Author: SMITH, REX, EDITOR
Title: Chicago Sun Newspaper - Volume One, Number One, December 4, 1941
Description: Chicago Sun, 1941. 1941, 1st Edition. Soft cover . Chicago Sun Newspaper, complete in four sections, 72 pages total, measures appx 17 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches, Near or About VG. Some typical edge-tears, dog-eared corners, yellowing (especially at folds). Facsimile of letter of congratulations from President Roosevelt to Sun founder Marshall Field III. Facsimile of front page of unpublished 11/25/41 Chicago Sun (trial run). Front page banners: House Votes Strike Ban & Nazis Rush To Quell Serbians. Local News: County Pushes Plan For Its First Super Highway. Sports: Cubs Ship Leiber to Giants for Bowman + Cash, Sailors Beat Notre Dame, Otto Graham story with photos and great flying goalie picture (Sam Lo Presti) with story about the Blackhawks (inset of The Silver Fox, visiting Canadiens coach Dick Irvin). Entertainment: Rachmaninoff, Les Brown. Numerous other dignitaries' photos and letters of congratulations to the paper - Chiang Kai-Shek, Archibishop Stritch, Bishop Conkling, Robert M. Hutchins, Ford Frick, Gary Cooper, Rita Hayworth, etc etc. Will ship flat. Very Good.

Keywords: Regional Interest American History Illinois Newspapers Journalism Publishing