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July 22, 1940: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England. |
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Note the headline ar top right: "HMS Brazen Sunk: All Crew Safe" |
(The entire crew was rescued, but one man, Stoker Petty Officer Frederick A. Stiles, died of wounds on July 23rd.) |
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July 22, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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July 22, 1940: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England. |
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July 22, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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Note the report in column 3: "HMS Salmon Feared Lost" |
(HMS Salmon sailed from Rosyth, Scotland with 41 men on board on July 4, 1940, several signals were sent to the boat, but no response was received. The boat was never heard from again. It is thought Salmon hit a mine in an unknown minefield, but the wreck has not been found so there is no confirmation of the cause of the loss.) |
Also note the report in column 3: "Trawler Sunk by Bombs" |
(The two men who were lost were; Leading Seaman Angus MacLeod, RNR and Seaman Angus Nicholson, RNR.) |
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July 22, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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Note the report in columns 6-7: "Good Gunnery By Sydney" |
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July 22, 1940: Front page of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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Note the report in column 6: "Aga Khan Almost Destitute" |
(Reportedly one of the richest men in the world claiming poverty. Apparently, the spiritual head of Islam was in France, but when when the Germans invaded the country he fled to Switzerland. Now he is unable to access his millions.) |
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July 22, 1940: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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July 22, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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Note the report in columns 1-2: "Petition For Membership Soviet Union" |
(Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania "asking" to become part of the Soviet Union. Since the Russians had invaded all three countries, they asked with the barrel of a communist gun firmly implanted in their backs.) |
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July 22, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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July 22, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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July 22, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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July 22, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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July 22, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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July 22, 1940: Front page of The Brainerd Daily Dispatch, Brainerd, Minnesota. |
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Note the report in column 2: "Fines Himself" |
(Judge Richard Ebert was both judge and defendant in this court case. The defendant lost.) |
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July 22, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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July 22, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. 40 000 BRT aus Geleitzug herausgeschossen. |
(40,000 BRT shot out of convoy.) |
2. Keine Antwort - auch eine Antwort? |
(No answer - also an answer?) |
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July 22, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Telegrammwechsel Führer - Duce. |
(Telegram exchange between The Führer and Mussolini.) |
2. Die Kraft unserer Waffen wird die Freiheit Europas erkämpfen. |
(We will fight for the freedom of Europe with the strength of our arms.) |
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Page published July 22, 2021 |
