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.
Chicago Daily Tribune newspaper. Contains articles discussing local news during World War II, 1941. Shows advertisements for Barrington Hand Cream, La Salle hotel, Keese Laundry, and various music, opera, and theatre entertainment.
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.
Cover page from the Chicago Daily Tribune. Article entitled, Japan Wars on U.S.! Contains articles discussing Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, Britain's pending declaration of war on Japan, and United States army and navy preparations to take offensive action against Japan.
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.