 has a one column heading: "DR. BREASTED DIES; NOTED ORIENTALIST" with subheads and photo. (see) Lengthy 1st report coverae on the death of James Henry Breasted,... Read full description -
Item #725592THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 5, 1935
* Secaucus, New Jersey Jehovah's Witnesses
* 11 year old Alma Hering expelled from school
* For refusing to salute the American flag in classroom
* Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society member
* Charles Taze Russell followers - Bible Students
Page 10 has a one column heading: "Girls... Read full description -
Item #721335THE NEW YORK TIMES, section 10 only, December 8, 1935
* The Great Depression
* Several case examples
* Winter time - pre-Christmas
The front page of this section has a banner headline: "REMEMBER THESE: THE NEEDIEST OF ALL!" with related illustration. Lengthy text with many cases continues on page 2 with another related print. Nice for... Read full description -
Item #645780THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 8, 1935
* Aleta Freel suicide death
* American Stage actress
* Hollywood - Los Angeles
The top of page 44 has a one column heading: "ALETA FREEL ENDS LIFE IN HOLLYWOOD" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on American stage actress Aleta Freel committing suicide in Los Angeles,... Read full description -
Item #688843UTOPIAN NEWS, Los Angeles, California, Dec. 9, 1935 A very unusual & rare title from the depths of the Depression. This newspaper lasted for less than 2 years, and 3 months of that time it was suspended. One of the issues notes: "The Utopian News--is both a primer & an advanced treatise on the old and the new... Read full description -
Item #689505THE DETROIT NEWS, Dec. 9, 1935
* Bruno Hauptmann death sentence appeal fails
* Charles Lindbergh baby kidnapping
The bold banner headline announces: "BRUNO DENIED APPEAL" and subheads. Nice for display.
Complete 1st section only with 20 pages, rage edition, light toning, a little spine wear, generally in very nice... Read full description -
Item #715685THE DETROIT NEWS, December 10, 1935
* Southern Methodist University (SMU Mustangs)
* NCAA college football champions
The bottom of the front page of section II (sports) has a somewhat discrete, two column heading: "Dickinson Rates SMU at Top". (see image) First report coverage on Southern Methodist University (SMU)... Read full description -
Item #590208THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, December 11, 1935
* Jimmy Foxx sold to the Boston Red Sox
* Al Simmons sold to Detroit Tigers
* Major league baseball - MLB
This 24 page newspaper has various headlines and photos concerning the Jimmy Foxx trade with headlines that include: "Red Sox Buy Foxx, Marcum; Tigers Purchase... Read full description -
Item #576610LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, December 13, 1935
* A Night at the Opera movie ad
* Groucho - Chico - Harpo
* Marx Brothers
This 12 page newspaper has a 6 x 5 inch movie advertisement on the back page for: "A Night at the Opera" starring the Marx Brothers. (see photos) Also a related photo on the same page with brief text... Read full description -
Item #651265THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 14, 1935
* Joe Louis (Brown Bomber)
* Heavyweight boxing fight
* Paulino Uzcudun - Basque
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "LOUIS WINS OVER PAULINO IN FOURTH BY TECHNICAL K. O." with subheads and photo. (see) Nice for display.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day.... Read full description -
Item #723150SPORT'S SECTION only of the New York Times, December 15, 1935
* Ted Drake - Arsenal football club (soccer)
* Villa Park, Aston, Birmingham, England
* Seven goals - top-flight record game
Page 4 of this section has a one column heading: "SOCCER MARK SET AS 60,000 LOOK ON" with subheads that include: "Seven Goals by... Read full description -
Item #668339THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 19, 1935
* Juan Vicente Gómez death
* President of Venezuela
The top of page 10 has a one column heading: "GEN. GOMEZ DEAD; DICTATOR 27 YEARS" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on the death of Juan Vicente Gómez, general and de facto ruler of Venezuela.
Other news, sports... Read full description -
Item #222572SCREEN & RADIO WEEKLY, from the DETROIT FREE PRESS, dated December 22, 1935.
