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January 9, 1941: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England. |
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Note the report at top right: "Wild Bill in Cairo, Sees Britain Give It." |
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January 9, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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January 9, 1941: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England. |
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Note the report in column 3: "Sub, Shells, Hits U-Boat" |
(HMS Tuna had attacked the Italian submarine Brin on Dec. 18, but scored no hits.) |
Also note the report in column 6: "Meat Ration Some Weeks Down To 1s" |
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January 9, 1941: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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Note the report in column 3: "H.M. Submarine Regulus Lost" |
(The report was sadly true, HMS Regulus sailed from Alexandria, Egypt on Nov. 18, 1940 and never returned. No exact cause for the loss has ever been established.) |
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January 9, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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January 9, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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January 9, 1941: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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January 9, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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Note the report in column 3: "Identity of Man Lost With Amy Remains Mystery" |
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January 9, 1941: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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January 9, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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January 9, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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Note the report in column 4: "Torpedoed Off Ireland, British Freighter Reports" |
(The report was true, the freighter Bassano was sunk by U-105. First Radio Operator Cyril G. O'Keeffe was the only casualty.) |
Also note the report in column 3: "Man Killed in Blast In Lobby of Hotel" |
(A Mr. W. D. Wright of Rochester, New York is reported to have set off the explosion at the hotel that killed him.) |
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January 9, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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January 9, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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January 9, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada. |
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January 9, 1941: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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January 9, 1941: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. Zunahme der Plünderungen in England. |
(Looting increasing in England.) |
2. Kühne Einzelangriffe der deutschen Luftwaffe |
(Bold individual attacks by the Luftwaffe.) |
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January 9, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Churchills Agenten überfluten die Vereinigten Staaten. |
(Churchill's agents flood the United States.) |
2. Kriegseinkäufe sicherer Kriegsdienst. |
(War purchases, safe military service.) |
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Page published January 9, 2022 |