Historic Newspapers: World War II Key Names
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Item #575589WILMINGTON MORNING STAR, July 16, 1945
* Potsdam Conference (Germany)
* The Big Three meeting
* Harry Truman, Joseph Stalin, & Winston Churchill
This 42 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: " 'Big Three' In Potsdam For Historic Meeting", with nice photo of Harry Truman with caption: "Ready For... Read full description -
Item #575174THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, Massachusetts, January 19, 1942
* Hollywood Actress Carole Lombard dies in plane crash
This 14 page newspaper has a one column headline on page 7: "Carole Lombard's War Work Praised By Treasury Head"
Other news of the day throughout. Good condition.
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Item #571848THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, November 12, 1938
This 22 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Hitler Aide Warns American Jews of More Persecution" with subheads. (see)
Other news of the day. Light browning with littler margin wear, otherwise in good condition.
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Item #571616THE BOSTON POST, Massachusetts, October 16, 1944
* Erwin Rommel death
* The Desert Fox
* World War II field Marshall
This 14 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page: "GERMANY ADMITS ROMMEL'S DEATH" "State Funeral Ordered by Hitler for 'Desert Fox'---Wounds in Strafing by Allied Fliers Fatal"
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Item #571542LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, August 29, 1939
* Adolph Hitler defying World
* Poland about to be attacked
This 8 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "BRITISH STAND IS CHEERED IN HOUSE TODAY" with subheads and related photo. More inside.
Other news of day throughout. Lite... Read full description -
Item #571480THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, November 9, 1938
* Pre Crystal Night (Kristallnacht)
* Night of Broken Glass
* Persecution of Jews
This 26 page newspaper has two column headlines near the bottom of the front page: "Hitler Threatening to Seize Germany's Lost Colonies" "Speech by Fuehrer Also Marks Launching of Severe... Read full description -
Item #570729THE FREDERICK POST, Frederick, Maryland, November 16, 1938 This 10 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "GOERING FROWNS ON ANTI-JEWISH DRIVE IN REICH" "Reported To Be Opposed In Principle To Policies Of Goebbels" "GERMAN JEWISH POLICY SCORED BY ROOSEVELT"... Read full description -
Item #569639LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, March 11, 1938
* Germans invade Vienna Austria (1st report)
* Adolph Hitler
* Pre World War II
This 10 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "AUSTRIANS MOBILIZE AS STRIFE INCREASES" with subheads. (see)
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Item #569544TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, September 4, 1943
* Operation Avalanche
* Allies invade Italy
This 12 page newspaper has a nice three line banner headline on the front page: "Allied Reinforcements Pour Into Italy As Eighth Army Sweeps Inland Taking Many Prisoners; Meet Little Opposition"
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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 #568875FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, November 16, 1938
* re. Crystal Night (Kristallnacht)
* The night of broken glass
* Persecution of Jews
This 12 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "Roosevelt Denunciation Of Nazi Acts Includes Treatment of Catholics" with subheads. (see)
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Item #568688THE TIMES PICAYUNE, New Orleans Louisiana, March 11, 1938 This 40 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "RIOTING SWEEPS AUSTRIA; MARTIAL LAW NEAR" with subheads. (see)
Other news of the day throughout. Minor margin wear, otherwise in good condition. -
Item #568501THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, October 6, 1939
* Adolph Hitler's upcoming Reichstag speech
* Peace or war ? - WWII
This 34 page newspaper has a five column headline on the front page: "Hitler Speech Today to Reveal His Course" with subheads. (see)
Tells of Adolph Hitler's upcoming speech in which he favors peace with Britain and... Read full description -
Item #568454LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, March 12, 1938
* Germans capture Vienna Austria
* Adolph Hitler march
* Pre-World War II
This 8 page newspaper has a four column headline on the front page: "EUROPE TENSE AS HITLER PUSHES ON" with subheads that include: "Nazification of Austria Now Aim of Fuehrer for... Read full description -
Item #567784THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, August 9, 1942
* Nazi Saboteurs
* Ex parte Quirin
* World War II original
This 30+ page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "Six Nazi Saboteurs Die in Electric Chair; Two Get Jail Terms" with subheads. (see)
Other news of the day with much on World War II. Light browning, otherwise in good... Read full description -
Item #567771LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, September 11, 1940
* The Blitz (1st Phase)
* Germany bombs London, England
* Adolph Hitler
This 8 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "Nazis Promise Full Scale Blitzkreig To Capture British Isles" with subheads and map of London. (see)
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Item #567613ALLENTOWN MORNING CALL, Pennsylvania, March 11, 1938
* Germans invade Vienna Austria (1st report)
* Adolph Hitler
* Pre World War II
This 34 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Terror Sweeps Across Austria In Nazi Uprising" with subheads. (see)
Other news of the day throughout. Light browning with minor margin... Read full description -
Item #567382THE DETROIT NEWS, Detroit, Michigan, April 9, 1939 This 40+ page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "Italy Sets Up Own Regime in Albania" with subheads that include: "Mussolini Will Tou r New Realm" and more.
Other news of the day with some reports on pre World War II tensions.
