World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Tuesday October 22, 1940
Day 418

October 22, 1940: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England.
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[*Historical Note: On this day the deportation of Jews from Alsace-Lorraine and the Rhineland was begun.]


October 22, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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October 22, 1940: Front page of the Derby Evening Telegraph, Derby, England.
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October 22, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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October 22, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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October 22, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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October 22, 1940: Front page of The News, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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October 22, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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Note the report in column 1: "Ten Inches Snow After Blizzard Over Maritimes"
(The snow was from what they called a pre-winter blizzard.)


October 22, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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October 22, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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October 22, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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October 22, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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Note the photo at center: "How Six Persons Died In Air Show Accident"
(The story was first reported yesterday.)
 
Also note the report in column 8: "Deviser Of Census Quiz Dies In Fall"
(The man who put together the census quiz, which caused so much consternation earlier in the year is dead. Whether it was an accident or suicide is not clear.)


October 22, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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October 22, 1940: Front page of The Helena INdependent, Helena, Montana.
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Note the report at bottom center: "Large Oil Concession to Japanese Is Cancelled by Pres. Cardenas of Mexico."


October 22, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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October 22, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Deutsche Bomber "parkten" über London.
(German bombers "parked" over London.)
2. Britische Schnellboote im Küstengeschützfeuer.
(British motorboats in coastal gunfight.)


October 22, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Selbst die New York Times mußfeststellen - Die Deutschen kann nichts aufhalten.
(Even the New York Times must find out - Nothing can stop the Germans.)
2. Tagangriffe deutscher Flieger trotz wolkenlosen Himmels.
(Daytime attacks by German planes despite a cloudless sky.



   
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