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Item #712519SECTION TWO only of the New York Times, Sept. 19, 1937
* Mormons to face food shortages ? - Mormonism
* Salt Lake City, Utah - during Great Depression
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Mormons, Fearing Famine, Eat Single Meal; Plan Granary to Store Their Bumper Crops" (see images) I can't find anything online... Read full description -
Item #709648THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 21, 1937.
* Nanjing - Canton & Nanking air raid bombing
* Japanese airplane raiders - pre massacre
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "OUR ENVOYS QUIT NANKING AS CITY AWAITS AIR RAIDS" with subheads. (see images) More on page 10.
Complete with all 52 pages, light... Read full description -
Item #652020THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 23, 1937
* Ruth Roland death (1st report)
* Stage and film actress - producer
The top of page 27 has a one column heading: "RUTH ROLAND DIES; FORMER FILM STAR" with subheads and photo. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with all 56 pages, rag edition in nice condition. -
Item #659635THE NEW YORK TIMES, section 4 only, September 26, 1937
* Benito Mussolini - Italy dictator
* Visits Adolph Hitler for 1st time
The front page of this section has a nice banner pictorial regrading the meeting of Adolph and Benito Mussolini with heading: "Will The Rome-Berlin Axis Be Extended Into A Four Powered Pact?" with smaller... Read full description -
Item #701921THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 27, 1937
* Lewis Yelland Andrews assassination
* Killed by Arab at Nazareth, Israel
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "British Chief in Galilee Killed By Arabs Near Nazareth Church" with subhead. (see) First report coverage on the assassination of Lewis Yelland Andrews, British... Read full description -
Item #612727THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 29, 1937
* Byron Nelson
* Belmont, Massachusetts
* Golf tournament
The sport's section (page 27) has a six column headline that reads: "First Prize in $12,000 Belmont Golf Captured by Nelson" with subheads and related photo (see photos). 1st report coverage on Byron... Read full description -
Item #652241THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 1, 1937
* Christy Mathewson honored
* Bucknell University - Lewisburg
* Davis Gym cornerstone laid
Page 23 has a one column heading: "Christy Mathewson Honored At Bucknell" with subhead. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with all 46 pages, rag edition, minor... Read full description -
Item #652115THE NEW YORK TIMES, sport's section only, Oct. 3, 1937
* Menow - American thoroughbred racehorse
* Wins Belmont Futurity Stakes - Elmont NY
The front page of this section has a banner headline: "MENOW WINS $76,000 FUTURITY IN WORLD RECORD TIME" with subheads and related photo. First report coverage continues on page 10 with another... Read full description -
Item #666519THE NEW YORK TIMES, Rotogravure section only, October 3, 1937
* Benito Mussolini - Italy dictator
* Visits Adolph Hitler in Munich
The front page of this rotogravure section has 2 related photos of Mussolini meeting Adolph Hitler in Germany earlier in the week.
Other topics throughout. Complete rotogravure section only with 12 pages, a... Read full description -
Item #674071THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 3, 1937
* Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black found to have Klan ties.
The front page has a two column heading: "BLACK'S SENATE SILENCE STILL PUZZLING CAPITAL; HIS SEATING NOW AWAITED" followed by an article which continues on page 2. Page 2 also contains a full page of small articles from... Read full description -
Item #640155THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, October 6, 1937
* New York Yankees vs. Giants
* World Series MLB Baseball
The front page has a two column heading: "YANKS WIN 8-1 BEHIND PITCHING OF 'LEFTY' GOMEZ" with subheads and photo of Lefty Gomez and scoreboard. (see) Inning by inning description continues inside.
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Item #655896CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Oct. 11, 1937
* New York Yankees vs. Giants
* World Series MLB Baseball
* Joe DiMaggio era
The front page of the sport's section (page 21) has a nice banner headline: "YANKS WIN SECOND STRAIGHT WORLD SERIES" with subheads, a few related photos and box scores. (see) Nice for display.
