World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Thursday June 13, 1940
Day 287

June 13, 1940: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England.
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June 13, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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June 13, 1940: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England.
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Note the report in column 4: "Italian Claims"
(The Italians claimed sinking a British cruiser and tanker, the claims were true. The cruiser was HMS Calypso and the tanker was the 8,029 ton Orkanger.)


June 13, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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June 13, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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Note the report at bottom right: "Submarine Stops U.S. Refugee Ship"
(The submarine was U-101. In the war diary of U-101 the commanding officer, Kapitänleutnant Fritz Frauenheim, described the incident mostly as the report states. In the report the question as to how a U.S. ship could be mistaken from others because there was a large U.S. flag painted on the side and in large letters the ship's name and "United States" were also painted on the sides. This was done by neutral countries to keep their ships from being accidentally attacked by belligerents. In this case the commanding officer of U-101 did not see the markings because it was dark. When the sun came up he was able to positively identify the ship as Washington. After which he immediately released the ship. All German submarine commanders were under strict orders not to attack American ships.)


June 13, 1940: Front page of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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June 13, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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June 13, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Note the report at bottom left: "Perils Of Sabotage Looms Large In U.S."


June 13, 1940: Front page of Haarlem's Dagblad, Haarlem, Netherlands.
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June 13, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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Note the report at bottom left: U.S. Won't Be Invaded In Our Time--Lindburgh"


June 13, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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Note the report at bottom right: "Lindbergh Sees Isolationists In Congress; Plans Radio Talk"


June 13, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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Note the report in column 3: "High Speed Blamed For Wreck Of Train"
(This was the finding of the I.C.C. concerning the wreck of the Lake Shore Limited on Apr. 19, 1940.)


June 13, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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June 13, 1940: Front page of The Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Note the report at bottom center: "Arm, Lindbergh Warns, In Giving Dark Allied Picture"


June 13, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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June 13, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Marne mehrfach überschritten.
(Marne crossed in several places.)
2. Chalons genommen - Aeber 100000 Gefangene.
(Chalons taken - over 100,000 prisoners.)


June 13, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. 20 Kilometer vor Paris.
(20 kilometers from Paris.)
2. Erfolgreiche italienische Bombenangriffe auf Malta.
(Successful Italian bombing raids on Malta.)



   
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