New York Times Compare and Contrast

¶ … New York Times. There are two references used for this paper.

Newspaper writing styles may change throughout the decades, but the basic stories remain constant. It is interesting to compare and contrast two issues of the New York Times published almost twenty years apart.

In 1944, the front page of the February 15th issue of the New York Times had a variety of international and local articles. Locally, police were attempting to reduce the number of missing teen girls by keeping them off the streets at night, and $25,000,000 in War Bonds were bought by the State of New York one night before the Fourth War Loan Drive ended.

Nationally, Wendell L. Willkie declared his candidacy for the 1944 Republican Presidential nomination, while President Roosevelt was warned by Congress if he vetoed the tax bill, they would not pass another revenue bill that year.

As World War II continued, the front page was filled with news from around the world. The Allied threat in Italy forced the Germans to draw reinforcements and ration shells. The Nazi's planned to evacuate Norway, and two German submarines were sunk in South Atlantic by United States Navy fliers. Korsun was captured by Russian troops, eliminating the Nazi's main stronghold in Cherkassy, while Finland took actions to quit the war. The Allies were able to move forward in 21 Italian fronts, while fliers from the Nimitz resumed attacks on the Marshall Islands. German Field Marshal General Karl von Rundstedt vowed to fight the Allies to the finish with stout resistance to invasion (http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nytimes/advancedsearch.html).

The fashion section of the paper highlighted a fashion show that demonstrated how women could buy war bonds and still purchase a quality wardrobe that was stylish.

In a separate fashion show, children modeled clothes that would eventually be sent to France once it was liberated.

January 1, 1964

The front page of New York Times on New Year's Day in 1964 included a number of international stories. One article covered the former Soviet Premier, Marshal Nikolai A. Bulganin, attending a New Year's party at the Kremlin in Moscow with Premier Khrushchev. The party marked Bulganin's first Soviet public appearance in several years. Another story concentrated on the exchange of hostages, evacuees and prisoners by Cyprus and other besieged populations. Though there was reduced tension in Cyprus, Greece and Turkey, many families faced grief as they learned of the deaths of relatives. President de Gaulle of France promised "ardent support for a European unity that would lead to political, economic and military understanding with the United States (http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nytimes/advancedsearch.html)." For the first time since 1961, West Berliners and East Berliners were able to celebrate the New Year together, while the 10-year Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland ended at midnight.

In local news a rent strike forced Harlem tenants to deal with rats and lack of heat. The tenants attempted to keep warm by huddling around gas stoves and pans of hot water.

The Mayor held transit dispute talks with "bus drivers, motormen, mechanics and maintenance workers (http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nytimes/advancedsearch.html)"in the Versailles Room of the Americana in an attempt to prevent a walkout of over 35,000 bus and subway workers.

A wildcat strike of 100 Trailways buses began after a driver of a full bus refused to transport two passengers and standees. The Governor and his wife announced they were expecting a baby in June, and in Washington, the city government banned racial barriers in housing by adopting a fair housing regulation. 1,500 partygoers attended the Grand Central Ball to usher in the New Year, while at the same time thousands of revelers celebrated in Times Square.