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 #715958CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, October 11, 1939
* re. Adolph Hitler's Reichstag speech
* Asks the World for peace ? (ruse)
The front page has a nice banner headline: "CALLS HITLER PEACE 'A RUSE'" with subheads. (see images) Lengthy text continues on page 2.
Complete with 38 pages, rag edition in very nice condition. A... Read full description -
Item #660252THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 11, 1939
* "Jamaica Inn" opening day advertisement
* Charles Laughton and Maureen O'Hara
* British director Alfred Hitchock - thriller film
Page 33 has a 9 1/2 x 8 1/2 inch advertisement for the opening day of "Jamaica Inn" in New York City. Also a brief article under the small... Read full description -
Item #660267THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 12, 1939
* Lou Gehrig named to parole board
* New York Yankees "The Iron Horse"
The top of page 27 has a one column heading: "LOU GEHRIG NAMED TO PAROLE BOARD" with subheads and photo. I assume not many people knew that Gehrig took this office shortly before his death. Probably only reported in... Read full description -
Item #584809THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Topeka, Kansas, October 15, 1939
* HMS Royal Oak battleship sinks
* German U-boat attack
This 24 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "800 Missing After British Warship Sunk" and
"German U-Boats Score Second Major Sea Victory of War"
Other news, sports and advertisements of... Read full description -
Item #660248THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 17, 1939
* Battle of the River Forth - Scotland
* Rosyth Naval Base - Firth of Forth
* Supermarine Spitfires vs. Junkers Ju 88
The top of the front page has a five column headline: "NAZIS BOMB NAVY BASE IN SCOTLAND, HIT CRUISER, KILL 15, LOSE 4 PLANES" with subheads. (see) First report coverage continues on page 4... Read full description -
Item #702144THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 20, 1939
* Original "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" review
* James Stewart & Jean Arthur - Frank Capra
* Political comedy-drama film - movie
Page 27 has the first movie review by the Times of what is considered one of the greatest films of all time and what made Jimmy Stewart a major movie... Read full description -
Item #632507THE BOSTON POST, October 30, 1939
* Alice Brady death w/ photo
* Early American actress
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "DEATH TAKES ALICE BRADY" with subhead and nice photo. (see) First report coverage on the death of Alice Brady, silent film and talkies era American actress.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the... Read full description -
Item #555018THE NEWS, New London, Connecticut, October 23, 1939
* Zane Grey death
* American Author
This 12 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "ZANE GREY DIES AT 64" "Coronary Thrombosis Take Life of Well Known Author" "Wrote Novels of West"
Other news of the day throughout. Light browning with minor... Read full description -
Item #574748THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 23, 1939
* Very 1st NFL football game on television
* Philadelphia Eagles vs. Brooklyn Dodgers
This 38 page newspaper has two column headlines on page 23 that include: "Dodgers Vanquish Eagles, 23-14, As Kercheval and Manders Excel" and more with smaller subheads and game stats and lineups (see images).
Though... Read full description -
Item #584900THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Topeka, Kansas, October 24, 1939
* Zane Grey death
* American Author
This 14 page newspaper has a small one column headline on the back page: "Zane Grey, Beloved Western Author, Dies From Heart Attack".
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. A little spine wear, otherwise good condition.
wikipedia... Read full description -
Item #584810THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Topeka, Kansas, October 25, 1939
* Joe DiMaggio wins his 1st MVP award
* New York Yankees - Yankee Clipper
* Major league baseball - MLB
This 12 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 6: "DiMaggio Is Named 'Most Valuable' in American League" and "Foxx Is Second and Feller Places Third..."... Read full description -
Item #684073THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 25, 1939
* Joe DiMaggio wins his 1st MVP award
* New York Yankees - Yankee Clipper
* MLB baseball - Best title to have in ?
