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Item #725820GRIT, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, September 10, 1939
* Blitzkrieg - Warsaw
* World War II WWII beginning
* Nazis invade Poland
* FRONT LEAF ONLY ***
The front page has a nice banner headline: "Warsaw, Bombed and Afire, Calls Women to Fight; London, in Rebuff to Goering, Plans Three-Year War; German Troops Begin Counter-Attack on West Front" with various... Read full description -
Item #725762NEW YORK POST, April 26, 1945
* The hunt for Adolph Hitler
* Russians - Soviet Army in Berlin
* Closing events of WWII Europe
The front page has a nice headline: "RUSSIANS HUNT HITLER IN BERLIN" with coverage and related map on the next page. (see images)
Complete with all 40 pages, light toning at the margins, some wear along the... Read full description -
Item #725732SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, Aug. 24, 1942
* Earl Warren runs for the California Governorship
* Great Republican campaign advertisement
* Prelude to the Supreme Court of the United States
Page 8 has a great full page campaign advertisement for Earl Warren who was running for California Governor for the first time.... Read full description -
Item #725684THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 4, 1943
* Original Declaration of Independence facsimile
* July 4, 1776 with full text and founding fathers (signatures)
* Middle of the World War II era - 167th anniversary
Page 14 has a full page facsimile of the original Declaration of Independence with heading: "IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776; The unanimous... Read full description -
Item #725683THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, May 1, 1945
* Raising a Flag over the Reichstag - WWII
* Soviet's Union's victory over Nazi Germany
* Battle of Berlin - World War II (Europe) ending
The front page has a banner headline: "Soviets Hoist Victory Flag Over Reichstag" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with all... Read full description -
Item #725666THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, April 28, 1945
* SS Leader Heinrich Himmler
* Betrays Fuhrer Adolph Hitler
* Offers surrender to Western Allies
The front page has a banner headline: "Himmler Offer to Surrender Is Reported" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 14 pages, light toning at the margins, nice condition.
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Item #725665THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, April 27, 1945
* Elbe River Day - Torgau, Germany
* Soviet (Russian) & American Troops
The front page has a banner headline: "Germany Bisected as Yanks and Russians Join" with various subheads and related map. (see images)
Complete with all 14 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, some... Read full description -
Item #725664MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, November 17, 1942
* Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
* Savo Island - Solomons victory
The front page has a nice banner headline: "JAPAN GIVEN WORST DEFEAT" with subheads and related map. (see image) Nice for display.
Complete with 20 pages, some various small ink notations throughout with 2 on the front page, light toning... Read full description -
Item #725662MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE., Nov. 20, 1942
* Oregon State Hospital - Salem
* Mass food poisoning disaster
The front page has a nice banner headline: "POISON KILLS 32 IN ASYLUM" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display.
Much on World War II events of the day.
Complete with all 20 pages, some various small ink notations throughout with... Read full description -
Item #725657THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 10, 1942
* Battle of the Coral Sea - U.S. victory ?
