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October 23, 1941: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England. |
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October 23, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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Note the headline report and the report: "New Russian Leader Takes Over Moscow Defence From Timoshenko" and the report in column 5: "Marshal Timoshenko Replaced" |
(The command area had become too large and the lines of communication too long for a single effective command, so the Soviets divided it into northern and southern sectors. Timoshenko was given the southern command while famed Russian general, Georgy Zhukov, was handed the northern sector.) |
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October 23, 1941: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England. |
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October 23, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales. |
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October 23, 1941: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland. |
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Note the report in column 2: "Germans Say - British Troopship Sunk" |
(The Germans claim to have sunk four ships, including the troopship [passenger ship] Aurania. Two U-Boats attacked convoy SL-89, but only two ships were sunk and one damaged. HMS Aurania was damaged by Kapitänleutnant Reinhard Hardegan and his U-123, but the ship, an armed merchant cruiser, not a trooper, was not sunk. Only two men were lost, and these because of an accident with a lifeboat.) |
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October 23, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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Note the report in column 3: "New Drug Gives Cure In Once Fatal Diseases" |
(The drug, sulphadiazine, is still in use today.) |
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October 23, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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Note the report in column 5: "Normandie Plane-Carrier" |
(One of the most famous of the great passenger liners, the French Line's Normandie, had been moored in New York since the beginning of the war. After the fall of France, the ship was taken over by the U.S. government and later given to the U.S. Navy. There was some talk about converting her into an aircraft carrier, but it was decided to convert the ship into a troopship. However, the conversion was never completed. On Feb. 9, 1942, while Normandie, now named Lafayette, was under conversion, a welder's torch sparked a fire that soon got out of control. Tons and tons of water were poured into the ship, which ultimately heeled over on her side. In 1943 the ship was raised and the Navy decided to convert the ship into an aircraft transport ship. But the condition of the ship and the manpower needed to convert the ship proved her doom. Ultimately, Normandie was sold and scrapped.) |
Also note the photo at top center: "Won V.C. For Bravery In Crete" |
(Sergeant Alfred Clive Hulme [Victoria Cross] shown with two children.) |
Also note the report in column 7: "Dreaded Typhus In Spain" |
(Called the "Greatest typhus epidemic in European history.") |
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October 23, 1941: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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October 23, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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October 23, 1941: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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October 23, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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Note the photo at top center: "Reunited After Search" |
(Helen Keller reunited with her dog, Kan-Zan, who had gone missing for 12 hours.) |
[The synchronicity conundrum strikes again. Three days ago my cat, Constantine, A.K.A. "Big Kitty," did not come home for dinner. He did not come home the next two days and I believed that I had lost him. He came home this afternoon. I burst into tears of joy when I picked him up in my arms.] |
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October 23, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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Note the report in column 8: "Nazi Roundup of Jews Termed War Measure" |
(An authorized German spokesman told the reporters "I can say that they are not being taken to camps or prisons, but will be used for purposes helpful to the war economy." This was of course, a lie.) |
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October 23, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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Note the photo at top left: " Another U.S. Answer To Adolf" |
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October 23, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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(The newspaper has incorrectly labeled this as installment XIII, but it is in fact XI) |
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October 23, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada. |
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October 23, 1941: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California. |
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October 23, 1941: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany. |
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1. Moskau gesteht Verschlechterung. |
(Moscow admits deterioration.) |
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October 23, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Krankhafte Suche nach Kriegsvorwänden. |
(Morbid search for pretexts for war.) |
2. Kriegsgangster Hull muß vorpreschen. |
(War gangster Hull must press ahead.) |
3. Roosevelt will die letzten Reste des Neutralitätsgesetzes beseitigen. |
(Roosevelt wants to remove the last remnants of the neutrality law.) |
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Page published October 23, 2022 |