Complete with all 30 pages,... Read full description -
Item #644916THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 12, 1937
* Seabiscuit at Continental Handicap
* Jamaica, New York
* Thoroughbred racehorse racing
The sport's section (page 36) has a five column headline: "Seabiscuit Favored in Rich Jamaica Race Today" with subheads. (see) Coverage on the same day of the Continental Handicap at the Jamaica Race Course in... Read full description -
Item #607049FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, October 14, 1937
* Al Brady Gang shootout
* Bangor ME Maine
* F.B.I. - G-Men agents
The front page has a three column headline: "Brady Gang Survivor On His way Westward; Destination Kept Secret" with subheads (see photos). Coverage on the famous shootout in Bangor, Maine between the Brady gang... Read full description -
Item #572199LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, October 16, 1937
* Mulga, Alabama
* Coal mine disaster - Early same day report
This 8 page newspaper has a early same day breaking news one column headlines on the front page: "30 Men Are Killed By Mine Blast" "Explosion in Alabama Coal Mine Today Is Blamed on Gas"
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Item #725514THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 18, 1937
* Florence Dugdale death (1st report)
* Children's stories writer - Thomas Hardy wife
The top of page 17 has a one column photo of Florence Dugdale with heading: "MRS. THOMAS HARDY WIDOW OF NOVELIST" with subheads that include: "Dies at 56 in England, Where She Spent Years Writing Husband's Biography" and... Read full description -
Item #577552THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, October 23, 1937
* Mason City IA Iowa
* Rock Island rocket train
* School bus collision
This 30 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include: "Rocket Train Smashes School Bus, Killing 9" and more with photo also on the front page (see photos). This tells of the Rock... Read full description -
Item #623582THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 23, 1937
* Mason City IA Iowa
* Rock Island rocket train
* School bus collision
The front page has a two column heading: "Rocket Train Hits High School Bus in Iowa, Killing 10 Injuring 18 at Grade Crossing" (see) First report coverage on the Rock Island Rocket train and school bus disaster at Mason City,... Read full description -
Item #654710THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 26, 1937
* Hermann Goering - Adolph Hitler
* "Four Year Plan" - economic measures
* Rearmament of Germany
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Reich to Rally World's Germans In Support of the Four-Year Plan" with subhead. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day.... Read full description -
Item #652086THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 30, 1937
* Bruce Crane death (1st report)
* American landscape artist painter
The top of page 19 has a one column heading: "BRUCE CRANE DIES; LANDSCAPE ARTIST" 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 #699232THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 31, 1937
* Jewish Holocaust prediction ?
* Extinction of Jews predicted
* Joachim Prinz - Jewish rabbi
The top of page 18 has a one column heading: "JEWS HELD DOOMED UNDER NAZI REGIME" with subheads. (see)
Other news of the day. Complete 1st section only with all 40 pages, rag edition in nice... Read full description -
Item #652076THE NEW YORK TIMES, sport's section only, November 7, 1937
* Penn State Nittany Lions
* NCAA college football games
Page 2 of this section has a banner headline: "48,000 See Penn State Strike Through Air to Conquer Penn in Annual Game" with subheads, stats and lineups (see) Many other college football games reported as well... Read full description -
Item #652090THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 7, 1937
* Italy joins Anti-Comintern Pact
* Nazi Germany and Japan - Axis Powers
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "ITALY JOINS JAPAN AND REICH IN PACT AGAINST COMMUNISM; NEW WORLD LINE-UP IS SEEN" with subheads. (see) Lengthy first report coverage continues inside on Italy... Read full description -
Item #653477ROTOGRAVURE SECTION ONLY of the New York Times, November 7, 1937
* Captain George Edward Thomas Eyston
* Land speed record holder
* Thunderbolt (car) photo
Page 3 has a photo of George Eyston's "Thunderbolt" speed car which surpassed Sir Malcolm Campbell's record earlier in the week. Includes a photo of Eyston and some... Read full description -
Item #586308THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 11, 1937
* William "Pudge" Heffelfinger
* Yale University football star
* Best football player ever ?
