World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Sunday November 3, 1940
Day 430

November 3, 1940: Front page of The People, London, England.
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November 3, 1940: Front page of the Sunday Pictorial, London, England.
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November 3, 1940: Front page of the Sunday Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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November 3, 1940: Front page of The Sunday Mail, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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November 3, 1940: Front page of The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C.
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Note the report at bottom left: "Soldiers No Longer Able To Buy Way Out of Army"


November 3, 1940: Front page of The Escanaba Daily Press, Escanaba, Michigan.
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November 3, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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Note the report in column 1: "Lightning May Have Caused Plane Crash"
(The crash that killed Senator Ernest Lundeen and twenty-four others was the worst plane crash in U.S. history at the time.)


November 3, 1940: Front page of The Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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November 3, 1940: Front page of The Helena Independent, Helena, Montana.
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November 3, 1940: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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Note the report in column 4: "Transport Plane Sets New Record For U.S. Flight"


November 3, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Der britische Amokläufer unterweges.
(The British gunman on the way.)



   
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