World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Monday February 3, 1941
Day 522

February 3, 1941: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England.
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February 3, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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February 3, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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February 3, 1941: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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February 3, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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February 3, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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February 3, 1941: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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February 3, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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February 3, 1941: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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February 3, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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Note the report in column 3: "Convicted Woman Spy Executed By Nazis"
(Ruth Schubert of Hildesheim became the first woman (that was acknowledged) executed in Germany this year. She and 62-year-old Karl Schapper, who had been convicted of high treason, were both beheaded.)


February 3, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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Note the report in column 2: "Al Jolson Is Sued For Closing Show"


February 3, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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February 3, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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February 3, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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February 3, 1941: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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February 3, 1941: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Bombenvolltreffer auf Handelschiffen.
(Bomb hits on merchant ships.)


February 3, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Millionenspende des Führers - Bau deutscher Soldatenheime in Norwegen.
(The Führer donated millions for construction of a soldiers home in Norway.)



   
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