World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Friday July 12, 1940
Day 316

July 12, 1940: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England.
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Note the report at bottom center: "Children's Curfew Under Survey"


July 12, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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July 12, 1940: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England.
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July 12, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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Note the report in column 4: "Italy Loses Another Destroyer"
(The unnamed destroyer was Leone Pancaldo, which was sunk by aircraft from HMS Eagle. The ship was raised and repaired, but sunk for good by U.S. aircraft on Apr. 30, 1943.)
Also note the report in column 6: "Sea 'Vac Scheme Postponed"
(The British reconsidering sending their children to the Dominions due to lack of shipping and the possible danger faced at sea.)


July 12, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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Note the report in column s 6-7: "Petrol Rationing Announced - Private Cars Limited To 40 Miles Per week"


July 12, 1940: Front page of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Note the report in columns 4-5: "Five Million To Die Of Famine"
(It is thought that five million people in Nazi occupied territories would die of starvation. I don't know if this figure ever became fact or not, but many people in Nazi occupied territories would die from Nazi bullets and bombs long before they starved to death. It is a fact that between 1932-33 under Stalin's leadership, three and a half million Ukrainians starved to death, and a New York Times reporter named Walter Duranty covered it up for Stalin. In fact, Duranty won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting, which denied any famine in Ukraine. Between 1990 and 2003 attempts were made to have the Pulitzer Board revoke his award, both times they refused. This should tell you as much as you need to know about what a Pulitzer Prize is worth.)


July 12, 1940: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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July 12, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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Note the report in column 7: "2000 Little Guests Here."


July 12, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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July 12, 1940: Front page of Haarlem's Dagblad, Haarlem, Netherlands.
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July 12, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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July 12, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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July 12, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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Note the report in columns 1-2: "King Endangered By German Bombs"
(Not just King George VI was in an area under attack, so was Prime Minister Winston Churchill.)


July 12, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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July 12, 1940: Front page of the Wilmington Morning Star, Wilmington, North Carolina.
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July 12, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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Note the report in column 7: "Elephant Saves Life Of Friendly Keeper"
(An elephant named Queen Tut at the Forest Park Zoo in Ft, Worth, Texas, stopped another elephant from killing the keeper.)


July 12, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Churchill im Bombenregen.
(Churchill in the rain of bombs.)
[Both Winston Churchill and King George VI were in areas which were attacked. See The Evening Gazette above for an English version.]
2. Pétain: Chef des französischen Staates
(Petain: Head of the French state.)


July 12, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. 600,000 BRT. in sechs Wochen versenkt.
(600,000 tons sunk in six weeks.)
2. Erfolgreiche Schläge der deutschen U-Boot-Waffe gegen England.
(Successful blows from German submarines against England.)



   
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