The photo below shows the cover featuring Gary Cooper in addition to other photographs inside of Errol Flynn and Peggy Conklin.
Browned a bit at the top and along the spine, but otherwise in good condition. -
Item #574139LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, December 23, 1935
* Hopewell, Virginia
* Drawbridge bus disaster
This 8 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Inquest Ordered in Deaths Of 14 Who Died When Bus Goes Through Drawbridge", tells of the Atlantic Greyhound bus disaster in which the bus plunged... Read full description -
Item #694125THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 24, 1935
* Charles A. Lindbergh flees America
* American reporter Lauren "Deac" Lyman
* Pulitzer Prize winning exclusive story - part 2
The front page has a three column headline: "AMERICA SHOCKED BY EXILE FORCED ON THE LINDBERGHS; ENGLAND TO GUARD ARRIVAL" with subheads (see images). This... Read full description -
Item #627611THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 25, 1935
* Alban Berg & Paul Bourget deaths (1st reports)
* Austrian composer - Second Viennese School
* French novelist & critic - writer
Page 27 has death reports on two well known individuals in the music and writing Worlds. First a one column heading reads: "ALBAN BERG DEAD; MODERN COMPOSER" with... Read full description -
Item #702628THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 26, 1935
* Ted Healy charged w/ attempted arson ?
* Three Stooges creator fame
* Comedian - slapstick comedy
Page 21 has a small and somewhat discrete one column heading: "Celebration Jails Healy" with subhead. (see image)
Complete with 30 pages, rag edition, some spine wear, otherwise in very nice... Read full description -
Item #644044NIEDERSCHLESISCHE TAGESZEITUNG [Lower Silesia Daily Newspaper], 1936 Printed below the eagle & swastika in the masthead is (translated) "Official Gazette of the NSDAP [National Socialist German Workers Party] And All Authorities". A Nazi newspaper from what is now Southern Poland, then known as Lower Silesia.
Twelve pages, loose at... Read full description -
Item #161512THE WORD CARRIER OF SANTEE NORMAL TRAINING SCHOOL, Santee, Nebraska, 1936. An uncommon newspaper from the Santee Indian Reservation, with content focusing more on local history and Indian heritage, although other material as well. Note that the photo is "generic" and the issue you get... Read full description -
Item #614786THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, January 2, 1936
* Rose Bowl: Stanford Cardinals vs. S.M.U. Mustangs
* Orange Bowl: Mississippi Rebels vs. Catholic University
* Sugar Bowl: Texas Christian University vs. LSU Tigers
This 60 page newspaper has a banner headline on page 22: "85,000 See Stanford Triumph Over Southern... Read full description -
Item #655998CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, January 2, 1936
* Rose Bowl: Stanford Cardinals vs. S.M.U. Mustangs
* Orange Bowl: Mississippi Rebels vs. Catholic University
* Sugar Bowl: Texas Christian University vs. LSU Tigers
The front page of the sport's section (inside) has a nice banner headline: "STANFORD WINS ROSE BOWL... Read full description -
Item #643617THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 3, 1936
* British conductor Arturo Toscanini
* Philadelphia Orchestra - symphony
* Announces he is leaving as conductor
The top of page 13 has a one column heading: "STOKOWSKI TO QUIT AS ORCHESTRA HEAD" with subheads and photo. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 40 pages,... Read full description -
Item #696402ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, January 6, 1936
* United States v. Butler Supreme Court case
* Agricultural Adjustment Act unconstitutional
* New Deal - The Farm Relief Bill
The front page has a banner headline: "COURT WRECKS AAA, NEW DEAL KEY" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the United States v. Butler Supreme Court... Read full description -
Item #553173THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 8, 1936 This 42 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 26;
* FREAK TENNIS MARK SET BY MRS. MOODY
* She and Kinsey Send Ball Over Net 2,001 Times in an Hour and 18 Minutes of Play
Other news of the day throughout. Little spine wear, otherwise in nice condition. -
Item #654383THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 10, 1936
* Kurt Tucholsky suicide
* German-Jewish - Jews
* Anti-Nazis journalist
The top of age 6 has a one column heading: "KURT TUCHOLSKY, NAZIS' FOE, SUICIDE" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the suicide death of German-Jewish journalist, Satirist and writer, Kurt Tucholsky.
