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THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 16, 1945

* Manhattan Project is first made public
* Henry DeWolf Smyth report is released
* re. Atomic bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
* J. Robert Oppenheimer - Otto Hahn - Enrico Fermi

The top of page 8 has a seven column heading: "Story of Scientists' 'Battle' for Atom Bomb Secret Revealed in Smyth Report" with smaller subheads and related photo. See images for portion of the report. This was when the "Smyth Report" was 1st made public, making it a…

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., Feb. 4, 1950 

* Klaus Fuchs arrested
* German atomic bomb scientist
* Russian - Soviet Union spy
* re. Manhattan Project

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "Data On H-Bomb Seen Accessible To Spy Suspect" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 12 pages, minor spine wear, nice condition.

Background: Klaus Fuchs, a German-born physicist who had worked on the British and American atomic bomb projects during World War II, was arrested on…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 22, 1945 

* Atomic Bombs - bombing - weapons 
* Post Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan 
* Manhattan Project scientists warning 

Page 4 has three articles re. the future of atomic weapons with headings: "AIR POWER IS URGED ABOVE ATOM BOMBS" "Atom Bomb and Politics" "ATOMIC BOMB BAN URGED BY DR. UREY" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with all 30 pages, rag edition in very nice condition.

Background: On October 21, 1945, a critical turning point in the dawn of the nuclear age…

MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, Sept. 12, 1945

* Manhattan Project comes to fruition
* Director physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer
* Post atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
* Japanese claim of radiation in deaths

The front page has a two column heading: "Atom Bomb Ray Deaths a Myth, Writer Discovers" with photo of Nat Finney. (see images)
Complete with all 20 pages, several small ink notations throughout with 2 on the front page, but none affecting the key report, some tiny binding holes along the…

THE DETROIT NEWS, May 14, 1965

* Red China atomic bomb test (2nd)
* First aerial explosion - Tu-16 bomber
* Nuclear weapons program - Xinjiang Province

The front page has a nice headline: "RED CHINA EXPLODES 2ND ATOM BOMB" with subhead and two related photos. (see images)
Complete with 50+ pages, small binding holes along the spine, small library stamp within the masthead, nice condition.

Note: On May 14, 1965, China successfully conducted its first atomic bomb aerial explosion…

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, June 21, 1955

* "Atom for Peace" United Nations address 
* President Dwight D. Eisenhower - IKE 

The front page has a banner headline: "'NEW KIND' OF ATOM PEACE" with lead-in: "Ike Suggests" and related photo. (see images) 
Complete with 34 pages, small binding holes along the spine, good condition.

background: On June 20, 1955, President Dwight D. Eisenhower addressed the United Nations and reaffirmed his "Atoms for Peace" initiative, originally introduced…

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., March 20, 1953

* Atomic bomb tests - Cold War w/ Russia 
* Operation Upshot-Knothole - nuclear weapons
* "Doom Town" photos of destruction - "Annie"

The bottom of the front page has three related photos with heading: "Atom Detonation Turns $20,000 House Fiery Matchwood in 2 1-3 Seconds" There is no related article, just these three photos. (see images)
Complete with 40 pages, light toning at the margins, generally in very nice condition.

Background:In…

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, Aug. 7, 1945 

* Atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan
* World War II ending - surrender nears

Of course this publication is mostly financial related, but because of the historical significance of this particular event, the front page has some first hand reporting with a small one column heading: "New Atomic Bomb Dropped on Jap City Is 'Most Terrible Destructive Force'" with more. (see images)
Complete with 8 pages, some binding holes along the spine, nice…

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, September 24, 1949

* Semipalatinsk Test Site "The Polygon"
* Soviet atomic bomb project revealed
* Joins America as a nuclear super power

The front page has a banner headline: "A-BOMB TREATY URGED" with lead-in: "Soviet Atom Blast Starts World Clamor" and various subheads. (see images) More on page 12.
Complete with 38 pages, light toning and minor wear along the spine, nice condition.

THE BOSTON POST, Sept. 25, 1945

* New super atomic bomb developed
* Post Hiroshima & Nagasaki bombings
* Leslie C. Arends' warning announcement

The top of the front page has a two column heading: "NEW ATOMIC BOMB BARED" with subhead. (see images) See below for information.
Complete with 18 pages, nice condition.

