World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Sunday, March 31, 1940
Day 213

March 31, 1940: Front page of The People, London, England.
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March 31, 1940: Front page of the Sunday Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Note the photo at top: "HMAS Perth Arrives In Sydney Today"
[More about HMAS Perth here.]
(HMAS Perth was sunk Mar. 1, 1942 by Japanese warships in the Battle of the Sunda Strait.)


March 31, 1940: Front page of The Sunday Sun, Sydney, New South, Wales, Australia.
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Note the report in column 4: "Milk Shortage In Sydney Will Be Acute To-day"


March 31, 1940: Front page of the Butte Montana Standard, Butte, Montana.
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March 31, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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March 31, 1940: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee.
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March 31, 1940: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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Note the headline: "California Streams Flood"


March 31, 1940: Front page of the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California.
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Note the report at top right: "Japan's Rule In China Is Rejected by U.S."
Also note the report at top left: "Hundreds Homeless, Millions In Damage Wrought By Flood"
(Contrary to what the climate change professionals tell you, floods, fires, mudslides and drought have been a constant condition in California for centuries.)


March 31, 1940: Front page of the San Antonio Sunday Light, San Antonio, Texas.
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March 31, 1940: Front page of The Helena Montana Standard, Helena, Montana.
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Note the report in column 4: "Woman Is Saved From Angry Cow By Alert Aviator"
(As the late, great Paul Harvey would say, here is a strange.)



   
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