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October 16, 1939: Front page of the Telegraph & Independent, Sheffield, England. |
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Note the report in column 4: "Lindbergh Rebuked By U.S. Press" |
Also note the report in column 7: "Nazi Tribute To A British Pilot" |
October 16, 1939: Front page of The Sunderland Echo and Shipping Gazette, Sunderland, England. |
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October 16, 1939: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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October 16, 1939: Front page of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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October 16, 1939: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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October 16, 1939: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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October 16, 1939: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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October 16, 1939: Front page of the Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pennsylvania. |
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October 16, 1939: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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October 16, 1939: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. Deutsche U-boat Waffe packt zu. Britische Schlachtschiff Repulse torpediert. |
(German U-boat bags: British battleship Repulse torpedoed.) This story was not true. |
[More about HMS Repulse here.] |
2. Vom Sieger über die Royal Oak. Eine der modernsten Einheiten der Flotte das Opfer. |
(From the winner to the Royal Oak. One of the most modern ships in the fleet was a victim.) |
3. Englands Blutschuld wächst von Tag zu Tag. |
(England's blood guilt is growing day to day.) |
October 16, 1939: A political cartoon running in newspapers which I found relevant. It shows Soviet dictator Josef Stalin hovering over the Baltic Sea and threatening the Scandinavian Countries. |
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October 16, 1939: A political cartoon of the day. |
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Page published Oct. 16, 2020 |