AMELIA EARHART LOST OVER PACIFIC – SEARCH BEGUN

amelia-earhart-article-1.jpg“WARSHIP’S PLANES START SEARCH FOR MISS EARHART;
NO DEFINITE SIGNAL HEARD”

The New York Times
July 8, 1937

On her round-the-world flight, female aviator extraordinare Amelia Earhart’smonoplane vanishes over the Pacific Ocean after radio contact with her abruptly ceases. In spite of a thorough search of a huge amount of ocean, and amongst endless speculation and rumors, nary a trace of the intrepid aviator, her navigator Fred Noonan,  or her plane will ever be found. The Times front page report says the search has begun over a large area, and that her husband hopefully believes she may still be found in the area below the Howland Islands.

This is the complete 48-page regular issue taken years ago from an original bound volume. Usual browning, some chipping at top and margins, but overall a fine issue that will be a real asset to any collection.  To this day, controversy rages over just where Amelia’s plane went down in the Pacific, and if the mystery will ever be solved. However, a new documentary with photos surmises she and Noonan were captured by the Japanese and either executed or allowed to simply die.

$1,750

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Posted by mmitchell | Filed Under All Historic Newspapers, The 20th + 21st Centuries