* Imperial Japanese verses United States Navy
* USS Lexington aircraft carrier sinking fame
* First ever naval battle with aircraft carriers
The top of the front page has a five column headline: "U. S. FLEET HUNTS BATTERED ENEMY" with subheads. (see images) More on... Read full description -
Item #725501THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Penn., December 30, 1940
* President Franklin D. Roosevelt speech
* "The Arsenal of Democracy" by radio
The top of the front page has a five column headline: "ROME, BERLIN CONSULT ON ANSWER TO ROOSEVELT'S DEFEAT AXIS TALK; NAZIS SAY HITLER WILL STRIKE BACK'" with subheads. The complete text of his speech... Read full description -
Item #725491THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 1, 1943
* Battle of Stalingrad ending
* Nazis 1st major loss in WWII
* One of the bloodiest battles in history
The top of the front page has a five column headline: "NAZIS' STALINGRAD CHIEF CAPTURED, ONE OF LAST 2 POCKETS WIPED OUT" with subheads. Related map on page 2. (see) Coverage on the closing events of... Read full description -
Item #725452THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 18, 1942
* USS Lexington & the Battle of the Coral Sea
* Chicago Tribune journalist Stanley Johnston
The first three column of the front page are taken up with four related photos with heading: "U.S. NAVY FLIERS FIND QUARRY IN CORAL SEA"
The top of page 2 has a five column heading: "LAST HOUR... Read full description -
Item #725447THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 23, 1940
* Muhammad Ali Jinnah speech
* Separate Muslim homeland
* Partition of British India prelude
* India and Pakistan independence
The top of page 7 has a one column heading: "DIVISION OF INDIA URGED BY MOSLEM" with subheads. (see images) Prelude to the partition of the British Indian Empire... Read full description -
Item #725186SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, January 8, 1941
* Robert Baden-Powell death
* Boy Scouts leader
* Scouting movement
The front page has a one column heading: "Baden-Powell, Soldier, Scout Founder, Dies" (see images)
Complete with 24 pages, archival mend at upper eight corner, small library... Read full description -
Item #725184MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, Nov. 24, 1940
* Minnesota Golden Gophers football
* Last game of season victory vs. Wisconsin
* Wins Big 10 & national championship
* Best publication to be had (very rare)
The front page of the sport's section (page 9) has a nice banner headline: "Gophers Win, 22 to... Read full description -
Item #725170THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 8, 1942
* Battle of the Coral Sea is on
* Imperial Japanese verses U.S. Navy
* USS Lexington & Yorktown fame
* Pacific Ocean theater - aircraft carriers
The front page has a nice banner headline: "GREAT NAVAL AND AIR BATTLE RAGES IN PACIFIC" with subheads and related map. (see images)
... Read full description -
Item #725168NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 7, 1945
* Jewish holocaust coming to an end
* Extermination of Jews collapsing
* Russians gaining ground in Germany
Page 6 has a small one column heading: "A New Nazi Pogrom Upset by Russians" (see images) Also a photo on the same page showing Nazi propagandist Joseph... Read full description -
Item #725167THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 9, 1942
* Frank Sinkwich wins Heisman Trophy
* Georgia Bulldogs - NCAA college football
The sport's section (top of page 40) has a seven column headline: "Heisman Trophy Scroll Presented to Sinkwich at the Downtown A. C." with subheads and photo (see images) Always nice to have notable events... Read full description -
Item #725066SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, EXTRA, September 9, 1940
* The Blitz (1st Phase) (early report)
* Germany bombs London England
* World War II - WWII campaign
The front page has a nice headline: "LONDON AFIRE, HUNDREDS DIE!" with lead-in: "Nazis Use Super Bombs--", subheads and related photo. (see images) Nice... Read full description -
Item #724990NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, Sept. 25, 1940
* Actress Marguerite Clark death
* Stage and silent films - movies
The front page has a three column heading: "Marguerite Clark Dies; Golden Girl of Silent Filoms" with subhead and two related photos. (see images)
Complete with 44 pages, light toning at the margins, some small binding holes along the... Read full description -
Item #724966NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, Jan. 15, 1940
* Christian Front (United States) arrests
* Plot to overthrow the U.S. government
The front page has a one column heading: "17 Arrested As They Got Bombs Ready" with subhead. (see images) More on page 2 with banner heading, a few related photos and the names of the plotters.
Complete with 26... Read full description -
Item #724931NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, May 7, 1942
* World War II "Operation Ironclad"
* Naval base of Diego Suarez captured
* Battle of Madagascar - Southeast Africa
The front page has a nice banner headline: "MADAGASCAR BASE FALLS" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display.
