World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Saturday, February 3, 1940
Day 156

February 3, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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Note the report in column 2: "Bombed Danish Steamer - Sixteen Of Crew Lose Their Lives"
(This ship, SS Vidor, had been in the news before. On Nov. 12, 1925 Vidor ran down and sank the British submarine HMS M-1.)


February 3, 1940: Front page of the North-Eastern Gazette, Middlesbrough, England.
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February 3, 1940: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland.
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Note the report at center: "Polish Primate On Nazi Terror - Save The Nation Plea"


February 3, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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February 3, 1940: Front page of The Mercury, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
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Note the report in column 6: "Executed By Nazis - Child Victims In Poland"


February 3, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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February 3, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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Note the report in column 6: "Millions Of Poles Lose Their Lives"
(At this point the number that is quoted (between 2 and 5 million) is quite exaggerated, but by the end of the war the number 5,000,000 would be about right.)


February 3, 1940: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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February 3, 1940: Front page of Haarlem's Dagblad, Haarlem, Netherlands.
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February 3, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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Note the report in column 4: "Destroy U-boat"
(The report is false, U-25 was not sunk in this action.)


February 3, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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Note the report at top right: "U.S. Flyer Dies In Finland"


February 3, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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Note the report at bottom right: "100,000 Japanese Dead in War for New Rule in China"


February 3, 1940: Front page of The Helena Independent, Helena, Montana.
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Note the report in column 1: "Criticism Of Jap Policies Start Fuss"


February 3, 1940: Installment #18 of "Four Years Against Hitler" from the Press and Journal.
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[This is the final installment to the series. You can download the complete series in the MaritimeQuest Library.]


February 3, 1940: Front page of the Teltower Kriesblatt, Teltow, Germany.
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1. Abschluß der deutschen Schulreform.
(German school reform completed.)
2. Neue Richtlinien für Volks- und Mittelschulen.
(New guidelines for elementary and middle schools.)


February 3, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Angst vor Hitlers zweiter Phase.
(Fear of Hitler's second phase.)



   
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