The sport's section (page 31) has a six column headline: "DiMaggio Voted Most Valuable Player in American League" with subheads that include: "YANKS' OUTFIELDER... Read full description -
Item #686364THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 26, 1939
* Michael I of Romania - 18th birthday
* Becomes member of the Senate of Romania
* Last King of Romania
The top of page 3 has a two column heading: "Michael of Romania Feted on Coming of Age; 18-Year-Old-Prince Now Full Heir to Throne" with photo. (see) First report coverage on Michael I of Romania... Read full description -
Item #660215THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 30, 1939
* Alice Brady death (1st report)
* Broadway stage actress
* Hollywood silent film - movie
The top of page 17 has a one column heading: "ALICE BRADY DEAD; STAGE, FILM STAR" with subheads and photo. (see) Nice to have from the city where she lived and died.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the... Read full description -
Item #662753THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 1, 1939
* 1939 World's Fair ends - closes
* Best title to be had ?
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "1939 FAIR CLOSES; SEEN BY 26,000,000; PLANS LAID FOR '40" with subheads. (see photos) More on page 17. Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World... Read full description -
Item #626210THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 2, 1939
* Rockefeller Center complex completed
* Commercial buildings construction ends
* Best title to be had ?
The front page has a two column heading: "Rockefeller Center Is Completed As Its Creator Pleads for Peace" with subhead. (see) First report coverage on the completion of construction... Read full description -
Item #720385SPORT'S SECTION ONLY of the Chicago Sunday Tribune, November 5, 1939
* Army Cadets vs. Notre Dame
* NCAA college football
* Many other games w/ photos
The front page of this section has a four column heading: "NOTRE DAME WHIPS ARMY, 14-0" with subhead. (see images) First report coverage continues inside with two related... Read full description -
Item #594795THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, November 9, 1939
* Adolph Hitler assassination attempt (1st report)
* Pre Operation Valkyrie
* Bürgerbräukeller
This 24 page newspaper has a four column headline on the front page: "BERLIN BLAMES BRITAIN FOR ATTEMPT AGAINST LIFE OF REICHSFUEHRER HITLER" with... Read full description -
Item #707122THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 10, 1939
* Adolph Hitler assassination attempt
* Bürgerbräukeller beer hall in Munich
* The hunt for suspects in Nazi Germany
The front page has a five column headline: "MAJOR NAZI OFFENSIVE FORECAST" with subheads that include: "Germany Is Tense" "Shocked by Munich Blast,... Read full description -
Item #569089THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, November 11, 1939
* Adolph Hitler assassination attempt
* Johann Georg Elser
This 20 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "MISSILE THROWN AT HUGE PICTURE OF ADOLPH HITLER" "Window Before It in Berlin Store of Fuehrer's Photographer... Read full description -
Item #697243NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 11, 1939
* Adolf Hitler assassination attempt
* Hunt for the suspects - pre Valkyrie
* Resistance fighter Georg Elser
The front page has one column headings: "NAZIS ARE BAFFLED BY MUNICH BLAST" "Unable to Find Perpetrator, but Assert Bomb That Hitler Escaped Had Foreign Origin".... Read full description -
Item #663063SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, November 11, 1939
* Nile Kinnick to upset Notre Dame (DAY OF)
* Iowa Hawkeyes - NCAA college football
Page 2 of the sport's section has a two column heading: "TEXAS A. & M., CORNELL, IRISH FACE TOUGH FOES" See image for brief text on the day that Nile Kinnick would lead the Hawkeyes to the win.... Read full description -
Item #660054THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 18, 1939
* International Students' Day
* University of Prague raid & executions
* Charles University in Czechoslovakia
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "9 CZECH STUDENTS EXECUTED" with subheads that include: "1,200 Held BY Nazis" and more. (see) First report... Read full description -
Item #585417THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, November 19, 1939
* Nile Kinnick stars - Iowa Hawkeyes
* Minnesota Golden Gophers upset
This 50+ page Sunday newspaper has various college football reports in the sport's section with a one column heading on the front page of this section (inside, near back): "Hawkeye Rally in Final Period Beats... Read full description -
Item #660063THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 20, 1939
* Joe DiMaggio gets married - weds
* New York Yankees Clipper
* Actress Dorothy Arnold (1st wife)
* Pre Marilyn Monroe
The top of page 21 has a two column heading: "Joe DiMaggio and Movie Actress Are Wed In San Francisco as Crowd Storms Church" with photo. (see) Great to have in this famous NYC... Read full description -
Item #677560SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, November 23, 1939
* Thanksgiving focus piece written by Chester H. Rowell
On pg. 28 is a full page Thanksgiving piece written by Chester H Rowell, and early leader of the Progressive Movement in California. The piece is titled: "GIVE THANKS THIS DAY !" and is framed by autumnal artwork.
