1941 Brooklyn waterfront explosions & fire disaster...

NEW YORK POST, Aug. 18, 1941



* Brooklyn, New York City sabotage ?

* Waterfront explosions & fire

* Pier 27 conflagration disaster



The front page has a very nice banner headline for display: "SHIPPING AND PIERS AFIRE; 25 EXPLOSIONS IN HARBOR" and large photo. (see images) Another related photo inside. The attack on Pearl Harbor was just a few months away.

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Arab-Israeli War cease-fire...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 8, 1948



* First Arab-Israeli War cease-fire ?

* Mandatory Palestine - Jerusalem

* Israel - Palestinians -



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "CEASE-FIRE TODAY IN ALL JERUSALEM SET BY ARABS, JEWS" with subheads. (see images) More on page 4 with related photo.

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Brandenburg Gate opening in 1989...

B-Z, Berlin, Germany, December 23, 1989 



* Fall of the Berlin Wall

* Brandenburg Gate opens

* Best publication to be had ? (very rare)



A great issue on the fall of the Berlin Wall, with a banner headline proclaiming (translated): "Berlin, Rejoice!" The front page photo shows a huge crowd at the Brandenburg Gate, apparently oblivious to the rain & storm of that day, as th... See More  

1951 Frank Costello - NYC mob boss...

THE DETROIT NEWS, March 19, 1951



* Frank Costello - NYC gangster - mob boss

* Luciano crime family - "The Prime Minister of the Underworld"

* United States Senate Special Committee to Investigate Crime in Interstate Commerce

* Kefauver Hearings



The front page has a nice headline: "O'DWYER SAYS GANGS RULED OUT MOB WARS" with subheads that include: "Ex-Mayor F... See More  

The infamous civil rights murder case from Mississippi...

Offered is an original, collectible newspaper (NOT a copy/reproduction): THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 4, 1964 



* Mississippi Civil Rights workers - murders

* James Chaney & more at Philadelphia MS

* White supremacist Lawrence A. Rainey arrest

* Members of White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "5 MISSISSIPPIANS ARRESTED BY F.B.I. ON... See More  

1974 Yassar Arafat's speech to United Nations...

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, Nov. 14, 1974



* Yassar Arafat - Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)

* 1974 UN United Nations General Assembly speech

* Rights of Palestinians - Separate state of Israel question

* Peace with Jews ? - Jewish State ?



The front page has a banner headline: "Arafat offer: Jews stay, but no Israel" with subhead and two photos. (see images) Another related photo... See More  

1930 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball... John Wooden...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, March 4, 1930



* Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball

* Win and are declared 1929-30 Big Ten champions

* Future UCLA Bruins coach John Wooden (soph.)



The front page of section two (sports) has a seven column heading: "PURDUE WINS BIG 10 TITLE; BEATS MICHIGAN, 44-28" with subheads and stats. Text includes: "...flashy little Johnny Wooden starting the... See More  

Floyd Collins trapped in Mammoth Cave....

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, February 13, 1925 



* Floyd Collins rescue attempt

* Sand Cave, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky



The front page has a nice banner headline: "ENTER TOMB; NEAR COLLINS" with subheads. Nice for display. Four related photos are on the back page. (see images) Coverage on cave explorer, Floyd Collins, being trapped in a narrow crawl way within the Sand Cave at the Mammo... See More  

1984 Bhopal gas disaster.. India...

SUN TIMES, Chicago, Dec. 5, 1984



* Bhopal gas disaster - tragedy

* Union Carbide India Unlimited (UCIL)

* World's worst industrial disaster

* Chemical gas methyl isocyanate



The front page has a report headed: "Fumes turn Indian city into a tomb" More on page 14 with related photo. (see images)

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Jehovah's Witnesses pioneer Joseph Franklin Rutherford death...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 11, 1942



* Joseph Franklin Rutherford death (1st report)

* Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society leader

* Jehovah's Witnesses movement pioneer

* Charles Taze Russell successor - Bible Student



The top of page 46 has a one column heading: "J. F. RUTHERFORD, SECT LEADER" with subheads. (see images)

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Battle of Shanghai beginning in 1937...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 20, 1937



* Battle of Shanghai, China

* Imperial Japanese Army



The top of the front page has three column headline: "CHINESE THRUST FOES BACK IN FIERCE DRIVE AT SHANGHAI; U. S. INSISTS RIVER STAY OPEN" with subheads. (see images) More on the following pages.

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The Christian Front arrests in 1940...

BOSTON TRAVELER, Jan. 15, 1940



* Christian Front (United States) arrests

* Plot to overthrow the U.S. government



The top of the front page has a nice banner headline in bold lettering: "U. S. WIDENS PLOT PROBE" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display. More on pages 2 & 3 with a few related photos with a pictorial showing 15 members that were arrested.

