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Item #630723LOS ANGELES EVENING POST, May 2, 1934
* Hollywood actress Mae West
* Manager James A. Timony
The front page has a six column heading: "Mae West Separates From Manager" with subheads. (see) Photo of Mae West on page 7. Coverage probably only found in publications near Hollywood such as this.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 16 pages, minor spine wear, generally good. -
Item #630731THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 25, 1932
* Alfred Yarrow death
* British shipbuilders
Page 17 has a one column heading: "SIR ALFRED YARROW, SHIPBUILDER, 90, DIES" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on the death of Sir Alfred Fernandez Yarrow, 1st Baronet. I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular... Read full description -
Item #616429THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 10, 1933
* Scottsboro Boys rape case
* Haywood Patterson
The front page has one column headlines: "NEGRO FOUND GUILTY IN SCOTTSBORO CASE; JURY 0UT 22 HOURS" "Verdict Carries Sentence of Death After One Juror Had Held Out for Life Term" and more. (see) 1st report coverage on Haywood Patterson being... Read full description -
Item #616332THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 7, 1941
* Nazis bomb Belgrade Yukoslavia
* World War II German Luftwaffe
This 34 page newspaper has a three line banner headline on the front page: "NAZIS ADVANCE IN YUGOSLAVIA, BOMB BELGRADE; GREEKS RESISTING STRONGLY IN STRUMA VALLEY; U. S. PLEDGES QUICK AID; BRITISH IN ADDIS ABABA" with subhead. More inside with related... 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..." with small photo of... Read full description -
Item #630760THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 30, 1932
* Norman McKinnel death
* Scottish actor & playwright
Page 17 has a one column heading: "NORMAN M'KINNEL, NOTED ACTOR, DIES" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the death of Norman McKinnel, Scottish stage and film actor and playwright.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 40... Read full description -
Item #630773THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 28, 1932
* Aviation pioneer Juan de la Cierva
* Very 1st flight of the modern day helicopter
* Wingless autogyro - autogiro
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "De la Cierva Flies in Tiny Wingless Machine; New Autogiro Shoots Through Air Like Bullet" (see) Was this the very 1st flight of the... Read full description -
Item #630795THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 12, 1932
* Adolph Hitler gaining popularity
* Free State of Prussia - Germany
Page 10 has a one column heading: "HITLER DOMINATION POSSIBLE IN PRUSSIA" with subheads. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 44 pages, this is the rare rag edition that was produced on very high quality... Read full description -
Item #630830THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 26, 1932
* Rudolf Eickemeyer Jr. death
* Pictorialism photography fame
* High-society women - Evelyn Nesbit
Page 21 has a one column heading: "RUDOLF EICKEMEYER DEAD AT AGE OF 69" with subheads and photo. First report coverage on the death of Rudolf Eickemeyer Jr., famous American pictorialist photographer. I... Read full description -
Item #630839THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 20, 1932
* J. Hungerford Smith death
* Desert toppings & syrups founder
Page 23 has a one column heading: "HUNGERFORD SMITH, SYRUPS MAN, DIES" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the death of J. Hungerford Smith, founder of the desert toppings and syrups company which is now part of ConAgra... Read full description -
Item #630846THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 6, 1932
* Al Capone enters prison
* Tax evasion conviction
* Chicago gangster mob boss
Page 6 has a one column heading: "AL CAPONE LOSES IDENTITY IN PRISON" with subheads. (see) Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous publication.
Other news, sports and advertisements of... Read full description -
Item #630849THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 30, 1932
* Bonus Army - WWI veterans reach the capital
* Amelia Earhart re. Transatlantic flight
* 1st woman to achieve in airplane solo
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Weary Bonus Army Reaches Capital by Truck; Police Demand Congress Care for Hundreds" (see)
Page 6 has a one column... Read full description -
Item #630853THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 18, 1932
* Frederick C. Billard death
* United States Coast Guard
* Rum Patrol - prohibition era
Page 21 has a one column heading: "ADMIRAL BILLARD, RUM ROW'S FOE, DIES" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on the death of Frederick C. Billard, commandant of the United States Coast Guard.
