Historic Newspapers: WWII - The Journey (pre, during, and post-war events)
This link was created to take explorers on a pre-war, war, and post-war journey of events related to WWII - an unimaginably horrific period in world history. The issues are arranged chronologically and are not necessarily available for sale. Your walk begins with the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, and finishes with well-known movies regarding the war.
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Item #580335MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Tennessee, December 13, 1930
* Army Cadets vs. Navy Midshipman
* NCAA college football - Yankee Stadium
This 12 page newspaper has a nice six column headline on the front page: "ARMY SCORES LATE TO TRIM NAVY, 6-0" with subheads (see photos). Nice to have this report on the front page and very unusual for such a nice... Read full description -
Item #688653THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 14, 1930
* Albert Einstein's visit to America
* Receives "keys" to New York City
The front page has a one column heading: "EINSTEIN RECEIVES 'KEYS' TO THE CITY" with subheads. (see) Lengthy text continues inside. Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World... Read full description -
Item #652852THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Penn., December 15, 1930
* New York Giants vs. Norte Dame Fighting Irish
* Charity football game for NYC unemployed
* Knute Rockne's last game
Page 8 has a one column heading: "FOOTBALL GAMES NET $750,000 FOR CHARITY" with subheads. (see) This was Knute Rockne's very last football game coached... Read full description -
Item #563855THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, December 17, 1930
* Bobby Jones (golfer)
* 1st James E. Sullivan Award winner (1st report)
This 14 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 8: "Bobby Jones Is Awarded Sullivan Memorial Medal"
This was the very 1st James E. Sullivan award given which is still in existence... Read full description -
Item #625920THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 17, 1930
* Bobby Jones (golfer)
* 1st James E. Sullivan Award winner
The sport's section (page 33) has a five column headline: "Jones to Receive Sullivan Memorial Award with subheads that include: "SULLIVAN MEDAL AWARDED TO JONES" "An Overwhelming Choice" and more with a one column photo of... Read full description -
Item #654648NEW YORK TIMES, New York, NY, December 17, 1930
Page 34 one line, 5 column banner headline: "Jones to Receive Sullivan Memorial Award" & 2 line, 1 column subhead: "Sullivan Medal Awarded To Jones & An Overwhelming Choice" & more. One column photo of famous golfer Bobby Jones. Other news of the... Read full description -
Item #587260MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Tennessee, December 19, 1931
* Jack "Legs" Diamond murder
This 12 page newspaper has one column headings on the front page: "DIAMOND DEATH INQUIRY WIDENS", "New York City Joins Albany in Slayer Hunt; Gangster's Girl to Be Quizzed in Boston".
Other news, sports and advertisements of... Read full description -
Item #709908THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 20, 1930
* Amelia Earhart autogyro flight
* Willow Grove, Pennsylvania
* First to carry a passenger
The top of page 3 has a one column heading: "Miss Earhart Pilots Passenger In Autogiro" with subhead. (see images) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as... Read full description -
Item #211288NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 22, 1930 Front page 3 line, 1 column head: Dr. Butler Proposes An Academic League To Curb Athletics & subheads: Would Put Football on Plane of Rowing, Thus Abolishing Big Gate Receipts Alumni To Endow Sports & more. A compelling concept and report. Other news of the day. Several interesting advertisements as well.... Read full description -
Item #629888THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 23, 1930
* Charles K. Harris death
* Songwriter of popular music
* "Tin Pan Alley" pioneer
* "After the Ball" (song) fame
Page 21 has a one column heading: "C. K. HARRIS DEAD; NOTED SONG WRITER" with subheads and photo. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this... Read full description -
Item #672879CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, December 24, 1930
* Knute Rockne suffering from exhaustion
* Notre Dame Fighting Irish football coach
The front page of section 2 (sports) has a one column heading: "Doctor Warns Rockne to Curb His Activities" (see) Rockne would be killed in a airplane crash a few months later.
