World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Monday May 5, 1941
Day 613

May 5, 1941: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England.
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May 5, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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May 5, 1941: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England.
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May 5, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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May 5, 1941: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland.
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May 5, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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May 5, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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May 5, 1941: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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May 5, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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May 5, 1941: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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May 5, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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May 5, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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Note the report in column 6: "20,000 Made Homeless By Brazilian Floods"
(The report states these were the worst floods ever recorded in Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.)


May 5, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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Note the photo at left: "Private Jimmy, Gob, At Mess"
(Photo of Jimmy Stewart in the Army.)


May 5, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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Note the report in column 7: "Crowds See Fast Plane"
(The first public demonstration of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.)


May 5, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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Note the report at bottom left: "Dr. Livingstone? Queries Pilot After Jungle Jaunt"


May 5, 1941: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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May 5, 1941: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Des Führers stolze Südost-Bilanz.
(The Führer's proud south-east balance.)
2. Auch Ibn Saud konzentriert Truppen.
(Ibn Saud is also concentrating troops.)


May 5, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Der Führer vor dem Reichstag: Dem deutschen Soldaten ist nichts unmöglich.
(The Führer in front of the Reichstag: Nothing is impossible for the German soldier.)
2. Stolzer Siegesbericht über den Feldzug im Südosten.
(Proud victory report of the campaign in the southeast.)



   
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