World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Thursday December 5, 1940
Day 462

December 5, 1940: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England.
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December 5, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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Note the report in column 4: "Jews in Rumania: New Ban"
(Jews have been banned from military service, but are required to pay "special" taxes and perform work for the State.)
Also note the report in columns 5-6: "Complaints Against Food Profiteers"


December 5, 1940: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England.
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December 5, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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December 5, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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December 5, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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December 5, 1940: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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December 5, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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December 5, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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December 5, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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December 5, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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December 5, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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Note the report in column 1: "Flu Epidemic Is Seen Spreading Eastward"


December 5, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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December 5, 1940: Front page of The Helena Independent, Helena, Montana.
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December 5, 1940: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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Note the report in column 3: "F.R. Cruiser At Jamaica"
(A little report just to keep the enemy informed of where the President was.)
Also note the report in column 3: "Communists in Chile Threaten Civil War"
(Everywhere communists go, they bring trouble, destruction, chaos and death with them. This is still true today.)


December 5, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Anordnungen zur Weihnachtsruhe 1940.
(Orders for the 1940 Christmas rest.)


December 5, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Reizender Dividendenkrieg.
(Lovely dividend war.)
2. Gewinne für die Plutokraten - England wird täglich ärmer.
(Profits for the Plutocrats - England is getting poorer each day.)



   
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