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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.) |
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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" |
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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.) |
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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.) |
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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" |
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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" |
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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" |
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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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Page published Sept. 8, 2020 |