World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Tuesday, January 30, 1940
Day 152

January 30, 1940: Front page of the Derby Evening Telegraph, Derby, England.
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Note the report in column 4: "Nazis Speed-Up Racial Murder"
(Note that in the body of the report they use the term "extermination" which indicated that everyone knew what the Nazis were doing.)


January 30, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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January 30, 1940: Front page of The Midland Daily Telegraph, Coventry, England.
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January 30, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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Note the report in column 6: "U-Boats In West Indies"
(Another false report, there were no U-boats anywhere near the West Indies.)


January 30, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Note the report in column 6: "18,000 Poles Executed"


January 30, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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January 30, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Note the report at bottom right: "Samuel Desrosie, Believed Oldest Manitoba Resident, Dies Aged 112"


January 30, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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January 30, 1940: Front page of CZAS Polish Times, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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January 30, 1940: Front page of The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia.
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Note the report in column 4: "Mass Murder Laid to Nazis"
Also note the report in column7: "Firing Squads End Uprisings'
(The communist way to put down a civilian demonstration.)


January 30, 1940: Front page of The Lowell Sun, Lowell, Massachusetts.
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January 30, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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January 30, 1940: Front page of The Helena Independent, Helena, Montana.
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January 30, 1940: Installment #14 of "Four Years Against Hitler" from the Press and Journal.
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January 30, 1940: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Teltow, Germany.
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1. Neuer großer Schlag unserer Luftwaffe. Am 29.Januar 7 feindliche bewaffnete Handelsschiffe und 2 Vorpostenboote vernichtet.
(Another big blow from the Luftwaffe. On Jan. 29th 7 armed enemy merchant ships and 2 patrol boats destroyed.)


January 30, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Heute abend 20 Uhr spricht der Führer.
(The Führer speaks at 8 p.m. tonight.)
2. Ein großer Schlag der deutschen Luftwaffe.
(A big blow from the Luftwaffe.)
3. Neun Dampfer versenkt - ein britischer Jäger abgeschossen.
(Nine steamships sunk, one British fighter shot down.)



   
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