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October 23, 1940: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England. |
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Note the report in column 4: "Italian Destroyer Blown Up - What Really Happened In The Red Sea" |
(According to the historical record, this report is fairly accurate.) |
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October 23, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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October 23, 1940: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England. |
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October 23, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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October 23, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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Note the report at bottom right: "Extermination Of Anti-Nazi Group In Poland" |
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October 23, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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October 23, 1940: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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October 23, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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October 23, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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October 23, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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Note the report in column 5: "40-Hour Law Starts At Midnight" |
(This is when the 40-hour work week started.) |
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October 23, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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Note the report in column 3: "H. G. Wells' Attacks On Britain Assailed In Commons Again" |
Also note the report in column 7: "Kennedy to Resign London Post, Tell Why, Paper Says" |
(He had in fact already resigned by the time this report was published.) |
| [Also see "White House emphasizes Kennedy Will Not Resign" in The Evening Star of Oct. 24, 1940.] |
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October 23, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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October 23, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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October 23, 1940: Front page of The Helena Independent, Helena, Montana. |
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Note the photo at bottom: "Hitler Bestows Iron Cross on Nazi Ace For 40th Victory" |
(The photo shows Adolf Hitler with Major Adolf Galland. He was not, as the report states, being awarded the Iron Cross, but was being awarded the Oak Leaves [Eichenlaub] to his Knights Cross.) |
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October 23, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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October 23, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. Bedeutsame Begegnung Hitler - Laval. |
(Important meeting between HItler and Laval.) |
2. Verdächtige Schweigsamkeit in London. |
(Suspicious silence in London.) |
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October 23, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Erfolgreiche Nachtkämpfe im Roten Meer. |
(Successful night fighting in the Red Sea.) |
2. Sechs Dampfer von italienischen Torpedobooten versenkt - Britischer Kreuzer zusammengeschossen. |
(Six steamships sunk by Italian torpedo boats - British cruiser damaged by gunfire.) |
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Page published October 23, 2021 |