Complete with 36 pages, light toning at the margins,... 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 #724888NEW YORK TIMES, March 3, 1945
* Beginning of the end of Nazi Germany
* Germans last line of defense (Rhine) breached
* Battle of Iwo Jima near the beginning
The front page has a nice banner headline: "9TH ARMY AT THE RHINE, FOE FLEES IN ROUT; FIRST ADVANCES, BRITISH DRIVE REPORTED; RUSSIANS CLOSING TRAP; NEW GAINS ON IWO" with various... Read full description -
Item #724887THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 7, 1945
* Capture of Cologne, Germany
* 1st major German city to surrender
* Finals weeks of the Third Reich
The front page has a nice banner headline: "SHATTERED COLOGNE FALLS TO 1ST ARMY; 3D SWEEPS WITHIN 20 MILES OF COBLENZ; SOVIET GAIN NEAR STETTIN... Read full description -
Item #724713MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, May 7, 1942
* United States surrender Corregidor
* Manila Bay, Philippines
* Prelude to the Bataan death march
* General Jonathan M. Wainwright
* World War II - WWII
The front page has a four column heading: "JAPS HUNT FOR GUERRILLA BANDS ON THE PHILIPPINES" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with all 22 pages,... Read full description -
Item #724699COMIC SECTION only of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 19, 1940
* "The Panic at the Circus"
* Superman (color comic strip) - #29
* 1st year of publication
* Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster
This is a first year printing of the "Superman" color comic strip (by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster), which... Read full description -
Item #724656DAILY NEWS, New York City, May 8, 1945 The entire front page is taken up with a huge photo of a large, gleeful crowd in New York City with the words: " IT'S OVER IN EUROPE ! " dropped out of the photo.
Also on the front page is: "Proclamation Due At 9.A.M." There are related articles on pages 2 & 3, and the doublepage... Read full description -
Item #724654APAMAMA NUT I BEBA, Feb. 18, 1944 This island is a postage stamp size chunk of coral and trees in the Pacific Ocean, one of the Gilbert Islands, not far from the Equator. In the masthead is: "Apamama's On The Map - With One Objective - Blast The Jap!"
This is a crudely produced "camp" newspaper... Read full description -
Item #724652CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, March 22, 1940
* Ben Hogan - professional golfer wins
* Very first PGA tour victory (historic)
* North and South Open championship
* Pinehurst No. 2 course - North Carolina
The top of page 28 has a one column heading: "HOGAN'S RECORD 277 CAPTURES NORTH AND SOUTH" with subhead and leader... Read full description -
Item #724648PICTURE SECTION only of the Chicago Sunday Tribune, Aug. 11, 1940
* Austrian-American actress Elissa Landi
* 1940 magazine color cover photo
* Hollywood's "Golden Age" films - movies
The front page of this section has a nice color photo of Hollywood actress Elissa Landi. (see images) Nice for display.
Other topics... Read full description -
Item #724641SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER--EXTRA--Dec. 8, 1941
* Attack on Pearl Harbor
* U.S. to enter World War II
* Imperial Japanese Navy
* Great headline for display
This issue has one of the best and most displayable headlines on America's entry into World War II following the attack on Pearl Harbor, with a huge, banner "EXTRA" above the masthead, and the large... Read full description -
Item #724611MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, June 13, 1942
* USS Lexington 'Gray Lady' disaster
* Battle of Coral Sea - World War II
The front page has a very nice six column photo showing navy sailors jumping off the stricken USS Lexington during the Battle of the Coral sea with heading: "Lexington Survivor Tells of Fiery Death... Read full description -
Item #724519THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 24, 1944
* Battle of Leyte Gulf - Sibuyan Sea
* Philippines - William Halsey
* Largest naval battle in history
The front page has a three column heading: "LEYTE DRIVE GAINS" with subheads that include: "JAPANESE SET BACK" and more. Coverage continues on page 10 with... Read full description -
Item #724393SECTION TWO (Sports) section only of the Chicago Sunday Tribune, Nov. 26, 1939
* Ohio State Buckeyes (1939)
* Declared Big Ten champions (1st report)
* NCAA college football
The front page of this section has a banner headline: "NOTRE DAME LOSES; MICHIGAN BEATS OHIO" with subheads that include: "BUCKEYES TAKE... Read full description -
Item #724342THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 29, 1943
* King Boris III of Bulgaria assassination ?
* Tsar - czar of Kingdom of Bulgaria poisoned ?
The front page has a five column heading: "BORIS DIES AS NAZI ULTIMATUM EXPIRES" with subheads. (see images) First report coverage continues on page 12 with photo.
Complete 1st section only... Read full description -
Item #724298THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 18, 1940
* Bear Mountain State Park - New York
* American poet Walt Whitman statue
* Sculptor Jo Davidson bronze depiction
The top of page 21 has a three column photo with heading: "Statue Of Walt Whitman Dedicated At Bear Mountain" And a one column heading: "NEW ROAD PRESSED AT BEAR MT. FETE" with... Read full description -
Item #724296CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, November 23, 1943.
