World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Sunday, September 24, 1939
Day 24

September 24, 1939: Front page of The People, London, England.
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September 24, 1939: Front page of The Sunday Post, Glasgow, Scotland.
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September 24, 1939: Front page of The Sunday Messenger, Athens, Ohio.
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Note the report in column 4: "Submarines Sighted in Gulf Off Vera Cruz"
(An A.P. story which was reprinted around the world, but no Axis submarines were anywhere near the Gulf of Mexico at this time.)


September 24, 1939: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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September 24, 1939: Front page of The Galveston Daily News, Galveston, Texas.
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Note the report in column 2: "Sigmund Freud, Psychoanalysis Inventor, Dies"


September 24, 1939: Front page of the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California.
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September 24, 1939: Front page of The Telegraph-Herald, Dubuque, Iowa.
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September 24, 1939: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee.
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Note the report in column 5: "Britain Placed On Wartime Rations"
(Think about this story and imagine what it would be like today if a government rationed your food.)


September 24, 1939: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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September 24, 1939: Front page of The Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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