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September 22, 1939: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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Note the report in column 1: "Submarine Sunk By Accident" |
(It is not known if this trawler actually hit a submarine, but if it did the submarine was most likely U-27 which was sunk on Sept. 20, 1939.) |
September 22, 1939: Front page of The Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England. |
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Note the report in column 5: "Flying Baron Shot Down" |
(The report that The Red Baron's son had been shot down and killed was not accurate. Manfred von Richthofen had no children. His brother Lothar had a son, but he lived until 2010.) |
September 22, 1939: Front page of the Evening News, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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September 22, 1939: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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September 22, 1939: Front page of The Courier-Mail, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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September 22, 1939: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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Note the report in column 4: "Ukrainian Band Fight Fleeing Poles" |
September 22, 1939: Front page of the Medicine Hat News, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. |
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September 22, 1939: Front page of the Somerset Daily American, Somerset, Pennsylvania. |
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September 22, 1939: Front page of the Centralia Sentinel, Centralia, Illinois. |
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September 22, 1939: Front page of the Ironwood Daily Globe, Ironwood, Michigan. |
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Note the report in column 5: "Submarines Sighted Near Alaska, Boston" |
(No German submarines were off the Unites States coasts at this time.) |
September 22, 1939: Front page of The Ogden Standard Examiner, Ogden City, Utah. |
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Note the report in column 8: "British Blamed By Nazi Paper" |
(This refers to the assassination of Romanian Prime Minister Armand Calinescu. The German version of the story can be seen in the Briesetal-Bote, showing below, under the sub-headline "Der dritte Torpedo Churchills" Churchill's third torpedo. Prime Minister Armand Calinescu was killed by members of the pro-Nazi "Garda de Fier" Iron Guard.) |
September 22, 1939: Front page of the Briesetal-Bote, Niederbarnim District, Germany. |
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1. Diplomatisches Korps aus Warschau gerettet. |
(Diplomatic corps rescued from Warsaw.) |
2. Rumäniens Ministerpräsident erschossen. |
(Romanian Prime Minister assassinated.) |
September 22, 1939: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. Die deutsch-russische Demarkationslinie. |
(The German-Russian Line of demarcation.) |
2. Pinsk von Sowjet-Truppen besetzt. |
(Pinsk [Belarus] occupied by Soviet troops.) |
3. Ausländer verliessen Warschau unter Geleit. |
(Foreigners leave Warsaw under escort.) |
Nordstaaten sichern ihre Neutralität. (Photo in upper right hand corner.) |
(Northern states secure their neutrality. Photo showing the Swedish destroyer Malmö.) |
Page published Sept. 22, 2020 |