Historic Newspapers: The New York Times

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  • Serial killer & rapist Albert Fish capture...
    Item #686602
    THE 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  
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  • Historic newspaper item #672858
    Item #672858
    THE 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  
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  • Serial killer & rapist Albert Fish in custody......
    Item #686241
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 24, 1934

    * Albert Fish gets identified in jail
    * Serial killer, child rapist and cannibal
    * "The Boogey Man" - "Gray Man"
    * "Brooklyn Vampire" - "Werewolf of Wysteria"


    The top of the back page has a one column heading: "FISH TRIES TO HIDE FROM GIRL ACCUSER" ... Read full description  
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  • Second New Deal... Franklin D. Roosevelt...
    Item #674024
    THE 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  
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  • New automobiles for 1935 w/ many ads...
    Item #686725
    THE 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.
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  • Betty Gow's testimony of Lindbergh baby kidnapping...
    Item #547463
    NEW 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  
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  • Serial killer & rapist Albert Fish pleads insanity......
    Item #642117
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 8, 1935

    * Albert Fish pleads not guilty
    * By reason of insanity
    * Serial killer, child rapist and cannibal
    * "The Boogey Man" - "Gray Man"
    * "Brooklyn Vampire" - "Werewolf of Wysteria"


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  • Mary Pickford & Douglas Fairbanks divorce...
    Item #648139
    THE 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  
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  • Richard E. Byrd expedition...
    Item #554592
    THE 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  
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  • Saar status referendum, 1935...
    Item #638265
    THE 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  
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  • Historic newspaper item #638670
    Item #638670
    THE 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  
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  • Saar status referendum photos, 1935...
    Item #640792
    ROTOGRAVURE 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.
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  • Sufi Abdul Hamid arrested... Antisemitism...
    Item #649505
    THE 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  
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  • Alvin Karpis's Atlantic City shootout escape....
    Item #676090
    THE 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  
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  • U.S. refuses to join world court...
    Item #551324
    NEW 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.

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  • J. S. Fletcher death... English author...
    Item #638447
    THE 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  
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  • Prohibition ends in Iceland in 1935...
    Item #638439
    THE 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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  • Kirsten Flagstad... At the MET in 1935...
    Item #638452
    THE 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.
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  • Max Liebermann death... German-Jewish painter...
    Item #649418
    THE 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  
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  • Cardinal Michael von Faulbaber hits at Nazis...
    Item #638500
    THE 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  
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  • Benita von Falkenhayn death sentence...
    Item #679444
    THE 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  
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  • Benita von Falkenhayn beheaded... Zelda Sears death...
    Item #688505
    THE 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  
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  • Very first Santa Anita Handicap horse race...
    Item #699313
    SPORT'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  
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  • Babe Ruth joins Boston Braves in 1935....
    Item #638521
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 28, 1935

    * Babe Ruth agrees to join Boston Braves

    The sport's section (page 23) has a banner headline: "Plan to Succeed McKechnie as Manager of Braves in 1936 Disclosed by Ruth" with subheads that include: "RUTH WILL PILOT BRAVES NEXT YEAR" "Salary Fixed At 25,000" and more. (see)... Read full description  
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  • Historic newspaper item #638605
    Item #638605
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 2, 1935

    * Territory of the Saar Basin
    * Reunification with  Germany
    * Saar status referendum, 1935


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "SAAR GIVES HITLER DELIRIOUS OVATION AS IT REJOINS REICH" with subheads. (see) Lengthy text continues... Read full description  
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  • Baldwin v. G.A.F. Seelig, Inc....
    Item #638610
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 5, 1935

    * Baldwin v. G.A.F. Seelig, Inc. ruling
    * United States Supreme Court decision


    The top of the front page has a two column headline: "U.S. COURT RULES ALBANY VIOLATES INTERSTATE LAW IN CONTROL OF BULK MILK" with subheads. (see) Lengthy text continues inside with complete court ruling.
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  • Malcolm Campbell... Over 300 MPH in automobile...
    Item #615929
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 8, 1935

    * Race driver Malcolm Campbell
    * Land rocket car speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida


    This 44 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include: "Campbell Breaks Auto Record, Drives at 276.816 Miles and Hour" and more (see images) Reporting continues on page 29 with... Read full description  
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  • Malcolm Campbell... Over 300 MPH in automobile...
    Item #673788
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 8, 1935