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Item #713000ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, Jan. 12, 1936
* Willie Hoppe w/ photo - game of pool victory
* Three-cushion carom billiards World champion
The front of the sports section has a six column heading: "HOPPE GAINS WORLD THREE-CUSHION TITLE" with subhead and photo. (see images)
Complete with 40+ pages, light toning and minor wear at the... Read full description -
Item #713002ST. LOUIS POST-DISPARCH, January 13, 1936
* SS Iowa steamship freighter
* Columbia River, Astoria, Oregon
* Peacock Spit - ran aground disaster
The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "CREW OF 34 LOST WHEN SHIP SINKS OFF OREGON COAST" with subheads. (see images) First report coverage on the SS Iowa steamship freighter disaster... Read full description -
Item #662290LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, Jan. 18, 1936 The ftpg. has one column heads: "DEATH COMES TO KIPLING" "Famous Writer Succumbs in London Hospital Today" with a photo captioned: "Rudyard Kipling".
Complete in 8 pages, very nice condition. -
Item #650580THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 19, 1936
* Wilhelm Frick - Nazi Party politician
* Segregation in Germany - Germans & Jews
* Jewish persecution in it's early stages
The front page has a one column heading: "REICH JEWS' STATUS IS DEFINED BY FRICK" with subheads. (see)
Other news of the day. Complete 1st section only with... Read full description -
Item #695385THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 20, 1936
* Chipley, Washington County, Florida
* Tornado disaster - Fort Payne, Alabama
The front page has a one column heading: "TORNADOES KILL 17, INJURE 40 IN SOUTH" with subheads. (see)
Complete with 40 pages, rag edition in nice condition. -
Item #572163THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Omaha, Nebraska, January 20, 1936
* Chipley Fl Florida
* Fort Payne AL Alabama
This 12 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "17 KILLED BY TORNADOES IN THREE STATES" "Entire Family of 6 Wiped Out In Florida; Georgia, Alabama Report Death Tolls".
This tells of the tornado outbreak in parts of... Read full description -
Item #204937THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER, January 21, 1936, from Cincinnati, Ohio. 3 headline "England Mourns King George V; Prince of Wales is Edward VIII; Parliament Takes Oath Today" with subhead "Monarch was 70, Had Ruled Since 1909". "New King - Is First Bachelor" and other news of the day. This is the outer leaf only and is in good condition. See photos for... Read full description -
Item #677275CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, January 22, 1936
* Edward VIII ascends the throne
* King of the United Kingdom
* King George V death
The front page has a banner headline: "GEORGE V FUNERAL TUESDAY" with subheads that include: "New King Takes Oath; Subjects Pledge Fealty" and more. (see) Coverage continues on pages 2 & 3 with a... Read full description -
Item #712943CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Jan. 24, 1936
* Scottsboro Boys rape case
* Haywood Patterson prison sentence
The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "GIVE SCOTTSBORO RAPIST 75 YEARS IN FIRST RETRIAL" with subhead. (see images) First report coverage on Haywood Patterson sentenced to prison for rape in the famous... Read full description -
Item #642307THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 24, 1936
* Clara Butt death (1st report)
* English contralto - concert singer
The top of page 19 has a one column heading: "DAME CLARA BUTT, CONCERT STAR, DIES" with subheads and photo. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as other titles in our inventory do... Read full description -
Item #642304THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 28, 1936
* Bonus Act becomes law (1st report)
* Adjusted Compensation Payment Act
* World War I - WWI military veterans
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "BONUS BILL BECOMES LAW; REPASSED IN SENATE, 76-19; PAYMENT WILL BE SPEEDED" with subheads. (see) Always nice to have... Read full description -
Item #642305THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 29, 1936
* George V funeral & burial
* King of the United Kingdom
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "GEORGE V IS BURIED WITH REGAL POMP AS NATION GRIEVES" with subheads. (see) Much more on page 9 with five related photos. Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous... Read full description -
Item #593765THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS SCREEN & RADIO WEEKLY, Albany, New York, February 2, 1936 The cover of this issue features a photo actress Bette Davis with a related article inside. Also within the issue are numerous Hollywood reports and photos.
