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Kentucky Press Release: Gangsters, G-Men And More
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FBI History Blog: Comment, Opinion, & More
New Additions/Changes You Missed?
Site Visitor Comments
Recollections Of Sons, Daughters & More
Early Beginnings Of The FBI
Hoover's Confidential Relation With SAC Keith & Alcohol Use
J. Edgar Hoover's "Marginalia" - Recorded Emotions
Yet Another Side Of Director J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover's Office - The Artist, Sam Noisette
Handguns Of J. Edgar Hoover/Clyde Tolson
"J. Edgar" - Hollywood Distorts The Record
Searching For Hoover's #1 Registered .357 Magnum
The Birth Of The FBI Motto
The "Sloan Holster" - Some History
Ralph Tedrow Hood - Manuscript & Biography
SA Kleinkauf Hard Notes For Article
1935 Diary Of SA/SAC "Hank" Sloan
My Father's Legacy: SAC Henry L. "Hank" Sloan
The Legendary SA Charles Winstead
The Credit Due Inspector Samuel Cowley
Papers Of SAC E. J. Connelley
Little Bohemia: Remembering Carl C. Christensen
1930s Diary Of SA Tom McDade
Oral Interview Of SA Charles Kleinkauf
Memoirs Of SA Charles Winstead
"We Were The G-Men...." SA James Metcalfe
The Handguns Of SA Charles B. Winstead
SA Winstead's Expense Records
FBI History: The Findings Of Others
Photos Of 1930s Agents
Photos Of 1930s FBI Training Classes And More
Photos Of FBI Special Agents In Charge (SACs)
The Faces Of The Dillinger Squad
1937 FBI Firearms Videos
FBI Academy - The "Mudflats" - 1940
1947 FBI Firearms Training Video
Agents Of The '30s - Biographies
First African American FBI Agent - 1919
The FBI's First Agents - 1908-1913
Chicago FBI Makeup Of 1934 - Agent Names
1937 Brady Gang Shootout - The Agents Involved
SA Albert D. Mehegan, Longest Serving Agent
FBI Firearms: Myth Of The '34 Crime Bill
SA Roy McHenry - Evidence Of Early Handguns
1933 - SAC Ralph Colvin's Appeal For Weapons
Hoover's 1933 Weapons Decision
Beginning Revolvers - Colt & Smith
Qualifying Scores; Targets; NRA & Dismissal
1933 First Purchase of Thompsons By FBI
FBI's Use Of Army Springfield Rifle
FBI's First Shotgun & Carry Case
1933 Look At The Colt Monitor
FBI Firearms - In A Nutshell
Weapons Inventory Problems
Pre-Quantico - SA Frank Baughman's Influence
1933-'34 - FBI Relations With Army/Marine Corps
Colt Firearms' Training Assistance
1935 Night Vision Invention - Actor Warner Baxter
FBI Academy Training - The History Of Quantico
1935 "FBI Raid Badge" - Only One Existing?
1934 & The Art Of FBI Raids
FBI History Of The "Possible Club"
The History Behind The FBI's "Hogan's Alley"
1935 - Wiretaps & FBI Sound Equipment
1938 - FBI Surveillance Training
SEE MORE Historical Links At Bottom Of Page!

Faded Glory: Dusty Roads Of An FBI Era

Not To Be Forgotten...
Kentucky Press Release: Gangsters, G-Men And More
Search The Site
Contact Me Direct!
FBI History Blog: Comment, Opinion, & More
New Additions/Changes You Missed?
Site Visitor Comments
Recollections Of Sons, Daughters & More
Early Beginnings Of The FBI
Hoover's Confidential Relation With SAC Keith & Alcohol Use
J. Edgar Hoover's "Marginalia" - Recorded Emotions
Yet Another Side Of Director J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover's Office - The Artist, Sam Noisette
Handguns Of J. Edgar Hoover/Clyde Tolson
"J. Edgar" - Hollywood Distorts The Record
Searching For Hoover's #1 Registered .357 Magnum
The Birth Of The FBI Motto
The "Sloan Holster" - Some History
Ralph Tedrow Hood - Manuscript & Biography
SA Kleinkauf Hard Notes For Article
1935 Diary Of SA/SAC "Hank" Sloan
My Father's Legacy: SAC Henry L. "Hank" Sloan
The Legendary SA Charles Winstead
The Credit Due Inspector Samuel Cowley
Papers Of SAC E. J. Connelley
Little Bohemia: Remembering Carl C. Christensen
1930s Diary Of SA Tom McDade
Oral Interview Of SA Charles Kleinkauf
Memoirs Of SA Charles Winstead
"We Were The G-Men...." SA James Metcalfe
The Handguns Of SA Charles B. Winstead
SA Winstead's Expense Records
FBI History: The Findings Of Others
Photos Of 1930s Agents
Photos Of 1930s FBI Training Classes And More
Photos Of FBI Special Agents In Charge (SACs)
The Faces Of The Dillinger Squad
1937 FBI Firearms Videos
FBI Academy - The "Mudflats" - 1940
1947 FBI Firearms Training Video
Agents Of The '30s - Biographies
First African American FBI Agent - 1919
The FBI's First Agents - 1908-1913
Chicago FBI Makeup Of 1934 - Agent Names
1937 Brady Gang Shootout - The Agents Involved
SA Albert D. Mehegan, Longest Serving Agent
FBI Firearms: Myth Of The '34 Crime Bill
SA Roy McHenry - Evidence Of Early Handguns
1933 - SAC Ralph Colvin's Appeal For Weapons
Hoover's 1933 Weapons Decision
Beginning Revolvers - Colt & Smith
Qualifying Scores; Targets; NRA & Dismissal
1933 First Purchase of Thompsons By FBI
FBI's Use Of Army Springfield Rifle
FBI's First Shotgun & Carry Case
1933 Look At The Colt Monitor
FBI Firearms - In A Nutshell
Weapons Inventory Problems
Pre-Quantico - SA Frank Baughman's Influence
1933-'34 - FBI Relations With Army/Marine Corps
Colt Firearms' Training Assistance
1935 Night Vision Invention - Actor Warner Baxter
FBI Academy Training - The History Of Quantico
1935 "FBI Raid Badge" - Only One Existing?
1934 & The Art Of FBI Raids
FBI History Of The "Possible Club"
The History Behind The FBI's "Hogan's Alley"
1935 - Wiretaps & FBI Sound Equipment
1938 - FBI Surveillance Training
SEE MORE Historical Links At Bottom Of Page!
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American journalism during the 1930's is an interesting topic all by itself and we cannot even attempt to address it here.  The gangster and general crimes stories were big and bold .......

