World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Monday, January 15, 1940
Day 137

January 15, 1940: Front page of the Derby Telegraph, Derby, England.
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Note the report in column 3: "1,155 Deaths-895 In Black-Out"
Also note the report at bottom right: "G-Men Unmask Armed Revolt Plot Hitler Dictatorship In U.S. The Aim"


January 15, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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January 15, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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Note the report at top right: "Four Years Against Hitler"
(The first installment of a series by Alfred Rosenbaum, translated by Alastair M. Dunnett.)


January 15, 1940: "Four Years Against Hitler" article continued.
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January 15, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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Note the report in column 6: "War in China Expected to Taper Off"


January 15, 1940: Front page of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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January 15, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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Note the report in column 3: "300 Die In Japan Fire"


January 15, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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January 15, 1940: Front page of Haarlem's Dagblad, Haarlem, Netherlands.
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January 15, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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January 15, 1940: Front page of The Lowell Sun, Lowell, Massachusetts.
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January 15, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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Note the report in column 4: "13 Mexican Miners Crushed by Cave-In"


January 15, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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January 15, 1940: Front page of the Teltower Kriesblatt, Teltow, Germany.
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1. Unsere Flieger klären unermüdlich auf.
(Our airmen tirelessly clarify.)
2. In Frankreich in dem letzten Tagen immer wieder Fliegeralarm.
(Air raid alarms in France over the last few days.)


January 15, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Japanische Stadt in Flammen.
(Japanese city in flames.)
2. Hunderte von Toten - 2000 Häufer zerstört.)
(Hundreds dead - 2,000 buildings destroyed.)



   
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