World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Saturday, August 9, 1941
Day 709

August 9, 1941: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England.
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August 9, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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Note the report in column 6: "No Increase In Meat Ration"


August 9, 1941: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England.
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August 9, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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August 9, 1941: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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August 9, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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August 9, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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August 9, 1941: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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August 9, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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August 9, 1941: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Note the report in column 8: "Hose Hint Silk Stockings Hoarders Hit"
(A report warning women who are hoarding silk stockings that they will be out of fashion because the hose that have will be the wrong color.)


August 9, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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August 9, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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August 9, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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Note the report in column 5: "Lindberghs Carry Crusade Into Ohio"


August 9, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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August 9, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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Note the report in column 4: "Make Hosiery-3-Month Production Plan Adopted"


August 9, 1941: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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August 9, 1941: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany.
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1. 25 Divisionen in der Ukraine vernichtet.
(25 divisions destroyed in Ukraine.)


August 9, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Heute ganzseitige Karte vom Kriegsschauplatz im Osten.
(Today full-page map of the theater of war in the East.)
2. Besprechung im Führer-Hauptquartier.
(Meeting at the Führer Headquarters.)
3. Roosevelts Generalangriff auf Ibero=Amerika.
(Roosevelt's general attack on Ibero-America.)
4. Das Spinnennetz des jüdischen Dollarimperialismus.
(The Spider Web of Jewish Dollar Imperialism.)
5. Sowjetischen Armeekommandeur und 30.000 Mann gefangen - 88.500 BRT. vernichtet.
(Soviet army commander and 30,000 men captured - 88,500 GRT. destroyed.)



   
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