Historic Newspapers: World War II Key Names
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Item #663068SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, Oct. 7, 1941
* Hideki Tojo becomes Prime Minister of Japan
* General of the Imperial Japanese Army
* Bombing of Pearl Harbor imminent ?
The front page has a nice headline: "JAPAN GETS AN ARMY PREMIER" with subheads and photo of the outgoing Prince Konoye. Nice for display. Japan would attack Pearl... Read full description -
Item #663046SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, May 1, 1940
* Adolph Hitler wanted alive for $1,000,000
* Samuel Harden Church - Carnegie Institute
* World War II - WWI
This issue has a interesting report with a nice front page headline: "$1,000,000 for Hitler Alive!" with subheads. (see) Carnegie Institute's president, Samuel Harden Church,... Read full description -
Item #661878CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, July 23, 1944
* Adolph Hitler escapes assassination plot
* Operation Valkyrie - Loyal aides stay put
The last column of the ftpg. has: "HITLER PLEADS WITH ARMY TO REMAIN LOYAL" with a subhead. The article carries over to pg. 2 where there is a photo of Hitler with Mussolini.
This was shortly after the... Read full description -
Item #660784THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 15, 1939
* Czechoslovakia surrenders to Adolph Hitler
* Annexation of the country to the Third Reich
* Creation of the Slovak Republic - Nazi Germany
The top of the front page has a five column headline: "TROOPS OF FOUR NATIONS CONTEND FOR RUTHENIA AS HITLER DISSOLVES CZECHO-SLOVAK REPUBLIC... Read full description -
Item #660621CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, June 10, 1945
* Adolph Hitler & Eva Braun married
* Is he still alive in Europe ?
* Post-World War II - WWII
An interesting one column heading on the front page: "HITLER LIVES, REDS SUSPECT; BARE WEDDING" with subhead. The article begins: "Adolf Hitler married his sweetheart, Eva... Read full description -
Item #660529THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 31, 1940
* Winston Churchill radio broadcast speech
* "A Sterner War" - World War II - WWII
The front page has a one column heading: "CHURCHILL STIFFER IN NEUTRAL RIGHTS" with subhead. (see) Complete text of Churchill's radio speech is on page 35. Always nice to have notable... Read full description -
Item #659134THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 17, 1938
* Prime minister Winston Churchill
* Radio broadcast to America and London
* "The Defense of Freedom and Peace"
The top of page 5 has a six column headline: "Text of Address by Winston Churchill Replying to Chancellor Hitler" with small photo of Churchill. Contains the complete text of... Read full description -
Item #658939ROTOGRAVURE SECTION of the New York Times, March 26, 1939
* Czechoslovakia surrenders to Adolph Hitler
* Annexation of the country to the Third Reich
The front page of this rotogravure section has 5 related photos concerning the annexation of Czechoslovakia to Adolph Hitler and Nazi Germany.
Other topics throughout. Complete... Read full description -
Item #658718CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, May 13, 1941.
* Rudolph Hess Scotland parachute jump mystery
* Adolph Hitler's right hand man
* World War II - WWII
The front page has a banner headline in bold lettering: "HESS SKIPS; IN BRITAIN" with subheads. related photos on the back page. (see)
Complete with 34 pages, this issue has some front page... Read full description -
Item #658438CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, March 12, 1941
* Lend-Lease program signed into law
* President Franklin D. Roosevelt - FDR
* World War II military aid abroad
The front page has a nice banner headline: "LIST NAVY SHIPS FOR BRITAIN" with subheads. (see) Nice for display. First report coverage on FDR signing the Lend-Lease program which gave... Read full description -
Item #658071THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, December 27, 1941
* Prime Minister Winston Churchill address
* Joint session of the United States Congress
* "We Are The Masters Of Our Fate" speech
The front page has a one column heading: "Churchill Sees Lasting Anglo-US Tie" with subhead. (see) Complete text of Churchill's speech with... Read full description -
Item #656705CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE--Graphic Section This is a nine part series of a book by Kurt G. Ludecke titled: "I Knew Hitler...The Story of a Nazi Who Escaped the Blood-Purge."