This 52 page newspaper has two column headlines in the sport's section (page 34): "Heffelfinger Named Best Player Of All Time at Touchdown Club" and"Yale Football... Read full description -
Item #652078THE NEW YORK TIMES, sport's section only. November 14, 1937
* Alabama Crimson Tide
* NCAA college football
* Notre Dame fighting Irish
Page 6 of this section has a three column headline that reads: "Alabama Close to Title" with subheads that include: "Late Drive Wins For Alabama, 7-0", "Kilgrow's... Read full description -
Item #652149THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 20, 1937
* Captain George Edward Thomas Eyston
* Land speed record breaker
* Thunderbolt (car)
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Eyston Sets Auto Record at 311.42 M. P. H., Breaking Campbell Mark on Utah Salt Flats" (see) First report coverage on George Eyston's... Read full description -
Item #566590THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, November 23, 1937 This 48 page newspaper has under "NEWS OF THE STAGE" on page 26: "Of Mice and Men' Opens This Evening" telling of the opening night for the stage (theater) version of this famous novella. This would be the first mention of this novella in non book form.
Also a small... Read full description -
Item #691400THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 24, 1937
* Jagadish Chandra Bose death
* Indian polymath - scientist
* Biologist, physicist, botanist
The top of page 23 has a one column heading: "SIR JAGADISH BOSE, SCIENTIST, 78, DIES" with subheads. (see)
Complete with all 46 pages, rag edition in great condition.
wikipedia notes: Jagadish Chandra Bose... Read full description -
Item #682345THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., November 26, 1937
* Last major train robbery in the U.S.
* Deming, Luna County, New Mexico
* Henry Loftus and Harry Donaldson
You might call it the official end of the "Wild West", but in any case the two column heading near the bottom of the front page announces what is considered the last... Read full description -
Item #653275THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 29, 1937
* Robert George Irwin sentenced
* Artist - sculptor - mental patient
* Veronica Gedeon - Easter murders
The top of the back page has a one column heading: "139-YEAR SENTENCE IMPOSED ON IRWIN" with subheads. (see) Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous... Read full description -
Item #585485THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 30, 1937
* Pittsburgh Panthers
* National champions (1st report)
* NCAA college football
This 48 page newspaper has one column headlines in the sport's section (page 28) that include:
"29 OF 33 EXPERTS VOTE FOR PANTHERS"
"Pitt Team Totals 327 Points, California 277, Fordham 253 and... Read full description -
Item #719921THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, North Carolina, Dec. 2, 1937
* Japanese siege of Canton (Guangzhou), Southern China
* Post capture of Shanghai and Nanking (Nanjing)
* Second Sino-Japanese War - Chiang Kai-shek
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "REPORT JAPANESE... Read full description -
Item #715082ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, Dec. 3, 1937
* POST Battle of Shanghai - China
* Japanese victory parade bombing
* Second Sino-Japanese War
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "BOMB THROWN AT JAPANESE ARMY PARADE IN SHANGHAI" with subheads. (see images)
complete with 40+ pages, light toning at the margins, small binding... Read full description -
Item #212292LIBERTY magazine, New York, December 4, 1937. This is the complete issue of this popular title with a nice color cover showing a lady duck hunter in the blind (see photo). The back page has a nice color ad for Camel cigarettes. Article includes a review of Shirley Temple in "Heidi". Very nice condition, and measuring about 8 1/4 by 11 1/2 inches.
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Item #654707THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 4, 1937
* Air Racer Rudy Kling killed
* "Pride of Lemont, Illinois"
* Air Racing - airplanes - aviation
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "2 Ace Fliers Die in Miami As Downdraft Traps Racers" with subhead. (see) First report coverage continues on page 3 with three related photos... Read full description -
Item #654673THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., December 8, 1937
* Clint Frank wins Heisman Trophy
* Yale University college football
The sport's section page 18 has a two column heading: "Clint Frank of Yale Awarded Heisman Trophy" (see) First report coverage on Clint Frank winning the Heisman Trophy out of Yale University.