Other news, sports... Read full description -
Item #630876THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 6, 1932
* Adolph Hitler & the Nazis Party win election
* National Socialist German Workers' Party
Page 7 has a one column heading: "HITLERITES PUSH ON; WIN STATE ELECTION" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the Nazi Party winning 30 of 59 seats in state elections in Mecklenburg-Schwerin, an absolute... Read full description -
Item #576654LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, Feb. 1, 1957
* Pacoima Junior High School
* Los Angeles CA California
* Airplane disaster (1st report)
This 8 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Seven Die As Airliner Crashes Into Yard Of School In California" This tells of the Pacoima aircraft incident.
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Item #630881THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 18, 1966 The front page carries a four-page headline "Suspect in 8 Killings to Get Hearing Today" with subhead "Heavily Guarded in Jail Hospital After Wounding Himself". "Richard Franklin Speck, the suspect in the slaying of eight women in a nurses' dormitory last Thursday, was under heavy guard today. Speck was taken into... Read full description -
Item #631358THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 14, 1962
* Vostok 3 & 4
The front page has a 3 line, 5 column heading with photos: "Soviet Pilots Spin On In Orbit; One Has Flown Million Miles; He Is Tired But Still Efficient" (inc. front page photo), with related front page and inside reporting. Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. The issue is... Read full description -
Item #631416THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 24, 1931
* William Albert Robinson
* Sailing around the World
Page 3 has one column heading: "ENDS WORLD VOYAGE IN 32-FOOT SLOOP" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on William Albert Robinson's sailing around the World completion.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 52 pages, light toning at the margins, nice. -
Item #616239THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, August 15, 1958
* KLM Flight 607-E crash disaster
* Lockheed Super Constellation airplane
The front page has a banner headline above the masthead: "All 99 Downed Airliner Feared Lost" with subheads. (see) 1st report coverage on KLM Flight 607-E, flown by Lockheed L-1049H-01-06-162 Super Constellation... Read full description -
Item #631842THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 16, 1932
* May 15 Incident - coup d'état attempt
* Imperial Japanese Navy & Army
* Inukai Tsuyoshi assassination
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "MILITARISTS KILL THE PREMIER IN TOKYO, BOMB BANKS, POLICE IN A DAY OF TERROR; SEVENTEEN IN UNIFORM THEN SURRENDER" with subheads. Lengthy 1st report... Read full description -
Item #631847THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, March 10, 1932
* Eamon De Valera elected president
* Fianna Fail - Dail
* Ireland - Irish
The front page has one column headings that include: "DE VALERA ELECTED PRESIDENT BY DAIL", "Cheered as He is Selected to Head Cabinet--Chooses Republican Aides", "Takes Oath Of Allegiance" and more. (see)
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Item #632009THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 28, 1931
* David Bruce death (1st report)
* Scottish pathologist & microbiologist
* M. Hoke Smith death (1st report)
* Governor of Georgia & senator
Page 17 has a one column heading: "HOKE SMITH IS DEAD; EX-SENATOR WAS 76" with subheads and photo. (see)
Also on the same page is a one column heading: "SIR D.... 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 the day with more on the... Read full description -
Item #616037THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 23, 1931
* Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll indicted
* American mobster hitman
* Dutch Shultz mob war
The front page has one column headlines: "COLL IS POINTED OUT AS SLAYER OF CHILD" "Witness Secreted by Police in Fear of Gang Swears He Saw Him Fire From Auto" and more. (see) Coverage on the indictment of New York mobster, Mad Dog... Read full description -
Item #632079THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, October 26, 1928
* Monoplane airplane "Yankee Doodle"
* Transcontinental non-stop flight record
* Captain Charles B.D. Collyer
The front page has a one column heading: "NEW TRANS-U.S. AIR RECORD SET" with subhead. (see) First report coverage on the record breaking transcontinental flight of the "Yankee... Read full description -
Item #632088CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, September 12, 1971
* Nikita Khrushchev's death report...
