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December 24, 1940: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England. |
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December 24, 1940: Front page of The Midland Daily Telegraph, Coventry, England. |
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December 24, 1940: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England. |
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December 24, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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December 24, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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December 24, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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December 24, 1940: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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December 24, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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December 24, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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Note the headline: "Christmas Invasion Attempt Feared" |
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December 24, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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| Note the report in column 2: "Will Print Only Peaceful News" |
| (The Van Wert Times-Bulletin announced that they will only print news that pertaining to peace, quiet, contentment and cheer. The paper is showing below. They were not the only publication to ban war news, in column 4 there is another report stating that the Boston Traveler is banning bad news for the 16th year. The Berkshire Evening Eagle of Pittsfield, MA and the Woonsocket Call of Rhode Island have also continued the practice of banning news of crime, bloodshed and war from page 1.) |
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December 24, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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Note the report in column 4: "Lindbergh Praises White's Statement; Marshall Assails it" |
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December 24, 1940: Front page of the Van Wert Times-Bulletin, Van Wert, Ohio. |
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December 24, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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December 24, 1940: Front page of The Helena Independent, Helena, Montana. |
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December 24, 1940: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California. |
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December 24, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. Deutsche Volksweihnacht im Krieg. |
(German people's Christmas during the war.) |
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December 24, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Und jetzt: Manchester! |
(And now: Manchester!) |
2. Die deutsche Luftwaffe setzt ihre planmäßigen Großangriff fort. |
(The German Air Force continues its scheduled major attack.) |
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Page published December 24, 2021 |
