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May 4, 1942: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England. |
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Note the report in columns 3-4: "U.S. Bomber Down In Russia After Raid On Jap Cities" |
(This report was true, one of the aircraft from the Doolittle raid did land in Russian territory. The plane was never returned to the U.S.A., but the crew was allowed to "escape" and finally returned home.) |
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May 4, 1942: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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Note the report in column 4: "Hostages Shot - Nazi Murder at Lille" |
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May 4, 1942: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England. |
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May 4, 1942: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales. |
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Note the report in column 8: "Danish Premier Dead" |
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May 4, 1942: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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May 4, 1942: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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May 4, 1942: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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Note the report at bottom left: "31 Days In Open Boat" |
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May 4, 1942: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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May 4, 1942: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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May 4, 1942: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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Note the report in column 6: "Ukraine Told Liberty Coming" |
(The people of Ukraine are "assured" by the Soviets that they are on the way to "liberate" them. To translate from the Russian to English, we will drive the Germans out and we will stay in their place.) |
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May 4, 1942: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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May 4, 1942: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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May 4, 1942: Page 5 of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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| (I don't know when the United China Relief group bought this ad, but it was announced a few days ago that the Flying Tigers were being disbanded.) |
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May 4, 1942: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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May 4, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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May 4, 1942: Front page of the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona. |
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May 4, 1942: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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May 4, 1942: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany. |
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1. Verzweifelte Lage der Briten in Burma. |
(Desperate situation for the British in Burma.) |
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May 4, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Botschaft des Führers zum Nationalfeiertag - Unser Sieg wird ein Sieg des ganzen Volkes sein! |
(Message of the leader on the national day - Our victory will be a victory of the whole people!) |
2. Porsche, Heinkel und Funk - Pioniere der Arbeit. |
(Porsche, Heinkel and Funk - pioneers of work.) |
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Page published May 4, 2023 |