* Former Prime Minister of the Soviet Union
* Leader of the Communist Party
The front page has a banner headline: "KHRUSHCHEV IS DEAD AT 77", with a related photo. Multiple pages within include additional photos and coverage. Great coverage of the death of the... Read full description -
Item #615929THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 8, 1935
* Race driver Malcolm Campbell
* Land rocket car speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida
This 44 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include: "Campbell Breaks Auto Record, Drives at 276.816 Miles and Hour" and more (see images) Reporting continues on page 29 with related... Read full description -
Item #632152THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 6, 1932
* Erland Nordenskiold death
* Swedish archeologist & anthropolgist
* Prehistory of South America
Page 19 has a one column heading: "DR. NORDENSKIOLD, EXPLORER, IS DEAD" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on the death of Erland Nordenskiold, Swedish archeologist and anthropologist. I suspect this... Read full description -
Item #632253THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 23, 1932 The top of the front page has a one column heading: "NAZIS RIOT IN COURT AS 5 ARE CONDEMNED FOR MURDER OF REDS" with subheads. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 42 pages, this is the rare rag edition that was produced on very high quality newsprint, with a high percentage of... Read full description -
Item #632302THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 17, 1932
* Sir Ronald Ross death
* Malaria - mosquitoes
Page 15 has a one column heading: "SIR RONALD ROSS, MALARIA'S FOE, DIES" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the death of Ronald Ross, British medical doctor who received the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work on the transmission of malaria.... Read full description -
Item #584785PRESCOTT JOURNAL MINER, Prescott, Arizona, May 28, 1931
* 1st balloon flight into the stratosphere
* Auguste Piccard & Paul Kipfer
This 6 page newspaper has a nice seven column headline on the front page: "TWO BALLOONISTS ARE BELIEVED DEAD"
with subheads (see images). 1st report coverage of the very 1st balloon flight to reach the... Read full description -
Item #588707THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 24, 1919
* Ville Platte, Louisiana
* Dance hall fire disaster (1st report)
This 32 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 15 THAT INCLUDE: "25 KILLED, 15 HURT, IN DANCE HALL FIRE", "Many Mothers Give Their Lives to Save Babies in Ville-Platte, La.", "Passed Them Over Barrier" and more.
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Item #615822THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, May 15, 1934
* June Robles found alive
* Desert cage box - Tucson, Arizona
* William Gettle
The front page has a banner headline: "JUNE ROBLES AND GETTLE ARE FOUND ALIVE" with subheads and two photos. (see) Nice for display.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 22 pages,... Read full description -
Item #632483THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 21, 1932
* William Boyd - Hopalong Cassidy
* Hollywood "Golden Age" actor
* Lucky Strikes cigarettes ad
Page 16 has a 15 x 9 inch advertisement for Lucky Strike cigarettes, promoted by Hollywood actor William Boyd. (see)
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Item #615821THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 4, 1939
* Mahatma Gandhi's "Fast Until Death"
* The Jewish Holocaust in progress
* Jews being segregated
The front page has a two column headline: "Gandhi's 'Fast Until Death' Starts in Rajkot As Protest Against State's Autocratic Rule"
Also one column headlines on page 2 include: "EVIAN PLAN ACTION DECIDED IN... Read full description -
Item #584784PRESCOTT JOURNAL MINER, Arizona, April 11, 1931
* Heartley 'Hunk' Anderson named new head coach
* Notre Dame Fighting Irish college football team
* Post Knute Rockne airplane crash death
This 8 page newspaper has one column heading on page 6: "ANDERSON NAMED TO COACH NOTRE DAME THIS YEAR"
1st report coverage on the hiring of... Read full description -
Item #632564THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 15, 1932
* American physicist Arthur H. Compton findings
* Cosmic rays at different altitudes & latitudes
The front page has a one column heading: "PICTURES COSMIC RAY BORN 100 MILES UP" with subheads. (see) Very lengthy text continues inside.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 44 pages,... Read full description -
Item #632568THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 14, 1932
* Dugald Clerk death (1st report)
* Two-stroke engine inventor
* Abraham E. Lefcourt death (1st report)
* Manhattan real estate developer
Page 17 has a one column heading: "SIR DUGALD CLERK, INVENTOR, DEAD"" with subheads. (see)
Also on the same page is: "A. E. LEFCOURT DIES SUDDENLY AT 55"... Read full description -
Item #632600THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 3, 1932
* Kurt von Schleicher becomes chancellor
* Weimar Republic of Germany
* Pre Adolph Hitler
The front page has a one column heading: "SCHLEICHER IS NAMED GERMAN CHANCELLOR" with subheads. Lengthy text continues on page 7 with photo of Schleicher. He would be chancellor for less than two months as... Read full description -
Item #615817THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 24, 1938
* Post Crystal Night (Kristallnacht)
* Persecution of Jews continues
* Jewish property in jeopardy
The front page has one column headings: "REICH LEVIES 20% ON JEWS' PROPERTY", "Taxes Holdings of All Worth More Than 5,000 Marks to Meet Huge Fine" Coverage on the ongoing persecution of Jews shortly... Read full description -
Item #632639THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 5, 1932
* Hunger Marchers reach Washington D.C.
