World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Tuesday, September 19, 1939
Day 19

September 19, 1939: Front page of The Midland Daily Telegraph, Coventry, England.
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Note the report in column 6: "Former Polish Premier Found Dead"


September 19, 1939: Front page of The Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England.
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September 19, 1939: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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September 19, 1939: Front page of the Nottingham Journal, Nottingham, England.
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September 19, 1939: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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Note the report in column 5: "U-boat Sunk By Lone British Airman"
(The report is inaccurate. The pilot may have attacked a U-boat, possibly U-39 on Sept. 14th, but did not do any damage. U-39 was sunk by HM destroyers.)


September 19, 1939: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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September 19, 1939: Front page of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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September 19, 1939: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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September 19, 1939: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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September 19, 1939: Front page of the CZAS Polish Times, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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September 19, 1939: Front page of The Evening Tribune, Albert Lea, Minnesota.
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September 19, 1939: Front page of the El Paso Herald-Post, El Paso, Texas.
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September 19, 1939: Front page of the Freeport Journal-Standard, Freeport, Illinois.
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September 19, 1939: Front page of The Hawk-Eye Gazette, Burlington, Iowa.
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September 19, 1939: Front page of the Gastonia Daily Gazette, Gastonia, North Carolina.
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September 19, 1939: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Fortschreitende Kapitulation des Polnischen Heeres.
(Progress in the surrender of the Polish army.)
2. Der Führer spricht um 17 Uhr!
(The Führer to speak at 1700 tonight.)
3. Schlacht an der Bzura erfolgreich.
(Battle of the Bzura successful.)
4. Unwille Japans über Fernost-Politik der USA. Steigende Spannung und scharfe Sprache der Presse in Tokyo.
(Unwillingness of Japan over U.S. policy on the Far East. Increasing tension and harsh language of the press in Tokyo.)
5. London noch immer stark erschüttert.
(London still badly shaken.)



   
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