"THE TABLOID NEWS" 1933 NEWSPAPER PAIR WITH SEX/DOPE RELATED HEADLINES.
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Winning Bid:
$94.88
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Bidding Ended:
Thursday, June 23, 2011 1:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, June 23, 2011 1:00:00 PM)
Auction:
Auction #203 - Part II
Item numbers 1429 through 3205 in auction 203
Item Description
Each is 11.75x15.25" with 16 pages printed on orange newsprint. Volume 1 #2 for October 13 has headline at top "Reefers Make Dopes Sizzle" and additional headline at lower right "School Kids Smoke Deadly Loco Weed, Some Go Raving Nuts". Vol 1 #4 issue for October 27 has large headline "Sex Drug Beer Floods Cities" and second headline "Lust Lager Brew Snares Dupes With Demoralized Dope". Front covers both have photos of scantily clad models. First issue cover text includes "A Greenish Fog Of Deadly, Cloying Smoke, Exhaled From The Tortured Lungs Of Five Million Marihuana Addicts, Is Rapidly Smothering The Nation As Gangdom Once More Stirs The Boiling Pot Of Human Weaknesses And Brings Up Its Latest Threat To A Country's Heath - And Morals", referring to the drug as "Hashiesh, Loco Weed, Tea". Other headlines include "Blue-Nosed Movie Censors Use Shears On Sexy Films", "Loving Louie Lands In Jail After Girl Spurns Ardent Kisses". Sports headlines include "Terry Wins A Pennant" referring to player-manager Bill Terry winning Giant's pennant and "Sentimental Babe" with article believing 1933 would be Babe Ruth's last season. Issues have scattered lt. wear along right side edges with a few small tears on inside page extreme edges. Front cover of each has ink stamp of Galveston Texas "Leo The Newsman" newsstand. Fine appearance overall. Interesting reading and humorous. Limited distribution, likely sold under the counter due to scandalous nature.
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