World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Thursday, January 18, 1940
Day 140

January 18, 1940: Front page of The Midland Daily Telegraph, Coventry, England.
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Note the report in column 4: "50 Dead In New Turkish Earthquake"


January 18, 1940: Front page of the Derby Evening Telegraph, Derby, England.
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January 18, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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January 18, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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Note the report in column 4: "Virginia Tobacco Imports Ban"
Also note the report in column 3: "Red Revolt In China"
Also note the report in column 6: "£50,000 In Gold In Graf Spee"


January 18, 1940: Front page of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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January 18, 1940: Front page of The Daily News, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
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January 18, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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January 18, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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January 18, 1940: Front page of the Butte Montana Standard, Butte, Montana.
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Note the report at center bottom: "Segment of Chicken Heart Which Doctor Hopes to Make Immortal Has 28th Birthday"


January 18, 1940: Front page of The Hammond Times, Hammond, Indiana.
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January 18, 1940: Front page of the El Paso Herald-Post, El Paso, Texas.
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January 18, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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January 18, 1940: Article from page 2 of the Press and Journal. "Japanese War as Seen by One of the Fighters."
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January 18, 1940: Installment #4 of "Four Years Against Hitler" from the Press and Journal.
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January 18, 1940: Front page of the Teltower Kriesblatt, Teltow, Germany.
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1. Italien muß jederzeit bereit sein.
(Italy must be ready at all times.)


January 18, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Erkundungsflüge über Schottland.
(Reconnaissance flights over Scotland.)
2. Moskauer Kälterekord: 44 Grad.
(Moscow record cold: 44 degrees below.)



   
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