* General George S. Patton slaps soldier - assault
* World War II - WWII U.S. senate hearing
* Dwight D. Eisenhower keeps Patton's leadership
The front page has a six column heading: "Senate Hears Eisenhower's Story of Patton" with subheads. (see images) More on page 6.
Complete 1st section only with all... Read full description -
Item #724295CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, Nov. 28, 1943
* Notre dame Fighting Irish - college football
* Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets upset victory
* World War II era Naval Station military team
The front page has a five column heading: "Sailors Defeat Notre Dame, 19-14" with subhead. The front page of the sport's section has a... Read full description -
Item #724198THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Sept. 19, 1945
* Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
* Nazi death factory horrors revealed
* Eyewitness accounts - Jewish Holocaust
The top of page 4 has a one column heading: "Briton Tells of Nazi Evils at Belsen" (see images) Unfortunately a somewhat brief report here.
Complete in 20 pages,... Read full description -
Item #724197THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 18, 1942
* USS Lexington & the Battle of the Coral Sea
* Chicago Tribune journalist Stanley Johnston
* Battle of Midway aircraft carriers - sailors
The top of page 3 has a one column heading: "FLAMES ON CARRIER FOUGHT TO THE END" with subheads. Also four photos with heading: "As Coral Sea... Read full description -
Item #724120MINNEAPOLIS SUNDAY TRIBUNE, June 7, 1942.
* Battle Of Midway victory
* Imperial Japanese Navy defeated
* World war II - WWII naval
The front page has a banner headline: "'2 or 3' Jap Plane Carriers Destroyed by U.S. in Pacific" with subheads and photo of Admiral Nimitz. Nice for display. This key naval fight would turn the... Read full description -
Item #724119THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 1, 1941
* re. Manchester, New Hampshire parade
* Cox v. New Hampshire case upheld
* United States Supreme Court decision
* Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society member
* Jehovah's Witnesses movement stalled
* Charles Taze Russell followers - Bible Students
Page 26 has a brief... Read full description -
Item #724086THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 2, 1943
* Bombing of Cagliari, Sardinia - Italy
* U.S. Army & Royal Air Force bombers
* Prelude to the invasion of Sicily
The top of the front page has a four column headline: "100 FORTRESSES BATTER SARDINIA, SMASH 26 SHIPS AND 71 PLANES" with subheads and related aerial photo. (see images)
Complete with 42... Read full description -
Item #724070CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Aug. 12, 1940
* Battle of Britain
* London bombings
* WWII Nazi bombers
The top of the front page has a banner headline: "BRITAIN FIGHTS 400 RAIDERS; Great Air Battles Rage Over 300 Miles of Channel Coast" with subheads. (see images) Related map is on page 2.
Complete with all 30 pages, some archival mending throughout,... Read full description -
Item #724063LOS ANGELES EXAMINER, War Extra, June 23, 1941
* Germany vs. Russia - 1st Day
* Operation Barbarossa
* World War II, WWII
The front page has a nice banner headline: "RUSS ATTACK PRUSSIA!; Germany Claims 40 Red Planes Downed; Starts Drive for Wheatlands of Ukraine" with subhead related photo. (see images) Nice for display.
Complete... Read full description -
Item #724007THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 8, 1941
* Mineo Osumi killed in airplane crash
* Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy
* During Second Sino-Japanese War
* Minister of the Navy of Japan
Page 4 has a two column heading: "Japanese Plane Crash Kills Admiral Osumi And Six Other Naval Officers in South China" (see images)
Complete... Read full description -
Item #723999THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 8, 1945
* Franklin D. Roosevelt - Churchill - Stalin
* Yalta Conference re. Germany & post war Europe
* Battle of the Bulge - General George S. Patton
* Photos at Camp O'Donnell - "Bataan Death March"
The front page has a banner headline: "BIG 3 SET FINAL STEPS TO CRUSH... Read full description -
Item #723839THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 12, 1940
* John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir death
* Scottish novelist, historian & Unionist politician
* 15th Governor General of Canada
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Lord Tweedsmuir Is Dead; A Third Operation Futile" with subhead. (see) Lengthy 1st report coverage continues on page 2 with... Read full description
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