World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Friday November 22, 1940
Day 449

November 22, 1940: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England.
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Note the report in column 4: "Britain's Mysterious War Drug"
(The new mystery drug was penicillin.)


November 22, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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November 22, 1940: Front page of the the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England.
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November 22, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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November 22, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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Note the headline at top left: "Minesweeper Sunk: 24 Of Crew Perish"
(HMAS Goorangai, a converted trawler, became the first Australian warship lost in the Second World War. The ship that sank it, a passenger ship named Duntroon, sank a second ship in another collision. On Nov. 29, 1943, while serving as a troopship, she collided with and sank USS Perkins DD-377 off New Guinea.)
Also note the report in column 4: "Ship Aground In Gale Off Barwon Heads"
(The passenger ship Orungal went aground in a storm. The wreck was burned out on Dec. 13, 1940.)


November 22, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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November 22, 1940: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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November 22, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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November 22, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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November 22, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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November 22, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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November 22, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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November 22, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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November 22, 1940: Front page of The Helena Independent, Helena, Montana.
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November 22, 1940: Front page of The Southern Jewish Weekly, Jacksonville, Florida.
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Note the report in column 4: "Jap Paper Calls For Anti-Jewish Laws"


November 22, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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November 22, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Fortsetzung der diplomatischen Offensive.
(Continuation of the diplomatic offensive.)
2. Rumäniens Stastsführer in Berlin - Antonescu und Sturdza heute eingetroffen.
(Rumanian head of state in Berlin - Antonescu and Sturdza arrive today.)


November 22, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Die diplomatische Offensive geht weiter.
(The diplomatic offensive is going well.)
2. Rumäniens Staatschef General Antonescu auf dem Wege nach Berlin.
(Romania's head of state General Antonescu on the way to Berlin.)



   
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