World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Tuesday March 25, 1941
Day 572

March 25, 1941: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England.
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March 25, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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March 25, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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Note the report in columns 2-3: "Death Threat to Yugoslav Leaders"
Also note the report in column 7: "Death Sentence Threat to Norwegians"
 
Also note the report in column 5: "37's to Register on April 12"


March 25, 1941: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland.
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March 25, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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March 25, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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March 25, 1941: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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March 25, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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March 25, 1941: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Note the report at bottom center: "New Carrier Beats Off Nazi Raid"


March 25, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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March 25, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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March 25, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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Note installment number 2 of "Both Sides of the War" a multi-part series by United Press reporters Joe Alex Morris and Lyle C. Wilson.
[The report is concluded here.]


March 25, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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Note the headline report: "Ship From Here Burns, 19 Lost"
[The report is concluded here.]


March 25, 1941: Front page of The Circleville Herald, Circleville, Ohio.
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Note the report in column 6: "Chicago Girl Ends Her Third Year As Victim Of Sleeping Sickness"
(The sad story of Mary Ellen Reardon, a victim of lethargic encephalitis.


March 25, 1941: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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March 25, 1941: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Jugoslawien hat sich entschieden.
(Yugoslavia has made their decision.)
2. Jubel um den Führer in Wien.
(Cheers for the Führer in Vienna.)


March 25, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Englands Großhäfen unbrauchbar.
(England's greatest ports useless)
Note the photo at top right. Adolf Hitler awarding Generalleutnant Erwin Rommel the "Eichenlaub zum Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes." (Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.)



   
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