World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Monday January 6, 1941
Day 494

January 6, 1941: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England.
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Note the report in column 2: "Nazi Camp Horrors"
Also note the report in column 6: "No Rationing Of Beer"


January 6, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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January 6, 1941: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England.
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Note the report in column 6: "Iceland Planned as Convoy Short Cut"
(I am sure reports like this helped the U-boat crews to reduce the time spent aimlessly searching the ocean for targets.)


January 6, 1941: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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Note the report in column 4: "Direct Hits on Nazi Destroyer and 2 Supply Ships"
(I have not been able to find any information which confirms this report.)


January 6, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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January 6, 1941: Front page of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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January 6, 1941: Front page of The News, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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January 6, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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January 6, 1941: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Note the report in columns 2-3: "Amy Missing - Ace Woman Flier Believed Drowned"


January 6, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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January 6, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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January 6, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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January 6, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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Note the report in column 5: "11 Die In Crash Of Navy Plane"
[The report is concluded here.]
(More on this below.)


January 6, 1941: Front page of the Big Spring Daily Herald, Big Spring, Texas.
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Note the report at top left: "Death Finally Overtakes Fliers Who Bailed Out Here"
(The names of those lost were:
Lieutenant Stephen B. Cooke, Aviation Chief Machinist's Mate David E. Ferguson, Lieutenant James C. Flemming, Lieutenant Victor S. Gaulin, Lieutenant Joseph H. Gowan, *Radioman 1st Class Lloyd J. Hughes, Aviation Machinist's Mate 1st Class Marvin MaGee, Radioman 1st Class Frank R. Naylor, *Aviation Chief Machinist's MateHarold E. Neff, *Radioman 3rd Class Alfred M. Parry, *Aviation Machinist's Mate 1st Class Frank Recke, Jr.)

*Survivor from the Jan. 2 bail out incident.
[See "Bombers Ride Out Storm After 'Chute Fails 1 of 5 in Crew" in The Evening Star of Jan. 3, 1940.]


January 6, 1941: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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January 6, 1941: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Weiter erbittertes Ringen um Bardia.
(More bitter fighting for Bardia.)
2. Neue wirkungsvolle Angriff auf London.
(Effective new attack on London.)


January 6, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Mit Hilfevölkern und Schattenarmeen in die letzte Runde.
(With help of foreign populations and shadow armies in the last round.)



   
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