World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Saturday, January 24, 1942
Day 877

January 24, 1942: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England.
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January 24, 1942: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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January 24, 1942: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England.
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January 24, 1942: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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January 24, 1942: Front page of the Post and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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January 24, 1942: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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January 24, 1942: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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January 24, 1942: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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January 24, 1942: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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Note the report in column 1: "Jap Submarine Sunk by British"
(This report was true, HMS Jupiter sank I-60 on Jan. 11, 1941, there were only 2 survivors.)


January 24, 1942: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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January 24, 1942: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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January 24, 1942: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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Note the report in column 7: "Stampede for Sugar Forces Rationing; Plan Starts Monday"


January 24, 1942: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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January 24, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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January 24, 1942: Front page of the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona.
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Note the report in columns 6-7: "Japs Launch Reign of Terrorism"


January 24, 1942: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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January 24, 1942: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany.
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1. Der feierliche Staatsakt für den toten Generalfeldmarschall von Reichenau - Glorreicher Heerführer und politischer Kämpfer.
(The ceremonial act of state for the dead Field Marshal von Reichenau - glorious military leader and political fighter.)


January 24, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Generalfeldmarschall von Reichenau zu Grabe getragen - Deutschlands Abschied von einem großen Soldaten - Göring entbot Dank und letzten Gruß des Führers.
(Field Marshal von Reichenau buried - Germany's farewell to a great soldier - Göring offered the Führer's thanks and last farewell.)



   
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