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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.) |
Page published February 3, 2021 |