WWII THE NEW YORK TIMES ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER  - Special Rare "Rag Edition"

War Edition - Birthday - Birth-Date - Special Occasion - Research

(Most dates in 1927 - 1952 available, please contact us through eBay messaging with your requirements if not in our store)

Please note, we also have regular editions of the New York Times as well as our superb "rag editions" please contact through
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NORMALLY 30 PAGES PLUS - SUNDAY EDITIONS (MAIN SECTIONS ONLY) 50 PAGES PLUS

PAGE SIZE - 22.5" X 16" 

FRONT COVER HEADLINES:

RUTH NICHOLS SOARS SIX MILES ABOVE CITY, SETTING RECORD

HALE PREDICTS NAVY BUILT UP TREATY

RASKOB'S WET PLAN BITTERLY ATTACKED BY DRY DEMOCRATS

Special and rare "rag edition":-
"The rag edition was produced on a very high quality newsprint, with a high percentage of cotton & linen content allowing the issues to remain very white & sturdy many years into the future. Given the subscription cost it is not surprising that libraries rather than individuals were the primarily subscribers". "The Times discontinued the rag edition in 1953".

Wonderful birthday gift with topical news from home and abroad including numerous photographs, stories, fashion and adverts.

We have a collection of these stunning newspapers, book reviews and magazines from the 1920's 1930's 1940's 1950's 1960's 1970's for January, February, March, April, May, June, July August, September, October, November and December. Covering most dates in any given month.

We also have an extensive archive of American and Canadian newspapers, magazines and book reviews covering most of the United States.

Some of the titles include: New York Times, Post, Sun, Herald, Tribune, Journal of Commerce, Kansas City Star, Times, Christian Science Monitor, San Francisco Chronicle, LA Times, Washington Times, Star, Baltimore, WSJ and many more titles.

Canada titles include - Montreal Daily Star, Gazette, Standard, La Patrie, Toronto Mail & Empire, Daily Star  

Please don't hesitate to contact us through eBay messaging with any specific dates or inquiries, we would be delighted to search for you.

PROFESSIONAL, HIGH QUALITY PACKING, AS WE STRIVE TO DELIVER YOUR ITEM IN THE BEST POSSIBLE CONDITION. 

 

Historical Events - March 1931

3rd "Star Spangled Banner" officially becomes US national anthem by congressional resolution
3rd Cab Calloway records "Minnie Moocher" (Jazz's 1st million seller)
4th Bradman bowled by Herman Griffith for a duck as W I win the Test
4th West Indies beat Australia for the 1st time, by 30 runs at SCG
5th Gandhi & British viceroy Lord Irwin sign pact
8th 24th Women's Australian Championships: Coral McInnes Buttsworth beats Marjorie Cox Crawford (1-6, 6-3, 6-4)
8th 24th Men's Australian Championships: Jack Crawford beats Harry Hopman (6-4, 6-2, 2-6, 6-1)
10th British Labour party removes fascist sir Oswald Mosley
11th Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
14th 1st theater built for rear movie projection (NYC)
16th Genootschap Onze Taal (Our Language) organizes (Neth)
17th Stalin throws Krupskaya Lenin out of Central Committee
18th 1st electric shavers go on sale in US (Schick)
18th Juan Bautista Aznar becomes premier of Spain
19th Nevada legalizes gambling
20th Bishop Schreiber warns against national-socialism in Berlin
21st KRO-broadcast studio initiated in Hilversum Holland
21st US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
21st US Men's Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner
23rd Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev embrace the gallows during the Indian struggle for independence. Their request to be shot by a firing squad is refused.
25th Hal Kemp & his orchestra record Whistles, with Skinnay Ennis
25th Scottsboro Boys (accused of raping a white woman) arrested in Alabama
26th Iraq & Trans-Jordan sign peace treaty
26th Leo Bentley bowls 3 consecutive perfect games in Lorain, Ohio
26th New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies