World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Wednesday May 13, 1942
Day 986

May 13, 1942: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England.
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Note the report in columns 5-6: "U-Boat Sinks A Ship In St. Lawrence River"
(The unnamed ship was the 4,712-ton Dutch freighter Leto, which was sunk by U-553. Twelve men were lost with the ship, there were thirty-five survivors.)


May 13, 1942: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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May 13, 1942: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England.
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May 13, 1942: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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Note the report in column 5: "48,973 Britons Killed in Two Years of War"
Also note the report in column 6: "Four Eggs Each in May"


May 13, 1942: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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Note the report in column 5: "24 Dutchmen Executed"


May 13, 1942: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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May 13, 1942: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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May 13, 1942: Front page of The News, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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Note the report in column 9: "More Nazi Crimes"


May 13, 1942: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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May 13, 1942: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Note the headline report: "2nd Ship Sunk In St. Lawrence"
(The unnamed ship was the 5,364-ton British freighter Nicoya, which was sunk by U-553 with the loss of six men. There were eighty-two survivors. The other unnamed ship was the 4,712-ton Dutch freighter Leto, also sunk by U-553. Twelve men were lost, forty-one survived. Both ships were sunk on May 12 off Grande-Vallée, Quebec, but they were sunk in the opposite order than reported. Nicoya was sunk first, with Leto being sunk 2 hours later.)


May 13, 1942: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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Note the headline report: "May Move Masses Of Aliens Enemies From East Coast"
(Just consider, eighty-one-years later, we have a president and one political party who are importing illegal aliens (over 5 million so far in the last two years) against U.S. law. In another time would 5 million foreign nationals, without proper vetting, being allowed, even encouraged and assisted, to flood into the country be called treason? This president just ordered about 1,500 U.S. troops to the southern border, not however, to stop the torrent of illegals from entering the country, but to support the illegal aliens to get into the country. Again, would this have been called treason in normal times?)


May 13, 1942: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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May 13, 1942: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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May 13, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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Note the report in column 3: "Dirigible May Join Sub War"
(As is known, no such airship was constructed, however blimps were used extensively, but with very little result.)


May 13, 1942: Front page of the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona.
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May 13, 1942: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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Note the report in columns 2-3: "44 Survivors of U.S. Ship Sunk Near Africa in Port"
(The unnamed U.S. ship was the 5,775-ton freighter West Irmo, which was sunk by U-505. Ten men, African stevedores, were killed, none of the crew or the U.S. Navy armed guard detachment were killed. U-505 was captured by U.S. forces on June 4, 1944 and is currently on display at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois.)


May 13, 1942: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany.
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1. Die Angriffsschlacht auf der Halbinsel Kertsch.
(The offensive battle on the Kerch Peninsula.)


May 13, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Deutsche Angriffsschlacht auf Kertsch.
(German attack battle on Kerch.)
2. Kampfflugzeuge versenkten südlich Kreta drei britische Zerstörer.
(Warplanes sank three British destroyers south of Crete.)



   
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