Naujienos building in Chicago circa 1920 dontated by Vaisvil family

''Naujienos'' with the English subtitle ''The Lithuanian Daily News'' was a Lithuanian-language

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daily newspaper published from

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. Established in February 1914, it became the first daily of the

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. After the

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of 1917, the newspaper shifted its political orientation away from communism and socialism and towards

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. The newspaper helped to raise funds for Lituanica and Lituanica II, two transatlantic flights by Lithuanian pilots. As of 1960, it had a circulation of around 14,000. Pijus Grigaitis (1914–1919, 1919–1969) and Martynas Gudelis (1969–1986) were the long-time editors of the paper. Soon after Gudelis, the newspaper ceased publication.

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Chicago's Immigrant Workers And Their Press
AEJMC Conference Papers {{Authority control 1980s disestablishments in Illinois Lithuanian-language newspapers published in the United States Newspapers established in 1914 Defunct newspapers published in Chicago Lithuanian-American culture in Chicago Publications disestablished in the 1980s 1914 establishments in Illinois Newspapers published in Illinois

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