World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Sunday May 4, 1941
Day 612

May 4, 1941: Front page of The People, London, England.
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May 4, 1941: Front page of the Sunday Pictorial, London, England.
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May 4, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Post, Glasgow, Scotland.
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May 4, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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May 4, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C.
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May 4, 1941: Front page of the Detroit Times, Detroit, Michigan.
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May 4, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Star-News, Wilmington, North Carolina.
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Note the report in column 1: "Lindbergh Says U.S. Will Lose"



May 4, 1941: Front page of The Hammond Times, Hammond, Indiana.
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May 4, 1941: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee.
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Note the report in columns 2-3: "NBC Ordered to Disband Or Sell 'Blue' Network to Avoid Monopoly"


May 4, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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May 4, 1941: Front page of The Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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May 4, 1941: Front page of The Montana Standard, Butte, Montana.
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May 4, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Heute, 18 Uhr, Reichstagssitzung.
(Reichstag in session today at 6 p.m.)
2. Eine Million BRT. im April versenkt!
(One million GRT. sunk in April.)
[British merchant ship losses were 361,578 gross tons. This does not include neutral or Allied ships.



   
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