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1934 West Coast waterfront strike...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 18, 1934 



* 1934 West Coast waterfront strike (San Francisco)

* International Longshoremen's Association (ILA)



The front page has a four column headline: "STRIKE LEADERS SEEK ARBITRATION, ASKING THAT ROOSEVELT INTERVENE; SAN FRANCISCO VIGILANTES RAID REDS" with many subheads. (see images) Lengthy coverage continues on the following pages with a f... See More  

Operation Hailstone... Truk Island attacked....

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, February 21, 1944



* Operation Hailstone - Truk Atoll

* World War II - Chuuk Lagoon State

* American victory vs. Japanese Imperial Navy

* Pacific Ocean theater of WWII



The front page has a nice banner headline in bold lettering: "U.S. ATTACK RUINS TRUK" with subheads. (see images) Two related maps are on the back page.

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1901 Leon Czolgosz guilty... William McKinley...

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 24, 1901



* President William McKinley assassination

* Leon Czolgosz guilty of murder



The top of the front page has one column headings: "GUILTY OF MURDER" "STORY OF THE PLOT" with subheads. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally... See More  

1915 Sinking the RMS Lusitania warning ?...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Feb. 11, 1915



* Pre-sinking of the RMS Lusitania warning ?

* German U-boats terror on the Atlantic Ocean



The front page has a banner headline in red lettering: "GERMANY AND GREAT BRITAIN GIVEN WARNING BY UNITED STATES" with subhead. (see images) Nice for display. The Lusitania would be attacked a few months later. Surprisingly this issue is in good cond... See More  

After John Dillinger's infamous jail escape...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, March 9, 1934 



* Gangster John Dillinger

* Post famous wooden gun escape

* Now in the city where he would be killed



The front page has a one column heading: "Dillinger Seen on South Side; Push Manhunt" Coverage continues on page 4 with related photo. Another related photo is on the back page. (see images) This was probably one of the most famous escape... See More  

1957 Operation Sun Run... transcontinental flight...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 28, 1957



* Operation Sun Run - record breaking mission

* Three new transcontinental speed records broken

* USAF airplane pilot Captain Ray W. Schrecengost

* McDonnell F-101 Voodoo supersonic jet fighter



The front page has a two column heading: "Jet Crosses U. S. and Back In 6 Hours and 42 Minutes" and related photo. (see images) First report coverage co... See More  

Jonas Salk and his polio vaccine are a success...

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., Jan. 10, 1956



* Jonas Salk & the polio vaccine success

* State of Massachusetts finally approves



This issue has coverage on one of the more significant medical breakthroughs of the 20th century, the success of the polio vaccine. The front page has a two column heading: "Salk Vaccine Inoculations OK'd In Bay State After Long Delay" with lead-in: &... See More  

1916 Victor Victrola advertisement...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Dec. 18, 1916



* Victor Victrola talking machine ad

* Record - phonograph "His Master's Voice"

* Nipper the Dog & different models w/ prices



Page 3 has a very nice full page advertisement for a Victor Talking Machine. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are n... See More  

Lou Gehrig's disease studied shortly after his 1939 diagnosis...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 26, 1939



* Lou's Gehrig's disease - Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

* Studied shortly before his famous "luckiest" speech



Page 17 has a one column heading: "GEHRIG'S AILMENT MAY SPUR SCIENCE" with subhead. (see images)

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1956 Redondo Junction train sccident...

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass. Jan. 23, 1956



* Redondo Junction train accident

* Santa Fe Railroad in Los Angeles

* Surf Line railway crash - disaster



The front page has a banner headline: "2 Killed, 90 Hurt In Train Mishap" with subheads. (see) Nice for display. Related photo on page 7.

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John Dean implicates Richard Nixon in 1973...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 26, 1973



* United States Senate Watergate Scandal Committee

* First day of testimony - White House Counsel John Dean

* 1st person to implicate President Richard Nixon



The front page has a nice banner headline: "DEAN TELLS INQUIRY THAT NIXON TOOK PART IN WATERGATE COVER-UP FOR EIGHT MONTHS; HE ALSO NAMES HALDEMAN AND EHRICHMAN" with subheads and 2 related ... See More  

Saud of Saudi Arabia visits White House...

THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, Feb. 9, 1957



* King Saud of Saudi Arabia

* President Dwight Eisenhower

* Foreign relations at White House



The top of the front page has a two column photo with heading: "President, Saud End Talks with Base, Arms Agreed on" and subhead. (see images)

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The Osage Nation of Oklahoma have the richest per-capita in the world!

NEW YORK TIMES, June 25, 1921



* The Osage Nation, Oklahoma

* Richest per-capita in the world

* Black Gold - aka, OIL!



Page three has the one column heading: "OSAGE ARE RICHEST PEOPLE", with the subhead: "Greatest Per Capita Wealth in World Results From Oil Deal.", followed by details taking 2 small paragraphs.



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