Historic Newspapers: Events Preceding World War II

THE JEWISH EXPONENT, Philadelphia, subtitled: "A Weekly Journal Devoted to the Interests of the Jewish People" dated 1919. This is a complete 14 page newspaper in excellent condition, still rather

THE AMAROC NEWS, Coblenz, Germany, 1919. The masthead features an eagle and a scroll (see photos). This is an interesting newspaper published by the: "American Army Of Occupation" at "Coblenz

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 26, 1919

• League of Nation adopted
• International Organization
• Treaty of Versailles

The front page features a three line banner headline: "LEAGUE OF NATIONS PLAN IS ADOPTED;

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, New York City, January 27, 1919  This 14 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page:

• World League Plan Scanned In Washington
• One Element Sees Objections Met, Another

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 6, 1919

• League of Nations 1st meeting
• Paris Peace Conference

The top of the front page has a three column headline: "LEAGUE OF NATIONS WITH RESERVATIONS; EACH CAN ACCEPT IN

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 19, 1919  Page 3 has: "INDIA AND EGYPT STILL TURBULENT- Troops in Great Eastern Empire Fire on Mobs - 200 Casualties at Amritsar", with a few addition paragraphs of text

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, May 8, 1919

• World War I armistice period
• Paris Peace Conference

The front page has a nice banner headline: "READ TREATY; 4 PROTESTS" with subheads. (see)
Complete with all

THE HOUR GLASS "Of the Seventh Division - United States Army", France, May 15, 1919

• Rare "Hourglass Division" camp publication

This is the volume 1, number 1 issue for the American forces still in

THE DETROIT NEWS, Michigam, June 21, 1919

• Scuttling of the German Fleet (1st report)
• Rear Admiral Ludwig von Reuter
• Scapa Flow, Scotland

This 22 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front

THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT, North Carolina, June 30, 1919

• World War I officially ends
• Treaty of Versailles signing

The top of the first column has a report of the formal end of World War I with heads:

SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, July 15, 1919

• re: Sinking of the Lusitania
• Cunard Line not liable

This 16 page newspaper has one column headings on the front page; "FINAL DECREE IN LUSITANIA

THE JEWISH EXPONENT, Philadelphia, Sept. 12, 1919

• Focused on Jewish concerns
• Jews - Judaica

This newspaper is subtitled: "A Weekly Journal Devoted to the Interests of the Jewish People".  This is a

JERUSALEM NEWS, subtitled "An American Newspaper", dated in 1920. A quite uncommon volume 1 issue, in English, with various news of the day. A single sheet of near folio size, some browning & light

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 10, 1920.

• League of Nations founded (day of)
• Paris Peace Conference
• Woodrow Wilson

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "VERSAILLES PEACE WILL BE SIGNED IN

THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, Jan. 14, 1920

• The 1920 Reichstag Bloodbath
• Sicherheitspolizei (Security Police)
• Radicalism vs. Weimar Republic

The top of the front page has a four column headline:

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 15, 1920

• Reichstag Building riot
• Prelude to Nazi Germany ?

This 32 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "42 DEAD, 105 WOUNDED IN BERLIN RIOTS;

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, January 15, 1920

• Reichstag Building riot
• Prelude to Nazi Germany ?

This 20 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "Forty-Two Killed, 105 Wounded, in Berlin

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 15, 1920

• Kapp Putsch - Berlin, Germany
• Wolfgang Kapp & Walther von Luttwitz
• Attempted Weimar Republic Coup d'état

The front page has a nice banner headline: "GENERAL STRIKE

JERUSALEM NEWS, subtitled "An American Newspaper--The first daily in Jerusalem printed in the English language.", March 20, 1920

• Rare title - Volume 1 issue
• English language

This newspaper began just

JERUSALEM NEWS (subtitled "An American Newspaper"): Jerusalem, Israel, April 21, 1920

• Rare title - Volume 1 issue
• English language

This issue states that it is "The first daily in Jerusalem printed

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, May 13, 1920

• Kiev Offensive - Ukraine
• Polish-Soviet War (Russia)

The front page has a banner headline: "BOLSHEVIKI LAUNCH BIG COUNTER ATTACK TO RECAPTURE KIEV" with subheads.

THE DETROIT NEWS, Michigan, August 3, 1920

• Charles Ponzi Scheme
• Early day swindler

This 36 page newspaper has a one column headlines on the front page:

• PONZI RESUMES PAYING CLAIMS
• Scalpers Besiege

THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, Aug. 15, 1920

• Battle of Warsaw (1920)
• Miracle of the Vistula
• Polish-Soviet War - Poland

The top of the front page has a two column headline: "MASSES OF BOLSHEVIKI

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 9, 1921

• Professor Albert Einstein
• 1st visit to America
• Given key to the city (NYC)
• Pro-Zionism before rise of Hitler

Page 11 has one column headings: "FREEDOM OF CITY GIVEN TO

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, July 5, 1921

• Enrico Caruso
• Italian tenor

The front page has one column headlines: "Caruso's Voice Forever Lost, Friends Fear" "Feeling Throughout Italy That Tenor Will Never Sing as