Note: On September 24, 1945, U.S. Representative Leslie C. Arends, a Republican from Illinois and member of the House Military Affairs Committee, announced that a new…

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass., Feb. 13, 1960

* France atomic bomb test (1st)
* "Gerboise Bleue" in Algeria 
* Nuclear weapons program 

The top of the front page has a six column headline: "France Explodes Atom Bomb, Boosts Status As World Power" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 8 pages, light toning at the margins, minor spijne wear, generally in very nice condition.

background: France became an atomic power on February 13, 1960, when it conducted its first successful…

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, July 1, 1946

* Operation Crossroads - Atomic bombing
* Nuclear weapon at Bikini Atoll - Able
* B-29 Superfortress Dave's Dream

The front page has a six column headline: "Check Shows Bomb Losses Heavy" with subheads.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 10 pages, a little spine wear, generally nice.

THE DETROIT NEWS, May 9, 1951

* Operation Greenhouse tests series
* Nuclear weapons - atomic bombs
* Enewetak Atoll - Pacific Ocean

The top of page 3 has a two column heading: "Believe U. S. Tests A-Shell" (see images) This was when these tests were first made public.
Complete with 76 pages, rag edition in very nice condition. Some small binding holes along the spine.

wikipedia notes: Operation Greenhouse was an American nuclear test series conducted in 1951 and the first to test…

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, March 12, 1958 

* Mars Bluff SC South Carolina
* B-47 Stratojet Atomic Bomb mishap (1st report)

Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Unarmed Atomic Bomb Drops Accidentally In S.C.; 6 Hurt" 1st report coverage on the B-47 Stratojet mishap over Mars Bluff, South Carolina.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in  20 pages, nice condition.

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, January 29, 1951 

* Don Gentile - American fighter plane ace killed 
* Nevada starts it's Atomic bomb tests 

This 38 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Don Gentile Killed in Jet Crash; U.S. Ace in Europe Shot Down 19" with photo.

Also one column headlines on the front that include: "2D ATOMIC BLAST IN 24 HOURS JOLTS WIDE NEVADA AREA" "Flash Reaches 200 Miles" and more. Other news of the day throughout.

Rag edition in…

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., July 10, 1962

* Starfish Prime high-altitude nuclear test
* Thor rocket - W49 thermonuclear warhead
* Hydrogen bomb explosion in space

The front page has a six column headline announcing: "Pacific 'A' Test Wows 'Em" with caption. (see)

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with all 16 pages, minor margin wear, generally nice.

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS - PARADE, Detroit, Michigan, November 15, 1953  The front of this issue contains a photo of Jane Russell with an accompanying article entitled "They sold me 'like a can of tomatoes'" which includes additional photos of other actors. Also included is an article "Now: an atom 'bomb' hits cancer" "... and doctors learn it can save lives, and do surprising things they didn't expect". Additional stories and advertisements are within.

This is complete in 36 pages and is in…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 10, 1950

* Chemist & spy Harry Gold sentenced
* Atomic secrets to Soviet Union (Russia)

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "GOLD, ATOM SPY, GETS 30-YEAR MAXIMUM FOR AIDING RED WING" with subheads. (see images)
Complete Sunday edition with 100+ pages, rag edition in nice condition.

Background:On December 9, 1950, Harry Gold, a chemist who had acted as a courier for Soviet espionage, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for transmitting…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, January 29, 1951  This 38 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Don Gentile Killed in Jet Crash; U.S. Ace in Europe Shot Down 19" with photo.

Also one column headlines on the front that include: "2D ATOMIC BLAST IN 24 HOURS JOLTS WIDE NEVADA AREA" "Flash Reaches 200 Miles" and more. Other news of the day throughout.

Light browning with left side damage on the front page. Mentioned material in not affected though. Light browning.

SECTION 4 ONLY of the New York Times, Oct. 7, 1945

* Inside the Los Alamos National Laboratory
* Making the atomic bomb in New Mexico
* Project Y - physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer

Page 9 of this section has a two column heading: "Makers of the Atom Bomb at Work" (see images)
Complete section 4 only with 10 pages, light toning at the margins, nice condition.

