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August 29, 1940: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England. |
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Note the report in column 4: "Minister Told Son Lost At Sea" |
(Second Radio Officer Leonard Robert Armstrong was killed in Pecten, which was sunk by U-57 on Aug. 24, 1940.) |
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August 29, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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Note the report in columns 2-3: "28 Enemy Raiders Down Yesterday - Official" |
(Keeping the "Never Doubt" clause in mind, the Germans lost 17 aircraft in combat and 14 aircraft for non-combat reasons. For the first time, the Air Ministry had an undercount.) |
| [See "Never Doubt British Air Claims" in The Daily Mail of Aug. 15, 1940.] |
Also see the report in column 5: "The Mayor Said: No Smoking, Sir The Premier Replied: There Goes A Good Cigar" |
(Prime Minister Winston Churchill asked to put out his cigar before entering a Ramsgate air-raid shelter.) |
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August 29, 1940: Front page of the Derby Evening Telegraph, Derby, England. |
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August 29, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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August 29, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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Note the report in columns 1-2: "Funds For A Spitfire" |
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August 29, 1940: Front page of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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Note the report in column 5: "Sinking In Indian Ocean Reported" |
(The ship was sunk by the German Hilfskreuzer (auxiliary cruiser) Pinguin.) |
Also note the report in column 5: "Submarine Overdue" |
(HM Submarine Spearfish was sunk Aug. 1st by U-34, there was only 1 survivor, Able Seaman William Pester.) |
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August 29, 1940: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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August 29, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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August 29, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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August 29, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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August 29, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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Note the report in column 6: "Crew of Sunken Vessel Lands at Cork, Ireland" |
(The report claims that the ship, Gophlands, had recently been renamed because it was not listed in Lloyd's Register. The name of the ship was actually Goathland and was misspelled in AP wire reports.) |
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August 29, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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August 29, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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August 29, 1940: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada. |
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August 29, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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August 29, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. Verstärkte Angriffe auf britische Hafenanlagen. |
(Renewed attacks on British port facilities.) |
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August 29, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Ribbentrop und Ciano in Wien. |
(Ribbentrop and Ciano in Vienna.) |
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Page published August 29, 2021 |