World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Friday, April 17, 1942
Day 960

April 17, 1942: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England.
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April 17, 1942: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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April 17, 1942: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England.
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Note the report in columns 5-6: "U.S. Oil Properties In Mexico May Be Restored"


April 17, 1942: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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Note the report in column 4: "Norwegian Ship Sinks U-Boat"
(This report is just so much wishful thinking.)


April 17, 1942: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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April 17, 1942: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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April 17, 1942: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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April 17, 1942: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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April 17, 1942: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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April 17, 1942: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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April 17, 1942: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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April 17, 1942: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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Note the report in columns 2-3: "Nazis Kill 35 French Hostages In Reprisal for Attacks"


April 17, 1942: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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April 17, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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April 17, 1942: Front page of The Southern Jewish Weekly, Jacksonville, Florida.
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April 17, 1942: Front page of the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona.
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April 17, 1942: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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April 17, 1942: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany.
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1. Das ist die, Sozialpolitik Englands und der USA.
(That is the social policy of England and the USA.)


April 17, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Eingeschlossene Sowjetkräfte im Abschnitt MItte vernichtet.
(Trapped Soviet forces destroyed in middle sector.)
2. Schwere Bombentreffer in der Docks von Sunderland.
(Heavy bomb hits in the Sunderland docks.)



   
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