World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Sunday May 19, 1940
Day 262

May 19, 1940: Front page of The People, London, England.
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May 19, 1940: Front page of the Sunday Telegram, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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May 19, 1940: Front page of The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C.
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Note the report in column 5: "Scores Injured, At Least 5 Killed, in California Quake"


May 19, 1940: Front page of The Escanaba Daily Press, Escanaba, Michigan.
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May 19, 1940: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee.
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May 19, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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May 19, 1940: Front page of the San Antonio Sunday Light, San Antonio, Texas.
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Note the report in column 2: "Snakes Alive - 300 Snakes Escape, Start Near Riot"
(As the late, great Paul Harvey would say, Here is a strange.)


May 19, 1940: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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May 19, 1940: Front page of the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California.
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May 19, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Auch die Festung Antwerpen gefallen.
(The fortress of Antwerp has fallen.)
2. Verfolgungsstoß der deutschen Panzerkorps bis an die Ost.
(German tank corps in pursuit to the east.)



   
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