Complete in 30... Read full description -
Item #652727THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, November 25, 1939
* Gangster Benjamin Bugsy Siegel
* Harry "Big Greenie" Greenberg murder
Page 8 has a one column heading: "Gangland Victim Linked to Lepke" with subhead. (see) First report coverage of the murder of gangster Harry "Big Greenie" Greenberg by Benjamin 'Bugsy' ... Read full description -
Item #577454LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, November 28, 1939
* James Naismith death (1st report)
* "Father of Basketball"
* Springfield, Massachusetts
This 10 page newspaper has a one column heading on the front page: "Inventor of Basketball Dies Today" which tells of the death of James Naismith, known as the... Read full description -
Item #585569THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, November 28, 1939
* Nile Kinnick "All Conference" 1st choice
* Iowa Hawkeyes - NCAA college football
This 28 page newspaper has two column headlines in the sport's section (page 35): "Kinnick Outstanding Grid Star in Western Conference", "Iowa Back Only Unanimous... Read full description -
Item #590565TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Taunton, Massachusetts, November 28, 1939
* James Naismith death (1st report)
* "Father of Basketball" - inventor
This 16 page newspaper has one column headings on page 12: "Naismith Has Fatal Attack", "Invented Game Of Basketball In 1891" with photo of Naismith. This is a first report... Read full description -
Item #590643THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, November 28, 1939
* Nile Kinnick "All Conference" 1st choice
* Iowa Hawkeyes - NCAA college football
* James A. Naismith death (1st report)
This 18 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 14: "Nile Kinnick Is Unanimous Choice on All-Big Ten Team" (See images... Read full description -
Item #598872THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Topeka, Kansas, November 28, 1939
* Nile Kinnick "All Conference" 1st choice
* Iowa Hawkeyes - NCAA college football
The sport's section (page 8) has a two column heading: "Kinnick Captains Big Ten's All-Stars Picked by Coaches". See images for text.
Other news, sports and advertisements of... Read full description -
Item #705162BERLINER ILLUSETRIRTE ZEITUNG (Berlin Illustrated Newspaper), Germany. Nov. 30, 1939 This was the "Life" magazine of Germany from during the Nazi era. The full front page is a photo of a Nazi pilot with a map of England, the caption reading in part: "...how German pilots see England." Keep in mind that the... Read full description -
Item #719736ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, Nov. 30, 1939
* Winter War begins
* Soviet Union - Soviets
* Finland invasion
* World War II
The front page has a nice banner headline: "RUSSIA INVADES FINLAND--WAR IS ON; Helsinki Air-Bombed---Hundreds Killed" with subheads, related map and two photos. (see images) Nice for display. More inside.
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Item #585491THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 30, 1939
* Nile Kinnick "All American" team choice
* Iowa Hawkeyes - NCAA college football
* Maxwell Award trophy
This 44 page newspaper has one column headlines in the sport's section (page 26): "ALL-AMERICA POST IS WON BY KINNICK" and "Iowa Back Draws 577 Votes for 1939 Eleven Selected in... Read full description -
Item #592126THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 30, 1939
* Nile Kinnick "All American" team choice
* Iowa Hawkeyes - NCAA college football
* Maxwell award winner
This 44 page newspaper has one column headlines in the sport's section (page 26): "ALL-AMERICA POST IS WON BY KINNICK" and "Iowa Back Draws 577 Votes... Read full description -
Item #583656BOSTON EVENING GLOBE, Boston, Massachusetts, December 1, 1939
* Helsinki Finland bombing
* World War II - WWII
This 44 page newspaper has a great banner headline above the masthead on the front page: "FINN CAPITAL ABLAZE" and more. This is coverage on the bombing of Helsinki, Finland by Russia. Nice item for display.
