World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Saturday, December 9, 1939
Day 100

December 9, 1939: Front page of The Midland Daily Telegraph, Coventry, England.
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Note the report at the bottom of column 5: "Japanese Ship In Distress"
(The ship, Azuma Maru, what even distress she was reporting, was unharmed. Four years later, on Dec. 3, 1943, Azuma Maru was torpedoed and sunk by USS Tinosa SS-283.)


December 9, 1939: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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December 9, 1939: Front page of the Grimsby Evening Telegraph, Grimsby, England.
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Note the report at top right: "The Week's Bag Of U-boats"
(In fact only one U-boat had been sunk in the previous week, and that by a British submarine. Only two U-boats had been sunk since Oct. 27th. HMS Jersey had not been torpedoed by a U-boat, but by a German destroyer.)
Also note the report at the bottom of column 4: "Nazi Death Decrees"
(A stark contrast to what Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon is doing in office. A man who used $2 million in funds from the former Nazi collaborator, George Soros, to get elected. He announced that a number of crimes will no longer be prosecuted, including; trespassing and disturbing the peace (I assume this is designed to protect the domestic terrorist group black lives matter and the Nazi inspired group antifa, who are both deeply involved in this activity), driving without a license (designed to protect illegal aliens, and harm citizens), prostitution, criminal threats, drug possession and a minor in possession of alcohol. Keep in mind the left is legalizing drugs all over the place, but they say it will be regulated and YOUR children will not be able to get a hold of them. A total lie.

One must wonder why the left is so interested in promoting drug use among the population. Keep in mind that we are constantly told that drug laws disproportionately effect black people. Therefore we must believe that the left understands that black people will be disproportionately negatively affected by the increased use of drugs. Other crimes he will not prosecute include public intoxication and loitering. These crimes don't effect the criminal, but they do effect the innocent citizen, something that does not seem to concern Mr. Gascon.

The Nazis in their heyday could not have done this much damage to the U.S.A. Even the Ku Klux Clan could not have done more to harm black people en mass than the Los Angeles County D.A. is doing.)


December 9, 1939: Front page of the Evening Express, Liverpool, England.
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December 9, 1939: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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December 9, 1939: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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December 9, 1939: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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December 9, 1939: Front page of The Melbourne Herald, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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December 9, 1939: Front page of Het Volksdagblad, Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Dutch communist paper.)
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December 9, 1939: Front page of The Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Note the report in column 5: "Homeless Couple Live 11 Days In New York Subway"
(Hardly could be considered news today, this is just a normal place for homeless to live in New York now.)


December 9, 1939: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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Note the report in column 2: "Japan Warns U.S. on New Trade Pact'
Also note the report in column 6: "Brazil Arrests 150 Reds, Seizes Arms"


December 9, 1939: Front page of the Butte Montana Standard, Butte, Montana.
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December 9, 1939: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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December 9, 1939: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Etwas lebhaftere Artillerietätigkeit im Westen.
( Artillery activity a little livelier in the west.)
2. Verstärkte Aufklärung der Luftwaffe über Franzreich.
(Luftwaffe increases reconnaissance over France.)
3. Die Lage nach 100 Kriegstagen.
(The situation after 100 days of war.)



   
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