PM DAILY, New York, N.Y., July 1, 1946

* Bikini Lagoon A-Bomb test
* Drops Gilda Bomb

Headlines on the frontpage read: "A-Bomb Eyewitness: Brilliant as Thousand Suns"., which tells of the tests known as Operation Crossroads, at Bikini Atol in the Marshal Islands. Additional articles include: "Russia, the U.S.A. and One World", "How the Atomic Bomb Builds Up Its Power", "Zionists Weigh Civil Disobedience", and more. 
Other news and period advertising are found throughout.
Complete in…

DAILY NEWS, New York (Final Edition), Aug. 9, 1945 

* Russia declares war on Japan
* Hiroshima, Japan atomic bombing

Very late in the war, in fact less than a week before Japan surrendered, Russia declared war on Japan - noted here in a dramatic 3-line banner headline: "REDS AT WAR WITH JAPAN", with subheadings: "Drive Into Manchukuo, Bomb Key Points, Foe Reports" and "BARE JAP PEACE PLEA". However, perhaps the most interesting coverage is found on inside pages which includes multiple…

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, June 19, 1953

* Eve of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg's execution

This 12 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "HIGH COURT SETS ASIDE STAY OF EXECUTION" with subhead.
Other news of the day. Light browning at the margins, otherwise in nice condition.

wikipedia notes: Julius Rosenberg (May 12, 1918 – June 19, 1953) and Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg (September 28, 1915 – June 19, 1953) were American communists who were executed…

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Oct. 18, 1945

* Physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer WARNING
* Los Alamos National Laboratory Director 

The top of page 2 has one column heading: "Warn Of Death Toll In Millions In Atomic Raid" with subhead and small photo of Oppenheimer. (see images)
Complete with 38 pages, light toning at the margins, nice condition.

Background: On October 17, 1945, J. Robert Oppenheimer issued a solemn warning about the unprecedented dangers of the atomic bomb, emphasizing that…

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, June 2, 1954

* Manhattan Project pioneer  - Atomic weapons
* Director physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer
* Post atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
* Loses clearance for nation's atomic secrets

The front page has a banner headline: "OPPENHEIMER LOSES APPEAL TO ESCAPE 'RISK' TAG'" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 40 pages, some wear along the spine, very small tape mend along the right margin, generally good.

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Jan. 26, 1946 

* "Project Diana" - First contact with the Moon (radar)
* Prelude to the "Space Race" with the Soviet Union 
* The Birth of "Moonbounce" Espionage - ionosphere 

The top of page 5 has a one column heading: "RADAR CALLED A TRAILBLAZER FOR MOON SHIPS" with subheads. (see images) This was considered a precursor the "Space Race" with the Soviet Union.
Complete with all 24 pages, small binding holes along the spine, small address stamp within the masthead, generally…

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts,  April 5, 1951  

* Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced
* Russian spies - Atomic bomb
* Electric chair - Sing Sing prison in New York

The banner headline announces: "BULLETIN: Two Convicted Atom Bomb Spies Are Sentenced To Death" with smaller subheads as well. This is the report of Julius & Ethel Rosenberg being sentenced to death for spying.
Complete in 16 pages, good condition.

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., Aug. 20, 1943

* First Quebec Conference - Quadrant
* Highly secret military discussion
* Franklin D. Roosevelt - Winston Churchill

The top of the front page has a four column headline: "QUEBEC PARLEY IS PLANNING 'RUTHLESS DESTRUCTION' OF GERMANY AND JAPAN" with subheads and photo. (see images)
Complete with 24 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, generally in good condition.

history notes: The First Quebec Conference, held in August of…

POUR LA VICTOIRE, "Journal Francais D'Amerique" which translates: "French Newspaper of America", August 18, 1945
The banner headline above the masthead, dropped out of a black box, is: "Le Jour De Gloire Est Arrive" (The Day Of Glory Has Come). Other items relating to the end of World War II, including a front page cartoon regarding the atom bomb, captioned (translated): "Japanese Uncertainties".
Mentioned in the masthead is: "French newspaper, published weekly by Notre Paris Corporation at…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, NY, June 10, 1953

* Worcester, Massachusetts tornado disaster (1st report)

This 60 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "TORNADO KILLS 69 IN MASSACHUSETTS; MIDWEST TOLL IS 139" with subheads that include: "Worcester Struck" and more with related photo. (see)

Report continues on page 41 with related photo and maps. (see)

Other news of the day throughout. Light browning with minor spine wear, otherwise in nice condition.

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LOS ANGELES TIMES, Nov. 2, 2007

* Captain Paul Tibbets death
* 1st atomic bomb in warfare (Little Boy)
* Enola gay airplane pilot fame
* Hiroshima, Japan - World War II

The front page has a two column photo with heading: "Pilot launched Atomic Age over Hiroshima" First report coverage continues on pages 18 & 19 with 3 more related photos. (see)
Complete with all section s 80+ pages, great condition.

"Monty has a double!"

DAILY 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 helped keep the actual date for D-Day a surprise. The front page also has: "OUTLAW ATOM BOMB OR PERISH - TRUMAN".
The issue is in good condition and appears…