World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Friday May 10, 1940
Day 253

May 10, 1940: Front page of the Derby Evening Telegraph, Derby, England.
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May 10, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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May 10, 1940: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England.
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May 10, 1940: Front page of the Evening Express, Liverpool, England.
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May 10, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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May 10, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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May 10, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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May 10, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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May 10, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Note the sub-headline: "Churchill Is New Premier"


May 10, 1940: Front page of Haarlem's Dagblad, Haarlem, Netherlands.
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May 10, 1940: Front page of The Lowell Sun, Lowell, Massachusetts.
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May 10, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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May 10, 1940: Front page of the Butte Montana Standard, Butte, Montana.
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Note the report at center: "Britain Takes Protective Custody Over Iceland By Landing Armed Force There"


May 10, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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May 10, 1940: Front page of the Idaho Times, Twin Falls, Idaho.
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Note the report in column 2: "Governor Seeks Probe Of Trial For 16-Year-Old"
(The Governor of Idaho, apparently disturbed by the thought of executing a 16 year-old boy [Clifford Albert Zipse], wants his defense looked into.)
[The report of his conviction can be seen in the Idaho Times of May 8, 1940.]


May 10, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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May 10, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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May 10, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Deutscher Angriff im Westen auf breitester Front begonnen.
(German attack in the west began on widest front.)
2. Belgien und Holland im Schutz unserer Wehrmacht.
(Belgium and Holland are under the protection of the Wehrmacht.)


May 10, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Italien enthüllt Londoner Attentatspläne.
(Italy reveals London's assassination plan.)



   
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