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September 15, 1939: Front page of The Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England. |
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Note the report in column 3: Sent SOS To Mr. Churchill" |
(Firby was sunk by U-48, the officer that sent Churchill the signal was Kapitänleutnant Herbert Schultze.) |
September 15, 1939: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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September 15, 1939: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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Note the report in column 4: "Dr. Goebbels Mystery,: Is He Out Of Favour?" |
(Joseph Goebbels was the Minister of Propaganda, and in no way was out of favour in the Nazi state.) |
September 15, 1939: Front page of The Sunderland Echo and Shipping Gazette, Sunderland, England. |
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September 15, 1939: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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September 15, 1939: Front page of Medicine Hat News, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. |
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September 15, 1939: Front page of the Evening Gazette, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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September 15, 1939: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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September 15, 1939: Front page of The Havre Daily News, Havre, Montana. |
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September 15, 1939: Front page of The Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah. |
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September 15, 1939: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. In Brest-Litowsk eingedrungen. |
(Brest-Litovsk [Belarus] invaded.) |
2. Polnische Durchbruchsversuche gescheitert. |
(Polish attempts to break through fail.) |
3. Strasse Lemberg-Lublin überschritter. |
(Lemberg-Lublin road has been crossed.) |
4. Massnahmen für Familien von Einberufenen. |
(Measures for families of those called into military service.) |
Page published Sept. 15, 2020 |