World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Tuesday August 6, 1940
Day 341

August 6, 1940: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England.
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Note the report in columns 3-4: "Death Rumour Reveals Streicher's Disgrace"
(The report of the death of Julius Streicher was not true. The other details in the report are mostly true. In February his official duties and offices as a member of the Nazi party were taken away from him, but he was allowed to retain the title and rights of a Gauleiter (district leader.) He was also allowed to continue to publish Der Stürmer, one of the most vile publication ever printed. Streicher was hanged Oct. 16, 1946 by the Allies at Nürnberg.)
Also note the report in column 6: "Food Wasters Will Be Fined Or Gaoled - Penalty if Dog is Overfed"


August 6, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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Note the report in column 3: "Lindbergh Denounced"


August 6, 1940: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England.
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Note the report in column 5: "Vegetarian Butters Rationed"
Also note the report in column 5: "Reds Choice For Ford"
(Hollywood communists had a meeting and decided to offer Henry Ford a choice after the "revolution." The choice was, the same choice communists/socialists always give people, join the party or be executed. Hollywood still has many people who think the same way today. As does the democrat party and many members of the left-wing media.)


August 6, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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Note the report in column 5: "2 Americans Give 2 Spitfires"
Also note the report at bottom right: "Tickled to Death With Channel Fight"
(An account of an American pilot from Texas who joined the RAF and was fighting with the British.)


August 6, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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Note the report in columns 4-5: "Lindbergh's Plea For Peace"


August 6, 1940: Front page of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Note the report in columns 4-5: "Wine-Tasters Sipped £110,000 Too Much"


August 6, 1940: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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Note the headline: "Nazi Preparations Indicate Invasion Within Fortnight"


August 6, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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Note the report in columns 1-2: "Mayor Chief City Canada Sent To Camp"
(Camillien Houde, CBE, the seven-time mayor of Montreal, was arrested and put into a Canadian internment camp. This was due to his opposition to conscription. He was held in the camp until 1944. After his release, he was re-elected to his previous job. He held this position until his death in 1958.)
Also note the report in column 6: "S.A Leaders Held By Japs"
(Seven Salvation Army leaders arrested for espionage by the Japanese.)


August 6, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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August 6, 1940: Front page of Haarlem's Dagblad, Haarlem, Netherlands.
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August 6, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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Note the report at top right: "U.S. Flyer Is Credited With Victory - Is Hero Of Dogfights With Nazis"
(The report in the Press and Journal did not name the American pilot because of a British rule. This report identifies him as 27-year-old Arthur Donahue from Laredo, Texas.)


August 6, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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Note the report at bottom left: "38-Year-Old Bridge, Never Used, Demolished"
(Another example of a government debacle. Not a bridge to nowhere, just a bridge nobody ever used.)


August 6, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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Note the report in column 2: "Lindbergh Is Fifth Column Chief, Charge"
[The report is concluded here.]
Also note the report in column 2: "Streicher Death Report Is Denied"
(The official and true response to the British reports of his death.)
Also note the report in column 3: "Greek Ship Is Storm Victim"
(SS Oropos survived this ordeal, but U-621 would sink it on Dec. 18, 1942.)
Also note the report in column 7: "Conscription Bill Hearings Approach End"


August 6, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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August 6, 1940: Front page of The Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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August 6, 1940: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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August 6, 1940: Part 3 of Life in Poland Under the Nazi Conquerors, published in The Evening Star. This six part series, written by Michael Sobanski, from an account by Ira Wolfert, is an uncensored account of the conditions in Poland under Nazi rule.
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August 6, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. 5 Millionen BRT seit Kriegsbeginn versenkt.
(5 Million BRT sunk since the beginning of the war.)
2. Große Waldbrände in Finland.
(Big forest fires in Finland.)
3. Juden im Reich und Hamburg - Statistische Folgerungen aus der letzten Volkszählung.
(Jews in the Reich and Hamburg - Statistical conclusions from the last census.)


August 6, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. England zwischen Hunger und Uebergabe.
(ENgland between hunger and surrender.)
2. Amerika sieht schwarz für die Briten.
(America seen black for the British.)



   
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