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January 7, 1940: Front page of The People, London, England. |
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January 7, 1940: Front page of the Sunday Pictorial, London, England. |
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January 7, 1940: The report in full from the Sunday Pictorial. |
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January 7, 1940: Front page of The Sunday Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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Note the headline: "Pirates' £18,000,000 Treasure Found On Pacific Isle" |
(This report is about the Loot of Lima, also known as the Treasure of Lima. It took until April to confirm that the treasure had not been found. Eighty-one years later when this page was published, the treasure has still not been found.) |
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January 7, 1940: Front page of The Hammond Times, Hammond, Indiana. |
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January 7, 1940: Front page of The Escanaba Daily Press, Escanaba, Michigan. |
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January 7, 1940: Front page of The Helena Independent, Helena, Montana. |
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January 7, 1940: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada. |
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Page published January 7, 2021 |