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Box 7

 Container

Contains 32 Results:

"Carriers Raid Tokyo" (Chicago Tribune), 1945-02-16

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 231
Identifier: Folder 231
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Optometrist James Abrams and his wife, Edith, collected newspapers after moving to Arthur, Illinois in 1916.

The collection includes copies of the Chicago Daily Tribune and other Illinois and Midwestern newspapers featuring historical headlines, particularly World War II, D-Day, and the Korean War.

Dates: Created: 1945-02-16

"Bataan Recaptured" (Chicago Tribune), 1945-02-17

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 232
Identifier: Folder 232
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Optometrist James Abrams and his wife, Edith, collected newspapers after moving to Arthur, Illinois in 1916.

The collection includes copies of the Chicago Daily Tribune and other Illinois and Midwestern newspapers featuring historical headlines, particularly World War II, D-Day, and the Korean War.

Dates: Created: 1945-02-17

"7,000 Set Free in Manila" (Chicago Tribune), 1945-02-19

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 233
Identifier: Folder 233
Scope and Contents

Articles about the release of Allied prisoners following the capture of Manila by Allied forces.

Dates: Created: 1945-02-19

"Fight Japs on Iwo Volcano" (Chicago Tribune), 1945-02-20

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 234
Identifier: Folder 234
Scope and Contents

Articles about Allied-Japanese fighting on Iwo Island.

Dates: Created: 1945-02-20

"Battle on Iwo 'Toughest'" (Chicago Tribune), 1945-02-21

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 235
Identifier: Folder 235
Scope and Contents

Articles about Allied-Japanese fighting on Iwo Island.

Dates: Created: 1945-02-21

"Fists Fly on House Floor!" (Chicago Tribune), 1945-02-23

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 236
Identifier: Folder 236
Scope and Contents

Articles concerning a fight that broke out between Democratic Representative John Rankin (Mississippi) and Democratic Representative Frank E. Hook (Michigan) after Rankin alleged that Hook was a member of the Communist Party.

Dates: Created: 1945-02-23

"Storm Across Roer!" (Chicago Tribune), 1945-02-24

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 237
Identifier: Folder 237
Scope and Contents

Articles about the Allied advancing across the Roer River along the Western front.

Dates: Created: 1945-02-24

"2 U.S. Armies Ringing Saar" (Chicago Tribune), 1945-03-19

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 238
Identifier: Folder 238
Scope and Contents

Articles about the Allied advancements on the Western front, including the closing in on Saar, located in south-western Germany.

Dates: Created: 1945-03-19

"Invade Panay in Philippines" (Chicago Tribune), 1945-03-20

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 239
Identifier: Folder 239
Scope and Contents

Articles about the Allied invasion of the Philippines, including the strategic island of Panay.

Dates: Created: 1945-03-20

"U.S. Rips Jap Fleet!" (Chicago Tribune), 1945-03-21

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 240
Identifier: Folder 240
Scope and Contents

Articles about Allied advancements in the Pacific theater.

Dates: Created: 1945-03-21