World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Thursday May 2, 1940
Day 245

May 2, 1940: Front page of The Midland Daily Telegraph, Coventry, England.
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May 2, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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May 2, 1940: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England.
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May 2, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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Note the report in column 6: "Checking Fifth Column"


May 2, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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May 2, 1940: Front page of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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May 2, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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May 2, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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May 2, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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Note the report in column 5: "Should Fit The Criminal, Not the Crime"
(Perhaps this is where the criminal justice system in the United States began to serve the criminal rather than justice for the victim. Two academics from Harvard University came up with the theory that punishment for a crime should be tailored to fit the criminal not based on the crime itself.)


May 2, 1940: Front page of The Lowell Sun, Lowell, Massachusetts.
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May 2, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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May 2, 1940: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee.
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May 2, 1940: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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May 2, 1940: Front page of the Idaho Times, Twin Falls, Idaho.
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Note the report at bottom right: "School Boy Held for Killing Another Pupil Over Teacher"



   
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