Excerpts from the book were serialized in the Sunday "Graphic Section" of the Chicago Tribune, beginning with November... Read full description -
Item #654663THE NEW YORK TIMES, section 4 only, November 27, 1938
* The Jewish Holocaust in progress
* Eviction of Jews from area villages
* Jewish wealth studied
Page 5 of this section has a two column headline: "NAZIS IN FINAL PHASE OF THEIR WAR ON JEWS" with subhead: "Program of Ruthless Expropriation Before Expulsion From Germany Is... Read full description -
Item #654504THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 8, 1941
* Sara Delano Roosevelt death
* President Franklin D. mother
* FDR
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Mother of President Dies At Her Home in Hyde Park" with photo of Mrs. Roosevelt and subhead. (See) Much more on pages 10 and 11 with photos.... Read full description -
Item #653816THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 7, 1939
* Italian invasion of Albania begins
* Benito Mussolini - Italy Empire
The top of the front page has a four column headline: "ITALIAN FORCES LANDING IN ALBANIA; ROME REPORTS ITS NATIONALS IMPERILED" with subheads. (see) First report coverage continues inside with related photo. Always nice to... Read full description -
Item #653786THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 31, 1939
* William Patrick Hitler in America
* Adolph's nephew interview
Page 2 has a two column heading: "Kin of Hitler, Here, Are Cool to Fuehrer; Nephew Calls the Chancellor 'a Menace'" with photo. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with all 44 pages, rag edition... Read full description -
Item #653785THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 26, 1939
* Stop Adolph Hitler march
* NYC anti-Nazi parade
* Mayor La Guardia
The front page has a one column heading: "'STOP HITLER' MARCH DRAWS CITY THRONG" with subhead. (see) First report coverage continues inside with photo. (see)
Other news of the day. Complete 1st section only with all 42... Read full description -
Item #653777THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 12, 1939
* Marble Hill, Manhattan
* Annexation to the Bronx
* James J. Lyons political stunt
* "The Bronx Sudetenland"
The top of page 43 has a one column heading: "MARBLE HILL AREA ANNEXED TO BRONX" with subheads and related photo. (see) Probably only reported in a New York City... Read full description -
Item #653776THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 24, 1939
* 1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania accepted
* Occupation by Adolph Hitler & Nazi Germany
The top of page 3 has a one column heading: "HITLER TAKES OVER MEMEL IN TRIUMPH" with subheads, 3 related photos and text of Adolph Hitler's speech at Memel.
Other news, sports and... Read full description -
Item #653773THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 19, 1939
* Persecution of Jews begin - Jewish - Judaica
* Total occupation of Czechoslovakia by Germany
* Pre-World War II Europe in chaos - disharmony
The top of page 39 has a one column heading: "NAZIS BAR VIOLENCE ON THE CZECH JEWS" with subheads. (see) Coverage on the persecution of Jews... Read full description -
Item #653468THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 10, 1940
* R.A.F. - Royal Air Force
* Munich beer cellar bombed
* Adolph Hitler escapes
The front page has a one column heading: "R.A.F. FIRED CELLAR AFTER HITLER LEFT" First report coverage on the bombing of the Munich, Germany beer cellar by the Royal Air Force during World War II in which Adolph... Read full description -
Item #653466THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 1, 1939
* Joseph Goebbels - propaganda minister
* New Year's radio address to Germany
The top of page 16 has a one column heading: "GOEBBELS AT HOME FOR RADIO SPEECH" with subheads. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as other titles in our... Read full description -
Item #653381FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., April 22, 1938
* Post Anschluss - annexation
* Nazis occupy Austria
* Adolph Hitler in control
* Eyewitness account
The front page has a two column heading: "Jewish-Austrian Refugee Who Escaped 'Death Trap' Fears For Son In Vienna" (see) A interesting eyewitness account of the takeover of... Read full description -
Item #653347THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 26, 1938
* Rosh Hashanah - Jewish New Year begins
* Jews - Judaica - Judaism holiday
* Franklin D. Roosevelt - FDR
The back page has a one column heading: "PRESIDENT GREETS JEWS ON NEW YEAR" with subheads that include: "HOPE VOICED IN SERMONS" and more. (see) The Jews in certain parts of Europe were... Read full description -
Item #653270THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 20, 1938
* Charles Lindbergh a Nazi sympathizer ?