Feel free to click the links and save/download these newspapers to your hard drive and read them at your leisure.  In addition to the gangster stories themselves, take note of the advertising, the cost of goods at the time, and smaller articles in general.  We'll be adding more so stop by often.

  • 1920 - Prohibition Begins January 16th - Whiskey Island Closed & More
  • 1929 St. Valentine's Day Massacre - page 1
  • page 2 of the massacre
  • The 1932 Lindbergh Kidnapping
  • Page 2 of the Lindbergh incident
  • June, 1933 news account of SA Frank Smith, and the Kansas City Massacre Incident
  • September, 1933 - Capture Of "Machine Gun" Kelly
  • Page 2 Of Kelly
  • May, 1934 - The Killing Of Bonnie & Clyde
  • Page 2 Of Bonnie & Clyde 
  • July, 1934 - A Dillinger Related Cartoon After His Death
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  • November, 1934 - "Baby Face" Nelson Found Dead
  • Page 2 Of Nelson
  • October, 1934 Funeral Article Of "Pretty Boy" Floyd - 20,000 Present
  • 1935 - "Men Of Courage" Editorial
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  • 1937 "Brady Gang" Shootout In Bangor, Maine
  • Page 2 Of The Brady Incident
  • 1938 Murder of SA William R. Ramsey & FBI Budget Cuts
  • Page 2 of the article
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  • The 1947 front page story of Al Capone's death
  • Page 2 of Capone's death
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New Book! Murder Of A G-Man!
Early Radio: "This Is Your FBI" Radio Program
News Of The '30s & Surrounding
FBI Application Of Thomas Frank Baughman, 1919
FBI Application Of "Jerry" Campbell
FBI Application Of Clarence O. Hurt
FBI Application Of Delf A. "Jelly" Bryce
FBI Application Of Charles B. Winstead
FBI Application Of Henry "Hank" Sloan
Early FBI Badge
Typical 1930s FBI Salary/Assignments
Naming The FBI
The FBI In 1935
The Heightened Years For The FBI - 1934
1934 Field Offices
Newspapers Tapping The FBI - 1935
1938 - Intricacies Of FBI History
1939 FBI Infractions & Penalties
1932 & Beginnings Of FBI Lab
Early FBI Weapons - Hard Cases/Kansas Trunk Co
1935 Thompson Sub Machine Gun Hard Case
Wilbur Underhill Shootout: SAC R. Colvin's Report
1934 Critical Underhill Letter To Joplin, MO
Hoover; Eliot Ness & The "Untouchables"
"Machine Gun" Kelly & The Urschel Kidnapping
FBI Shooting - Fred & Kate "Ma" Barker
Floyd: The Inaccuracies - SA "Bud" Hopton
Killing "Pretty Boy" Floyd: SA S. K. McKee et al
Alvin Karpis Arrest: Where Was Director Hoover?
Karpis Arrest: The Necktie Mystery
When Karpis "Bought The Agents Dinner"
"Baby Face" Nelson: It Could Have Ended At Lake Como
Murders Of FBI Agents Cowley & Hollis
"Baby Face" Nelson's Body
Gun Dealer H. S. Lebman & Dillinger, Nelson
The "Tip" About Little Bohemia
FBI Statements: J. Newman; Carl Christensen et al
Major FBI Reports On Little Bohemia Shooting
Bohemia Lodge Owner's Fraud In The Aftermath
How The Bureau Entered The Dillinger Case
J. Edgar Hoover On Dillinger Publicity
Dillinger ET Al - The Tucson, Az Arrests
Intent To Kill: Dillinger & The "Soap Salesman"
East Chicago PD Wanted Dillinger Dead?
Agent Statements: What Happened At The Biograph?
Whereabouts Of Dillinger Valuables
Dillinger's Inventory
Origins Of Dillinger's Death Mask
Dillinger's Wooden Gun: History Lost?
Hamilton's Fate: SAC Earl J. Connelley & Others
The Osage Indian Murders - Author Jim Doherty
Intriguing Look Into The FBI's War Years
Wartime Deaths Of SAs Foxworth & Haberfeld
Early Retired FBI Society History & Members
Those Who Assisted

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