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April 8, 1940: Front page of The Midland Daily Telegraph, Coventry, England. |
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April 8, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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April 8, 1940: Front page of the Derby Evening Telegraph, Derby, England. |
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April 8, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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Note the report at bottom left: "U-Boat Sinks Norwegian Ship: Stands By to See Men Drown" |
(The Navarra was sunk by U-59, Kapitänleutnant Harald Jürst on Apr. 6th. Twelve men were lost in the sinking.) |
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April 8, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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Note the report in column 6: "Poles Deported to Russia, Hundreds Tortured" |
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April 8, 1940: Front page of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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Note the report in column 5: "Million Pets Die" |
(People in England choosing to have their pets destroyed because they were afraid they could not feed them while food rationing was in place. A tragic story that would have consequences beyond just the destruction of so many animals. As a result of this, the rat population exploded and suddenly cats were in demand.) |
| [See Demand For Cats in the Derby Evening Telegraph of Apr. 29, 1940.] |
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April 8, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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April 8, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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Note the photo at top of the main guns on either HMS Nelson or HMS Rodney. |
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April 8, 1940: Front page of Haarlem's Dagblad, Haarlem, Netherlands. |
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April 8, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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Note the report in column 2: "Father Loses in Effort to Free Chloe" |
(The latest news in the Chloe Davis case.) |
Also note the report in column 4: "Fake Census Men Investigated by Business Bureau" |
(Criminals trying to steal your information the old fashioned way, in person.) |
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April 8, 1940: Front page of The Brainerd Daily Dispatch, Brainerd, Minnesota. |
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Note the report at top left: "Report 50 Nazi Ships In Kattegat" |
(The report was true, this was part of the invasion force on its way to Norway.) |
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April 8, 1940: Front page of the Syracuse Herald-Journal, Syracuse, New York. |
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April 8, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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Note the photo of the eclipse. |
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April 8, 1940: Front page of The Hammond Times, Hammond, Indiana. |
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April 8, 1940: Front page of The Nome Nugget, Nome, Alaska. |
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Note the photo at bottom left: "Picture Of Death Approaching" |
(This photo was taken by Thomas Dardin on Mar. 20, 1940. Seconds after the photo was taken, the train hit and killed him, thus showing that even before instagram and snapchat caused people to do stupid things and lose their lives to get a photo, people were doing stupid things and losing their lives to get a photo. People never change.) |
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April 8, 1940: Front page of the Teltower Kriesblatt, Teltow, Germany. |
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1. Schamlose Offenheiten der Plutokraten. |
(Shameless openness of the plutocrats.) |
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April 8, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. Toller Sabotageversuch vereitelt: Englisches Dynamit auf der Donau!) |
(Great sabotage attempt foiled: English dynamite on the Danube!) |
2. Norwegische Gewässer durch Minen verseucht. |
(Norwegian waters contaminated by mines.) |
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Page published April 8, 2021 |