Other news, sports... Read full description -
Item #724917SPORTING GREEN section only of the San Francisco Chronicle, December 1, 1939
* Texas A&M Aggies college football
* Undefeated season - National champions
The front page of this section has a one column heading: "Undefeated Texas Aggies Win by 20-0" with season results. (see images) More on page 3 with lineups.... Read full description -
Item #721616ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, Dec. 14, 1939
* Battle of the River Plate
* Pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee
* Argentina & Uruguay
* World War II - WWII
The top of the front page has a five column headline: "BRITISH BATTER NAZI RAIDER; MANY KILLED IN SEA BATTLE" with subheads and two photos of the main warships... Read full description -
Item #716535THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 15, 1939
* Gone With The Wind film premiere in Atlanta Ga (day of)
* Clark Gable - Vivien Leigh - Leslie Howard
Here is a great report on the most successful movie of all time in terms of ticket sales. Page 27 has one column headings that include: "ATLANTA RETAKEN BY GLORY OF PAST" ... Read full description -
Item #660943NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, December 15, 1939
* Gone With The Wind film premiere in Atlanta Ga (day of)
* Clark Gable - Vivien Leigh - Leslie Howard
Here is a great report on the most successful movie of all time in terms of ticket sales. The bottom of the front page has a two column heading: "Atlanta to See if it's True... Read full description -
Item #585743THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, December 17, 1939
* Nile Kinnick "Player of the year" BIG TEN
* Iowa Hawkeyes - NCAA college football
This 40+ page newspaper has one column headlines on page two of the sport's section: "Kinnick Selected for Big 10 Award" and "Voted Most Valuable Player in Loop". See... Read full description -
Item #662240THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 22, 1939
* Howard Rushmore - Daily Worker communist
* "Gone With the Wind" movie film controversy
The front page has a two column heading: "Daily Worker Critic Forced Out of Job On Refusal to Attack 'Gone With the Wind'" (see)
wikipedia notes: By 1939 he was the paper's... Read full description -
Item #567965THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, January 3, 1940 This 46 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 23: "GEHHRIG BEGINS JOB ON PAROLE BOARD" "Refuses to 'Spout' Ideas on Crime Till He Has Been at Wirk One Year" with photo of Gehrig.
Tells of New York Yankees former star being sworn into office as a Parole Commissioner. See... Read full description -
Item #632934THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 4, 1940
* Marlborough Hotel fire disaster
* Minneapolis, Minnesota
Page 25 has a one column heading: "18 DIE AS FIRE RUINS MINNEAPOLIS HOTEL" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on the Marlborough apartment hotel fire disaster at Minneapolis, Minnesota. Always nice to have notable... Read full description -
Item #572056LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, January 11 and 12, 1940
* Bartley, West Virginia coal mine disaster
The Jan. 11th, 10 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "Rescue Crews Fighting To Save Miners" "Struggle Toward 87 Men Entombed in West Virginia"
As an extra bonus, you also... Read full description -
Item #585123THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 14, 1940
* Nile Kinnick receives All-America award
* Iowa Hawkeyes - NCAA college football
This 100+ page Sunday newspaper has small one column headings on page 4 of the sport's section: "Kinnick, Iowa, Honored", "Receives All-America Board's Captain's Cup Here". See photo for text here. Other... Read full description -
Item #660305THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 20, 1940
* William Edgar Borah death (1st report)
* Republican United States Senator - Idaho
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "WILLIAM E. BORAH, SENATOR 33 YEARS, IS DEAD IN CAPITAL" with subheads and photo. Lengthy 1st report coverage continue inside with pictorial. Always nice to... Read full description -
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Item #710344THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 21, 1940
* Creation of the Lublin Ghetto - Jews
* Early stages of the Jewish holocaust
Page 24 has a one column heading: "NEW DEPORTATIONS OF JEWS REPORTED" with subheads. (see) Early coverage on the creation of the Lublin Ghetto in Poland.
Complete 1st section only with all 38 pages, rag edition in nice... Read full description -
Item #660314THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 22, 1940
* "The Sleeping Gypsy" by Henri Rousseau
* Oil painting acquired by Museum of Modern Art
Page 17 has a one column heading: "ROUSSEAU PAINTING GIVEN TO MUSEUM" with subhead and 2 related photo, one showing the famous Henri Rousseau oil painting, "The Sleeping Gypsy". (see) First... Read full description
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