Historic Newspapers: Public Enemies, Gangsters, & Organized Crime!

THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, December 6, 1933

* U.S. prohibition ends (1st report)
* Beer returns - legal liquor

The front page has one column headings that include: "Repeal Adds New Problems To Old Ones" "Liquor Flows Freely in 19 States With Six More Expected" and more. (see) First report coverage on the official end of... Read full description  

THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, December 4, 1933

* Prohibition ending (eve of)
* Day of Beer returns
* Legal liquor

The front page has a two column heading: "Wets Join Drys in Plea for Temperance as Arid Period Approaches End"  with subhead. (see) Coverage on the impending end of prohibition in America the following day. 
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OMAHA EVENING BEE-NEWS, Omaha, Nebraska, November 28, 1933

* Roger 'Terrible' Touhy freed 
* San Jose, California lynchings photo 

This 24 page newspaper has a great banner headline on the front page: "FREE TOUHY IN KIDNAPPING" with subhead. (see) Tells of Chicago mob boss Roger Touhy being acquitted for the kidnapping... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 24, 1933.

* John Dillinger gang
* Greencastle, Indiana
* Largest bank robbery

The back page has a small & discrete report from Greencastle, Ind. that begins with: "Four men executed a daring robbery of the Central National Bank and Trust Company...." (see) Unfortunate for the brief report here... Read full description  

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, October 14, 1933  This 22 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 2 that read: "Island Prison for U.S. Felons" "Old Pacific Fortress to Hold Badmen"

Tells of the acquirement of Alcatraz Island by the U.S. Dept. of Justice.

Other news of the day. Light browning with minor margin... Read full description  

ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, October 10, 1933 

* Gus Winkler killed
* Chicago Mobster
* Assassin unknown 

The front page has: "'The End of a Gangster', Says Dying Gus Winkler" and "Chicago Heir to Capone Cut Down with 65 Gunshot Wounds to Silence Him on $250,000 Mail Robbery", with more... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 20, 1933 

* End of Prohibition - repeal
* Beer - liquor returns
* New Mexico - Idaho

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "IDAHO, NEW MEXICO JOIN REPEAL RANKS; 31 STATES IN LINE" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the states of New Mexico and Idaho ratifying the repeal of... Read full description  

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Sept. 12, 1933 

* Prohibition ends in Maine
* Beer returns - legal liquor

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "Drys Defeated 2-1 in Maine, Old Stronghold" with subheads. (see)
Complete with 22 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, generally good.

LIBERTY magazine, from New York, dated September 2, 1933
   
* Prohibition article
* Colored Ads

The color cover of this issue is of a father and son selling their goods at the growers market (see photos). There is no related article on this inside.

This issue contains an article entitled... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 9, 1933 

* End of Prohibition - repeal
* Beer - liquor returns to Arizona

The top of the front page has a two column headline: "IOWA VOTES WET, ALSO CONNECTICUT, NEW HAMPSHIRE" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the state of Arizona ratifying the repeal of prohibition. Always nice to have notable... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 21, 1933 

* End of Prohibition in Tennessee
* Beer - liquor returns

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "TENNESSEE VOTES FOR REPEAL WETS WINNING IN CITIES" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the state of Tennessee ratifying the repeal of prohibition. Always nice to have notable... Read full description  

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 12, 1933 

* End of Prohibition in Oklahoma
* Connecticut & New Hampshire
* Beer - liquor returns

The front page has a five column heading: "Beer Is Voted, but Troops Guard It" with subheads. (see images) First report coverage on the states of Oklahoma, Connecticut and New Hampshire ratifying the... Read full description  

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., July 9, 1933 

* End of Prohibition - repeal
* Southern states ratification ?
* Franklin D. Roosevelt - FDR
* Beer - liquor returning
* Amelia Earhart record flight

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "REPEAL ASKED IN PUBLIC PLEA BY ROOSEVELT" with subheads. (see images)
Also on the front... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, July 2, 1933\

This 50+ page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "FACTOR KIDNAPPED; HELD FOR $100,000" "'Jake the Barber' IS Seized in Car After Leaving Chicago Roadhouse Party" "WIFE SEES GANG'S ACTION" and more. (see)

Tells of the famous fake... Read full description  

THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, June 4, 1933

* Charles 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
* Family members arrested
* Pre Kansas City massacre hunt

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "'PRETTY BOY'S' WIFE, BROTHER UNDER ARREST" with subheads. (see images)
Complete 1st section only with 8 pages,... Read full description  

THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, June 17, 1933 

* Charles 'Pretty Boy' Floyd 
* Public enemies era
* Pre Kansas City massacre (day of)
 
This 14 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "PRETTY BOY FLOYD ABDUCTS SHERIFF" and
"Notorious Outlaw and a Pal Kidnap Official in Front of... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 24, 1933 

* End of Prohibition in New York State
* Beer - liquor returns - Ratification voted
* Repeal of the Eighteenth 18th Amendment

The top of the front page has a three line, two column headline: "REPEAL BY 20 TO 1 IS VOTED IN STATE; 6TH WET VICTORY" with subheads. (see) First report coverage... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 22, 1933

* Waxey Gordon arrested on tax evasion charges
* Prohibition era gangster - bootlegging - gambling

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "'WAXEY' GORDON IS SEIZED IN HIDING WITH AIDES" with subheads. (see) Lengthy text continues inside. First report coverage on the arrest of American... Read full description  

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, May 7, 1933

* Gus Winkler is found guilty
* Concealed weapon charge
* St. Valentine's Day Massacre suspect
* Al 'Scarface' Capone hit man
* Best title to be had - very rare as such

The front page has a one column heading: "Find Winkler Guilty; Gets Year in Jail" First report coverage continues on page 2... Read full description  

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 27, 1933

* United States prohibition ending
* State of Illinois acts to allow sale of alcohol 
* Beer and Liquor returns to the gangland 

The front page has a one column heading: "JUNE 5 REPEAL ELECTION VOTES BY BOTH HOUSES" with subhead. (see images) 
 When it comes to gangsters,... Read full description  

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 11, 1933 

* Prohibition ends
* Beer returns
* Legal liquor

The front page has a one column heading: "WHAT! NO BEER? CONFLICT RAGES IN THE SUBURBS" with subheads. (see) More on page 6. When it comes to gangsters, organized crime, and the nefarious activities born out of the Prohibition and Great... Read full description  

THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT, April 6, 1933

* End of Prohibition in America (1st report)
* Beer - liquor returns
* Airship Akron disaster

The top of the back page has a one column heading: "BEER ON SALE IN 19 STATES" with subhead. Other news of the day including a front page, 1st report on the USS Akron airship disaster.
Complete... Read full description  

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Penn., March 21, 1933 

* Prohibition ending - alcohol returning
* Twenty-First Amendment of U.S. Constitution
* United States Congress votes to repeal

The top of the front page has a four column headline: "HOUSE PASSES BEER BILL" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with all 18 pages, light toning at... Read full description  

THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, March 17, 1933

* Prohibition ending - Beer returning - legal liquor
* Original King Kong film opening day advertisement

The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Senate by 43-30 Votes Beer, Wine Bill of 3.05 Pct." with subheads. 
Page 9 has 8 x 4 inch advertisement for the opening day... Read full description  

THE DETROIT NEWS, March 14, 1933 

* 3.2 per cent beer voted on 
* Franklin D. Roosevelt  endorses
* Prohibition ending 

The front page has a one column heading: "NATION VISIONS BEER BY APRIL" with subheads. (see) Coverage of the impending end of prohibition in America.
Complete with 22 pages, rag edition... Read full description