World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Thursday, November 30, 1939
Day 91

November 30, 1939: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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(From the headline it is clear that this newspaper was published before the knowledge that Russia had invaded Finland that morning.)
Note the report in column 3: "Prien's U-boat Ashore"


November 30, 1939: Front page of The Midland Daily Telegraph, Coventry, England.
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November 30, 1939: Front page of the Evening Express, Liverpool, England.
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November 30, 1939: Front page of The Star, Sheffield, England.
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November 30, 1939: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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Note the report in column 4: "Nazi Sub Sunk By Torpedo"
(Another false report, no U-boats had been sunk by the French to date.)
Also note the report in column 5: "Fritz Kuhn Is Convicted"
(The ongoing trial of the so-called American Führer.)


November 30, 1939: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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November 30, 1939: Front page of The Melbourne Herald, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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Note the report in column 4: "German Horrors In Poland Worst In History"


November 30, 1939: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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November 30, 1939: Front page of Het Volksdagblad, Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Dutch communist paper.)
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November 30, 1939: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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November 30, 1939: Front page of The Big Spring Daily Herald, Big Spring, Texas.
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Note the report at top right: "26 States, Texas Included, Observe Thanksgiving Day"
(This was the second Thanksgiving in 1939.)
Also note the report in column 1: "Bund Leader Found Guilty of Larceny"
(The verdict in the trial of the so-called American Führer, Fritz Kuhn.)


November 30, 1939: Front page of The Ogden Standard Examiner, Ogden City, Utah.
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Note the report in column 3: "Thanksgiving's Birthplace Observes Holiday With Program to Save Day From Desecration"


November 30, 1939: Front page of the Dunkirk Evening Observer, Dunkirk, New York.
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November 30, 1939: Front page of the Times Herald, Olean, New York.
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November 30, 1939: Installment #19 of "Stalin Unmasked" from the San Antonio Light, San Antonio, Texas.
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November 30, 1939: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Indien zum Aeußersten entschlossen.
(India utmost determination.)
2. Japan droht mit Beschlagnahme britischer Frachten.
(Japan threatens to seizr British cargoes.)
3. Wir sind zum Gegenschlag bereit.
(We are poised to strike back.)



   
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