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December 26, 1940: Front page of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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Note the report in columns 4-5: "German Army's Invasion Boast" |
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December 26, 1940: Front page of The News, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. |
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Note the report in column 5: "Search For Young Aviator Lost in N.T." |
(Neville Bell, a 22-year-old pilot, went missing between Darwin and Oenpelli in the Northern Territory.) |
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December 26, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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December 26, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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Note the report in column 5 "British Rations Of Meat Will Be Cut In New Year" |
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December 26, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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December 26, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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Note the report in column 4: "Sinking of Liner Hamburg As Raider Is Indicated" |
(As far as I know this ship was never used as a Hilfskreuzer. She survived the war and was scrapped in 1975.)
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December 26, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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December 26, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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December 26, 1940: Front page of The Helena Independent, Helena, Montana. |
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December 26, 1940: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada. |
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Note the photo at top right: "Captain Alone Survives Torpedoed English Ship" |
(The man on the lifeboat, Walter Whitehead, was the master of the Frances Massey, which was sunk June 6, 1940 by U-48.) |
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December 26, 1940: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California. |
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Page published December 26, 2021 |