While walking my dog, I spotted an unusual shard of newspaper floating across the parking lot. Unusual, in that it was sort of pinkish yellow and that it seemed bigger than a modern newspaper.
It turned out to be a section of the “New York Sun” dated Wednesday, August 15, 1945, which is the date that Japan surrendered to the Allies after almost six years of war. (AKA V – J Day). (The New York Sun was an evening daily newspaper published from 1833 to 1950).
Excerpts:
There is joy and celebration around the world and 15 August has been declared Victory in Japan day.
The end of war will be marked by two-day holidays in the UK, the USA and Australia.
No more fighting, interrupted nights, bombs. Peace has come.
From the BBC:
“In Context”
The Allies had delivered Japan an ultimatum to surrender on 28 July 1945. When this was ignored, the US dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima on 6 August and Nagasaki on 9 August, the day Soviet forces invaded Manchuria. The Allies celebrated victory over Japan on 15 August 1945, although the Japanese administration under General Koiso Kuniaki did not officially surrender with a signed document until 2 September. Both dates are known as VJ Day.
Another old newspaper
Found another today in the same place: (NY) Daily News, June 2, 1947.
A plane had just crashed at LaGuardia, killing 42.
Dress shirts were selling for $1.98, socks for 25¢ a pair. St. Joseph aspirin was a dime, Beltone hearing aids were the size of a deck of cards. The Roy Rogers Thrill Circus (The World’s Greatest Outdoor Show) was at the Polo Grounds (Children 60¢) and “Miracle on 34th Street” was playing at the ROXY.
I wonder where these old papers came from.
Lucky you
Perhaps you have found a portal to another time space dimension!
Or maybe someone is just very slow reading their papers, and tossing them out as they finish.
(Are they near the Brooks House by any chance? I’m guessing they began there…)