World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Thursday May 7, 1942
Day 980

May 7, 1942: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England.
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Note the report in columns 2-3: "Germans Shoot 40 More French Hostages"


May 7, 1942: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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May 7, 1942: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England.
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May 7, 1942: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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May 7, 1942: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland.
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May 7, 1942: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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May 7, 1942: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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May 7, 1942: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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May 7, 1942: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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May 7, 1942: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Note the report in columns 1-2: "Nazi Propaganda Flops In Norway"
[The article is concluded here.]
(Part two of "I Was A Prisoner Of the Gestapo" by Frank G. Nelson.)


May 7, 1942: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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May 7, 1942: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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May 7, 1942: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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May 7, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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Note the report in column 1: "Naziism Has Great Hold On Youth"
 
Also note the report in columns 6-7: "Film Stars Boost Relief Fund By Holding Auction For Kisses"


May 7, 1942: Front page of the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona.
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Note the headline report: " U.S. Sinks Eight Jap Ships"
(This report is about the Battle of the Coral Sea, which was still happening. The headline, however, was not true even by the time the battle was over.)


May 7, 1942: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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Note the headline report: "Eleven Jap Ships Sunk"
(The number of Japanese sunk gets larger the further west the report travels.)


May 7, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Amerikaner auf den Philippinen ausgeschaltet - Corregidor hat kapituliert - MacArthur Stützpunkt für die, große Offensive gegen Tokio in japanischer Hand.
(Americans eliminated in the Philippines - Corregidor has surrendered - MacArthur base for the, "large offensive against Tokyo" in Japanese hands.)



   
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