* Receives: "Service Cross of the German Eagle"
* Field Marshall Hermann Goering - Adolph Hitler
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Hitler Grants Lindbergh High Decoration After Bitter Attacks on Flier by Russians" (see)... Read full description -
Item #652998THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 1, 1938
* Sufi Abdul Hamid killed
* African-American Islam convert
* Anti-Semitism - "Harlem Hitler"
The front page has a one column heading: "PLANE CRASH FATAL TO 'HARLEM HITLER'" with subheads. First report coverage continues on page 3 with photo of Hamid. Nice to have in this famous... Read full description -
Item #652986THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 31, 1938
* Henry Ford's 75th birthday celebration
* Receives "Grand Cross of the German Eagle"
* Adolph Hitler - Nazis - Third Reich
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Ford, at 75, looks to 'Going Ahead'; Huge Parties Given Him in Detroit" with subhead. (see)... Read full description -
Item #652915THE STARS & STRIPES, Jan. 2, 1945
* Battle of the Bulge
The top of the front page has a photo of the new-created five star general insignia, created by a Public Law by Congress on December 14, 1944. Those to be conferred with this honor within a week of its creation were George C. Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, and Dwight D.... Read full description -
Item #652556THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 10, 1938
* Adolph Hitler - Fuehrer & commander-in-chief
* Orders all German military to give Nazi salute
The top of the front page has a small one column heading: "Hitler Orders the Army To Give him Nazi Salute" See image for brief text here.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the... Read full description -
Item #651476THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 23, 1939
* Pact of Steel alliance
* Nazi Germany and Italy unite
* Adolph Hitler & Benito Mussolini
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "AXIS POWERS SIGN TEN-YEAR ALLIANCE TO REMAKE EUROPE" with subheads. (see) Much more on page 8 with complete text of the speeches that were... Read full description -
Item #650915THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 30, 1942
* Jewish Holocaust being known for the 1st time
* Nazi-occupied Europe exterminations
Page 7 has small one column headings: "1,000,000 Jews Slain By Nazis, Report Says" "'Slaughterhouse' of Europe Under Hitler Described at London" See images for coverage on the atrocities... Read full description -
Item #650512THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL, Memphis, July 23, 1944.
* Adolph Hitler escapes assassination plot
* Operation Valkyrie - Loyal aides stay put
The top of the front page has a five column headline: "Hitler Attempts To Rally Army" with subheads. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day with much more on World War II.... Read full description -
Item #650026THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 23, 1945
* General George S. Patton death
* Post World War II reports
The front page has a two column heading: "Patton Receives GI's Last Salute; Burial Tomorrow in Luxembourg". (see) Coverage continues on page 13 with related photo. (see)
Other news of the day. Complete 1st section only with all 22... Read full description -
Item #649991THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 21, 1945
* General George S. Patton day of death
* Post World War II reports
Page 9 has a one column heading: "Patton Has Setback; Alarm Is Discounted" (see) Patton would die on this day.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 36 pages, this is the rare rag edition that was produced... Read full description -
Item #649424THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, September 13, 1938
* 1938 Nuremberg Rally - Nazi Germany
* Annexation of Austria
* 1 year away from World War II start
The front page has a three column headline: "HITLER'S DEFIANCE INCREASES TENSIONS IN UNEASY EUROPE" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the 1938 Nuremberg Rally which was... Read full description -
Item #648412THE NEWS, Frederick, Maryland, January 27, 1943
* Casablanca Conference in Morocco
* Franklin D. Roosevelt - Winston Churchill
The front page has a two column heading: "Roosevelt-Churchill Decisions To Have Far-Reaching Effect" with subhead. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day with much more on World War II. Complete... Read full description -
Item #648310THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 28, 1942
* Jewish Holocaust being known for the 1st time
* Nazi-occupied Europe exterminations
* Overthrow Hitler and Mussolini ?
