World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Sunday March 9, 1941
Day 556

March 9, 1941: Front page of The People, London, England.
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Note the report in column 4: "Italy Loses 2 Warships"
(The unidentified cruiser was the Armando Diaz, which was sunk on Feb. 25th. by HMS Upright. Unlike what the Italians claim, over 500 crewmen were killed when the magazine exploded.)


March 9, 1941: Front page of the Sunday Pictorial, London, England.
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March 9, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Post, Glasgow, Scotland.
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March 9, 1941: Front page of the Sunday Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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March 9, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C.
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March 9, 1941: Front page of the Detroit Times, Detroit, Michigan.
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Note the report in columns 5-6: "Super-Sleuths to Check On Aliens in Detroit Area"


March 9, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Star-News, Wilmington, North Carolina.
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March 9, 1941: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee.
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March 9, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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Note the report in column 4: "To Oversee Jews"
(A council of Vichy French Ministers announced the creation of a commissariat to handle the "Jewish problem.")


March 9, 1941: Front page of The Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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March 9, 1941: Front page of The Montana Standard, Butte, Montana.
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March 9, 1941: Front page of the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California.
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March 9, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Eine Erklärung des USA.-Admirals Stirling: England wird verhungern...
(A Statement by the USA.-Admiral Stirling: England will starve...)



   
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