Name/Title
WWII Times-Star, 1940-19455Entry/Object ID
2023.43.20Description
Acc. No. 23.43.20
Subject Category: History of Alameda; World War II
Date or Period: 1945
Object: newspapers
Description: newspaper sections, all including a logo with text in Gothic type stating ‘Alameda Times-Star’, from the period of WWII.
Dates:
- 10/28/1940, 'Greeks Fight Italians';
- 9/14/1942, p 1-2, 7-8, 'Alameda Get $1,000,000 Maritime School - Russ Mass Planes Over Germany';
- 4/12/1945, 'Hemorrhage Kills FDR; Yanks Cross Elbe;
- 4/13/1945, 'World Mourns F.D.R. Death - Yanks 15 Mi. From Berlin';
- 4/14/1945, 'Berlin Fall Imminent - Last Rites For F.D.R.';
- 5/7/1945, 'German Radio Claims: It's Over';
- 5/7/1945, Second Extra, 'Victory Won In Europe -Nazi Radio Says Germans Give Up'
- 5/8/1945, 'War Ended 3 P.M.'
- undated, 4 pages, pages unnumbered, 'Victory Edition';
- 5/17/1945, 'Yanks Halt Slavs In Italy Border Row;'.
- Extra Edition 8/14/1945, 'It's Official! Japan Gives Up'
Size: (each) L 23 x W 16 1/2 inches.
History of Object: Three editions of the Alameda Times-Star from 1945; signaling crucial points in world history of that year; A: Headlines ‘Berlin Fall eminent, Last Rites for F.D.R.’. Also ‘Three Alamedans Wounded’.B: Headline: ‘German Radio Claims: It’s Over’. Also frontlined: ‘Alameda sets V-E Day Church Rites’ and a piece about Makassar Straits Village due to open at the Alameda Naval Air Station. C: Second Extra edition, headlined ‘Victory won in Europe! Nazi Radio says Germans Give Up’.
Part of a collection of papers and photographs from an Alameda resident, donated by a sibling.
Acquired from: Anonymous (April 14, May 7 editions): found in collection (all others)
Donation Date: 11/19/2022, unknown;
Catalog Date: 12/3/2023; Catalog Completion Date: 6/10/2026