World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Thursday, January 29, 1942
Day 882

January 29, 1942: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England.
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Note the report in column 3: "Monster And Censor, Both Prehistoric"
(The press requests for a photo of the sea monster, still being denied.)


January 29, 1942: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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January 29, 1942: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England.
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January 29, 1942: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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January 29, 1942: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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Note the report in column 5: "U-Boat Sinks Spanish Supply Ship"
(The Admiralty denies that they sank the neutral Spanish freighter Navemar and accuses Axis submarines of committing the deed. This was true, Navemar was sunk by the Italian submarine Barbarigo on Jan. 23, two crewmen were killed, there were 34 survivors.)


January 29, 1942: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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January 29, 1942: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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January 29, 1942: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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January 29, 1942: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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Note the report in columns 4-5: "Your Gas Ration"


January 29, 1942: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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January 29, 1942: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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Note the report at bottom right: "Torpedo Tanker Off Banks; All Hands Are Saved"
(The unnamed ship was the 8,248-ton Alexandra Hoegh.)


January 29, 1942: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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January 29, 1942: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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January 29, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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Note the report in column 3: "80 U-Boats Operating Off U.S., Says Solon"
(Rep. James Van Zant, Republican of Pennsylvania, told the press that Hitler had 80 U-Boats operating off the U.S. coast. He also was quoted as saying that the United States Navy is doing "a damned good job" and that the submarine menace will soon be mastered. The increasing losses close to the U.S. east coast were concerning the public and the government. But one wonders how much more concerned the country would have been if they knew that only six, not eighty, U-Boats were wreaking all the havoc. His statement that the navy was doing "a damned good job" was more propaganda. Rear Admiral Adolphus Andrews, Commander Eastern Sea Frontier, failed to prepare what limited forces he had available to him to combat the U-Boat offensive. He was warned by the British, especially by Roger Winn, that the submarines were coming, but Andrews did not get up to speed quickly enough to form an effective defense. The Americans, even though they knew of the British convoy system and knew of the success of that system, took some time to implement such a system along the U.S. coast, which cost the lives of many a sailor.)


January 29, 1942: Front page of the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona.
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January 29, 1942: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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January 29, 1942: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany.
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1. 58 Bunker und Kampfstände zerstört.
(58 bunkers and combat stands destroyed.)
2. Eichenlaub mit Schwertern und Brillanten für Galland.
(Oak leaves with swords and diamonds for Galland.)
3. Neue japanische Landungen - 100 britische Flugzeuge in Luftkämpfen abgeschossen.
(New Japanese landings - 100 British planes shot down in dogfights.)


January 29, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Die höchste Tapferkeitsauszeichnung für Galland - Der Führer überreicht persönlich dem Fliegerhelden das Eichenlaub mit Schwertern und Brillanten.
(Galland receives highest honor for bravery - the Führer personally presents the aviator hero with the oak leaves with swords and diamonds.)
[The way it is written, or translated, makes this a little misleading. Adolf Galland was being awarded the Diamonds to his Knight's Cross. He was only the second man to receive this award. He was the first to be awarded the swords and the third to be awarded the oak leaves.]



   
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