Other news, sports and advertisements... Read full description -
Item #629890THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 27, 1930
* Kin McKinney Hubbard death (1st report)
* American cartoonist, humorist & journalist
* "Abe Martin of Brown County" creator
Page 13 has a one column heading: "KIN HUBBARD DIES; FAMOUS HUMORIST" with subheads and photo. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this... Read full description -
Item #580487MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, December 27, 1930 This 2 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 6: "EX0-NOTRE DAME STARS FAVORED", "Meet All-Star Eleven in Los Angeles in Charity Game Today"
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Light browning with some margin wear and chipping, little irregular at the... Read full description -
Item #579123THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 4,1931
* Early rockets flight
* Dr. Darwin O. Lyon
This 100+ page newspaper has one column headlines on page E3 (inside) that include: "HAS ROCKET READY TO SEND UP 70 MILES", "Dr. Darwin Lyon to Fire It From Italian Mountain Early This Month", "Denies Aiming At Moon", and more (see photos for... Read full description -
Item #629958THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 4, 1931
* England, Lonoke County, Arkansas
* The drought - Great depression era
* Farmers food riot - rebellion
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "50 Farmers Storm Arkansas Town Demanding Food for Their Children" with subhead. (see) First report coverage on the England, Arkansas food riot during... Read full description -
Item #648740THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 5, 1931
* Maulana Mohammad Ali Jouhar death
* 1st report - Muslim leader - Khilafat movement
Page 7 has one column headings that include: "MUHAMMAD ALI DIES AT TASK IN LONDON" "Indian Moslem Leader Defied Death to Attend Parley to Win Autonomy for Nation" "PENNED PLEA WHILE... Read full description -
Item #671930THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 9, 1931
* Pope Pius XI
* Casti connubii
* Papal encyclical
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "POPE PIUS XI, IN ENCYCLICAL, CONDEMNS TRIAL MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND BIRTH CONTROL" with subheads. (see) Full text of the papal encyclical takes up pages 14 & 15 with photo of Pope Pius XI. Too much... Read full description -
Item #621023FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, January 12, 1931
* Raymond Gunn lynching
* Maryville MO Missouri
* Burned atop a schoolhouse
The front page has one column headings: "Mob Burns Negro To Death On School Roof" "Building Made Funeral Pyre; Victim Chained To Prevent His Escape" and more. (see) Early, same day... Read full description -
Item #675088THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 14, 1931
* George Washington Bridge named (1st report)
* Hudson River double-decked suspension bridge
The top of the front page has a small one column heading: "Washington Memorial Bridge Is Name of New Hudson Span" (see) First report coverage on the famous suspension bridge being named after our first... Read full description -
Item #671971THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 17, 1931
* Tecumseh bones found in Canada
* Native American - Shawnee leader
* Walpole Island First Nation - Ontario
The top of page 9 has a two column heading: "Tecumseh's Bones Believed Found in Ontario At the Island Cabin of a Chief's Widow" (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the... Read full description -
Item #640154THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 19, 1931
* Niagara Falls - American side
* Prospect Point rock slide
The front page has a one column heading: "ROCK SLIDE ALTERS NIAGARA FALLS RIM" with subheads. (see) First report coverage of the rock fall at Prospect Point of the American side of Niagara Falls. Article continues inside with related photo.
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Item #644184THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 20, 1931
* First Round Table Conference ends
* Mahatma Gandhi demands swaraj
* Constitutional reforms in India
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "PLEDGE OF AUTONOMY CLOSES INDIA PARLEY; MOVE TO WIN GANDHI" with subheads. (see) Lengthy text continues inside. Always nice to have notable events... Read full description -
Item #588463THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 24, 1931
* Hermann Oberth
* Early rockets - rocketry
* Space travel - Moon
This 36 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 3: "Movie Shows Flight to Moon by Rocket; Scientists Plan World Group to Realize It"
Interesting text here which takes up about a 1/3 column.
