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December 17, 1939: Front page of the Sunday Pictorial, London, England. |
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| (The top story of the day was the fate of the German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee.) |
| [More about Admiral Graf Spee here.] |
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December 17, 1939: Page 8 from the Sunday Pictorial, London, England. |
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December 17, 1939: Page 9 from the Sunday Pictorial, London, England. |
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December 17, 1939: Cartoon from the Sunday Pictorial, London, England. |
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December 17, 1939: Front page of The People, London, England. |
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December 17, 1939: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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December 17, 1939: Front page of the Butte Montana Standard, Butte, Montana. |
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December 17, 1939: Front page of The Telegraph-Herald, Dubuque, Iowa. |
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December 17, 1939: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee. |
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Note the report at bottom left: "Beautiful Hungarian Writes Note Of Lost Love, Leaps To Death" |
(The dancer was Lola László, the daughter of the playwright Aladar László. She had committed suicide. Her mother, Yolanda, committed suicide in Sept. of 1940.) |
Also note the report in column 6: "FBI Holding Three For Aiding Russia" |
(Three communist propagandists who were working for Russia against the U.S.A.) |
Also note the report at bottom right: "Soviet Russia Denies War Is Being Waged Against Finland" |
(The total absurdity of this statement by the communist Russians requires no further comment.) |
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December 17, 1939: Front page of The Ogden Standard Examiner, Ogden City, Utah. |
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December 17, 1939: Front page of The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia. |
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December 17, 1939: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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December 17, 1939: Front page of The Helena Independent, Helena, Montana. |
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Note the report in column 6: "Turkey Kills Man With Own Knife" |
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December 17, 1939: Front page of The Escanaba Daily Press, Escanaba, Michigan. |
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Page published Dec. 17, 2020 |