Loose page from the Chicago Sunday Tribune newspaper, torn along edge. Depicts photos of students on campus at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Shows advertisments for Midol pain reliever and Pacquins hand cream.
Loose cover page from the Chicago Daily News, torn along edge. Article entitled, Paris Falls! France Doomed; 'Britain Next' – Nazis. Contains articles discussing Britain's military preparations for war against Germany, German radio propaganda, and Britain and France's pleas for the United States to join the Allies in the war. Photo entitled, Helmets Left Behind By French Prisoners, documents war events near Dunkirk, France, 1940.
Loose page from the Chicago Daily News, torn along edge. Article entitled, Parisians Calm as They Evacuated City; Flight of 3 Million Told by Eyewitness. Shows advertisements for A. S. Beck Shoes, Henry C. Lytton and Sons women's clothing, Klee Bros. and Co. men's clothing, and A Starr Best boys clothing.
Loose cover page from the Chicago Daily News, torn along edge. Article entitled, At War! – Duce: German Forces 25 Miles from Paris. Contains articles covering Germany's military advance in France, Italian leader Benito Mussolini's declaration of war against France and alignment with Germany, Britain's hopefulness that the U.S. will join the Allies, and President Roosevelt's radio address to United States citizens.
Loose page from the Chicago Daily News, torn along edge. Contains articles on Britain's decision to invoke martial law, rising tensions between Britain and Italy, the German occupation of Norway, Britain's hopefulness that the United States will join the Allied Forces, and the presence of U.S. Armed Forces in the Philippines.
Loose cover page from the Chicago Daily News, torn along edge. Article entitled, France Quits! 'Britain to End Hitler Curse': Churchill. Contains articles discussing Germany's occupation of France, Britain's continued war against Germany, and growing sentiments in the United States to lend assistance to the Allies.
Loose page from the Chicago Daily News, torn along edge. Contains articles on the pending resignation of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, Italy's perspective on France's surrender to Germany and Britain's future, local accounts of the German occupation of France, Italy's bombing of the Mersa Matruh military area in Egypt, and Japan's war with China.
Chicago Daily Tribune newspaper. Contains articles discussing local and international events during World War II, 1945. Shows advertisements for Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company building. Advertised items include women and children's clothing, skincare products, undergarments, porcelain, and glassware.
Cover page from the Chicago Daily Tribune. Article entitled, War! Hitler Strikes! Contains articles discussing military mobilizations in Britain and Poland, citizen evacuation in Britain, Adolf Hitler's declaration of war against Poland, and Hitler's 16 Point 'Peace Plan.'