This 36 page newspaper has one column headings on page 5: "German-Americans Warn the Germans" and "Fifty Prominent Citizens Ask for... Read full description -
Item #646881TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, April 14, 1945
* Franklin D. Roosevelt FDR
* Wash. D.C. funeral
* World War II - WWII
The top of the front page above the masthead is a nice banner headline that reads: "NATION PAUSES TODAY FOR ROOSEVELT FUNERAL" with illustration. Nice for display.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 10... Read full description -
Item #645580GUINEA GOLD, "Australian Edition", May 4, 1945 On November 19, 1942, Australian and US troops fighting Japanese invaders in the New Guinea jungle during World War II read the first issue of "Guinea Gold", a unique four-page Australian army newspaper which day after day thereafter published a record... Read full description -
Item #643133THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, dated June 4, 1940.
The front page of this issue contains the reporting of Winston Churchill's speech to the House of Commons of the same date. The three column wide, two line header of the article is "Churchill Says Britain Can Fight years Alone" with the subhead "Admits... Read full description -
Item #642615THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 15, 1939
* Battleship Bismarck launching
* Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine
* Adolph Hitler ceremony speech
Page 4 has one column headings that include: "HITLER AT SHIP FETE DEPLORES INTRIGUE" "Lauds Iron Chancellor at the Launching of 35,000-Ton Warship Bismarck" and more. (see) I suspect this... Read full description -
Item #642151TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, December 3, 1943
* Tehran Conference in Iran
* Franklin D. Roosevelt - Winston Churchill - Joseph Stalin
The top of the front page has a four column headline: "May Issue 'Give in or Die' Ultimatum at Mid-east Meeeting" (see) Coverage on the Tehran Conference meeting between the big three... Read full description -
Item #639673THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 26, 1943
* Smith-Connally Act passed
* Franklin D. Roosevelt veto override
* World War II - WWII
The front page has a nice banner headline: "CONGRESS OVERRIDES VETO OF ANTI-STRIKE BILL" with subheads. Lengthy coverage continues inside.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day with much on World War II.... Read full description -
Item #639528THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 27, 1941
* Clanton, Alabama bus disaster
* Gasoline explosion
The back page has one column headings that include: "14 IN BLAZE BUS PERISH IN ALABAMA" and "Death of Eight Others Feared as Vehicle Hits Bridge Rail, Bursts Fuel Tank, Burns" and more (see photos). First report coverage on the gasoline explosion... Read full description -
Item #639302THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, January 19, 1945
* Winston Churchill address (speech)
* War Situation And Foreign Policy
* Warns Nazi Germany to surrender
* Nearing end of World War II - WWII
The front page has one column heading: "Churchill Tells Axis to Quit Now" with subhead. (see) First report coverage on Winston Churchill's "War... Read full description -
"Monty has a double!"
Item #637489DAILY EXPRESS, London, October 4, 1945
* Clifton James delivers as "Monty's" body-double
* Great D-Day bluff
The front page has "Monty Has A Double - His D-Day bluff deceived the Germans", with related text and a photo of Lieut. Clifton James as Montgomery. Read the article to learn more details regarding this great deception which... Read full description -
Item #636610NEW YORK TIME, June 9, 1939.
* King and Queen of England (George VI)
* President Franklin D. Roosevelt - Eleanor
* Washington D.C. - White House visit
The front page has a five column headline: "KING AND QUEEN GUESTS AT THE WHITE HOUSE AFTER AN IMPRESSIVE WELCOME IN WASHINGTON; GEORGE HOPES WE WILL EVER WALK IN FREINDSHIP"... Read full description -
Item #636074THE 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 -
Item #636072THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 7, 1938
* Evian Conference in France opening day
* President Franklin D. Roosevelt
* Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "U.S. SPURNS NATIONS TO PROMPT ACTION AT REFUGEE PARLEY" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on opening day of the Evian... Read full description -
Item #632539EVENING PRESS, Island of Guernsey (in the English Channel), April 27, 1942
* Adolph Hitler
A very curious issue, as Guernsey, an English-speaking island, was occupied by the Germans during WWII so all the news was pro-Nazi.
The ftpg. is mostly taken up with: "Herr Hitler Assumes Supreme Command" "Heralds Final Blow in... Read full description
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