World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Sunday Sept. 22, 1940
Day 388

Sept. 22, 1940: Front page of The People, London, England.
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Sept. 22, 1940: Front page of the Sunday Pictorial, London, England.
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Sept. 22, 1940: Front page of the Sunday Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Sept. 22, 1940: Front page of The Sunday Mail, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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Sept. 22, 1940: Front page of The Sunday Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Sept. 22, 1940: Front page of The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C.
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Sept. 22, 1940: Front page of The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia.
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Note the report in column 3: "Leftists Bolt CIO Convention"
Also note the report in columns 6-7: "Population 131,409,881; Increases 7 P. C. In Decade"
Also note the report at bottom right: "Fourth Paralysis Victim Succumbs"


Sept. 22, 1940: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee.
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Sept. 22, 1940: Front page of The Escanaba Daily Press, Escanaba, Michigan.
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Sept. 22, 1940: Front page of The Hammond Times, Hammond, Indiana.
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Note the headline: "Weather Fine; No Invasion"


Sept. 22, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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Sept. 22, 1940: Front page of The Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Note the report in columns 3-5: "Lindbergh's Speaking Role Shown By Record To Be Logical Item In Career In Which Flying Merely Incidental"


Sept. 22, 1940: Front page of the Butte Montana Standard, Butte, Montana.
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Sept. 22, 1940: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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Note the report in column 4: "Tapping of Wires Prevented by Law"


Sept. 22, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Deutsches Dorf im Teifflug bombardiert.
(German village of Teifflug bombed.)
2. Neue Blutopfer fordern unerbittliche Sühne.
(New blood sacrifices demand relentless atonement.)



   
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