World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Wednesday October 9, 1940
Day 405

October 9, 1940: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England.
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Note the report in column 3: "Torpedoed Greeks Saved"
(The Aghios Nicolaos was sunk by the Italian submarine Maggiore Baracca on Oct. 1st.)


October 9, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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October 9, 1940: Front page of the Derby Evening Telegraph, Derby, England.
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Note the report in columns 3-4: "Iron Guard Cruelty To Hungarians"
Also note the report at bottom right: "Wave Of Czech Arrests"


October 9, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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October 9, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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Note the photo at bottom left: "At Mediterranean's Western Gates"


October 9, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Note the headline: "Canada Bans Copper Exports To Japan"


October 9, 1940: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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October 9, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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October 9, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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October 9, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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October 9, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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Note the report in columns 2-3: "Influenza Vaccine Is Produced After 22 Years' Research"


October 9, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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October 9, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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October 9, 1940: Front page of The Helena Independent, Helena, Montana.
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Note the report in column 1: "Wheat Flow To Japan Is Cut By U.S."


October 9, 1940: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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Note the report at bottom center: "Restriction Of Radio Broadcasting By Communist Party Candidates Is Favored By Voters In National Poll"


October 9, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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October 9, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Tempo der deutschen Vergeltung wächst!
The pace of German retaliation is increasing!)


October 9, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Sozialistische Planungen im Reichsgau Wien.
(Socialist planning in the Reichsgau of Vienna.)
2. Schirach: Wir alle sind Treuhänder der deutschen Arbeitskraft.
(Schirach: We are all trustees of the German workforce.)



   
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