* Unemployed during the Great Depression
The front page has a one column heading: "'HUNGER MARCHERS' ARRIVE AT CAPITAL; POLICE HEM BIVOUAC" with subheads. (see) Lengthy text continues inside with two related photos.
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Item #632640THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 10, 1932
* Author Henry Kitchell Webster death
* Evanston, Cook County, Illinois
The top of page 15 has a one column heading: "HENRY K. WEBSTER, NOTED WRITER, DEAD" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on the death of Henry Kitchell Webster, American author from Evanston, Illinois. I suspect this is... Read full description -
Item #584781PRESCOTT JOURNAL MINER, Prescott, Arizona, June 13, 1930
* Max Schmeling vs. Jack Sharkey
* Heavyweight boxing championship - Famous foul
This 8 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on page 6: "Schmeling Given Victory Over Sharkey On Foul In 4th" with subhead and photo of Schmeling (see images). This has lengthy text... Read full description -
Item #632642THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 28, 1932
* Edgar Adrian & Charles Scott Sherrington
* Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
The top of page 21 has a one column heading: "2 BRITISH SCIENTISTS RECEIVE NOBEL PRIZE" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on Edgar Adrian and Charles Scott Sherrington winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology... Read full description -
Item #632711THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 21, 1926
* Robert Stanley Weir death
* O Canada National Anthem lyrics
Page 11 has one column headings: "JUDGE R. S. WEIR" "Admiralty Jurist and Prolific Writer--Won Prizes for Poetry and Drama" (see) First report coverage on the the death of Robert Stanley Weir, famous for writing the English lyrics to O... Read full description -
Item #591796PRESCOTT JOURNAL-MINER, Arizona, July 26, 1932
* Bonus Army
* World War I veterans
* Washington D.C. camps
This 6 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "FIRST BLOOD SHED IN RANKS OF BONUS ARMY" with subheads. Coverage on the gathering of World War I veterans in Washington D.C.
Other news, sports and various... Read full description -
Item #584780THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Topeka, Kansas, November 28, 1942
* Scuttling of the French Fleet
* World war II - WWII
This 14 page newspaper has a nice six column headline on the front page: "SCUTTLE FRENCH FLEET" with subheads and related map. 1st report coverage on the Scuttling of the French Fleet in Toulon, France during World War II.
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Item #632918THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 28, 1932
* Will Hicok Low death
* Artist - muralist - writer
Page 15 has a one column heading: "WILL H. LOW DEAD; VERSATILE ARTIST" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on the death of Will Hicok Low, American artist & muralist. I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular... Read full description -
Item #584770THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Topeka, Kansas, December 7, 1938
* Texas Christian University - T.C.U.
* NCAA college football national champions
This 14 page newspaper has a somewhat discrete one column heading on page 9: "T. C. U. Wins No. 1 Position in Poll". See photo for brief but 1st report coverage on Texas Christian University... Read full description -
Item #576384THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, April 1, 1962
* Milton FL Florida
* Tornado disaster (1st report)
This 42 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page: "Tornado Kills 15 In Florida".
This tells of the tornado disaster at Milton, Florida.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Small binding holes along the... Read full description
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