Rag edition with minor spine wear,... Read full description -
Item #567167THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, May 16, 1945
* Ernest Kaltenbrunner captured
* Nazi death camp gas originator
This 36 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 8: "AMERICANS SEIZE MASS GAS KILLER" "Kaltenbrunner, Originator of Germans; Technique of Execution, in Custody"
Tells of the capture of Nazi death... Read full description -
Item #566889FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, October 17, 1946
* Nazis war criminals hanged
* Hermann Goering suicide
This 26 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "Goering Probe Places 12 Nazis Under Scrutiny" and "Nuernberg Jail Employees Held As Board Seeks To Find Source Of Poison".
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Item #566846THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, April 17, 1946 This 52 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 34: "GIANTS' FAST START ROUTS PHILLIES, 8-4" "Ott and Lombardi Hit Homers for 4 Runs in First, Then 2 in Second Game" and more. (see) This was actually Mel Ott's last career home run.
Various other baseball reports with nice... Read full description -
Item #566336THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, NY, November 12, 1942
* All of France under German control
* World War II - WWII
* Adolph Hitler - Nazis
This 42 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "AXIS IN SOUTH FRANCE, FLEET'S FATE A MYSTERY" with subheads that include: "MARSEILLE TAKEN" "Nazis Overrun All France as... Read full description -
Item #565939WILMINGTON MORNING STAR - Extra, Wilmington, North Carolina, July 10, 1943 This 8 page newspaper has a nice two-line banner headline on the front page: "SECOND FRONT OPENED IN EUROPE AS EISENHOWER THROWS TROOPS AGAINST ENEMY-OCCUPIED SICILY" with subheads and related photo. (see)
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Item #565486LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, July 19, 1940
* Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated for 3rd term
This 12 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "NOMINATION IS ACCEPTED BY PRESIDENT", "Says He Can't Turn Back On 'Call to Service'" and more with related... Read full description -
Item #564655EVENING PRESS, Island of Guernsey (in the English Channel), Jan. 13, 1943
* Rare Nazi paper from a captured island
A very curious issue, as Guernsey, an English-speaking island, was occupied by the Germans during WWII so all the news was pro-Nazi.
Among the front page heads are: " 'German U-Boats Score Terrific Successes"... Read full description -
Item #563529THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, Massachusetts, July 20, 1944
The popular movie starring Tom Cruise is based on the real-life event reported in this newspaper.
Being a early report, the front page has a small, breaking news style report with one column headline:
* Hitler Injured By Assailants
Most details were not known at... Read full description -
Item #563211THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, July 29, 1943
* Hamburg Germany bombardment
* RAF - Allies - Firestorm
* Operation Gomorrah
This 36 page newspaper has a three line banner headline on the front page: "PEACE RIOTS, STRIKE REPORTED IN NORTH ITALY; ROOSEVELT HAILS 'FIRST CRACK' IN THE AXIS, OUTLINES POST-WAR AID FOR ALL U.S. FORCES" with subheads... Read full description -
Item #563074THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, July 26, 1944
* Adolph Hitler giving up some of his power
* Post Operation Valkyrie
This 20 page newspaper has a six column headline on the front page: "HITLER SPLITS POWER; SETS UP 4-MAN RULE" with subheads that include: "Goering Dictator Over Nation's Life" and more.
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Item #562116THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, July 8, 1945
* Presidential Medal of Freedom established
* President Harry Truman
* World War II original
This 30+ page newspaper has a small, somewhat discrete one column headline on page 6: "Civilian War Decoration Is Created by Truman"
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Item #561750THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, June 24, 1944
* Thomas Mann gains United States citizenship
* Anti Adolph Hitler novelist
This 26 page newspaper has a somewhat discrete one column headline on page 6: "THOMAS MANN A CITIZEN" and "Foe of Hitler Predicts Fall of Germany Within Year".
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Item #561413THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, May 7, 1942
* United States surrender Corregidor
* Japan islands
* World War II original
This 28 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "Japs Push On After Fall of Corregidor" and more. (see)
Other news of the day with much on World War II.
Lite browning with... Read full description -
Item #559169LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts MA July 5, 1940
* Attack on Mers-el-Kébir
* Operation Catapult
* Royal Navy
* French fleet
This 10 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "British Bottle Up More French Units At Alexandria" with subheads. (see photos) Other news of the day throughout.
Light browning with little... Read full description -
From Guernsey during the Nazi occupation...
Item #557803THE EVENING PRESS, Island of Guernsey, November 1, 1940 This four page newspaper was published on this island in the English Channel and was occupied by the Germans during almost all of WWII. During the Nazi occupation they took over this newspaper and filled it with pro-German propaganda, offering a unique insight into how the Axis reported... Read full description -
Item #557195PM DAILY, New York, N.Y., dated September 17, 1946.