This issue contains other news of the... Read full description -
Item #617277THE WORLD, New York City, January 26, 1931
* Mahatma Gandhi jail release
The front page has a two column headline: "Release of Gandhi Ordered; H May Insist on Eviction" with subhead. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 24 pages, address label in masthead, a little spine wear, generally good. -
Item #581046THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, January 28, 1931
* Mahatma Gandhi jail release
This 10 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "INDIA'S BATTLE WILL CONTINUE, GANDHI WARNS", "Thousands Gather To Pay Him Homage", "Woman Crushed to Death as Bombay Throngs Fight to See... Read full description -
Item #569683ALBANY EVENING NEWS, Albany, New York, January 29, 1931
* Linton IN Indiana
* Little Betty Coal Mine
* Explosion (1st report)
This 34 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page:
* SEVEN SAVED; 29 KILLED IN INDIANA MINE
* Rescue Crews Bring Out Men After Gas Blast Wrecks Shaft
Tells of the Little Betty Coal Mine disaster near Linton... Read full description -
Item #578996THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, January 31, 1931
* Hermann Oberth
* Early rockets - rocketry
* War weapons
This 36 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 8 that include: "WAR WITH ROCKETS PICTURED BY OBERTH", "Hungarian Inventor Says Nations Are Testing Ways to Shoot Half Around the World", "Forecasts Rain Of Poison... Read full description -
Item #710029THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 1, 1931 This 100+ page newspaper has a one column editorial heading on page E1 (inside): "ROCKETING THROUGH SPACE". See photos for text.
Other news, sports and advertising of the day throughout. Light browning, some spine wear and little front page creasing, otherwise in good condition.
source: wikipedia:... Read full description -
Item #689280CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, February 5, 1931
* Cimarron opening day (eve) advertisement
* pre-Code epic Western film - movie
* First to win Academy Award for Best Picture
* Richard Dix and Irene Dunne
Pages 10 & 11 has a terrific duo tone advertisement for the movie "Cimarron" for it's opening day (eve). A printing flaw... Read full description -
Item #678103THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 7, 1931
* Silent era comic actor Charlie Chaplin
* "City Lights" movie film debut ad & review
Page 11 has a one column heading: "CHAPLIN HILARIOUS IN HIS 'CITY LIGHTS'" with subheads. (see) Also on the same page is an advertisement for the opening day debut of this famous movie... Read full description -
Item #577303NEW YORK TIMES, February 10, 1931
* George Eastman... guest of honor
* Kodak camera inventor - roll film
This 44 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 4 that include: "EASTMAN IS HONORED FOR GIFTS TO WORLD", "Hoover, Coolidge, Mussolini and Ortiz Rubio Join in Tribute to Philanthropist", "Two Nations... Read full description -
Item #587705THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, February 16, 1931
* Lillian Leitzel accident - death
* Acrobatic circus star (1st report)
This 24 page newspaper has a one column headline near the bottom of the front page: "Lillian Leitzel, Circus Star, Dies After Fall"
with subhead: "Little Trapeze Artist Succumbs to Injuries Received... Read full description -
Item #678048THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 17, 1931
* Professor Albert Einstein lecture
* California Institute of Technology
* Urges applying science in the World
Page 6 has a one column heading: "EINSTEIN SEES LACK IN APPLYING SCIENCE" with subheads and more. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as... Read full description -
Item #581786THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 22, 1931
* Phar Lap - Thoroughbred racehorse
* 1st mention in this famous NYC title
This is a rather historic issue for any horse racing collectors, as this is the very first mention of the famous Australian racehorse "Phar Lap" in the prestigious New York... Read full description -
Item #582546THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 23, 1931
* Bertram Thomas
* Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter)
* Arabian Desert
This 36 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "WHITE MAN CROSSES THE ARABIAN DESERT FOR THE FIRST TIME", "Bertram Thomas Travels 850-Mile Expanse of Mysterious Waste of Ruba-el-khali",... Read full description -
Item #600800THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Omaha, Nebraska, February 23, 1931
* Dame Nellie Melba death
* Australian opera singer
The front page has a two column headline: "Dame Nellie Melba, Noted Soprano, Dies" with subhead and photo of Melba.This is 1st report coverage on the death of Australian operatic soprano, Nellie Melba.