Other news, sports and... Read full description -
Item #712809NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, December 15, 1937
* USS Panay incident - bombing
* Yangtze River, Nanjing, China
The front page has a nice headline: "JAPAN EMPEROR'S APOLOGY AWAITED BY ROOSEVELT" with various subheads. (see images)
Complete with 30 pages, light toning at the margins, small binding and minor wear along the spine,... Read full description -
Item #571802LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, December 17, 1937
* Alcatraz Island Prison, San Francisco Bay
* 1st successful escape ? (1st report)
This 12 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page: "Patrols Hunt For Convicts". This tells of the escape of Theodore Cole & Ralph Roe from Alcatraz Prison.... Read full description -
Item #652200THE NEW YORK TIMES, Rotogravure section only, Dec. 19, 1937
* Mount Rushmore construction
* Abraham Lincoln and more
This rotogravure section only has five front page photos related to the construction of Mount Rushmore. (see) Abraham Lincoln's face was dedicated a few months prior.
Other topics throughout. Complete rotogravure section only... Read full description -
Item #698880CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, Dec. 19, 1937
* Corbett Davis wins Big Ten football MVP
* Indiana Hoosiers college football fullback
* Chicago Tribune Silver Football award
The front page of the sport's section has a nice banner headline for display: "DAVIS IS VOTED MOST VALUABLE IN BIG TEN" with subheads and illustrtation. (see... Read full description -
Item #654693THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 20, 1937
* Prince Aga Khan IV photo
* Imam of Nizari Ismailism
Page 15 has a two column photo with heading: "Grandson Of Aga Khan On Sled Ride In Alps" (see)
News, sports and advertisements of day. Complete with all 44 pages, rag edition in nice condition. -
Item #657635CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Dec. 20, 1937
* Erich Ludendorff death (1st report)
* German World War I - WWI general
* Battle of Liege & Tannenberg fame
The front page has a great banner headline: "GEN. VON LUDENDORFF IS DEAD" with subheads. Nice for display. First report coverage continues on page 3 with small photo of Ludendorff. (see)... Read full description -
Item #701266THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 21, 1937
* Opening of the Lincoln Tunnel (day of)
Page 3 has a four column diagram: "Principal Arteries Leading To And From The Lincoln Tunnel" Also a one column heading: "GOVERNORS TO OPEN NEW TUNNEL TODAY" with subheads. (see) Probably only found in a New York City publication.
Complete in 48... Read full description -
Item #594045THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, December 22, 1937
* Ted Healy death (1st report)
* Three Stooges fame
This 24 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "TED HEALY DEATH IS FEARED DUE TO SUNDAY BEATING", "Autopsy Is Ordered on Comedian Creator of 'Stoogies'".
Other... Read full description -
Item #567851THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 23, 1937 This 40 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 15 that include: "TED HEALY'S DEATH IS FOUND 'NATURAL'" "Los Angeles Coroner Holds the Cafe Fight Had Nothing to Do With It" "Inquiry To Be Dropped" and more.
Also one column headlines on page 14... Read full description -
Item #657602CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, December 23, 1937
* Jake Kilrain death
* Heavyweight boxing
* Bare knuckle era
The front page of section 2 (sports) has one column heading: "JAKE KILRAIN, BARE KNUCKLE VETERAN, DIES" with 2 photos. First report coverage on death of famous bare knuckle boxer, Jake Kilrain. He was best knownfor his 76... Read full description -
Item #701430SPORT'S SECTION ONLY of the New York Times, Dec. 26, 1937
* The year in sports for the year of 1937 w/ photos
* Lou Gehrig & Joe DiMaggio - Joe Louis & much more
This section is filled with the top sport's stories of the year with banner headlines, photos, and loads of text. Too much to mention here.
Complete sport's section only... Read full description -
Item #655444THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 29, 1937
* Maurice Ravel death (1st report)
* French composer, pianist & conductor
The top of page 21 has a one column heading: "MAURICE RAVEL, 62, COMPOSER, IS DEAD" with subheads and photo. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as other titles in our... Read full description -
Item #180113Moments in American History IV - 1940s (war), 1940s (post war), 1950s, and 1960s Each set contains 4 issues, one from each decade shown, providing news of the day, advertisements, etc., revealing a great snapshot of life as it was actually occurring. All issues are from major American cities, providing national news coverage. This is set 4 of a five... Read full description
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