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE, Pennsylvania, August 2, 1921

• Enrico Caruso death
• Italian tenor

The front page has one column headlines: "CARUSO, WORLD'S LEADING TENOR, DIES SUDDENLY" "Had Been Operated on for

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, January, 1922, New York, New York

This issue contains the following prints, articles and/or ads: America's Domestic Food Supply; The Radio Central; Comets That Have Lost Their

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, February, 1922, New York, New York

This issue contains the following prints, articles and/or ads: America's Fuel Resources; Bridging the Detroit River; The Latest African

THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, February 22, 1922

• Airship Roma disaster
• Norfolk, Virginia crash
• United States Army

The top of the front page has a four column headline: "34 OFFICERS AND MEN KILLED

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, June, 1922, New York, New York

This issue contains the following prints, articles, and/or ads: The World's Wages - a Statistical Anomaly;  The North Atlantic Ice Patrol; Beyond

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 27, 1922

• Benny Leonard - Jewish boxer
• Jack Britton

This 36 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 11 that include: "BRITTON DEFEATS LEONARD ON FOUL", "Lightweight

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 28, 1922

• Benny Leonard vs. Lew Tendler
• Both Jewish boxers - title fight
• Lightweight boxing championship

The front page has a great banner headline: "LEONARD RETAINS HIS

THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, August 31, 1922

• Argonaut gold mine fire disaster
• Jackson, California

This 12 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page:
"FIRE IN GOLD MINE CHECKED;

THE DETROIT NEWS, Sept. 16, 1922

• Burning of Smyrna Catastrophe
• Modern day Izmir, Turkey (Greek Zone)
• Massacre of Armenians & Greeks by Turks

The top of the front page has a one column heading:

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 17, 1922

• Burning of Smyrna Catastrophe
• Modern day Izmir, Turkey (Greek Zone)
• Massacre of Armenians & Greeks by Turks

The top of the front page has a four column headline:

THE BETHLEHEM TIMES, Pennsylvania, October 31, 1922

• Benito Mussolini comes to power
• Fascist party
• Rome, Italy

The front page has two column headlines on the front page that include: "MUSSOLINI,

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., October 31, 1922

• Benito Mussolini initial rise to power
• March on Rome
• Government take over

The top of the front page has a three column headline: "'TO DEMOBILIZE FASCISTI

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 10, 1922

• Albert Einstein wins Nobel Prize in Physics

Page 4 has a somewhat inconspicuous yet extremely significant report under the heading: "Nobel Prize For Einstein" with

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 14, 1922

• Very early Adolf Hitler report
• 2nd time he is mentioned in the New York Times

The top of page 5 has a one column heading: "WANT RUPPRECHT TO RULE BAVARIA" with

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, January 28, 1923

• Early Adolf Hitler
• Pre-Beer Hall Putsch
• Munich Germany

The front page has a two column headline: "CIVIL WAR STALKS IN GERMANY AS FACISTI

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 24, 1923

• Benny Leonard - Jewish boxer
• Lightweight boxing championship

The front page has a great banner headline: "LEONARD KEEPS HIS TITLE" with subhead. (see) Nice for

THE RICHMOND ITEM, Richmond, Indiana, August 7, 1923.

• Warren G. Harding death

This newspaper has a two line, seven column headline on the front page: "INDIANA BOWS HEAD AS BODY OF HARDING CROSSES

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, Sept. 2, 1923

• The Great Kanto earthquake
• Tokyo and Yokohama Japan

The front page has a nice banner headline: "TOKIO IN FLAMES; MANY DIE" with subheads. (see images) Nice for

THE DETROIT NEWS, Detroit, Michigan, September 3, 1923

• The Great Kanto earthquake
• Tokyo and Yokohama Japan

This 26 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "QUAKE'S

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE, Pennsylvania, November 8, 1923

• Beer Hall Putsch beginning

The top of the front page has a two column headline: "GERMANY PREPARED TO HEAD OFF MARCH OF BAVARIAN TROOPS" with

PRESCOTT JOURNAL MINER, Arizona, Nov. 9, 1923  The banner headline above the masthead reports: "GREAT BEER-HALL REVOLT IN MUNICH BECOMES COUPO D'ETAT" with several subheads, including: "Fascist

PRESCOTT JOURNAL MINER, Arizona, November 10, 1923

• Beer Hall Putsch (1st report)
• Early Adolf Hitler coup attempt
• General Erich Ludendorff
• Weimar Repubic overthrow ?

The front page has a nice banner

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 20, 1923

• Early Adolf Hitler near death?
• King Tutankhamun tomb exploration

This 40 page newspaper has small one column headings on page 3: "Hitler Critically Ill" and "Said to

THE BETHLEHEM TIMES, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, January 22, 1924

• Vladimir (Nikolai) Lenin death
• Russian leader...  Soviet Union

This 14 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE, Pennsylvania, February 4, 1924

• Death of President Woodrow Wilson

This 20 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "FUNERAL OF WOODROW WILSON WILSON TO TAKE