    * Race driver Malcolm Campbell
    * Land rocket car speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida


    This 44 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include: "Campbell Breaks Auto Record, Drives at 276.816 Miles and Hour" and more (see images) Reporting continues on page 29 with... Read full description  
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  • 1935 serial killer & rapist Albert Fish trial eve...
    Item #720119
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 11, 1935

    * Albert H. Fish trial - creepy acts
    * Serial killer, child rapist and cannibal
    * "The Boogey Man" - "Gray Man"
    * "Brooklyn Vampire" - "Werewolf of Wysteria"


    The top of page 11 has a one column heading: "FISH ON TRIAL EVE, WOUNDS HIMSELF" with... Read full description  
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  • German Air Force is born.... Jean Harlow gets divorced...
    Item #666573
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 12, 1935

    * German Air Force - Luftwaffe creation
    * Hermann Goering
    * Jean Harlow divorce


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "REICH'S AIR FORCE BECOMES; ARMY IN CONTROL" with subheads: "Civilian Flying Clubs Adopt Reichswehr Salute and Modified Uniforms"... Read full description  
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  • Slayden, Mississippi Negro lynching...
    Item #570055
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, March 13, 1935 

    * Ab Young negro lynching 
    * Slayden, Mississippi
     

    This 40 page newspaper has one column headings on page 3: "NEGRO IS LYNCHED BY MISSISSIPPI" "Accused of Murder, He Sings Hymn as Rope Is Placed Around His Neck"

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  • Serial killer & rapist Albert Fish trial...
    Item #720205
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 14, 1935

    * Albert H. Fish court trial
    * Serial killer, child rapist and cannibal
    * "The Boogey Man" - "Gray Man"
    * "Brooklyn Vampire" - "Werewolf of Wysteria"


    The top of the back page has a one column heading: "FISH 'CONFESSION' IS READ TO JURORS" with... Read full description  
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  • Penn State wins college boxing title in 1930....
    Item #625848
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sport's Section Only, March 17, 1935

    * Penn State Nittany Lions
    * College boxing championship


    The front page of this section has a one column heading: "PENN STATE BOXERS GAIN COLLEGE TITLE" with subheads. (see) 1st report coverage on the Penn State Nittany Lions winning the team championship in college... Read full description  
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  • Serial killer & rapist Albert Fish trial...
    Item #640410
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 19, 1935

    * Albert H. Fish court trial - self-harm
    * Serial killer, child rapist and cannibal
    * "The Boogey Man" - "Gray Man"
    * "Brooklyn Vampire" - "Werewolf of Wysteria"


    The top of the back page has a one column heading: "'NOT IN RIGHT MIND,' FISH WROTE TO... Read full description  
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  • Harlem race riot of 1935...
    Item #672633
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 20, 1935

    * Harlem race riot of 1935
    * Black teenage shoplifter


    The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Police Shoot Into Rioters; Kill Negro in Harlem Mob" with subhead. (see) Lengthy text continues on page 15. Great to have in this famous NYC publication.
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  • Serial killer & rapist Albert Fish murder trial......
    Item #667997
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 21, 1935

    * Albert Fish trial - declared insane
    * Serial killer, child rapist and cannibal
    * "The Boogey Man" - "Gray Man"
    * "Brooklyn Vampire" - "Werewolf of Wysteria"


    The top of the back page has a one column heading: "FISH HELD INSANE BY THREE EXPERTS" with... Read full description  
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  • Albert Fish, serial killer & rapist trial ends...
    Item #668194
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 22, 1935

    * Albert H. Fish court trial ends
    * Serial killer, child rapist and cannibal
    * "The Boogey Man" - "Gray Man"
    * "Brooklyn Vampire" - "Werewolf of Wysteria"


    The top of page 10 has a one column heading: "FISH CASE WILL GO TO THE JURY TODAY" with subheads.... Read full description  
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  • Cartoonist Eugene Zimmerman death...
    Item #672293
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 27, 1935

    * Eugene Zimmerman "Zim" death
    * Swiss-American cartoonist
    * Horseheads, New York
    * Teal Park bandstand


    The top of page 21 has a one column heading: "ZIMMERMAN DEAD; NOTED CARTOONIST" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the death of Eugene Zimmerman. I suspect this is one of the few... Read full description  
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  • Baldur von Schirach, leader of Hitler Youth....
    Item #629504
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 1, 1935