Other news, sports and... Read full description -
Item #600799THE OMAHA BEE NEWS, Omaha, Nebraska, February 24, 1931
* Irene Schroeder execution
* Rockview State Correctional Institution
* Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
Page 2 has a two column headline: "RELIGIOUS MESSAGE LEFT BY PAIR BEFORE EXECUTION" with related photo (see photos). This is 1st report coverage on the... Read full description -
Item #673001LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, February 24, 1931
* The 19th Amendment deemed valid
* Supreme Courts upholds Prohibition
The front page has a 4-column, 2-line heading: "SUPREME COURT HOLDS 18TH AMENDMENT VALID", with considerable supporting text. Yet again the Supreme Court fended off another challenge to the validity... Read full description -
Item #673034LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, February 5, 1931 The the page has an article: "BILLY SUNDAY IN BOSTON AGAIN", describing the brilliance and public acceptance of Billy Sunday and his antics.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day.
Complete in 8 pages, somewhat fragile, but overall generally good. See images for... Read full description -
Item #630040THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 25, 1931
* National Prohibition Act held valid
* Eighteenth Amendment argument
* Dry law to continue in the U.S.
The front page has a one column heading: "DRY LAW HELD VALID BY SUPREME COURT; RULING IS UNANIMOUS" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the United States v. Sprague Supreme Court... Read full description -
Item #655279TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, Feb. 25, 1931 The front page has a large photo of Gandhi with the caption: "Gandhi Happy To Be Free Again." Also on the front page is an interesting article regarding Albert Einstein: "Einstein Used the Cigarette Relatively." Page 3 has a 2-column, two-line heading regarding Al... Read full description -
Item #695171THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 26, 1931
* Al 'Scarface' Capone vs. United States
* Contempt of Court trial starts w/ photo
The front page has a one column heading: "CAPONE PUT ON TRIAL; COURT ROOM GUARDED" with subheads. (see) First report coverage continues inside with photo of Capone. He would be found guilty and be sentenced to Cook... Read full description -
Item #594871THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, February 27, 1931
* Gangster Al Capone
* Jail sentence
The front page has one column headings: "CAPONE GIVEN A SENTENCE OF SIX MONTHS IN JAIL", "'Scarface Al' of Chicago, Again Appears in Court in Nobby Attire", "Says Leader of Bootlegger Was Not as... Read full description -
Item #649897THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 27, 1931
* Al 'Scarface' Capone vs. United States
* Contempt of Court trial decision (day of)
* Beer baron makes fortune in illegal alcohol
Page 12 has a one column heading: "CAPONE AFFIDAVIT UNDER FIRE IN TRIAL" with subheads. (see) He would be found guilty on this day and be sentenced to Cook County Jail... Read full description -
Item #580415THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Nebraska, March 5, 1931 This 22 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "GANDHI WINS DEFIANCE FIGHT FOR INDIA".
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Light browning, little margin wear, otherwise good condition.
wikipedia notes: Gandhi–Irwin Pact refers to a political agreement signed by Mahatma... Read full description -
Item #648743THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 5, 1931
* Albert Einstein leaves America
Page 9 has a one column heading: "EINSTEIN DEPARTS, PRAISING AMERICA" with subheads and photo of Einstein with wife. (see) He would escape Adolph Hitler and the Nazis just two years later. Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous publication.
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Item #580416MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Tennessee, March 6, 1931
* Ruth Nichols - aviatrix
* Altitude airplane flight record (women)
This 24 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page:
"RUTH NICHOLS SETS NEW RECORD" with photo of Nichols (see photos).
Nice to have on the front page. Other news of the day including period... Read full description -
Item #580417THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Omaha, Nebraska, March 7, 1931
* Kenansville NC North Carolina
* Duplin County prison camp fire
* Ruth Nichols flight record
This 18 page newspaper has a nice seven column headline on the front page: "11 CONVICTS BURN TO DEATH IN CELLS" with subheads.
Other news, sports... Read full description -
Item #585402MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Tennessee, March 7, 1931
* Ruth Nichols - aviatrix
* Altitude airplane flight record (women)
This 18 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Ruth Nichols Hops to 30,000-Foot Record" with subhead and photo of Nichols (see photos).
Nice to have on the front page. Other... Read full description -
Item #702867THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 18, 1931
* SS Viking sealing ship explosion disaster
* Film producer Varick Frissell
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "24 MISSING FROM THE VIKING; SARGENT, INJURED, IS SAVED; RESCUE BOATS REACH ISLAND" with subheads. (see) Coverage on the SS Viking disaster near Horse Islands off... Read full description
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