Complete in 16 pages with some binding slits in the left spine, otherwise in nice condition. -
Item #592053LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, February 3, 1936
* Ty Cobb enters baseball's Hall of Fame
* The Georgia Peach rated # 1
* 1st Cooperstown, New York induction
This 8 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page: "Cobb Reported 'Overwhelmed' By Honor". A historic first report... Read full description -
Item #678113THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, February 5, 1936
* Wilhelm Gustloff assassination
* Nazi leader in Switzerland
* Croatian Jewish student
Near the top of page 2 is a one column heading: "SWISS NAZI HEAD SLAIN BY STUDENT" with subhead. (see) First report coverage on the assassination of Wilhelm Gustloff, Nazi leader in Switzerland, by... Read full description -
Item #642452THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 9, 1936
* Charles Curtis death (1st report)
* American attorney & politician
* Herbert Hoover vice president
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "CURTIS DIES AT 76 IN CAPITAL HOME OF HEART DISEASE" with subheads. (see) Lengthy 1st report coverage continues inside with photo. Loads of test. Always... Read full description -
Item #580269THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Nebraska, February 10, 1936
* 1st American rocket plane try
* Rocket mail - Frido Kessler (1st report)
* Greenwood Lake, New York
This 18 page newspaper has a one column headline on page 4: "ROCKET PLANE FAILS; ANOTHER TRIAL PLANNED" with smaller subheads. Tells of the 1st test flight try of the 1st U.S. rocket mail... Read full description -
Item #712350THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, February 11, 1936
* Rose McConnell Long takes oath
* Huey's term as United States Senator
The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "MRS. LONG TAKES SEAT IN SENATE" with subhead. (see image) First report coverage on Rose McConnell Long becoming the 3rd woman ever to serve as... Read full description -
Item #713438THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, Feb. 12, 1936
* William Hope 'Coin' Harvey death
* Monetary bimetallism advocate
* Silver as legal tender -Liberty Party
The front page has a one column heading: "'COIN' HARVEY DIES; PIONEER SILVERITE" with subhead. (see image)
Complete with 18 pages, light toning at the... Read full description -
Item #714097THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 22, 1936
* Hindenburg - LZ-129 zeppelin announcement
* Lakehurst, New Jersey disaster fame
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "New Zeppelin to Inaugurate Air Service Between Germany and America on May 6" (see images) Early report on the infamous airship while still under... Read full description -
Item #628765LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, February 26, 1936
* February 26 Incident
* Attempted coup d'etat in Japan
* Imperial Japanese Army
The front page has a four column headline: "3 JAPANESE OFFICIALS SLAIN BY ARMY OFFICERS" with many subhead and related photo. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day.... Read full description -
Item #642388THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 29, 1936
* Antonio Scotti death (1st report)
* Italian baritone from Naples, Italy
* Metropolitan Opera "The Met" fame
The top of the page 8 has a one column heading: "ANTONIO SCOTTI, 70, NOTED SINGER, DIES" with subheads. (see) Lengthy first report coverage includes 3 related photos and... Read full description -
Item #547928THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, New York, March 8, 1936
* Adolph Hitler
* Rhineland attack
This 30+ page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "PARIS DEMANDS LEAGUE SEND TROOPS TO RHINE" with subheads that include: "Reich Sppeds 25,000 Armed Men To Zone" and more.
Other news of the day throughout. Lite browning... Read full description
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