    * Baldur von Schirach photo
    * Hitler-Jugend leader (Youth)
    * Nazis - Germany


    Page 10 has a one column heading: "REICH YOUTH CHIEF DENIES HE IS PAGAN" with subheads and photo of Baldur von Schirach. (see) Other related reports on the same page.
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  • Henry Augustus Lukeman death...
    Item #694736
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 4, 1935

    * Henry Augustus Lukeman death (1st report)
    * American historical monuments sculptor
    * World War I - Kit Carson & more


    The top of page 23 has a one column heading: "LUKEMAN IS DEAD; A NOTED SCULPTOR" with subheads and photo. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular... Read full description  
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  • Violinist Franz von Vecsey death...
    Item #644532
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 7, 1935

    * Franz von Vecsey death
    * Hungarian violinist & composer


    The top of page 40 has a one column heading: "BARON VECSEY DIES; NOTED VIOLINIST, 42" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the death of Franz von Vecsey, Hungarian violinist and composer.
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  • Parliamentary elections in the Free City of Danzig...
    Item #638699
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 8, 1935

    * Parliamentary elections
    * Free City of Danzig
    * Nazis & Adolph Hitler


    The top of the front page has a two column headline: "NAZIS BALKED AT DANZIG, FALLING SHORT OF 2/3 VOTE; POLES PROTEST TERRORISM" with subheads. (see)  Lengthy text continues inside.
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  • Montreal Maroons win 1935 Stanley cup...
    Item #571323
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, April 10, 1935 

    * Montreal Maroons - NHL Hockey 
    * Wins Stanley Cup title
     

    This 44 page newspaper has a banner headline on page 27: "World's Hockey Championship Captured by Maroons in Three Straight Games" with subheads and lineups. (see)

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  • Montreal Maroons win 1935 Stanley cup...
    Item #681219
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 10, 1935 

    * Montreal Maroons - NHL Hockey 
    * Wins Stanley Cup title
     

    The sport's section (page 27) has a banner headline: "World's Hockey Championship Captured by Maroons in Three Straight Games" with subheads and lineups. (see) First report coverage the Montreal Maroons winning the... Read full description  
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  • Hermann & Emmy Göring wedding.... Black Sunday Dust Storm - 3 days prior...
    Item #698649
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 11, 1935

    * Hermann Göring wedding - marriage
    * German actress Emma Sonnemann
    * "First Lady of the Third Reich"
    * Dust Bowl - 3 days prior to "Black Sunday"


    The top of page 7 has a one column heading: "GOERING MARRIED IN NAZI SPLENDOR" with subhead and... Read full description  
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  • 1935 Rockville, Maryland school bus disaster...
    Item #651235
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 12, 1935 

    * Williamsport, Maryland High School 
    * Rockville, Maryland bus disaster (1st report) 
    * Anna Katherine Green death
    * American poet and novelist


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "13 STUDENTS DIE AS TRAIN HITS BUS, CARRIES IT A MILE" with subheads. (see)... Read full description  
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  • Black Sunday begins... Dust bowl...
    Item #698651
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 14, 1935

    * Black Sunday begins
    * Dust Bowl


    The top of page 31 has a one column heading: "DUST STORM HEADS FOR PACIFIC COAST" with subheads that include: "Only Low Pressure Protects California as Slit Pours on New Mexico, Arizona" "New Clouds In Oklahoma" and more. (see)
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  • Joseph Farquharson death... Scottish painter...
    Item #655193
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 16, 1935

    * Joseph Farquharson death (1st report)
    * Scottish painter - Scotland landscapes


    The top of page 21 has a one column heading: "FARQUHARSON DIES; FAMOUS ARTIST, 89" with subheads. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as other titles in our inventory... Read full description  
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  • Death of the publisher...
    Item #621994
    MID-WEEK PICTORIAL of the New York Times, April 20, 1935 

    * Publisher Adolph Ochs death

    The front page is taken up with a photo of "Adolph S. Ochs", publisher of the N.Y. Times who recently died.
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  • Dutch Schultz trial ends in a deadlock..
    Item #638745
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 28, 1935

    * Dutch Schultz trial ends in a deadlock
    * Jewish gangster - beer baron - bootlegger


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "DEADLOCK OF JURY ENDS SCHULTZ TRIAL; 7 TO 5 AT THE END" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the end of Arthur 'Dutch Schultz'... Read full description  
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