Headlines on the frontpage read "Wallace Sticks by Guns - Prepares New Speech"; "What Is Montgomery Doing Here"; "Belgium Works Congo For Atom Energy Ore"; "Truck Strikers Vote on Bohack Plan Today".... Read full description -
Item #556836JOURNAL HERALD, Dayton, Ohio, dated May 21, 1944 The front page full banner heading, "6,000 PLANES HIT NAZI INVASION COAST" announcing the greatest Allied air assault of the war to-date. Text begins, "In the greatest mass air attack of the war the allies hurled 6,000 planes at Hitler's west wall defenses today and... Read full description -
Item #556216THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 6, 1942
* Death of song writer George M. Cohan
This 42 page newspaper has two line, one column headline on page 20: "GEORGE M. COHAN, 64, DIES AT HOME HERE," with subheads that include: "Original Yankee Doodle Boy Composed 'Over There' and 'It's a Grand Old Flag'" and more.
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Item #555811LIBERTY magazine, New York, dated July 13, 1940.
The color cover of this issue has an illustration of a young lady in a swimming suit, covering her head with a newspaper and is running down the beach as she has been caught in the rain. (see photo).
Within this issue are articles... Read full description -
Item #555783LIBERTY magazine, New York, May 18, 1940 The color cover of this issue has an illustration of a little boy that just received a new gold front tooth (see photo).Within this issue is an article titled "Ballplayer Who Get Rich". This is an article on diamonds and... Read full description -
Item #553027LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, September 5, 1940
* Lend Lease Program
* World War II relief
* U.S. Destroyers
This 10 page newspaper has a headline on the front page: "Predicts Hitler Try to Retaliate on U.S." with subheads that include: "More Destroyers Are Being Put Into Shape At Boston Navy Yard"; "Six Already Are... Read full description -
Item #552612GAZETTE AND BULLETIN, Williamsport, PA, August 15, 1945
This issue features the bold banner headline "JAPS ACCEPT TERMS'" with the subhead "Thousands Storm Business Center of City to Celebrate Surrender of Japs" "Most Destructive War Ends When Hirohito Surrenders To Allies". The front page also features an illustration of Gen.... Read full description -
Item #551264PM DAILY, New York, New York, April 13, 1945
This tabloid-size issue features a photo of President Roosevelt which takes up the entire front of the issue. This would have been published at the time of his passing with the story of his passing included in the article.
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Item #551262THE GAZETTE AND DAILY, York, Pennsylvania, April 14, 1945 The front page headlines "National Day of Mourning For Roosevelt Proclaimed" "Truman Sets Today Aside to Honor Roosevelt" and "FDR, In Speech Written Night Before Death, Pleads For End To All Wars" all clearly communicate this sad period in... Read full description -
Item #547726PM SUNDAY, New York, N.Y., dated March 26, 1944.
Headlines on the frontpage read "What Communists' New Line Is All About" "Winchell's 15-Point Challenge To Dies" "Eye Witness: Inside Germany" "6 Quite Deweys' Anti-Hate Committee". The paper features... Read full description -
Item #547719PM DAILY, New York, N.Y., dated March 17, 1944.
Headlines on the frontpage read "To Atty, Gen. Biddle: Why Don't You Prosecute Chas. E. Coughlin?" "Kuh Reports Hitler's Latest Trick - Nazis Seek To Negotiate". The paper features other war news and stories of the day.
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Item #547714PM SUNDAY, New York, N.Y., dated March 12, 1944.
Headlines on the frontpage read "Strike Conspiracy Charged To Ford" "Victor Bernstein: U.S. Embargoes Democracy for Mexico" " Advertising Men Meddle With Textbooks" "No Wonder They're Fighting Small Investors'... Read full description -
Item #547710PM DAILY, New York, N.Y., dated March 8, 1944.
Headlines on the frontpage read "'Answering Geo. Creel's Defense Of Hull" "GOP Bill to Chisel On Overtime Pay" "Dewey's Plan Won't Give Soldiers Vote" "Hitler's Conspiracy In the U.S.A." "Yanks Open... Read full description -
Item #547706PM SUNDAY, New York, N.Y., dated March 5 1944.
Headlines on the frontpage read "Deal With Franco Near" "Weir Opens War On Labor" "Truman Exposes Excess War Profits" When Europe Is Freed" "Storm Over 'Reader's Digest'" . The paper features other... Read full description -
Item #547679PM SUNDAY, New York, N.Y., dated February 27, 1944.
Headlines on the frontpage read "Why FDR Is Right in Fight With Congress" "Allies Pamper Business Pal of Mussolini" "'They Shall Inherit The Earth'" "One-Third of U.S. Opposes Free Speech".... Read full description -
Item #547675PM DAILY, New York, N.Y., dated February 23, 1944.
Headlines on the frontpage read "'Relief For the Greedy...' - FDR Blasts Tax Bill in Veto" "Rankin Fights Even Half a Soldier Vote" "Rich Broker To Dispose of U.s. Surplus" "Churchill's Answers"... Read full description -
Item #547009PM DAILY, New York, N.Y., dated January 31, 1944.
Headlines on the frontpage read "By a Neutral Eyewitness: Official Report on Jap Terrorism" "Report AMG Plan to Set Up King In So. Italy".The paper features other war news and stories of the day.
On the back page of this issue is a photo of General Patton.
This is a complete issue and is in... Read full description
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