World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Tuesday April 2, 1940
Day 215

April 2, 1940: Front page of The Midland Daily Telegraph, Coventry, England.
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April 2, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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Note the report in column 4: "Pocket Battleships Deutschland and Scheer Crippled?"
(Another false report, neither ship had been damaged.)
Also note the report in column 2: "The End of Yet Another U-Boat"
(This report could be about U-55, which was sunk on Jan. 30th.)


April 2, 1940: Front page of the Derby Evening Telegraph, Derby, England.
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Note the report at bottom right: "U-Boat Vanquished By British Tanker"
(Another vivid account about the loss of a U-boat, which was not true.)


April 2, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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(On page 8 there was a report which I found interesting. "End of the World in U.S.A." Everyone has heard of the War of the Worlds broadcast and know the havoc that it caused, but have you heard of the End of the World Telegram sent to Jack Benny on Apr. 1, 1940. Read the report here.)


April 2, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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April 2, 1940: Front page of the Daily Telegram, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Note the headline: "20p.c. Rationing Of Milk Supplies Today"


April 2, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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April 2, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Note the report in column 6: "Joke On Hitler"


April 2, 1940: Front page of Haarlem's Dagblad, Haarlem, Netherlands.
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April 2, 1940: Front page of the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California.
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Note the report in column 3: "12 Dead, 30,000 Homeless In Raging Eastern Flood"


April 2, 1940: Front page of the Dunkirk Evening Observer, Dunkirk, New York.
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April 2, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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Note the sub-headline: "Census Enumerators Start Nation Wide Quiz"
Also note the report in column 3: "Communist Paper Files Statement - Admits Link With Russia"
(The communist propaganda paper, the Daily Worker, registering as a foreign agent.)


April 2, 1940: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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April 2, 1940: Front page of the Teltower Kriesblatt, Teltow, Germany.
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1. Schweden stellt die Westmächte bloß.
(Sweden exposes the western powers.)


April 2, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Verstärkter Druck auf den Norden.
(Pressure increased on the north.)
2. Noten an Oslo und Stockholm angekündigt.
(Notes to Oslo and Stockholm announced.)



   
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