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October 6, 1939: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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Note the headline: "American Steamer To Be Sunk" |
(This story was determined to be false and you can read that in the following paper. After some research, I was not able to find any reference to such an order or even a mention of the SS Iroquois in the official German documents that I have.) |
Also note the report at bottom: "French Tanker Rams U-boat" |
(A false report, no U-boat was sunk by the French to this date.) |
Note the Black-out and Motor Lights Out times listed under the name of the paper. |
October 6, 1939: Front page of The Midland Daily Telegraph, Coventry, England. |
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October 6, 1939: Front page of the North-Eastern Gazette, Middlesbrough, England. |
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October 6, 1939: Front page of the Daily Herald, London, England. |
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Note the story at top center: "Food Rations Oct. 29" |
Also note the story at bottom left: "Nazis Honour Our Flyers" |
October 6, 1939: Front page of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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October 6, 1939: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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Note the story in column 4: "Soviet People Are Being Kept In Dark" |
October 6, 1939: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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October 6, 1939: Front page of Het Volksdagblad, Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Dutch communist paper.) |
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October 6, 1939: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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October 6, 1939: Front page of the Butte Montana Standard, Butte, Montana. |
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October 6, 1939: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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October 6, 1939: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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October 6, 1939: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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Note the sub headline: "Nazi Story of Plot on U.S. Liner Branded Hoax" |
October 6, 1939: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. Ab Montag Ladenschluss 18 Uhr. |
(As of Monday shops close at 6 p.m.) |
2. Des Führers letzte Mahnung. |
(The Führer's final warning.) |
3. Warschau war kein Alkazar. |
(Warsaw was not Alkazar.) |
Page published Oct. 6, 2020 |