World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Saturday October 5, 1940
Day 401

October 5, 1940: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England.
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Note the report in column 2: "Four Graf Spee Men Arrested"
Also note the report in column 5: "Cary's Grant"
(Actor Cary Grant donates $62,500 (£13,000) to the Red Cross for the relief of Britons.)


October 5, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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October 5, 1940: Front page of the Derby Evening Telegraph, Derby, England.
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October 5, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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October 5, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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October 5, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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October 5, 1940: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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October 5, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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Note the report in column 2: "Claim Story Is Unlikely"
(A report refuting the claim by children that they saw the crew of Volendam being rescued. See "Refugee Children Tell Of Seeing Volendam Crew Rescued" in The Evening Star below.)


October 5, 1940: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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October 5, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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October 5, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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Note the report in column 3: "Refugee Children Tell Of Seeing Volendam Crew Rescued"


October 5, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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(Click below for part twenty-four of "Our Country" a twenty-four part series, written by twenty-four different authors, describing what America means to them. Today's piece was written by Katharine Brush.)


October 5, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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October 5, 1940: Front page of The Tacoma Times, Tacoma, Washington.
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October 5, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Erfolge trotz besonders ungünstiger Witterung.
(Success in spite of bad weather.)
2. Opposition in U-Bahn Schächten.
(Opposition in subway shafts.)


October 5, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Dreistündige Unterredung am Brenner.
(Three-hour conversation at the Brenner.)
2. Dritte Begegnung Hitler-Mussolini seit Kriegsausbruch.
(Third meeting between Hitler and Mussolini since the beginning of the war.)



   
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