Historic Newspapers: WWII - The Journey (pre, during, and post-war events)

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 14, 1938

* Amelia Earhart lost at sea
* Another search planned ?

The top of page 23 has a one column heading: "NEW EARHART HUNT IN PACIFIC PLANNED" with subheads. (see) Amelia Earhart was lost just under a year earlier.
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FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, June 20, 1938  The front page has one column heads of great significance but which received little attention at the time: thr growing persecution of the Jews in Germany and elsewhere, and the formative events of the Holocaust.
"Anti-Semitism Wave Greatest Under Nazi Rule" "Jews Forbidden To... Read full description  

THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Topeka, Kansas, June 20, 1938

* Custer Creek, Montana train wreck
* Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul crack train "Olympian"
* Miles City, Montana

This 12 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "TRAIN INTO CREEK; 29 DEAD" with subheads (see images). 1st report coverage on the wreck of the... Read full description  

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, June 22, 1938 

* Joe Louis (Brown Bomber) 
* Max Schmeling (German boxer) 
* Pre fight reporting (famous rematch) 

This 12 page newspaper has a three column headline on page 8: "Schmeling and Joe Louis Ready For Opening Bell of Struggles;... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 25, 1938

* Harvard-Yale Regatta boat race
* Rowing races - Thames River

The sport's section page (9) has a banner headline: "50,000 Watch Harvard Oarsmen Register First Sweep Over Yale Since 1916" with subheads and  photo. (see) Lengthy reporting.
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THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, July 1, 1938

* Baker Bowl last game
* Philadelphia Phillies
* MLB baseball

The sport's section (page 28) has one column headlines: "Giants' Heaviest Barrage of Year Sinks Phils, 14-1" "Bang Out 19 Hits for 29 Bases; Now Lead by Four Games" with box scores. ... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 6, 1938

* Evian Conference in France opens
* President Franklin D. Roosevelt
* Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany

The front page has a one column heading: "32 NATIONS GATHER TO HELP REFUGEES" with subhead. (see) First report coverage on the opening of the Evian Conference in France. This was to discuss... Read full description  

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, July 10, 1938  This 30+ page newspaper has two column headlines near the bottom of the front page: "20,000 Mummies Unearthed in Egyptian City of the Dead" "Burial Ground Cut from Rock Covers Acres; Valuable Inscriptions Adorn Walls".
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THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan MI July 12, 1938  This 22 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page:  "Hughes Barely Escapes Crash as He Takes Off from Paris to Moscow" with subheads. (see) Continues inside with related photo.

Other news of the day throughout. Light browning with little margin wear, otherwise... Read full description  

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, July 14, 1938. 

* Aviator Howard Hughes 
* Flight around World success (Early 1st report) 

This 20 page newspaper has a great banner headline on the front page:

"HUGHES GIRDLES WORLD UNDER 4 DAYS"

with subheads and related photo (see photos). Early, same day, 1st report... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 22, 1938

* Short Mayo Composite airplanes
* Piggyback seaplane/flying boat combination
* First transatlantic flight

The top of the front page has a two column headline: "Pickaback Plane Arrives, 25 Hours From Ireland" with subhead. (see) First report coverage on the first transatlantic flight... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 25, 1938

* North face of Eiger Mountain
* Bernese Alps - mountain range
* Climbed for the very 1st time

The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Clouds Hide Fate of Alp Climbers; 4 on Eiger Not Seen Since Saturday" with subhead. (see) Coverage on the 1st time the North face of Eiger... Read full description  

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, July 27, 1938

* John William Ward suicide jump
* Gotham Hotel in Manhattan

The front page has a heading: "Perched on Ledge 10 Hours, New Yorker Leaps to Death As Crowd Stares in Horror" with subheads. (see images) First report coverage on John William Ward's suicide jump from he 17th floor of the Gotham... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 30, 1938

* Jenny Kammersgaard swims Baltic Sea
* Swimming - Danish girl - Denmark

The top of page 15 has a two column heading: "Danish Girl, 19, Swims Baltic Sea, 37 Miles in 40 Hours 9 Minutes" with subhead. (see)
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THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., sport's section only, July 31, 1938

* War Admiral wins - horse racing
* Saratoga Breeders' Cup Handicap

Page 3 of this section has a one column heading: "War Admiral Cops Saratoga Handicap". (see) First report coverage on War Admiral winning the Saratoga Breeders' Cup Handicap... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, August 3, 1938  This 38 page newspaper has a banner headline on page 22: "Hubbell Routed as Giants Lose to Cubs; Dodgers Capture Two; Yanks Beaten" with subheads that include: "Dodgers return to Fifth Place By Routing Cardinals, 6-2, 9-3" "...Yellow Ball Used in Opener..." and more with... Read full description  

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Aug. 6, 1938 

* "The Great Golf Marathon of 1938
* J. Smith Ferebee (Smitty)
* "King Of Clubs"

For the the collector of golf memorabilia, or if just intrigued by the history of golf, here is one of the more interesting tidbits of the sport which seems to have been all but forgotten.,
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THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 8, 1938 

* Constantin Stanislavski death 
* Russian actor, theater director 

This 30 page newspaper has one column headings on page 13 that include: "STANISLAVSKY DIES IN MOSCOW AT 75", "Co-founder of the Moscow Art Theater One of the Greatest Masters of Russian Drama",... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 11, 1938

* Battle of Lake Khasan ends
* Changkufeng Incident - Russia
* Manchukuo (Empire of Japan)

The top of the front page has a three column headline: "RUSSIA AND JAPAN IN TRUCE, HOLD LINES NOW OCCUPIED; AGREE TO DELIMIT BORDER" with subheads. (see) Always nice to have notable events in history... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 13, 1938

* Seabiscuit vs. Ligaroti Match Race
* Thoroughbred racehorse racing

The sport's section has a one column heading: "Seabiscuit Defeats Ligaroti By A Head" with subhead. (see) First report coverage on famous racehorse, Seabiscuit, winning a match race vs. Ligaroti. Always nice to have notable... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 20, 1938

* Discovery of the "Swanscombe Skull" announced
* Found at Barnfield Pit, Swanscombe, Kent England 
* Dentist and amateur archaeologist A.T. Marston 

The front page has a one column heading: "BRITON, AGE 250,000, SUBJECT OF INQUEST" with subhead. (see images) This famous discovery... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, August 21, 1938 

* Lou Gehrig's last of his 23 record grand slam HRs 
* New York Yankees - In a NYC paper 

This 60+ page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page of the sport's section: "Yankees Crush Athletics, 11-3, Gehrig Driving Four-Run Homer" "Lou Bats In Six,... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 26, 1938

* Alymer Maude death
* Leo Tolstoy translator

The top of page 17 has a one column heading: "ALYMER MAUDE, 80, TOLSTOY AIDE, DIES" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the death of Alymer Maude, English translator of Leo Tolstoy's works. He also wrote Tolstoy's biography.
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CHRONICLE SPORTING GREEN sport's section only of the San Francisco Chronicle, August 28, 1938

* Monte Pearson pitches no-hitter
* New York Yankees - MLB baseball
* Joe DiMaggio 3 triples in a row

The top of the front page of this sport's section only has a nice banner headline: "PEARSON HURLS NO HIT TILT FOR YANKS !" The top of... Read full description  

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, Sept. 1, 1938

* Italian Racial Laws announced 
* Anti-Jewish - Jews expelled
* Fascist Italy - Pre-World War II

The front page has a banner headline: "Italy Exiles All Jews There Since 1919" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on Fascist Italy announcing its first anti-Jewish laws.
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