World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Sunday, March 3, 1940
Day 185

March 3, 1940: Front page of The People, London, England.
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March 3, 1940: Front page of The Sunday Sun and Guardian, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Note the headline: "Naval Battle Is Reported In South Atlantic"
(No naval battle occurred in that area at that time.)


March 3, 1940: Front page of the Sunday Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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March 3, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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Note the report in column 3: "Vessel Found"
(SS Southgate, reported in many papers yesterday as under attack, was found in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The U.S. Navy was quite aggravated after mounting a large search and rescue operation for a false alarm.)


March 3, 1940: Front page of the Butte Montana Standard, Butte, Montana.
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March 3, 1940: Front page of The Hammond Times, Hammond, Indiana.
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March 3, 1940: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee.
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Note the report in column 3: "Japan Requested To Answer Query"


March 3, 1940: Front page of The Helena Independent, Helena, Montana.
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March 3, 1940: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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March 3, 1940: Front page of the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California.
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March 3, 1940: Front page of The Ogden Standard Examiner, Ogden City, Utah.
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Note the report at bottom right: "King Tut Put to Shame When Historians Open Psou's Crypt"
(Don't feel bad if you did not know about this, I had to look it up to find out if it was true. Unlike the "Loot of Lima" report, finding the tomb of Psusennes was true.)
[See Jan. 7, 1940 Sydney Sun.]


March 3, 1940: Front page of the San Antonio Sunday Light, San Antonio, Texas.
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