World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Sunday, October 29, 1939
Day 59

October 29, 1939: Front page of The People, London, England.
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Note the story at bottom left: "2 More U-boats Destroyed By Allied Navies"
(The U-boat wrecked on Goodwin Sands was U-16, the claim by the French to have destroyed a U-boat was untrue. The bodies picked up by the French were probably from the aforementioned U-16.)


October 29, 1939: Front page of The Sunday Post, Glasgow, Scotland.
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October 29, 1939: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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October 29, 1939: Front page of the Butte Montana Standard, Butte, Montana.
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Note the report in column 5: "Dies Declares Government Has Red Employees"


October 29, 1939: Front page of The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia.
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Note the report in column 2: "New Jap Trade Treaty Likely"


October 29, 1939: Front page of The Telegraph-Herald, Dubuque, Iowa.
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October 29, 1939: Front page of The Hammond Times, Hammond, Indiana.
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October 29, 1939: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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October 29, 1939: Front page of The Ogden Standard Examiner, Ogden City, Utah.
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October 29, 1939: Front page of the San Antonio Sunday Light, San Antonio, Texas.
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