World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Friday, September 8, 1939
Day 8

September 8, 1939: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England.
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Note the report in column 5: "U.S. Athenia Survivors in Stormy Demand"
(Athenia was the first British ship sunk in the Second World War.)


September 8, 1939: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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Note the report in column 5: "Food Rationing In Three or Four Weeks"


September 8, 1939: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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September 8, 1939: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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Note the report in column 5: "Americans Told 40 Submarines Off Ireland"
(While there were German submarines operating in the North Atlantic, the number was nowhere near 40.)


September 8, 1939: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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September 8, 1939: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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Note the report in column 4: "Mystery Sub Sighted Off Nantucket Sound"
(There were no German submarines within 3,000 miles of the U.S.)


September 8, 1939: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Note the report in column 1: "Seven Sailors Killed As Blast Sinks Ship"


September 8, 1939: Front page of The Daily Iowan, Iowa City, Iowa.
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Note the report in column 3: "Europe's War Hits American Dinner Tables"


September 8, 1939: Front page of The Escanaba Daily Press, Escanaba, Michigan.
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Note the report in column 7: "Polite U-boat Helps Victim"
 
Also note the report in column 4: "Radio Propaganda Problem Studied"


September 8, 1939: Front page of The Camden News, Camden, Arkansas.
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September 8, 1939: Front page of the Daily Capital News, Jefferson City, Missouri.
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September 8, 1939: Front page of the Somerset Daily American, Somerset, Pennsylvania.
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September 8, 1939: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Teltow District, Germany.
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1. Verfolgung des geschlagenen Feindes. Die Unfinnigkeit der britischen Hassparolen.
(Pursuit of a defeated enemy. The foolishness of Britain's hateful speech.)
2. Die Katastrophenpolitik Polens.
(The catastrophic policy of Poland.)



   
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